Category: Warships
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Danish Training Cruiser HDMS Niels Juel
The Danish training cruiser Niels Juel was one of Denmark’s most significant naval vessels during the interwar period and the early years of the Second World War. Named after the seventeenth-century Danish admiral Niels Juel, the ship embodied both the maritime heritage and the modernization of Denmark’s small but professional navy. Her story, especially during Read more
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German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein
German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein SMS Schleswig-Holstein was the fifth and final ship of the Deutschland-class (along with her sisters Deutschland, Pommern, Schlesien, and Hannover), built at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel. She was laid down in 1905, launched in December 1906, and commissioned in July 1908. Like her sisters, she was a pre-dreadnought completed Read more
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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