The Wrecks of Scapa Flow - A Royal Naval Base for Two World Wars
Scapa Flow is a stretch of shallow water off the north coast of Scotland within the Orkney Islands. It has been used for centuries as a safe …
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Marine History
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Aircraft Carrier Performance and Aircraft Carrier Tactics of World War II
Carrier tactics were relatively poorly developed at the start of World War II, but a shortage of capital ships and ocean-wide operational requirements …
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New York City Aircraft Carrier USS Intrepid
One of the Essex Class aircraft carriers constructed during the Second World War, USS Intrepid is now a museum ship in New York City. During her …
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First Jet Aircraft to Take Off from a US Navy Aircraft Carrier
With the successful operation of the FH Phantom jet aircraft from a US aircraft carrier in 1946, jets entered center stage as the core of carrier …
Continue ReadingThe New Chinese Aircraft Carrier Shi Lang is Not a Threat
As of 2011, China is a carrier power. A long time coming, the rebuild of the old Soviet era sister to the Kuznetsov- the Varyag- into the Shi Lang …
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The British-French Joint Aircraft Carrier Project
European nations have collaborated on a number of military design projects in the past fifty years, among them the Eurofighter, the MEKO series of …
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New British Aircraft Carriers: The Queen Elizabeth Class
The retirement of the HMS Ark Royal in 1979 marked the end of Britain’s ability to field a full deck aircraft carrier operating conventional, …
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The Alsace: Battleship to Head France's Navy in the 1940's
The Alsace Class was a planned battleship design that would mark France’s departure from the guidelines of the Washington Naval Treaty. They …
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The Story Behind Finding HMS Investigator
Canadian researchers have located a sailing ship that became stuck in ice over 150 years ago. The ship had been on a rescue mission itself, searching …
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The Warble Narrowboat
Warble Narrowboats was a highly regarded canal boat building company that carried out construction to their own designs at their boatyard in Hyde, …
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