Tag: Navy
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HSwMS Göta Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship
Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Göta HSwMS Göta was one of three Svea class coastal defence ships built for the Swedish Navy during the late nineteenth century. Constructed at Lindholmens Mekaniska Verkstad in Gothenburg, she was launched in 1891 and completed the following year. Göta formed part of Sweden’s response to the rapidly changing… Read more
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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