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Chinese PLAN (1970-90) 5 ships The first Chinese SSNs ChangZheng 5 (405) in 1993 The type 091 class was nothing...

Although Neutral in WW2, the Portuguese Navy was mobilized to defend the homeland and far flung colonial empire against all...

Russia (1886) The old sailing cruiser of the Tsar Several ships in WW1 had far past their prime but were...

Nazi Germany (1940-44) - About 500 Amphibious ships German amphibious warfare in WW2 Whereas the focus on WW2 allied landings...

Japan, 1925. Heavy Cruisers Furutaka, Kako The Furutaka class: First Japanese "washington" cruisers The two heavy cruisers of the Furutaka...

USA 1914-1945 - 28 battleships Two generations of battleships On December 6, 1941, the US Navy was confident. Despite two...

Russia (1903): Kniaz Potemkin Travichesky (Panteleimon) The Potemkine: Movie famous The very name of Potemkine evoke the Russian 1905 Revolution,...

United Kingdom (1890-91) - 21 cruisers The 'Mythologic' 2nd class protected cruisers The Apollo class were in WW1 already in...

Chinese Nanyang Fleet One of the forgotten gunboat-size Chinese cruisers In 1880 the concept of cruiser was rather new. Not...

Italy 4 ships (1930) Giussano, Barbiano, Colleoni, Bande Nere. The famous "Condotierri" cruiser class was an invention from postwar authors,...