Douglas SBD Dauntless (1940)
USN Dive Bomber 1938-1944 (5,936 built) Fearless Dauntless: USN’ legendary dive bomber The image is clear now, since the river…
Flower class Sloops (WWI)
Flower class Sloops (WWI) Royal Navy (1915-1919) – 134 ships The first “flowers” The WW2 ‘Flower’ class is famous from…
HNLMS De Ruyter (1935)
The Netherlands East Asian Navy – Light Cruiser The pride of the Dutch Navy Although the De Ruyter was far…
Northrop BT (1935)
USN Dive Bomber – 1935-42 Rough draft for the Dauntless Northrop is rarely associated with US Naval aviation, albeit being…
Kresta I class cruisers (1964)
Project 1134 Berkut (1964) Admiral Zozulya, Vladivostok, Vitse-Admiral Drozd, Sevastopol. Though considerably larger, more effective and reliable than the previous…
Yorktown class aircraft carriers (1936)
USA (1936-41): USS Yorktown, Enterprise, Hornet (CV5, 6, 8) At the pinnacle of US carrier development before WW2 were the…
Doria class helicopter cruisers (1962)
Italian Guided Missiles Cruisers and Helicopter cruisers (1962) Andra Doria, Caio Duilio, in service 1964-1992 The first Italian helicopter missile…
HMS Ark Royal (1937)
HMS Ark Royal (1937) United Kingdom – Aircraft Carrier (1935-41) The large British fleet aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in…
Takao class cruisers (1930)
Takao class cruisers (1930) Heavy Cruisers Takao, Atago, Maya, Chokai. The most formidable IJN heavy cruisers: The Takao heavy cruiser…
Type 024 Hoku class FAC (1965)
Type 024 Hoku class FAC (1965) PCFG Houku/Hegu Class, Type 024 aka Project 24/EM1A. Chinese PLAN (1968-77) – about 110…
Naval Encyclopedia
Naval Encyclopedia provides a one-stop place for everything related to naval warfare through ships classes, going back to antiquity to the present day, with particular focus on WW1, WW2 and the cold war, with daily articles and weekly fleets. This is a long endeavour, with future entries in opacity both in the top and side menus. Naval encyclopedia also goes through some civilian aspects (clippers, liners, oil platforms, naval tech in general) and battles/tactics as well.
Naval Encyclopedia is the first online warship museum. She was laid down in St Nazaire Yard back in September 1995, launched in December 1996 and completed in March 1997, with 1000+ crew for now, and counting. Dedicated to the history of all ships of the industrial era and 20th century, so 1820 to 1990, but also earlier times. The main difference for this early period is to study ships types through some famous examples. After her last refit in 2023, the present ship has been repainted anew, modernized and made more appealing, ready for even more extensive service, hopefully staying in the current state for the next five years of service. Further improvements will be made if practicable. Numerous additions over the years also led to a complete machinery overhaul, new steam turbines and propellers.
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