Posted in WW2 IJN Carriers WW2 Japanese Navy

IJN Kaiyō (1943)

Escort Aircraft Carrier (Launched 1939 as Argentina maru, converted 1943) IJN Kaiyō (海鷹, or Sea Hawk) was an escort carrier…

Posted in cold war French ships

Daphné class submarines (1959)

Conventional Attack Submarines (S641-651). Service 1964-1996: Daphné, Diane, Doris, Eurydice, Flore, Galatée, Minerve, Junon, Vénus, Psyché, Sirène +15 exported. We…

Posted in ww2 german DDs ww2 Kriegsmarine

1936A type destroyers

Nazi Germany: 1936A and 1936A mob: Z23-Z39 (Built 1938-1943) The Type 1936A destroyers (Z23 class) were probably the best known…

Posted in ww2 italian naval aviation

CANT 18

CANT 18 (1926) 29 built 1927-28 Development In 1926, SISA asked the Cosulich group to build an acrobatic seaplane for…

Posted in 1870 Danish Navy

HDMS Peder Skram (1864)

Søværnet: Armoured Frigate (1859-1885) HDMS Peder Skram was originally laid down as a wooden steam frigate for the Royal Danish…

Posted in Chilean Navy

O’Higgins class cruisers (1951)

Armada de Chile – ACS O’Higgins, Capitan Prat 1951-1983/91 The O’Higgins class cruisers were the former USS Brookyn (lead class…

Posted in WW1 Royal Navy ww1 UK DD WW2 UK DDs

Admiralty type (Scott class) flotilla leaders (1917)

UK Royal Navy (1916-1945) 1916 program: HMS Scott, Bruce, Douglas, Campbell, MackKay, Malcolm, Montrose, Stuart (Built 1916-1920). Second part on…

Posted in ww1 UK DD ww2 Royal Navy WW2 UK DDs

Thornycroft Type (Shakespeare class) Destroyer Leaders (1917)

UK Royal Navy (1916-1945) 1916 program: HMS Shakespeare, Spenser, Wallace, Keppel, Rooke, Saunders*, Stragge* (Built 1916-1920). The Shakespeare or “Thornycroft…

Posted in 1890 fleets 1890 Spanish Armada

Reina Regentes class cruisers (1887)

Spanish Protected cruisers (1886-1895): Reina Regentes, Alfonso XIII, Lepanto 1891-1900 The Reina Regentes class cruisers were designed as an improvement…

Posted in 1870 Fleets 1870 Russian Navy

Sevastopol class ironclads (1864)

Imperial Russian Navy – Broadside Ironclad built 1860-65, in service until 1886. The Russian ironclad Sevastopol was ordered as a…

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