Category: Military
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Russian Ironclad Battleship Georgii Pobedonosets
Russian Ironclad Battleship Georgii Pobedonosets Georgii Pobedonosets was an ironclad battleship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, completed in 1893 at the Nikolayev Admiralty Shipyard. She was a sub-class of the Ekaterina II-class of barbette battleships (Ekaterina II, Chesma and Sinop) , designed to secure Russian naval dominance in the Black Sea during the late… Read more
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Russian Ironclad Battleship Ekaterina II
Russian Ironclad Battleship Ekaterina II The Russian ironclad battleship Ekaterina II was the lead ship of a class of Black Sea fleet ironclads (which included Chesma, Sinop, and Georgii Pobedonosets) constructed during the 1880s to counter the naval strength of the Ottoman Empire. Laid down at Nikolaev in 1883 and commissioned in 1889, she embodied the transitional… Read more
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Portuguese Ironclad Vasco Da Gama
Portuguese Ironclad Vasco Da Gama The ironclad Vasco da Gama was the most powerful warship operated by the Portuguese Navy in the late nineteenth century and remained in service, in modified form, into the twentieth century. Built during a period when Portugal sought to modernise its small fleet, the vessel reflected contemporary European naval design… Read more