Tag: warship
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HMS Fiji (1940) British Light Cruiser
HMS Fiji (1940) British Light Cruiser HMS Fiji was the lead ship of the Fiji-class (also called the Crown Colony-class) of light cruisers, built for the Royal Navy during the early stages of the Second World War. Laid down in 1938 and commissioned in 1940, she was designed under the constraints of the London Naval… Read more
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Imperator Aleksandr II (1887) Russian Pre-Dreadnought Battleship
Russian Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Imperator Aleksandr II The Russian battleship Imperator Aleksandr II was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy, built in the late nineteenth century during a period of rapid naval modernization. Laid down in 1885 at the New Admiralty Shipyard and commissioned in 1891, she was named after Tsar Alexander II of… Read more
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HMS Ramillies (1892) Battleship
HMS Ramillies (1892) HMS Ramillies was a Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy, launched on 1 March 1892 at J. & G. Thompson at Clydebank, having been laid down in 1890. She was commissioned into service in 1893. The Royal Sovereign Class Ramillies was one of eight ships in the Royal Sovereign… Read more