admin7126 UK Royal Navy (1909-1922) 1909 program, I-class 1913: Builder class: HMS Acheron, Archer, Ariel, Attack, Badger, Beaver * Admiralty I class: Defender, Druid, Ferret, Forester, Goshawk, Hind, Hornet, Hydra, Jackal, Lapwing, Lizard, Phoenix, Sandfly, Tigress. * Yarrow Specials: HMS Firedrake, Lurcher, Oak. * Aussie Rivers: HMAS Parramatta, Yarra, Warrego, Huon, Swan, Torrens The Acheron class … Read more
Argentinian light cruisers: ARA 9 de Julio ex-Boise, ARA Belgrano ex-17 de Octubre, ex-USS Phoenix 1951-1982. Belgrano before 1982, photo from Argentina.gob.ar. In the 1950s the old cruisers of the USN were placed in selling list for brokers or potential customers, and such was the Brooklyn class. A deal was signed by the Argentinian government … Read more
USA (1916-46) R-1 to R-27, Coastal defence submersibles After the O class we saw last November 2023, here is one of the two last wartime mass-produced sub-classes built by the United States for the Navy, the R class. Like the S class (65 ordered, 51 completed), some of them missed WWI, but most of them … Read more
Unprotected Cruiser Build 1885-1892, service 1879-1931 The Nauarchos (or Navarchos) Miaoulis was an unprotected Greek masted cruiser ordered in France 1877, decommissioned in 1931. The Greek Ναύαρχος was a very old naval rank corresponding to Admiral, named for the admiral Andreas Miaoulis, leader of the Greek rebels fleet in the Greek War of Independence between … Read more
Bundesmarine, Type 122. Built 1979-90, in service until 2020. F207-214 Bremen, Niedersachsen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Emden, Köln, Karlsruhe, Augsburg, Lübeck The eight F122 Bremen-class frigates commissioned between 1982 and 1990 constituted the modern backbone of the Bundesmarine in the late cold war, and up recently. Their design was a complete U-turn compared to the previous 1961 Köln, … Read more
United Kingdom (1945) – HMS Blake, Tiger, Lion 1959-78. The Tiger class were three and last light conventional cruisers built for the Royal Navy. They were initially known as the Minotaur-class cruisers (Blake, Defence and Bellerophon) and started in late WW2 but shelved due to post-war austerity. Amidst changing priorities and still under financial limits, … Read more
Conventional Attack Submarines (S635, 636, 639, 640). Service 1957-1987: Aréthuse, Argonaute, Amazone, Ariane We continue our dive in cold war French submarines, with a second postwar conventional design, the Aréthuse class. Unlike the previous Narval class, designed as “sous-marins de patrouille” or patrol submarines, the Arethuse were the first “sous marins de chasse” literrally “hunting … Read more
Oceanic Submersibles: Balilla, D. Millelire, A. Sciesa, E. Toti (1926-29) Laid down in 1925 and completed in 1928 (Sciesa 1929), these boats were designed by their builders to meet a Navy request for a cruiser submarine capable of operating in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean from Italy’s African colonies, necessitating a high endurance and … Read more
1937-43: 44 built. The Chyetverikov MDR-6 was a 1930s Soviet Union reconnaissance flying-boat aircraft, and the only successful aircraft designed by the design bureau led by Igor Chyetverikov. It first flew in July 1937, as a two-engined high-wing monoplane, built in all-metal stressed skin construction. The prototype had two M-25 radial engines replaced in production … Read more
Missile Corvettes (Built Fijenoord 1978-80): KRI Fatahillah (361), KRI Malahayati (362) KRI Nala (363) The Fatahillah class corvettes in service with the Indonesian Navy today were ordered to Wilton-Fijenoord in Schiedam, Netherlands. With three ships KRI Fatahillah, Malahayati and Nala built in 1978-80 and in service today, still. They were very much tailored designed for … Read more
