admin7126 Royal Canadian Navy – Restigouche, Chaudière, Gatineau, St. Croix, Kootenay, Terra Nova, Columbia DDE-257 – DDE-260 and DDE-235-36 The Restigouche-class destroyer were seven destroyer escorts built in Canada for the Royal Canadian Navy and later “Canadian Forces” in service from 1958 to 1998. All seven were named after rivers in Canada and derived from the … Read more
Project 651: 16 SSG Conventional Missile Attack submarines (NATO Juliett). Project 651 submarines (NATO Juliett) were conventionally powered cruise-missile launching submarines developed in the Soviet Union in the late 1950s as a way to combat US Navy carrier battle groups (CBG). It was planned to mass-produce them, and 35 were ordered initially, until the serie … Read more
22 gunboats, 100+ armoured riverine ones. The Imperial Japanese Navy Gunboats: A wide topic encompassing pre-WW1 and WW1 models as well. Albeit with a base fleet of 22 gunboats in WW2, owned or captured, and many more light gunboats for riverine Operations in China. They were all operated by the IJN, but small armoured gun … Read more
Bundesmarine, 18 boats: U-192-199, U-170-179 1972-2011 The Type 206 diesel-electric submarines were the next generation of 1970s U-boats developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) for the Bundesmarine. There was an incremental step as it derived strongly from the Type 205. Still small and agile they were tailored for operational conditions of the Baltic in mind, Atlantic … Read more
Guided missile Frigates 1976-2022: FS Georges Leygues, Dupleix, Montcalm, Jean de Vienne, Primauguet, La Motte-Picquet, Latouche-Tréville D-640-646 The Georges Leygues class (Type F70 AS) were anti-submarine multi-role destroyers having Exocet and Crotale missiles among others for multiple missions of strategic locations, show the flag, escort a task force, and evolved from a simple ASW corvette … Read more
United Kingdom (1891-1923) HMS Astraea, Bonaventure, Cambrian, Charybdis, Flora, Forte, Fox, Hermione The Astraea class were provided under the Naval Defence Act of 1889 as essentially improved Apollo class cruisers which were criticized as too flimsy. They had an increase of 1000t in displacement to buff up the hull of improve seaworthiness and provide reserve … Read more
Midget Submarines (1955) (1952-1970) The USN followed British midget subs progresses in 1950, and tested that year the XE-7 on loan, which led to the SBC 65 programme. X-1 was the result. This United States Navy Midget Submarine was laid down on 8 June 1954 at Deer Park in Long Island (New York) by the … Read more
UK Royal Navy: 12 ships completed: Afridi, Cossack, Ghurka, Mohawk, Tartar, Amazon, Saracen, Crusader, Maori, Nubian, Viking, Zulu (1905-1920) E class: 12 ships. Also known as the “F class” to distinguish them from the more famous WW2 “Tribals” these were an evolution of the River class design, as larger all provided with steam turbines and … Read more
Midget Submarines 1954-1966 The Stickleback-class were midget submarines of the British Royal Navy, as a replacement of the WW2 XE-class submarines. They were essentially target submarines, designed to improve British ASW defences against midget submarines, as it was believed the Soviet Union whether had them or was about to develop such craft. But in a … Read more
Armada (1895-1932) Emperador Carlos V was an armored cruiser of the Armada (Spanish Navy) in service from 1898 to 1933. She was built on the budget reserved for torpedo boats and recycled into a 9,000-ton cruiser inspired by the British Blake class, intended to replace battleships in distant stations, like Cuba. This cruiser was designed … Read more
