Category: Military
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British Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Repulse (1892)
British Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Repulse (1892) The Royal Sovereign–class, including Repulse, was authorised under the 1889 Naval Defence Act to modernise Britain’s battle fleet. These were high-freeboard, heavy-armour barbette ships designed by Sir William White as successors to the 1880s ironclads. They were heavily armed and armoured for Baltic and North Sea operations. Repulse’s design derived from… Read more
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Loire 70 French Flying Boat
Loire 70 French Maritime Reconnaissance Flying Boat First flying on 28 December 1933, the Loire 70 was a long-range maritime reconnaissance flying boat designed for the French Navy. Seven production aircraft were ordered and along with the prototype served with Escadrille E7 at Karouba in Tunisia. At the start of the Second World War, they… Read more
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Tupolev Tu-12 Experimental Soviet Bomber
Tupolev Tu-12 The Tupolev Tu-12 was an experimental bomber developed by the Soviet Union to familiarize designers and aircrew with jet powered bombers. To speed development, it was based on the piston engined Tu-2 medium bomber. Power was provided by two imported British Rolls-Royce Nene jet engines. In addition to the prototype, five production aircraft were built… Read more