admin7126 Regia Marina: 12 Built 1928-31: Alvise Da Mosto, Antonio da Noli, Nicoloso da Recco, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Lanzerotto Malocello, Leone Pancaldo, Emanuele Pessagno, Antonio Pigafetta, Luca Tarigo, Antoniotto Usodimare, Ugolino Vivaldi, Nicolò Zeno. These ships were built for the Regia Marina as a reply to the large French “contre-torpilleurs” of the Jaguar and Guepard classes … Read more
USA (1893): USS Indiana, Oregon, Massachusetts The Indiana class were three pre-dreadnought, ratehr coastal battleships planned in 1889 and launched in 1893. They were the first comparable to European standards like the British HMS Hood, and were commissioned in 1895-1896, pioneering the use of a strong intermediate battery. Of low freeboard their turrets lacked counterweights, … Read more
Conventional Attack Submarines 1982-1994 Upholder, Unseen, Ursula, Unicorn The Upholder class submarines, also “Type 2400” due to their displacement, were the last class of diesel-electric submarines built for the Royal Navy, after the arrival of HMS Dreadnought in 1960. They succeeded to the Oberons, and were designed as a cheap alternative to supplement nuclear submarines … Read more
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force: ASW destroyer (1957-90): JDS Ayanami, Isonami, Uranami, Shikinami, Takanami, Oonami, Makinami The Ayanami class were follow-up of the Harukaze, the first class of large warship designed and built in Japan in 1956-60 under the new JMSDF, for ASW warfare. These were unofficially designated DDKs, considered as escort destroyers, but had the … Read more
Chinese PLAN CATOBAR Aircraft Carrier (2022) Commission expected 2025. Chinese Navy Day ! Let’s have a look at the latest, largest and best warship the Chinese Navy ever had: CNS Fujian… Fujian is the first CATOBAR (with EMALS) ever built for the People’s Liberation Army Navy, third aircraft carrier in the new carrier programme, first … Read more
French Navy – Standard 1500t destroyers, 14 built 1925-1931, in service until 1952: L’Adroit, Basque, Bordelais, Boulonnais, Brestois, Forbin, Frondeur, L’Alcyon, La Palme, La Railleuse, Le Fortuné, Le Mars, Foudroyant, Fougueux After a pause of many years complicated by the 1929 financial crash, the French admiralty obtained the construction of new “torpilleurs d’escadre”. They were … Read more
USN Fleet Submarines (1942-46): 182 planned, 62 cancelled, 120 Completed (service until today), 13 navies The Balao class were a second class of emergency wartime fleet submarines derived from the Gato class, itself a near-repeat of the Tambor class. They were modified with STS steel to dive twice deeper, and received all previous modifications of … Read more
Marine-Fliegerabteilung: 118 manufactured 1916-1917. In service until November 1918 The Albatros W.4 was a military floatplane designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke. The W.4 was a derivative of the Albatros D.I land-based fighter aircraft, furnished with a new wing and tail section of greater span than the D.I. It was powered … Read more
Pietro De Cristofaro (F540), Salvatore Todaro (F550), Umberto Grosso (F541), Licio Visintini (F546) 1963-65, active 1990s Background Following the disappointing Albatros-class corvettes, the Pietro de Cristofaros were designed as part of the major rebuilding program within the Marina Militare in the decades following the Second World War. Utilising the lessons learned from the previous class, … Read more
Royal Navy (1936-38) I class: Icarus, Ilex, Imogen, Imperial, Impulsive, Inglefield, Intrepid, Isis, Ivanhoe, Inconstant*, Ithuriel*. The I-class destroyers were nine ships including a flotilla leader all built 1936-37. Four similar were ordered by the Turkish Navy, two were repurchased for the Royal Navy, giving 11 in class, 10 after an early loss. They incorporated … Read more
