United Kingdom – (1943-47): 26 (32) completed: Gpe 1: HMS Barfleur, Trafalgar, St. Kitts, Armada, Solebay, Saintes, Camperdown, Finisterre, Hogue, Lagos; HMS Gabbard, Gravelines, Sluys, Cadiz, St. James, Vigo Gpe 2: HMS Agincourt, Alamein, Aisne, Albuera, Barrosa, Matapan, Corunna, Oudenarde*, River Plate*, Dunkirk, Malplaquet, Belle Isle*, Omdurman*, Mons*, Navarino*, San Domingo* Gpe 3: HMS Jutland, … Read more
Pre-1914 Portugal was a troubled country emerging just from a revolution: The partition of the former Portuguese colonial empire in Africa being shared between England and Germany since the Berlin Treaty in 1878, and the alliance with England reactivated with the treaty of Windsor in 1899. The discredited monarchy ended in 1908 with the assassination … Read more
Japan 1926-46: I-56, 57, 59, 60, 61 large oceanic submarines. The Kaidai IIIb type (海大IIIb型, Navy large type IIIb) or I-56/156-class followed the design of the KD3a with strengthened hulls. They were a further development of the Kaidai type strongly influenced by German U-Kreuzer designs, especially U-139. I56 at berth, colorized by Irookoto JR Development … Read more
Svenska Marinen HMS Mode, Magne, Munin, Mjölner 1942-70. The Mode class were four coastal destroyers built in Sweden on Italian Torpedo Boat plans. They were active until 1966-70. The design was based on the preceding Psilander class, Torpedo Boats purchased from Italy before the war, but equipped with Swedish equipment and armament and classed as … Read more
Central Battery Ironclad (1868-71), in service til 1928. Iclaliye or İclâliye (“Glorious”), also orthographed Idjlalieh, was an ironclad corvette ordered from STT in Austro-Hungary in 1867 by the Elayet of Egypt, but asked for by Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz on 5 June 1867 with all other ordered Ironclads. She was laid down in May 1868, completed … Read more
Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Fidonisy (or Kerch class) destroyer were 20 planned ships (8 completed) in 1915, caught by the Russian Civil War. They had been authorized as early as 1914, based on Novik for the Black Sea Fleet by the Naval Ministry after a strengthening of the Ottoman Navy and approved by the Tsar … Read more
British Royal Navy Flotilla Leaders (1914-16): HMS Marksman, Lightfoote, Nimrod, Kempenfelt, Abdiel, Gabriel and Ithuriel 1915-1936 The Marksman class (or Lightfoote class) were seven flotilla leaders of the Royal Navy ordered by pairs for 1913–14, 1914–15 and 1914 Emergency War Programme. They all served extensively in World War I but most were BU postwar. Significantly … Read more
Sjøforsvaret, 3 destroyer (1908-1912): HNoMS Draug, Troll, Garm 1908-1954 The Draug class was the class of modern destroyers built for the Royal Norwegian Navy and since the experimental Valkyrjen commissioned on 17 May 1896. There were three ships: HnOms Draug, Troll and Garm, all built at the Karljohansvern, Orlogsstasjon. These were the also last Norwegian-constructed … Read more
Wasp, Essex, Kearsarge, Boxer, Bataan, Bonhomme Richard, Iwo Jima, Makin Island LHD-1 to 8, 1989-2009, in service. We continue our exploration of US Navy Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD for Landing, Helicopter, Dock) with the last class of the cold war (Only one was operational before the fall of USSR) and essentially a follow-up of the … Read more
United Kingdom (1921): 4 ships ordered 1921, cancelled 1922. The G3 class Battlecruiser were a project launched in 1920 and approved in 1921 but later cancelled due to the Washington Treaty. Displacing more than 55,000 tonnes fully loaded with a battery of nine 16-inches guns and a dual purpose and AA battery ahead of its … Read more
