admin7126 The Only Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile US Sub Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (1957-60), service 1960-1976 as SSGN-587 USS Halibut (SSGN-587) was the one and unique nuclear-powered guided missile submarine of the US Navy, sing the Regulus system. A forerunner to later SSBNs she became later a special operations platform, and then the attack submarine SSN-587 in … Read more
Conventional Ballistic Submarine (Built 1963-66). Service 1966-1986. Gymnote (S655) was an experimental submarine of the French Navy, a conventional model which only purpose was to test submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM), powered by diesel electric engines and had four tubes. Gymnote was previously the world’s first all-electric submarine, built in France in the late 19th century. … Read more
Armada (1887-1900): Isla de Luzon, Isla de Cuba, Marqués de la Ensenada In 1885 the Armada (Spanish Navy) naval staff wanted to better protect its overseas territories and ordered a new design that would be a cheap colonial protected cruiser for station duties. The result were the three Isla de Luzon class ordered in Britain … Read more
Built 1989-93: Luigi Durand de la Penne, Francesco Mimbelli 1993-2024/25 Italy Day ! The last destroyers (so far) of the Marina Militare had been designed at the dawn of the cold war: The Durand de la Penne class. These two two guided-missile destroyers were a considerably enlarged version of the 1970s Audace class, updated with … Read more
Ironclad Battleships (1879-1895): Ruggiero di Lauria, Francesco Morosini, Andrea Doria Italian Ironclad Battleships Caio Duilio class (1879) | Italia class (1881) | Ruggiero di Lauria class (1884) | Re Umberto class (1883) Development Portrait of the Sinking of Re d’Italia The Ghosts of Lissa Following the formal unification of Italy in 1870, many within the … Read more
Project 941 Akula nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines 6 ballistic submarines built 1976-89: TK-208, 202, 12, 13, 47, 20, 210 (cancelled) service until 1998-2020. The Typhoon class was one of the most outstanding piece of kit ever created in the Soviet Union, a naval “superweapon” to place in the same basket as the Oscar class … Read more
France 1858-1880, Broadside Ironclad Origin of the ironclad concept The naval staff under the 2nd French Empire (Napoleon III) was concerned after the declining state of the French Imperial Navy after the Napoleonic era crippling losses of Trafalgar, Aboukir and many other battles, plus captured ships, leaving quite a modest force to Louis XVIII. Some … Read more
Nuclear Ballistic Submarines 1964-1968 S22 Resolution, S23 Repulse, S26 Renown, S27 Revenge in service until 1996 The Resolution class were four nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) built for the Royal Navy and part of the British Polaris programme, each carrying 16 UGM-27 Polaris A-3. HMS Resolution, Repulse, Renown and Revenge (one more cancelled) from Vickers … Read more
Oceanic Submersibles (1932-35): Archimede, Galileo Ferraris, Galileo Galilei, Evangelista Torricelli The Archimede class were a four submarines built for the Regia Marina between 1930 and 1934. They were double hull Cavallini design, enlarged version of the Settembrini class with greater specs overall, notably range. They also had two 100 mm guns to maximize sorties against … Read more
2nd class Destroyers built 1921-23, N°2 to 26, 5 cancelled, renamed 1928: Wakatake, Kuretake, Sanae, Sawarabi, Asagao, Yūgao, Fuyō, Karukaya The Wakatake-class were decond class destroyers and follow-on to the Momi class as part of Japan’s 8-6 Fleet Program, FY1921. They were to complement the larger Minekaze and Kamikaze class destroyers. Thirteen were ordered in … Read more
