Category: Warships
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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
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Russian Ironclad Battleship Sinop
Russian Ironclad Battleship Sinop The Russian ironclad battleship Russian ironclad Sinop was one of three vessels of the Imperatritsa Ekaterina II class (which included Ekaterina II , Chesma, and their half-sister Georgii Pobedonosets) built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the late nineteenth century. Designed for service with the Black Sea Fleet, she reflected Russia’s determination to counter… Read more