admin7126 Oceanic Submersibles (1933-37): Glauco, Otario The Glauco class were two medium oceanic submarines ordered by the Portuguese government originally, but were taken over and completed for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy). They were improved versions of the preceding Squalo class, displacing 1,071 metric tons (1,054 long tons) surfaced, 1,326 metric tons (1,305 long tons) … Read more
Bundesmarine, Type 123. Built 1992-96, in service. F215-218 Brandenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Bayern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern The F123 Brandenburg class were four frigates ordered in the cold war for the Bundesmarine in June 1989, as the Berlin Wall was about to fall. They were completed and commissioned between 1994 and 1996. They had been planned to replace the 1960s … Read more
USA (1887-90): Protected Cruiser C-7 Cininnatti C-8 Raleigh 1892-1921 The Cincinnati-class were two small protected cruisers built for the USN in 1889-94, respectvely C7 and C8 and preceded by the most famous USS Olympia, still preserved. They were smaller and more lightly armed and protected as intended for commerce raiding first and foremost. Given the … Read more
Nuclear Ballistic Attack Submarines (S641-651). Service 1964-1996: Le Redoutable, Le Terrible, Le Foudroyant, L’indomptable, Le Tonnant, L’inflexible S-611 to S-615 The “Le Redoutable” was the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines class of the French Navy, with six built built in two upgraded batches between 1867 and 1985. First class built in continental western Europe and … Read more
Coast Defence Ships built 1897-1908, decomm. 1932-43: HDMS Herluf Trolle, Olfert Fisher, Peder Skram The Herluf Trolle class were coastal defence ships of the Royal Danish Navy built in 1897-1908, HDMS Herluf Trolle, Olfert Fischer and Peder Skram, the last completed. These 3,494 tons ships were a further development of HDMS Skjold (1896), but with … Read more
US Navy Submersibles, USS Sargo, Saury, Spearfish, Sculpin, Squalus, Swordfish, Seadragon, Sealion, Searaven, Seawolf SS-188-197 (1937-48) The Sargo-class were among the first United States submarines sent into action after the attack on Pearl Harbor, with very active war patrols the very day after the attack, from the Philippines. USS Swordfish (SS-193) was the first USN … Read more
Swedish Navy 1955-82 HSwMS Halland, Småland, Lappland*, Värmland* +7 de Agosto, 20 de Julio. The Halland-class were two destroyers built for the Swedish Navy in the 1950s, with four ships planned. However, the second pair were canceled and instead two modified ships were exported to the Colombian Navy for many years of useful service. Preceded … Read more
Ottoman Navy: Ironclads Asar-i Şevket, Necm-i Şevket (1867-1870) After Asar-ı Tevfik only member of her class and built in France at FMG Bordeaux at first for the Khedivate of Egypt the new Ottoman Naval expansion program after the Crimean War planned to order to smaller, cheaper ironclads to the same yard. This was the Asar-i … Read more
Tupolev MTB-1 (1934) Patrol flying boat 1934-42: 15 built. The Tupolev MTB-1 was initially started as the MDR-4 (internally by Tupolev, ANT-27) in 1933, a project of patrol flying boat answering a specification for the Soviet Naval Aviation. It was a refined version of the failed Chyetverikov MDR-3, not accepted. The revised design retained the … Read more
Austro-Hungarian Navy Central Battery Ironclad (1869-1820) SMS Custoza was an ironclad of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, first to be built after reports of the Battle of Lissa in 1866 had been thoroughly digested and all lessons translated into a new design. She became the first iron-hulled Austro-Hungarian capital ship, laid down in November 1869, launched in … Read more
