Category: ww1 warships
Satsuma class Battleships (1906)
Satsuma class Battleships (1906) Japan (1906) Satsuma, Aki The original half-dreadnoughts: The 薩摩型戦艦 Satsuma-gata senkan class was ordered in late…
WW1 British Destroyers
WW1 British Destroyers Royal Navy (1895-1919) – About 536 ships Introduction It is strange to think of the fact, that…
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (1910) Italy (1910) Dreadnought Battleship The first Italian Dreadnought With limited industrial capabilities compared to the UK, Italy…
Battleship Henri IV (1899)
France (1899) – France’s strangest pre-dreadnought Background The French Navy was under the influence of the ‘Jeune Ecole‘ (‘Young School’)…
Asama class Armoured Cruisers (1898)
Asama class Armoured Cruisers (1898) Asama, Tokiwa (1898) IJN Asama and Tokiwa (常盤) was the second and last Asama-class armored…
British C class cruisers (1914-1922)
United Kingdom (1914-22) 7 sub-classes, 28 cruisers The veteran light cruisers The ‘C’ class were called artificially that way by…
WW1 French Escorts
WW1 French Escorts France (1893) French ASW warfare during the great war Because of the considerable maritime traffic amount between…
Naniwa class protected cruisers (1885)
Naniwa class protected cruisers (1885) Naniwa, Takachiho White’s first Japanese cruiser: The Naniwa and Takachiho (浪速型防護巡洋艦 Naniwa-gata bōgojun’yōka) were the…
Ise class battleships (1917)
Ise class battleships (1917) IJN Ise, Hyūga. From super-dreadnoughts to hybrid battleships: Ise and Hyūga were two fast dreadnoughts built…
HMS Furious (1917)
HMS Furious (1917) United Kingdom – Aircraft Carrier History’s first aircraft carrier The HMS Furious is like a warship with…
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