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Nairana class escort aircraft carriers (1943)

United Kingdom – Escort Aircraft Carriers: HMS Vindex, Nairana, Campania The Nairana-class escort carrier were three converted fast diesel cargo…

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HMS Activity (1942)

United Kingdom – Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Activity is one of the many one-off converted British escort carrier converted from…

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HMS Vanguard (1944)

United Kingdom (1939-1960) Genesis of the Vanguard design It should be tempting to reduce HMS Vanguard to a solution for…

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Swiftsure class cruisers (1943)

United Kingdom (1942-45) HMS Swiftsure, Minotaur, Superb, Hawke, Bellerophon, Blake, Defence, Mars The last “classic” British cruiser of WW2 were…

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Parthian Class submersibles (1929)

Oceanic Submersibles 1926-1946: The Parthian-class submarine or P class was a class of six submarines built for the Royal Navy…

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HMS Pretoria Castle (1938)

HMS Pretoria Castle (1943-46) United Kingdom – Training Aircraft Carrier HMS Pretoria Castle (F61) was a freshly completed Harland &…

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HMS X1 (1923)

Cruiser Submersible 1921-1937: Nearly bankrupted by the war and in peace mood, Britain was not willing to engage in military…

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HMS Unicorn (1941)

HMS Unicorn (1941) – Repair Aircraft Carrier Royal Navy – 1939-59 HMS Unicorn is a relatively foggy British carrier of…

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Grampus class submersibles (1932-36)

Minelaying Submersibles 1932-1945: HMS Porpoise (prototype), HMS Grampus, Narwhal, Rorqual, Cachalot, Seal The first British internwar minelaying submersibles: The 1,800-tons…

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Odin class submersibles (1926)

Oceanic Submersibles 1924-1945: HMS Oberon (prototype), HMS Oxley & Otway (Australian order), HMS Odin, Olympus, Orpheus, Osiris, Oswald, Otus HMS…