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The 1930s was the period of extensive growth of military aviation throughout the world, including carrier-based aviation. The world's greatest navies began extensive efforts to …
The Imperial Naval Staff demanded the development of a destroyer project with powerful weaponry and capable of reaching speed of 40 knots. The project was approved and marked with …
The extensiveness of war operations in Europe in 1914. caused that several theatres of war activities were created at that time. For obvious reasons, the western theatre of war …
"Pola" was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina operating during the Second World War. She was the fourth of four ships in this class (Zara, Fiume, and Gorizia …
Akizuki was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the Japanese Imperial Navy considered by many to be among the best Japanese warships of that type in service during World …
The contract for construction of the Panzerschiff E (Ersatz Hessen) was signed with the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel on January 25, 1934. The ship was laid down on February 14 …
The work on the design of future long-range active antiaircraft and antisubmarine ship - as it was initially determined - was conducted by the Leningrad CKB-17 in close cooperation …
The Japanese Fubuki class boasted twenty-four units and was the world's first modern and powerful destroyer class. Her lead ship was the Fubuki, previously named destroyer no. 35, …
In February 1938, the United States Navy opened a competition for a new fighter. His maximum speed and operational ceiling were to exceed all the machines that the American …