Category: Military
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HMS Agamemnon (1879) Ironclad Battleship
HMS Agamemnon (1879) Ironclad Battleship HMS Agamemnon was an ironclad battleship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1879 as the lead ship of the Ajax-class. She was built at Chatham Dockyard during a period of rapid naval development, when the Royal Navy was transitioning from traditional broadside ironclads to more modern turret and barbette-equipped warships.… Read more
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HTMS Sukhothai
HTMS Sukhothai HTMS Sukhothai was a gunboat of the Royal Siamese Navy, built in the United Kingdom by Vickers Armstrong in Barrow-in-Furness. Laid down in December 1928 she was launched in 1929 and entered service in December 1930. The vessel formed part of Siam’s efforts to modernise its naval forces during the reign of King… Read more
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Dupleix (1930) French Heavy Cruiser
Dupleix (1930) French Heavy Cruiser The French heavy cruiser Dupleix was the fourth and final member of the Suffren class of treaty cruisers built for the French Navy during the interwar period. Named after the eighteenth-century French colonial administrator Joseph François Dupleix, she represented the culmination of French efforts to improve cruiser protection while remaining… Read more