Category: Military
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Russian Battleship Borodino
Russian Battleship Borodino Launched on 8 September 1901, Borodino was the lead ship of her class of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Entering service in August 1904, she sailed only two months later on 15 October, with the Second Pacific Squadron to break the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. The Japanese captured… Read more
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German Battleship Bismarck
German Battleship Bismarck Bismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched in February 1939. Work was completed in August 1940, when she was commissioned into the… Read more
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CAC Wirraway
CAC Wirraway Produced in Australia from 1939 to 1946, 755 Wirraways were built for the RAAF. Initially serving as training aircraft, they were also used for army co-operating and in the desperate early years of the Second World War as a fighter. RAAF Richmond Air Show 28 September 2025 Newcastle Williamtown Air Show November 2023… Read more