Category: Warships
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HMS Glorious
HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Glorious was paid off after the war, but was rebuilt as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s. After the start of the Second World War, Glorious spent the rest of 1939 unsuccessfully hunting for… Read more
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German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Schlesien
German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Schlesien SMS Schlesien was the fourth ship of the Deutschland-class of pre-dreadnought battleships (along with her sisters Deutschland, Schleswig-Holstein, Pommern, and Hannover), built at the Schichau-Werke shipyard in Danzig. She was laid down in 1904, launched in May 1906, and commissioned in May 1908. Like her sisters, she was already outdated… Read more
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German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Pommern
German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Pommern SMS Pommern was the second ship of the Deutschland-class pre-dreadnought battleships (along with her sisters Deutschland, Schleswig-Holstein, Schlesien, and Hannover) of the Imperial German Navy. Built at the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin, she was laid down in 1903, launched in December 1905, and commissioned in August 1907. As with… Read more