Russian Navy vs German Navy This action took place in the Baltic Sea between Russian and German units as part of Operation Albion, an amphibious German operation. It is also called “battle of moon island” by the Anglo-Saxons. Most of the engagement was held on the 17th in the narrow passage of Muhu Island (“The … Read more
Chinese PLAN (1991) – 2 ships: Harbin, Qingdao Chinese transition destroyers: The Luhu clas destroyers constituted in 1993 a significant improvement over the Luda class, a domestic design that approached the capabilities of Western detroyers, but made to achieve this goal extensive use of foreign technologies still accessible to the PRC before the 1989 incident … Read more
USA – 347 ships (1899-1921) Overview of American destroyers in ww1: Mothballed Flushdeckers at San Diego in 1928 – USN Archives The United States built more destroyers than any other nation on earth during the first world war. But when they started in 1914, they only had 50 ships, whereas the Royal Navy had 300 … Read more
Regina Margherita class battleships (1901) Italy (1901) Regina Margherita, Benedetto Brin Brin’s modern battleships The two ships of the Margherita class, were the first large Italian modern battleships, designed in 1898 by Benedetto Brin, admiral, chief engineer and later minister of the navy. They had to be powerful and fast, but at the cost of … Read more
SMS Seeadler (1888) German Empire – Former Pass of Balmaha, sailing corsair The Sea Eagle: One of the most interesting commerce raider ever put at sea in the Great War was arguably the SMS Seeadler (sea eagle). She was the single, most successful sailing commerce raider of the war, a brillant concept that made in … Read more
Union Navy A turtleback Union Turret Ironclad Ram The Union warship known as Keokuk was born USS Moodna, built on purpose as an experimental ironclad, with several innovative features. She was designed by engineer Charles W. Whitney for New York City’s J.S. Underhill Shipyards, 11th Street. She was named after the eponym city in Iowa … Read more
United Kingdom vs. Germany, 23 April 1918 The Zeebrugge Raid on the northern, Flemish coast remains one of the most spectacular and controversial feats of arms of the Great War. It was, as these words are written, about 100 years from now, and it still remembered vividly whereas four generations had passed. This is the … Read more
Ships that made History In this chapter we will focus on ships which had a significant impact on Naval History, chiefly on propulsion innovations, but not only: Navigation, cargo handling, protection, or just ships associated with particular events or campaigns (like oceanography). Bulk carriers, from John Bowes to Berge Stahl: A Bulk carrier (“bulk carrier”) … Read more
WW2 Soviet Destroyers Soviet Navy About 5 classes, 65 ships 1911-1941 Soviet destroyers really knew two eras, the one which began in Imperial times with the formidable Novik own lineage and the one that started in 1936 with the first Soviet plan for mass-building a new generation of destroyers and a great void practically from … Read more
Town class cruisers (WWI) United Kingdom (1917) Sub-classes Bristol, Weymouth, Chatham, Birmingham, Birkenhead: 21 protected cruisers The battle-hardened WW1 Town class Cruisers Some of these made it through WW2 as well, and they are less well-known than the 1936 namesake class designed to answer to the Mogami, but they were perhaps the most involved British … Read more
