Month: July 2017
Protected Cruiser Jurien de la Gravière (1899)
Jurien de la Gravière (1899) France (1899) – Protected Cruiser A “tin-clad cruiser” The term was used often to describe…
Battle of Santiago de Cuba (july, 3, 1898)
Spanish Armada vs US Navy Cuba’s decisive naval battle The Battle of Santiago de Cuba, was seen by some as…
Battle of Manila May, 1, 1898
Spanish Armada vs US Navy Map of Manila’s battle actions (public domain) Swapping an Empire for Another The origins The…
Kresta II class cruisers (1968-76)
Kresta II class cruisers 10 cruisers: Kronstadt, Admiral Isakov, Admiral Nakhimov, Admiral Makarov, Admiral Voroshilov, Admiral Oktyabryskiy, Admiral Isashenko, Admiral…
Pensacola class heavy Cruisers (1928)
Pensacola class heavy cruisers (1928) USA (1928-30) – USS Pensacola, Salt lake City The top heavy cruisers This summup in…
The Spanish-American War of 1898
USN and Armada, context, developments, battles. How the “splendid little war” began As we know, this war began with the…
Type 7 Anshan class destroyers (1955)
Chinese PLAN (1955) – Anshan, Fu Chun, Chang Chun, Chi Lin The first Chinese Destroyers: The Anshan class was not…
Manta
Torpedo semi-submersible rolling Catamaran Germany (1944), Fast Attack Craft, paper project, 1944 A daring concept born from desperation: At the…
Battle of the Falklands (8 December 1914)
German Navy vs Royal Navy 8 December 1914 British Revenge over Von Spee Just as Newsweek frontpage stated in 1982,…
American Torpedo Boats (1885-1901)
USA – 35 boats Prologue: Early precursors (1800-1870s) The invention of the “Torpedo” While the torpedo was invented only in…
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