Tag: Navy
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Suffren (1927) French Heavy Cruiser
Suffren (1927) French Heavy Cruiser Laid down at the Arsenal de Brest in 1926 and launched on 3 May 1927, the Suffren was the lead ship of her class and one of the most significant French warships of the interwar period. She represented France’s earnest attempt to build a modern heavy cruiser within the constraints… Read more
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Colbert (1928) French Heavy Cruiser
Colbert (1928) French Heavy Cruiser The French heavy cruiser Colbert (1928) was the second ship of the four-vessel Suffren class and represented the continued evolution of France’s Washington Treaty cruiser designs. Named after the seventeenth-century French statesman Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the cruiser combined powerful offensive armament with high speed, although like many treaty cruisers of the… Read more
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HMS Ajax (1880) Ironclad Battleship
HMS Ajax (1880) Ironclad Battleship The HMS Ajax was one of two Ajax-class battleship ironclads built for the Royal Navy during the final phase of Britain’s ironclad era. She was laid down at Pembroke Dockyard on 21 March 1876, launched on 27 February 1880, and completed in 1883. The Ajax class was conceived as a… Read more