Aircraft Carrier Armor: Comparison of Armoured to Unarmoured Flight Deck Designs
In the early years of naval aviation the question of aircraft carrier armor occupied the intellectual effort of numerous naval engineers. Two main …
Continue ReadingArchive View
Marine History
Showing guides and explainers filed under Marine History.
Engineering Disasters: The Failure, Explosion, and Sinking of the Piper Alpha Platform
The Occidental Piper Alpha was built at McDermott’s Offshore Construction Yard, starting production as an oil production platform in the North Sea in …
Continue Reading
Kursk, Member of the Oscar Class - Project 949
The series of cruise missile submarines known to the west as the “Oscar Class” were designed and built in the Soviet era for the explicit …
Continue Reading
IJN Shinano: A Behemoth Born as a Battleship
The IJN Shinano, named in honor of the Shinano province, was originally laid down as a Yamato class battleship. However, battle losses during the …
Continue Reading
Design and History of the HMS Hood: The Battle of the Denmark Strait
During the Second World War, the Battle of the Denmark Strait saw the most powerful battleship of the German Navy - the Bismarck - go toe to toe with …
Continue Reading
The Sinking of the OBO Carrier MV Derbyshire
MV Derbyshire was built at Swan Hunters Yard at Wallsend on the River Tees in 1976, being originally named MV Liverpool Bridge. She was the last of …
Continue Reading
Engineering Disasters: the Sinking of the MV Princess Victoria
The Princess Victoria was a passenger car ferry operating between Scotland and Northern Ireland. She set sail from Scotland on 31st January 1953 in …
Continue Reading
The Washington Naval Conference and the Washington Naval Treaty
In the aftermath of the Great War, the surviving great powers worked to curtail the dangers posed by naval arms races. These had contributed to the …
Continue Reading
Development and History of the Aircraft Carrier Battle Group
The aircraft carrier battle group is the current height in the expression of naval power. Centered around a ship capable of launching and recovering …
Continue Reading
The Battlecuiser: A Unique Type of Vessel Without A Universal Definition
Unlike most classes of naval vessels, the battlecruiser does not have a strict definition, at least not one agreed upon by naval scholars. But this …
Continue Reading