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History Articles

Navy General Board was created to help share all aspects of naval history from throughout the ages. Here you will find our collection of history articles. It has come a long way and has something for everyone. Take your time and browse them all!

Bayern Class vs. Queen Elizabeth Class Dreadnoughts

by | July 29, 2018 | History Article | 0 Comments

SMS BAYERN OR HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH? In 1898 the Naval Arms race that was to conclude sixteen years later in the Great War, was begun. The culmination of that titanic struggle was to see the creation of the 'Super-Dreadnought'. The British creation was the five vessels...
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Is the Battleship Texas Sinking?

by | July 16, 2018 | History Article | 0 Comments

  The battleship USS Texas (BB-35) has been around for over one hundred years. The mighty warship is one of the oldest military vehicles of her type still inexistence. She is old enough that she was laid down one month before the famous RMS Titanic launched....
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The Battle of the River Plate and USS Salem

by | July 31, 2022 | History Article | 0 Comments

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 Battle of...
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The slow death of the Lion class – Britain’s never-built battleships

by | November 10, 2018 | History Article | 0 Comments

As war clouds loomed over Europe in the late 1930s, Britain’s last generation of battleships were well in hand. By 1938 the five King George V class were under construction and the first two examples of their successors, the Lions, were due to be laid down in 1939.[1]...
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The Last of her kind

by | March 20, 2021 | History Article | 0 Comments

Find out about one of the least known submarines of the Soviet navy
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German Aircraft Carrier Of World War 1

by | August 6, 2022 | History Article | 0 Comments

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...
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HMAS SYDNEY A Chronological History

by | May 4, 2019 | History Article | 0 Comments

If you were wondering where Andy South has been recently, he has been working on his latest book detailing the career of HMAS Sydney! His first volume of H.M.A.S SYDNEY: A chronological history is completed. Andy wanted to share some of his book so he as kind enough...
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How some key naval engineering terms migrated into English

by | May 15, 2020 | History Article | 0 Comments

It’s been said that English is a language that pursues other languages down dark alleys and mugs them for vocabulary, then riffles their pockets for more, and that’s certainly true of a fair number of naval engineering terms. Words such as ‘barbette’, ‘casemate’ and...
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Warship Stabilization Systems : Warship Tech

by | July 13, 2019 | History Article | 0 Comments

For the most part, the sea is anything but smooth. Warships operating on it are rocked back and forth almost constantly. This rocking motion interferes with a ship's performance. Guns and optics are thrown off target, reducing their effectiveness. In addition, the...
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“Thank God for the Navy!” – HMS Veronica and the Hawke’s Bay quake of 1931

by | January 30, 2020 | History Article | 0 Comments

It’s not often that a city’s memorial to a warship is larger than the ship itself. Or that the ship’s bell continues to be rung in that city to this day, honouring the way the navy came to the rescue when tragedy unfolded. But that’s true in Napier, New Zealand, where...
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The Q-ship hero – William Sanders, VC

by | August 7, 2018 | History Article | 0 Comments

The story of William Sanders (1883-1917) remains one of the most intriguing personal sea experiences of the First World War. His career, though brief, can best be described as outstanding: in quick succession he won first the Victoria Cross and then the Distinguished...
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The King George V class – better battleships than history usually allows

by | August 27, 2018 | History Article | 0 Comments

Britain’s King George V's, the only new battleship class they completed for the Second World War, were criticised for shortcomings while being developed, and have often been since portrayed as the least of that war’s new-generation battleships. Winston Churchill,...
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The Tango class Russia’s Rubber Submarine

by | May 23, 2021 | History Article | 0 Comments

Russia’s Rubber coated submarine that faded into history.

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The other HMS Hood – Britain’s last turret ship

by | June 18, 2019 | History Article | 0 Comments

Mention HMS Hood and just one ship usually springs to mind. However, there was another HMS Hood, a battleship laid down for the Royal Navy in August 1889, which survived long enough to be given one last - and decisively final - role a few months after the outbreak of...
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Rudders: Warship Tech

by | January 10, 2021 | History Article | 2 Comments

Rudders. Just about every warship has them, but rudders vary considerably from one design to the next. Extraordinarily little thought is given to these devices that are hidden away from view underwater. However,  rudders are a critical component of warship...
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News and Current Events

A relatively new addition to the Navy General Board website. While we remain focused on sharing history, we also want to examine naval current events that are occuring across the world. This section is still new, but more articles are coming. 

China’s Newest Warship : The Type 55 Destroyer

by | July 16, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

At a time when the United States Navy is struggling to determine the future of its Navy, China has been quietly building up its naval forces. The People’s Liberation Army Navy has risen to be the second largest navy in the world by tonnage. It’s not just quantity that...
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Canada’s Next Generation Submarine

by | July 19, 2021 | History Article, News | 29 Comments

My own opinion and hypothesis on what class of submarine could become Canada’s next generation submarine

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Why China’s Island Bases are Not a Big Deal

by | July 16, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

Over the past few years, the media has made a big deal of the artificial island bases that China has built in the South China Sea. Several of these islands are well fortified, featuring harbors, airstrips, and formidable land-based weaponry. Some in the media have...
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The Navy’s FFG(X) Program : Foreign and Domestic Options

by | July 16, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

The Navy has all but admitted that the Littoral Combat Ships are a flop. Therefore, they have started looking at potential ships to fulfill requirements for a new frigate design known as the FFG(X) Program. Make makes things interesting is that this time the US Navy...
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