Category: Military
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US Battleship USS Kentucky Battleship BB-6
US Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Kentucky Battleship BB-6 USS Kentucky Battleship BB-6 was the second and last of the Kearsarge-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the US Navy. Laid down on 30 June 1896 and launched on 24 March 1898, she was commissioned on 15 May 1900. An unusual design aspect was the positioning of the 8-inch guns Read more
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German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Schwaben
German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Schwaben SMS Schwaben was the forth of the Wittelsbach-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial German Navy. Laid down in 1900, and completed in April 1904. During most of her active career, she was used as a gunnery training ship. With the start of World War One, Schwaben was moved to active Read more
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German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Wittelsbach
German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Wittelsbach The lead ship of her class of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial German Navy, SMS Wittelsbach was laid down in 1899 and completed in October 1902. Along with her sister ships Wettin, Zähringen, and Mecklenburg, she served in I Squadron for the duration of her peacetime career. Her other Read more