admin7126 Finnish Navy (Merivoimat): 3 submarines (1931-1950); Vetehinen, Vehiisi, Iku-Turso. The three Vetehinen class were the first Finnish submarines, ordered from the covert IVS design bureau in the Hague. They were partly inspired by the German WWI 1917 UC-III class but had horizontal tubes alongside the hull. Given their size and general design they are often … Read more
Prussian/German Navy – Ironclads Grosser Kurfürst, Preussen, Friedrich der Grosse 1869-1877 The Preussen class were three ironclad turret ships initiated by the Prussian Navy, and completed for the German Imperial Navy in the 1870s as it happened after Franco-Prussian war, and unification into the German Empire. The lead ship, Preussen and Friedrich der Grosse were … Read more
German Empire – 113 submersible planned, 25 comp.* UC-90 to UC-114 Type UC III minelaying submarines were designred and built for the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy)in World War I. They were largely inspired by the contemporary UB-III in size, albeit smaller at 474/571 t and in addition to a deck gun and 7 torpedoes … Read more
United Kingdom: 1871-1904 Ironclad Ram For the first post of this new year were open the ball with the oddballs of the Royal Navy. Ships that were out of the ordinary and in the 19th Century pioneered some untapped aspects of naval technology, while having no real succession. They were just pretty unique. Among these … Read more
Supervised by Ivan Nodevējs, head of the Elbonian Post War purchase commission Following what was done by others and notably on various channels for the air and ground, small arms, aircraft or tanks, NE is also unashamedly jumping into the Elbonian bandwagon. Elbonia is a fake Baltic country who’s main export is mud and is … Read more
Armada (1884-86): 1 ship, in service until 1907. Destructor was a 1880 Spanish warship designed by Fernando Villaamil as a fast ocean-going torpedo gunboat. She is often referred in publications as the main precursor of the destroyer type. Even the name is appropriate. Her role was clear when she was commissioned, however, despite being commissioned … Read more
Nazi Germany (1929-43) – 4 Battleships: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Bismarck, Tirpitz. Projects of Plan Z. If PLAN Z was completed in 1946-1950 as scheduled, the Kriegsmarine would have 10 battleships, 3 battlecruisers and 15 Panzerschiffe. However the German Navy was the least of priorities for Hitler and his general staff, mostly focusing on the Wehrmacht and … Read more
Short Sunderland (1937) RAF Coastal Command & others: 777 built. As far as naval matters goes, the Short Sunderland, was the U-Boat’s worst nightmare, equal part and even more than the other allied angel of the Atlantic, the PBY Catalina. This was arguably the most successful Britis flying boat of WW2, for many reasons. Stdied … Read more
Peruvian Unprotected Cruiser (1880) Armada do Peru (1880-1937): Lima (Socrates), Callao (Diogenes)* Lima was the lead ship a planned two-ship unprotected cruisers class of the Armada do Peru (Peruvian Navy) but she ended its sole member as her sister was old to Japan and ended in the USN. Original name was Socrates. She was laid … Read more
Guided Missiles Destroyers 74 ships (90 planned) DD 963-DD 997 1988-2030 Flight I, II, IIa, III What else to close this year than the current Arleigh Burke class destroyers. Designed in the early 1980s they were a product of the cold war, designed to marry AEGIS capabilities of a Ticonderoga class cruiser with more rounded … Read more
