Tag: warship
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HMS Spartan British Light Cruiser
HMS Spartan British Light Cruiser HMS Spartan was a British light cruiser of the Dido class, built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Constructed by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, she was launched in 1942 and commissioned on 12 July 1943. Like other ships of her class, Spartan was designed primarily for fleet air… Read more
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USS Alabama BB-8 Battleship
USS Alabama BB-8 Battleship The USS Alabama (BB-8) was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1900 as part of the Illinois class. Built during a period of rapid naval expansion, she represented America’s growing ambition to become a major sea power at the turn of the twentieth century. Armed with four… Read more
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HMS Trinidad (1941) British Light Cruiser
HMS Trinidad (1941) British Light Cruiser The HMS Trinidad was a British light cruiser of the Royal Navy, built during the late 1930s as part of the Crown Colony or Fiji class. Constructed by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead, she was launched in March 1941 and entered service during one of the most difficult periods of… Read more