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...
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...
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...
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...
B800 Kaluga decks awash Russia’s iconic conventional submarine known as the Project 877 and Project 636 Kilo class were developed mainly to replace the preceding Foxtrot and Tango classes. Known the world over as a cheap, cheerful yet capable submarine the kilo is...
The term ‘Washington Treaty’ frequently appears in specialist naval books and even general histories of the inter-war period. There is no mistaking the meaning: it refers to the treaty signed on 6 February 1922 between the United States, Britain, Japan, France and...
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