Category: Military
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Fiat G.55 Centauro in Regia Aeronautica Service
Fiat G.55 Centauro in Service With The Regia Aeronautica The Fiat G.55 Centauro was an Italian single-seat, single-engine fighter developed by Fiat Aviazione during World War II and commissioned for operational use by the Regia Aeronautica (Royal Italian Air Force) in 1943. It was designed by Giuseppe Gabrielli as part of Italy’s push for a… Read more
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US Navy Escort Carrier USS Block Island CVE-106
US Navy Escort Carrier USS Block Island CVE-106 USS Block Island (CVE-106) emerged from the United States Navy’s wartime effort to expand intermediate aviation capacity for escort, anti submarine, and amphibious support operations. She was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier constructed on a merchant style hull utilising shipyard production efficiencies that enabled rapid output under… Read more
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Royal Navy Ironclad HMS Captain
Royal Navy Ironclad HMS Captain HMS Captain was an innovative but ultimately ill-fated ironclad turret ship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1869. She was designed during a period of rapid technological change in naval architecture, when the transition from wooden sailing warships to armoured, steam-powered vessels was still underway. Although conceived as a powerful… Read more