by Matthew Wright | Jul 25, 2018 | History Article
It is easy to declare that the Battle of Jutland – to the Germans, the battle of the Skagerrak[1] – fought over a hectic afternoon and night on 31 May-1 June 1916, was a tactical German victory and a strategic British one. The idea has become a trope in...
by Matthew Wright | Jul 23, 2018 | History Article
Over a century ago, Admiral Sir John Fisher (1841-1920) – one of the main forces behind both the dreadnought and the battlecruiser – declared that both were obsolete. The ideal warship of the future, he insisted, was the submarine – the perfect stealth warship that...
by ChrisKnupp | Jul 16, 2018 | News
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...
by ChrisKnupp | Jul 16, 2018 | History Article
In the spirit of Matthew J Wright’s excellent article on the King George V class battleships, I decided to examine another battleship that also suffers from an undeservedly bad reputation. In this article we will talk about the surprisingly successful design that was...
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