Category: Military
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Swedish Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Thule
Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Thule HSwMS Thule was a coastal defence ship of the Royal Swedish Navy, commissioned during the late nineteenth century as part of Sweden’s effort to strengthen its coastal forces in the Baltic and surrounding waters. She was launched on 4 March 1893 from the Bergsunds yard in Stockholm, displacing… Read more
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HSwMS Göta Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship
Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Göta HSwMS Göta was one of three Svea class coastal defence ships built for the Swedish Navy during the late nineteenth century. Constructed at Lindholmens Mekaniska Verkstad in Gothenburg, she was launched in 1891 and completed the following year. Göta formed part of Sweden’s response to the rapidly changing… Read more
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Sukhoi Su-11 (1947)
Sukhoi Su-11 (1947) The 1946 Sukhoi Su-11 was an advanced iteration of early Soviet jet fighter design, developed by the bureau of Pavel Sukhoi as a follow-on to the Su-9. Conceived during a period of rapid technological transition, the aircraft embodied both incremental refinement and significant redesign as Soviet engineers grappled with the aerodynamic and… Read more