Category: Warships
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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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Foch (1929) French Heavy Cruiser
Foch (1929) French Heavy Cruiser The Foch was a heavy cruiser of the Suffren class that saw service in the Second World War. She was the third vessel of her class, launched in 1929 and active until her scuttling in 1942. She was originally intended to bear the name Louvois, after the Marquis de Louvois,… Read more