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USS Monadnock (BM-3)
Monadnock crossing the Pacific Ocean during the Spanish-American War. This must have been an âexcitingâ crossing⊠A monadnock of more than 3,100 feet in southern New Hampshire close to the border of Massachusetts; often called Grand Monadnock to distinguish it from Little Monadnock which lies nearby to the east. The second Monadnock, an ironâhulled, twinâscrew, doubleâturreted monitor, was laid down…
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Warships and Fleets Transformed
The principal navies could not avoid taking a lead in modernization after Hampton Roads and Lissa. The majority of warships in commission were out of date and virtually defenceless against any minor naval power which equipped itself with a mere handful of modern warships. Now that steam propulsion of screw-driven…
Ironclads and the Steel Navy
The Peruvian ironclad Huascar engages two Chilean vessels, the Blanco Encalada and the Cochrane, during the battle of Angamos on 8 October 1879. Huascar (Peruvian Monitor, 1865) Peruvian ironclad monitor ram. Designed by Englandâs Captain Cowper Coles, the Huascar was built by Lairds at Birkenhead. Launched in October 1865, she…
The Sinking of the Glorious
In 1929 a German admiral named Wegener published a book entitled The Sea Strategy of the World War (i. e. World War I). In this book he put forward the theory that the British sea blockade and stranglehold over the North Sea could and should have been broken by German…
Soviet G5 Torpedo Boat
The extremely fast G5 torpedo boat was ultimately derived from a series of designs by a team under the leadership of the noted aircraft designer A.N. Tupolev. Nearly over 300 were built, with 73 being lost during the war, and dozens remained in commission after 1945. There were strong influences…
Japan Approves Plans to Convert Izumo-Class Into F-35-Carrying Aircraft Carriers
JS Kaga (DDH 184) JS Izumo (DDH-183) Japanâs two largest warships will be converted into aircraft carriers over the next five years. By Franz-Stefan Gady The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially approved on December 18 plans to convert the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forceâs (JMSDF) two largest warships…
TYPE UB IIIÂ (1917-1918)
The Type UB III represents the pinnacle in the design of German attack submarines during the First World War, and this project was undoubtedly one of the best in the world, and during many years. After the war, some of these vessels served until 1935 with the Allied navies. Thirty-seven…