Category: Military
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HMS Ajax (1880) Ironclad Battleship
HMS Ajax (1880) Ironclad Battleship The HMS Ajax was one of two Ajax-class battleship ironclads built for the Royal Navy during the final phase of Britain’s ironclad era. She was laid down at Pembroke Dockyard on 21 March 1876, launched on 27 February 1880, and completed in 1883. The Ajax class was conceived as a… Read more
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HTMS Sri Ayudhya
HTMS Sri Ayudhya HTMS Sri Ayudhya was a coastal defence ship of the Royal Thai Navy and one of the most notable warships in Thailand’s modern naval history. Built in Japan by the Kawasaki Dockyard at Kobe, she was launched in 1938 and commissioned in 1939. Named after the ancient Siamese capital of Ayutthaya, Sri… Read more
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Polikarpov I-153DM Ramjet Powered Biplane
Polikarpov I-153DM Ramjet Powered Biplane The Polikarpov I-153DM was one of the Soviet Union’s most unusual experimental fighter aircraft, combining the proven Polikarpov I-153 “Chaika” biplane with pioneering ramjet propulsion. The suffix DM, short for Dopolnityelnyi Motor (“supplementary engine”), referred to the installation of two underwing ramjet engines designed to boost the aircraft’s speed without… Read more