admin7126 Italy (1915-42) – 8 Battleships Italian Battleships during WW2 were few in numbers, just as French ones, due to the treaty of Washington signed in 1920. But the Regia Marina tried to maintain more than a parity with its Transalpine rival in the Mediterranean, its WW1 capital ships were completely modernized in a way few … Read more
Operations, ships, organization – 1965-1975 The longest conflict of the cold war USS Intrepid, south China sea 1965 The war in south-east Asia was indeed the longest war of the Century. It started in 1945 as a war of independence for the Vietnamese people against French colonial rule, embedded in the context of resistance to … Read more
French Navy – Light cruiser The fourth namesake School cruiser Second generation of warship bearing this name, the “Jeanne” as she was nicknamed was a new light cruiser specifically designed for this purpose, with sufficient accommodations in its layout for many cadets: 156 student-sailors and 20 officer-instructors. Started at Saint Nazaire in 1928, launched in … Read more
USA (1915) USS Pennsylvania, USS Arizona The Pennsylvania class were the second class of “standard” US super-dreadnoughts, a simple iteration on the all-of-nothing armour, but innovating as having four triple turrets, and no longer twin turrets on superfiring positions. Their design was repeated on the New Mexico and Tennessee class built during WW1. Present in … Read more
United Kingdom (1936-39) HMS Southampton, Newcastle, Sheffield, Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Gloucester, Belfast, Edinburgh The new battle-hardened “Town class”. The “Town” class, or officially “Southampton” after the first cruiser launched, was the subject of quite lengthy preliminary studies, resulting both from the experience gained with the Washington class cruisers and future developments of the 1930 … Read more
Project 68 Chapayev class cruisers (1941) 5 cruisers (1941): Chapayev, Zheleznyakov, Kuybyshev, Chkalov, Frunze The Chapayev class cruisers were a continuation of Soviet cruiser design of the 1930s. Although USSR was not a signatory of the Washington treaty in 1921, the naval staff was well aware of the developments of the time, in the West … Read more
3D repository The fast way: Embedding ships Bodekull (The Dalarö wreck) by SWEDISH NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUMS on Sketchfab The Gresham Ship – Stoney Cove, Feb 2013 by Maritime Archaeology on Sketchfab //sketchfab.com/3d-models/sentoku-i-400-aafc106209654ca68389bc1f5bccd5d4 //sketchfab.com/3d-models/110ft-sc-497-1945-c1ab73bf367d4aee9548aa0f9637b95b //sketchfab.com/3d-models/uc-65-german-u-boat-wwi-1f57754c940942efaa84a7dc75593e30 //sketchfab.com/3d-models/elco-77ft-pt-59-91e29ce9ecb641feb7c00e3e3d1f51b5 //sketchfab.com/Angel_Arrow/collections/war-thunder-naval For 3D artists: Virtual diorama Do you you create 3D models ? Did you know you can find some … Read more
König class battleships (1913) Germany (1911-1914) König, Grosser Kurfurst, Markgraf, Kronprinz The four battleships of the König class were an evolution of the previous Kaiser, as their main innovation laid in the purely axial arrangement of their five turrets, of which with one was amidship and the others superimposed, as done in Great Britain and … Read more
Japan, 1919-45. 34 Aircraft Carriers The third giant of carriers: In December 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) possessed the second largest carrier fleet worldwide, with 9 of these in service, IJN Hosho, Kaga, Akagi, Hiryu, Soryu, Ryujo, Shokaku, Zuikaku, and Zuiho. This represented 212 330 tonnes. It must be compared to the Royal Navy’s … Read more
United Kingdom – Aircraft Carrier The Courageous Class were two light battlecruisers intended for an Operation in the Baltic in 1917 pushed by Sir J. Fisher which never materialized and instead, they were converted as aircraft carriers, completely rebuilt after the treaty of Washington. With HMS Furious and Argus they pioneered the interwar fleet air … Read more
