Russia’s sole “aircraft carrier” the Admiral Kuznetsov, eventually named for the former Admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, has over the years been the butt of many jokes and for good reason in many cases. Admiral of the Fleet...
In the beginning Sitting in a cold windswept harbour on the east coast of Canada is one of the most under rated and over looked and very often under appreciated ships ever to go to sea. Churchill called them Cheap and Nasty, a phrase we usually...
Project 1155 Fregat known in the west as the Udaloy class These ships are the work horse of the surface fleet for the Russian navy, despite their age they have proved reliable and quite versatile they are often deployed on the longer-range operations such as the Gulf...
USS Texas is a museum ship and relies on donations to donate to USS Texas please visit their website: www.battleshiptexas.org This Articles content is bought to you in large part by Gabe Shuffield id like to thank him and the foundation for allowing me onboard USS...
The United States Navy produced a large number of cruisers in the years before and during the Second World War. Many of these ships were highly successful designs, providing excellent service during the War years and became well known such as the Baltimore and...
The story of HMS New Zealand, the battlecruiser that the Dominion of New Zealand gave as a gift to the Empire of Britain in 1909, has been told many times. Often incorrectly. Indeed, the ship is surrounded with mythology. A variety of stories about her origin and...
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