admin7126 Project 667A nuclear missile attack submarines Project 667A Navaga, Project 667AU Nalim: 32 ballistic submarines (Yankee I). Later Project 667АМ “Navaga-М” (Yankee-II), 667АТ “Груша”, 667М “Андромеда” (Yankee Notch), 667АК “Аксон-1” (Yankee Pod), project 09780 “Аксон-2” (Yankee Big Nose), Project 09774/667АН (Yankee Stretch) Project 667A (NATO Yankee I) class submarines were the first Soviet ballistic missile … Read more
Conventional Training Submarines: USS Mackerel, Marlin 1953-1973. T-1/T-2 later SST-1/SST-2 The T-1-class submarines were among the smallest operational submarines ever built for the United States Navy. Two experimental midgets designed for training submarine personnel, testing new equipments. They would have a career spanning 19 years, started under the programme SCB 68 experimental auxiliary submarine (AGSS-570) … Read more
Fleet Aircraft Carrier, R06 1951-1972 HMS Eagle was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier and largest British carrier until the modern Queen Elizabeth-class of the 21st century. She was a near sister of Ark Royal but differed significantly. Laid down initally on 24 October 1942 at Harland and Wolff, Belfast part of the buildup for future Pacific … Read more
Kriegsmarine, 25 ships (1936-1945) Introduction The Kriegsmarine, or German Navy from 1933 onwards was like the US and Royal Navy interested to provide distant support to its assets, whether they were U-Bootes, S-Bootes (motor torpedo boats) or R-Bootes (minesweepers) and built 12 fleet tenders, 3 gunnery training ships doubling as wartime minelayers, two generic fleet … Read more
Koninklijke Marine Destroyers: Onderzeebootjager Typ 47B (later Typ 49), Built 1951-56. HNLMS Friesland, Groningen, Limburg, Overijssel, Drenthe, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Amsterdam (D812-819) service 1956-82 BAP Gálvez, Capitan Quiñones, Colonel Bolognesi, Guise, Castilla, Diez Canseco, Villar 1980-91 The Typ 47B Onderzeebootjager of the Friesland class as they were known inside NATO were a second generation postwar Dutch … Read more
Royal Navy (1899-1922): HMS Viper, Cobra, Velox. Royal Navy’s early turbine destroyers were driven by the inability of the 33-knotters to reach their specified top speed using triple expansion engines. In 1897, Charles Parsons stunned the public present during his amazing “mad mile” at 34 knots between lines of battleships present for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee. … Read more
Nazi Germany, 980 planned, 61 completed (1944-45) The true Elektroboot The Type XXI were large scale production Kriegsmarine’s “wunderwaffe” planned by Nazi Germany at the end of the war. Alongside the smaller Type XXIII “Elektobote” and numerous “midgets” at a stage events verged on desperation, the Type XXIII was also supposed to reverse the situation. … Read more
USA – Armoured Cruiser 1888-1898 USS Maine was the first USN armoured cruiser made famous by the war she indirectly caused to break out in 1898 while expdoding in Havana Harbor on February 15. A well-organized and focused U.S. press campaign, through “yellow journalism” contributed to a situation that was already degraded bewteen the Spanish … Read more
Italian Regia Marina, 1863-1896: RM Pirofrigata Roma, Venezia The Roma class ironclads were built in Italy for the Italian Regia Marina from 1863 during the rapid expansion of the newly created fleet. Only two were built, Roma and Venezia, the first having five 254 mm (10 in) and twelve 203 mm (8 in) guns but … Read more
United Kingdom (1896-1921) C class: 3 ships: HMLS Albatross, Express, Arab Development At the end of the process of ordering faster and faster “torpedo boat destroyers” the admiralty was found in a predicament, as the technology behind vertical triple expansion engines seemingly had reach its limits. Yet, Various yards affirmed they could achieve speed beyond … Read more
