Posted in WW2 Japanese Navy

WW2 Japanese Battleships

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Posted in Coldwar Soviet Ships

Cold War Soviet Submarines

Cold War Soviet Submarines circa 1,450 submarines 1950-90 Introduction The Soviet silent service in the cold war: Like in the…

Posted in ww2 Italian Navy

WW2 Italian battleships

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Posted in Cold War Battles Coldwar Ships

Vietnam Naval Warfare

Operations, ships, organization – 1965-1975 The longest conflict of the cold war USS Intrepid, south China sea 1965 The war…

Posted in ww2 French Navy

Jeanne d’Arc (1930)

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Posted in ww2 US Navy

Pennsylvania class battleships (1915)

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Posted in ww2 Royal Navy

Town class cruisers (1936)

United Kingdom (1936-39) HMS Southampton, Newcastle, Sheffield, Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Gloucester, Belfast, Edinburgh The new battle-hardened “Town class”. The…

Posted in Coldwar Soviet Ships ww2 Soviet Navy

Chapayev class cruisers

Project 68 Chapayev class cruisers (1941) 5 cruisers (1941): Chapayev, Zheleznyakov, Kuybyshev, Chkalov, Frunze The Chapayev class cruisers were a…

Posted in Goodies

3D Naval Repository

3D repository The fast way: Embedding ships Bodekull (The Dalarö wreck) by SWEDISH NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUMS on Sketchfab The Gresham…

Posted in ww1 german navy

König class battleships (1913)

König class battleships (1913) Germany (1911-1914) König, Grosser Kurfurst, Markgraf, Kronprinz The four battleships of the König class were an…

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.

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⚒ Tech

Naval-related technology,
associated tactics & statistics


naval battles from the XIX to WW1, WW2 and cold war sea fights

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Full history of naval battles,
strategies, tactics, fleets and ships


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About Naval Encyclopedia

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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