by Blair Shaw EMLog MInsTA CMILT MSOE | Aug 8, 2022 | History Article
One of the most successful British post war submarines was the Oberon class submarines.Quiet and capable these boats were the backbone of the Royal navy through the 1970’s and 1980’s. Today you will find many of these boats as museums around the world and that’s not...
by Andy South | Aug 6, 2022 | History Article
By 1919 the Great War had dragged on for five long blood-soaked years. Even with the USA havingjoined the Allies in 1917, victory had been elusive for any of the combatants. For the two years that hadfollowed that declaration, a flood of war materials had poured from...
by Blair Shaw EMLog MInsTA CMILT MSOE | Aug 5, 2022 | History Article
This is a very brief overview of the Trafalgar class submarine, I haven’t gone into too much detail as this class of submarine remains in active service with the Royal Navy. Designed in the 1970’s as a refinement of the previous Swiftsure class submarines the...
by ChrisKnupp | Jul 31, 2022 | History Article
Today’s article will go a little off track compared to our typical articles. That’s because we are looking at the American Des Moines class heavy cruiser USS Salem (CA-139) and her portrayal of the German raider Admiral Graf Spee in the classic 1956 film...
by Matthew Wright | Jul 19, 2022 | History Article
The naval treaty of 6 February 1922 negotiated in Washington – technically the ‘Five Power Treaty’, but afterwards simply called the ‘Washington Treaty’ – included lists of the ships that signatories were required to dispose of. The longest was British. A...
by Blair Shaw EMLog MInsTA CMILT MSOE | Jun 12, 2022 | History Article
The Royal Australian Navy is arguably the most powerful navy in the southern pacific and is the dominant regional power. Since being founded in 1911 it has taken part in nearly all the major conflicts in the 20th and 21st century including both world wars.Despite...
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