Category: Warships
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Portuguese Unprotected Cruiser Adamastor
Portuguese Unprotected Cruiser Adamastor The NRP Adamastor was an unprotected cruiser of the Portuguese Navy, built during a period of naval rearmament that followed the 1890 British Ultimatum. Funded in part by public subscription, she symbolised a national effort to restore maritime prestige and strengthen Portugal’s ability to police its overseas empire. Design and Characteristics… Read more
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US Navy Escort Carrier USS Block Island CVE-106
US Navy Escort Carrier USS Block Island CVE-106 USS Block Island (CVE-106) emerged from the United States Navy’s wartime effort to expand intermediate aviation capacity for escort, anti submarine, and amphibious support operations. She was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier constructed on a merchant style hull utilising shipyard production efficiencies that enabled rapid output under… Read more
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Royal Navy Ironclad HMS Captain
Royal Navy Ironclad HMS Captain HMS Captain was an innovative but ultimately ill-fated ironclad turret ship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1869. She was designed during a period of rapid technological change in naval architecture, when the transition from wooden sailing warships to armoured, steam-powered vessels was still underway. Although conceived as a powerful… Read more