Tag: Navy

  • German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Braunschweig

    German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Braunschweig

    German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Braunschweig SMS Braunschweig was the lead ship of the Braunschweig-class battleships (along with her sister ships Elsass, Lothringen, Hessen and Preussen), the first German capital ships to carry the heavier 28 cm (11 in) main guns that became standard in subsequent designs. Named after the Duchy of Brunswick (Braunschweig in German), Read more

  • British Heavy Cruiser HMS London (1929)

    British Heavy Cruiser HMS London (1929)

    British Heavy Cruiser HMS London (1929) HMS London was a British heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy, the name ship of the London sub-class of the County-class cruisers. She was laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard in February 1926, launched in September 1927, and commissioned in January 1929. The County-class cruisers had been authorised under the Read more

  • British Heavy Cruiser HMS Raleigh

    British Heavy Cruiser HMS Raleigh

    British Heavy Cruiser HMS Raleigh HMS Raleigh was a Hawkins-class heavy cruiser (along with her sister ships HMS Hawkins, Effingham, Frobisher and Vindictive), ordered in 1915 under the First World War emergency programme and built at Devonport Dockyard. She was laid down in 1916, launched on 28 September 1919, and commissioned in 1921. Named after the Elizabethan explorer Read more