FAA, 2,602 built 1942-45 The Fairey Barracuda was a British torpedo and dive bomber used during World War II. It was designed and built by the Fairey Aviation Company and served primarily with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm. The Barracuda entered service in 1943 and saw action in various theaters of the war, including … Read more
USN Assault and amphibious Forces and the USMC 160 ships, 2,500 aircraft, 1,500 vehicles The USMC in short The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, utilizing the mobility of the United States Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. … Read more
Spanish Broadside Ironclad (1865-1882) Arapiles was a Spanish broadside ironclad, wooden hulled armoured frigate built in England, launched in 1864 and in service until 1882. She was bought on the stocks, for the Spanish Navy, while being started at Green, Blackwall, London in June 1861 as an unarmored steam frigate. She was then purchased and … Read more
HMS Minotaur, Defence, Shannon, Orion (cancelled) 1908-1920 The last British Armoured cruisers: The three Minotaur class marked an additional milestone towards a semi-monocaliber heavy artillery, to the detriment of protection, with heavier tonnage and greater dimensions. There were still two twin turreted main guns fire and aft, and many secondary heavy guns in single wing … Read more
3,261 LCT-1 to LCT-8 1940-1945 SPECIAL D-DAY 80th Yr Anniversay ! Of the main landing vessels that made the Armada of Operation Overlord on June, 6th, 1944, were many LCTs, especially the LCT-5/6 family of landing craft. Denominaiton at that stage was “Landing Craft, Tank” and they constituted a missing link between the infantry alone … Read more
US Navy (1918-47) – Converted fleet carriers: USS Saratoga, Lexington The Lexington class aircraft carriers: Return on the largest warships of their time, first USN fleet carriers, only one to feature a 80-aircraft group. They were born almost by accident, converted from the impressive Constellation class Battlecruisers projected in 1916 and built from 1917. The … Read more
Armada (1880-1927): Velasco, Gravina, Infanta Isabel, Isabel II, Cristóbal Colón, Don Juan de Austria, Don Antonio de Ulloa, Conde del Venadito The Velasco class were eight unprotected cruisers built in the 1880s for the Armada (Spanish Navy) built in two different subclasses. The first batch composed of Velasco and Gravina were typical Vickers Armstrong style … Read more
Proyekt 956 Sarytch, 21 destroyers: Sovremenny, Otchayanny, Otlichny, Osmotritelny, Bezuprechny, Boyevoy, Stoyky, Okrylyonny, Burny, Gremyashchy, Bystry, Rastoropny, Bezboyaznenny, Gremyashchy, Bespokoyny, Nastoychivy, Besstrashny. Incomplete 1990, completed for China: Vazhny, Vdumchivy, Vnushitelny, Vechny as Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Taizhou, Ningbo The Sovremenny missile Destroyers (Project 956, Sarych) were designed as replacement for the Kotlin, and despite cruiser dimensions and … Read more
Oceanic Submersibles: Pier Capponi, Giovanni da Procida, Goffredo Mameli, Tito Speri (1926-29) The Mameli-class submarine were the first built for the Regia Marina post-First World War. These were designed by engineer Cavallini in Tosi Yard and became the prototype for future ocean-going Italian submarines in the interwar. Four were built, operational in 1927-29 after being … Read more
IJN Observation floatplane (1942) – 15 built (incl. prototypes) 1944 Development In 1939 the Imperial Japanese Navy instructed Kawanishi (a well known lead manufacturer and designer of floatplanes and flying boats) to develop a two-seat high-speed reconnaissance floatplane. The main specifications were on one hand, having sufficient performance to escape interception from land based fighters … Read more
