Category: Ships
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Danish Coastal Defense Ship Olfert Fischer
Danish Coastal Defense Ship Olfert Fischer HDMS Olfert Fischer (1903) was a Danish coastal defense ship. The second of her class of three ships (including Herluf Trolle and Peder Skram), she was launched on 9 May 1903 and commissioned on 31 May 1905. She had an uneventful career, as Denmark remained neutral throughout World War One. Herluf Read more
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Italian Battleship Giulio Cesare
Italian Battleship Giulio Cesare Completed on 14 May 1914, Giulio Cesare was a Conte di Cavour-class dreadnought battleships built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy). She saw little service during the First World War, spending most of her time in port, ready to sortie if the Austro-Hungarian battlefleet sought a decisive engagement. During the Read more
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Soviet Battleship Novorossiysk
Soviet Battleship Novorossiysk Novorossiysk was a Conte di Cavour-class battleship operated by the Soviet Union from 1949 to 1955. Originally the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) battleship Giulio Cesare, she was awarded to Russia as part of war reparations. Operated mainly as a training ship, she underwent several refits, which included replacing her lights Italian Read more