admin7126 United Kingdom/Canada – (1940-45): 44 ships, 95 planned, 51 cancelled. We saw the Flower class corvettes in detail back in September 2022, and they were a very important part of the Battle of the Atlantic, freeing military yards for more important repairs and constructions while still being well adapted to their rough north Atlantic escort … Read more
Spanish Armada (1889-1829): Armoured Cruisers Princesa de Asturias, Cataluña, Cardenal Cisneros. The Princesa de Asturias class were armoured cruisers ordered in 1887 as a repeat of the three Infanta Maria Teresa-class cruisers but with a more modern, more balanced armament and trying to improve on speed and protection. Princesa de Asturias, Cataluña and Cardenal Cisneros … Read more
France 1862-1870, Broadside Ironclads Flandre, Fauloise, Guyenne, Heroine, Magnanime, Provence, revanche, Savoie, Surveillance, valeureuse The Provence class were ten broadside ironclads built in the follow-up of the Gloire class in 1859. They were all laid down in 1961, launched 1863-65 and completed in 1865-67. They were an evolution of the earlier Gloire-class ironclads, incorporating thicker … Read more
USA (1887-90): Protected Cruiser C-4 1890-1926 Authorized in 1887, USS Philadelphia was rigged as three-mast schooner, without head gear and generally similar to the USS Baltimore in protection notably. The armament and armour scheme as also remarkably similar so the two ships are even often classed as sister-ships by some authors. Philadeplhia was built at … Read more
Royal Navy (1930-34) C class: HMS Comet, Crusader, Cygnet, Crescent (To Canada) C class Leader: HMS Kempenfelt D-class: HMS Dainty, Daring, Decoy, Defender, Delight, Diamond, Diana, Duchess D-class leader: HMS Duncan The C and D class were 14 destroyers built for the Royal Navy and a repeat of the 1926 A-B designs, albeit enlarged and … Read more
Marynarka Wojenna, fleet destroyers (1934-65) Polish Day ! There are probably four subjects regarding the remarkable performances of the Polish Navy (Marynarka Wojenna) in WW2 worthy of a standalone article: The Dragon class cruisers (ones and only Polish cruisers), the Piorun class destroyers for the free polish navy and the Orzeł-class submarine for the interwar, … Read more
Light Submersibles 1932-1945: 49 built, Unity class, Group II, III Group I: HMS Undine, Unity, Ursula The U-class submarines, also known as Undine-class, were a group of diesel-electric submarines built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s and saw extensive service throughout World War II. They were relatively small and designed for operations in the … Read more
9 Destroyers built 1921-25: Kamikaze, Asakaze, Harukaze, Matsukaze, Hatakaze, Oite, Hayate, Asanagi, Yūnagi, +2 more cancelled The Kamikaze-class destroyers (Kamikazegata kuchikukan) were nine destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy albeit some authors considered the modified Nokaze, Kamikaze and Mutsuki classes to be extensions of the Minekaze-class or that this class was called the “Kiyokaze class” … Read more
US Navy Carrier Fighter (1933), 37 built The Boeing FB.5 was a biplane fighter used by the United States Navy in the early 1920s, part of Boeing’s FB series evolving from the PW-9 Army fighter. It was essentially navalized version of the PW-9 adapted to meet Navy’s requirements for a carrier-based aircraft. It featured a … Read more
Regia Marina – 8 destroyers: Giuseppe La Masa, Giacinto Carini, Benedetto Cairoli, Angelo Bassini, Nicola Fabrizi, Giuseppe La Farina, Agostino Bertani, Giacomo Medici. Built 1916-1919, ww1, ww2, cold war until 1958 The La Masa class were eight destroyers all ordered in 1916 at Odero Yard in two batches, six laid down in 1916 and two … Read more
