Tag: naval
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British Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Repulse (1892)
British Pre-Dreadnought Battleship HMS Repulse (1892) The Royal Sovereign–class, including Repulse, was authorised under the 1889 Naval Defence Act to modernise Britain’s battle fleet. These were high-freeboard, heavy-armour barbette ships designed by Sir William White as successors to the 1880s ironclads. They were heavily armed and armoured for Baltic and North Sea operations. Repulse’s design derived from… Read more
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Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Niord
Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Niord HSwMS Niord was a Swedish coastal defence ship (in Swedish pansarskepp meaning armoured ship) built for service in the Swedish Navy as part of the Oden class alongside her sister ships Oden and Thor. She was laid down in 1896 at the Lindholmens shipyard in Gothenburg, launched on… Read more
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Swedish Coastal Defence Ship Thor
Swedish Coastal Defence Ship Thor The Swedish Navy first-class coastal defence ship Thor of the Oden-class was built in the late nineteenth century for service within Sweden’s territorial waters and the Baltic Sea. She was ordered from the Bergsunds shipyard in Stockholm and laid down in 1896, launched on 7 March 1898 and commissioned on… Read more