Navistory RN (1875-79, service until 1905-19): Iris, Mercury The Iris class Cruiser were an important milestone in the development of the type in the Royal Navy. Unlike contemporary masted vessels called as “armoured cruisers” such as the HMS Shannon and Nelson class, close to ironclads than true cruisers, the Iris class were the first all-steel warships … Read more
Guided Missile Destroyer (2011-2027): DDG-1000 Zumwalt, DDG-1001 Michael Monsoor, DDG-1002 Lyndon B. Johnson For this 4th of July here is a presentation of the most impressive surface ship, outside aircraft carriers, in the USN inventory today. But also one of the most protracted and controversial naval procurement of the last 20 years. Some naval historians … Read more
Germany: SM U23, 24, 25, 25 (1912) The U23 class submarine were of the so-called double-hulled type, designed as oceanic models in official design documentation. They were also called the “mittel-U”, second class equipped with Diesels, and a copy of the U19 by Germaniawerft, from the large imperial shipyard of Kiel. The latter recovered the … Read more
Royal Navy (built 1940-47) Iroquois, Athabaskan, Huron, Haida, Micmac, Nootka, Cayuga, Athabaskan (II) Canada Day ! The Canadian Navy had its largest extension in its history during the second world war. When it ended, the RCAN was the world’s fourth largest in tonnage and number of ships. This Navy operated cruisers, destroyers and plenty of … Read more
Supervised by Ivan Nodevējs, head of the Elbonian Post War purchase commission Following what was done by others and notably on various channels for the air and ground, small arms, aircraft or tanks, NE is also unashamedly jumping into the Elbonian bandwagon. Elbonia is a fake Baltic country who’s main export is mud and is … Read more
Armada (1884-86): 1 ship, in service until 1907. Destructor was a 1880 Spanish warship designed by Fernando Villaamil as a fast ocean-going torpedo gunboat. She is often referred in publications as the main precursor of the destroyer type. Even the name is appropriate. Her role was clear when she was commissioned, however, despite being commissioned … Read more
Nazi Germany (1929-43) – 4 Battleships: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Bismarck, Tirpitz. Projects of Plan Z. If PLAN Z was completed in 1946-1950 as scheduled, the Kriegsmarine would have 10 battleships, 3 battlecruisers and 15 Panzerschiffe. However the German Navy was the least of priorities for Hitler and his general staff, mostly focusing on the Wehrmacht and … Read more
Short Sunderland (1937) RAF Coastal Command & others: 777 built. As far as naval matters goes, the Short Sunderland, was the U-Boat’s worst nightmare, equal part and even more than the other allied angel of the Atlantic, the PBY Catalina. This was arguably the most successful Britis flying boat of WW2, for many reasons. Stdied … Read more
Peruvian Unprotected Cruiser (1880) Armada do Peru (1880-1937): Lima (Socrates), Callao (Diogenes)* Lima was the lead ship a planned two-ship unprotected cruisers class of the Armada do Peru (Peruvian Navy) but she ended its sole member as her sister was old to Japan and ended in the USN. Original name was Socrates. She was laid … Read more
Guided Missiles Destroyers 74 ships (90 planned) DD 963-DD 997 1988-2030 Flight I, II, IIa, III What else to close this year than the current Arleigh Burke class destroyers. Designed in the early 1980s they were a product of the cold war, designed to marry AEGIS capabilities of a Ticonderoga class cruiser with more rounded … Read more
