Tag: World War 2
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Japanese Battlecruiser Kirishima
Japanese Battlecruiser Kirishima Laid down on the 17th of March 1912 and launched on the 1st of December 1913, Kirishima was the third of the four-ship Kongō-class battlecruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her three sisters were Kongō, Hiei and Haruna. Commissioned into the fleet on the 19th of April 1915, she saw no… Read more
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Italian Heavy Cruiser Bolzano
Italian Heavy Cruiser Bolzano Bolzano was a heavy cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina. Based on the Trento-class and sometimes considered part of that class, Bolzano was launched on 31 August 1932 and commissioned on 19 August 1933. Not long after Italy’s entry into World War Two, Bolzano took part in the Battle of Calabria… Read more
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Hawker Sea Fury in Dutch Service
Hawker Sea Fury in Dutch Service The Netherlands purchased ten Hawker Sea Fury F.50s (equivalent to the Fleet Air Arm’s F.X) in 1946. These operated from the Royal Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier HNLMS Karel Doorman QH1 (ex-HMS Nairana) as 860 Squadron. As the ship operated in conjunction with the Royal Navy, it was common to… Read more