Category: Military
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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
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Argentine Heavy Cruiser Veinticinco de Mayo (C-2)
Argentine Heavy Cruiser Veinticinco de Mayo (C-2) The heavy cruiser Veinticinco de Mayo (C-2) was constructed for the Argentine Navy as part of a naval expansion programme in the late 1920s. She was one of two cruisers of the class, built alongside Almirante Brown. The ships were ordered from the Italian shipbuilder Odero-Terni-Orlando and constructed… Read more