admin7126 Protected Cruiser (1885) USS Chicago was a protected cruiser of the United States Navy and largest of the three cruisers authorized by the Congress as part of the “New Navy” and a steel ship. Launched on 5 December 1885 at the former John Roach, later Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works in Chester, … Read more
Coast Defence Ship built 1884-87, decomm. 1919 Next entry after the ram Tordenskjold. HDMS Iver Hvitfeldt was a coastal defense ship built for the Royal Danish Navy and intended for the defense of Copenhagen, small yet heavily armed and well protected with two 260 mm (10.2 in) guns in barbette mounts fore and aft. Her … Read more
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (1958-61), service 1961-1990: Ethan Allen, Sam Houston, Thomas A. Edison, John Marshall, Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-608 – 618) The Ethan Allen class were five ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) which directly eveolved from the George Washington class. The class comprised Ethan Allen, Sam Houston, Thomas A. Edison, John Marshall, and Thomas Jefferson. With … Read more
HMS Cressy, Hogue, Aboukir, Sutlej, Bacchante, Euryalus (1899) The Cressy-class cruisers were a group of six armored cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1900s. They were incremental improvements over the previous Diadem class, criticised for their considerable downgrade in armament. The Cressy class had two 9.2-inch main guns on a large displacement, … Read more
Prussian Navy – Ironclad Ram 1866-1871 Prinz Adalbert & Prussian Navy 1870. A new cycle opens with a Navy that had very small beginnings and a rocky history to say the least. To arrive to the present unified Bundesmarine, it's historical core was found in the old Brandenburg fleet in the 16th-17th century, until the … Read more
Oceanic Submersibles 1945-1974: 46 ordered Programme 1943, 16 completed: Amphion, Astute, Auriga, Aurochs, Alcide, Alderney, Alliance, Ambus, Anchorite, Andrew, Affray, Aeneas, Alaric, Artemis, Artful, Acheron. Cancelled under completion: Ace, Achates The “A class” or Amphion, were the last submersibles planned by the British admiralty in WW2, designed for Operations in the Pacific. Indeed after Pearl … Read more
Regia Marina – Audace (ii) 1917-1944 Audace is one of the most interesting destroyer of the Regia Marina for its long and original history. In WWI the Regia Marina fielded two destroyers named “Audace”. The first was launched in 1913 as a derivative of the Indomito & Ardito designs with Swiss Zoelly steam turbines for … Read more
Project 667BDRM Delfin nuclear missile attack submarines 7 ballistic submarines (Delta IV) built 1981-90: K-51, 84, 64, 114, 117, 18, 407 The Delta IV class SSBNs (in Russian Raketnyy Podvodnyy Strategicheskogo Nazhacheniya or RPKSN) were the last of the Delta serie, and last SSBNs (with the Typhoons) built in the Soviet Union. The next Russian … Read more
Carrier Based Multirole Fighter Fleet Air Arm, 1,702 built 1942-53. Fairey Firefly: As we just saw the Attacker class, which operated in the Pacific for some the new Fairey Firefly, let’s have a look on the last generation of WW2 British aircraft carrier multirole aircraft, the quite successful Firefly. It was essentially a replacement for … Read more
Royal Navy – Escort Aircraft Carriers (1941-43)HMS Attacker, Battler, Chaser, Fencer, Hunter, Pursuer, Ravager, Searcher, Stalker, Striker, Tracker The 11 Attacker class CVE (escort carriers), alongside with the 23 Avengers, made the largest addition of escorts carriers in the Royal Navy, before the MACs and all locally converted vessels such as the Vindex class. They … Read more
