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9 records found on category [Ships]
The pride of the Kriegsmarine by Sakhal
[fl][b]Admiral Graf Spee[/b][/fl][p] [b]The Versailles Treaty forced Germany to limit the normal displacement of its warships to 10,160 tonnes, with a maximum caliber of 280 millimeters for their armament. However, according to the experience acquired du...
[ Date: 2020-11-05 | Length: 57 Kb | Update: Never ]
[fl][b]Admiral Graf Spee[/b][/fl][p] [b]The Versailles Treaty forced Germany to limit the normal displacement of its warships to 10,160 tonnes, with a maximum caliber of 280 millimeters for their armament. However, according to the experience acquired du...
[ Date: 2020-11-05 | Length: 57 Kb | Update: Never ]
The Soviet Navy - Aircraft carriers by Sakhal
[fl][i]In the 1980s, the whole strike capability of the Soviet naval aviation was represented by the land-based bombers of the Naval Air Force. The standard model of naval bomber was the Tu-16 "Badger", of which about 250 units remained in service. The la...
[ Date: 2020-10-04 | Length: 20 Kb | Update: Never ]
[fl][i]In the 1980s, the whole strike capability of the Soviet naval aviation was represented by the land-based bombers of the Naval Air Force. The standard model of naval bomber was the Tu-16 "Badger", of which about 250 units remained in service. The la...
[ Date: 2020-10-04 | Length: 20 Kb | Update: Never ]
The Soviet Navy - Surface ships by Sakhal
[fl][i]It was habitual in the classification made on books to place the Soviet warships of the size of cruisers in the same row than the American CG (guided-missile cruiser). However, none of those Soviet ships had been designed for providing an area of d...
[ Date: 2020-10-04 | Length: 29 Kb | Update: Never ]
[fl][i]It was habitual in the classification made on books to place the Soviet warships of the size of cruisers in the same row than the American CG (guided-missile cruiser). However, none of those Soviet ships had been designed for providing an area of d...
[ Date: 2020-10-04 | Length: 29 Kb | Update: Never ]
The fate of the Scharnhorst by Sakhal
[fl][b]The Tirpitz and the Scharnhorst in Norway[/b][/fl][p] Since the beginning of the war Adolf Hitler did not show great sympathy toward Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, the supreme chief of the Kriegsmarine. He disliked, especially, the sympathy of Raeder...
[ Date: 2016-09-20 | Length: 35 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
[fl][b]The Tirpitz and the Scharnhorst in Norway[/b][/fl][p] Since the beginning of the war Adolf Hitler did not show great sympathy toward Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, the supreme chief of the Kriegsmarine. He disliked, especially, the sympathy of Raeder...
[ Date: 2016-09-20 | Length: 35 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
Bismarck and Prinz Eugen by Sakhal
[fl][b]Introduction[/b][/fl][p] The 18th May 1941, a combat group formed by two splendid and modern warships, the battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, departed from the military port of Gotehafen to start the Operation Rheinubung, a rai...
[ Date: 2015-10-21 | Length: 36 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
[fl][b]Introduction[/b][/fl][p] The 18th May 1941, a combat group formed by two splendid and modern warships, the battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, departed from the military port of Gotehafen to start the Operation Rheinubung, a rai...
[ Date: 2015-10-21 | Length: 36 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
The fate of the Admiral Graf Spee by Sakhal
[fl][b]The corsair campaign[/b][/fl][p] The Admiral Graf Spee left the shipyard in Wilhelmshaven the 21st August 1939, the same day of the signing in Moscow of the German-Russian Pact. About two weeks remained for the beginning of the war but Hitler had ...
[ Date: 2015-10-19 | Length: 34 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
[fl][b]The corsair campaign[/b][/fl][p] The Admiral Graf Spee left the shipyard in Wilhelmshaven the 21st August 1939, the same day of the signing in Moscow of the German-Russian Pact. About two weeks remained for the beginning of the war but Hitler had ...
[ Date: 2015-10-19 | Length: 34 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
Hornet and Chokai - Two faces of Guadalcanal by Sakhal
USS Hornet After the Japanese attack against Pearl Harbor, the American public opinion, despite having reacted with indignation, was still shocked. To this contributed the fact that Japan was very far and the average citizen did not see clearly how t...
[ Date: 2015-10-17 | Length: 13 Kb | Update: 2015-10-19 ]
USS Hornet After the Japanese attack against Pearl Harbor, the American public opinion, despite having reacted with indignation, was still shocked. To this contributed the fact that Japan was very far and the average citizen did not see clearly how t...
[ Date: 2015-10-17 | Length: 13 Kb | Update: 2015-10-19 ]
Torpedo boats of the Second World War by Sakhal
MTB Class: Vosper 70, 10 units (numbers 31 to 40) Authorized in 1938 and built in Vosper Portsmouth in 1939-40. Four units were sunk in 1940; the numbers 31, 32, 33 and 34 were rebaptized as CT 21, CT 22, CT 23 and CT 24 in 1943 to be used as towed ...
[ Date: 2015-10-13 | Length: 19 Kb | Update: Never ]
MTB Class: Vosper 70, 10 units (numbers 31 to 40) Authorized in 1938 and built in Vosper Portsmouth in 1939-40. Four units were sunk in 1940; the numbers 31, 32, 33 and 34 were rebaptized as CT 21, CT 22, CT 23 and CT 24 in 1943 to be used as towed ...
[ Date: 2015-10-13 | Length: 19 Kb | Update: Never ]
The hunt for the Bismarck by Sakhal
[fl][b]A new corsair campaign[/b][/fl][p] In the spring of 1941, the Supreme Command of the German Navy held a series of meetings to set the most functional strategy for the immediate future. Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, Chief Commander of the fleet, know...
[ Date: 2015-02-02 | Length: 42 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
[fl][b]A new corsair campaign[/b][/fl][p] In the spring of 1941, the Supreme Command of the German Navy held a series of meetings to set the most functional strategy for the immediate future. Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, Chief Commander of the fleet, know...
[ Date: 2015-02-02 | Length: 42 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]