New Navy ! Slovenia
The “Slovenian Navy”, smallest in Europe, is in reality the 430th Naval Division (or Section), an integral part of the…
Defence class Ironclad (1860)
Royal Navy Broadside Ironclads: HMS Warrior, HMS Black Prince 1859–1862, service until 1902 HMS Defence and Resistance signed a return…
Vedetta (1866)
Italy, Iron-Hulled Aviso, In Service: 1869-1903 During the time of Italian Unification, much of the fighting occurred on land between…
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Type 23 torpedo boat
Germany (Reichsmarine): 1925-28: Möwe, Falke, Greif, Kondor, Albatros, Seeadler The Type 23 or “Raubvogel” (bird of prey) class were the…
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VICTOR II class submarine (1972)
Project 671RT Syomga (NATO “VICTOR II”) nuclear attack submarines 7 nuclear attack submarines (SSN): B-387, 371, 467, 488, 495, 513,…
JMSDF Update !
Japan Day ! Major update on the Japanese Marine Self Defence Force: Japanese Escorts of the Cold War: The Akebono,…
Magenta class Broadside Ironclads (1861)
France: Magenta, Solferino 1859-63, Broadside Ironclads (1963-82) Continuing into French 1860s capital ships, after Couronne, the first French all-Iron answer…
New Orleans-class cruiser (1896)
USA (1896): Protected Cruiser CL-22 New Orleans, CL-23 Albany 1897-1930 The New Orleans class were two protected cruisers initially built…
Offshore Platforms & Forts
♜ Semi-Fixed seabed Infrastructures: Oil platforms/rigs, Naval Forts, and associated. 1,337 operational onshore oil rigs, 240 offshore rigs, Maunsell Forts,…
Calvi class submarine (1935)
Oceanic Submersibles: Pietro Calvi, Giuseppe Finzi, Enrico Tazzoli (1936-43) The Calvi class were essentially a modern reboot of the 1920s…
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.
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.