HMS Royal Oak and U-Boat U 47 - The Navy of the Old World Meets the New
Early in the Second World War, the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, launched a daring raid into the anchorage of the Royal Navy’s major base at …
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The Most Famous German Pocket Battleship: Admiral Graf Spee
The Battle of the River Plate involved the most famous German pocket battleship: Admiral Graf Spee, and three British cruisers operating in the South …
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The Imminent Arrival of Chinese Aircraft Carriers - Development History and Strategic Rationale
China is a rising power with a growing interest in maintaining a first-class navy to protect its interests abroad. Though up until the past few years …
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Admiral von Tirpitz and His Namesake, the German Battleship Tirpitz
The Tirpitz was the lesser known sister ship to the Bismarck, whose place in history was secured by the bold breakout into the Atlantic that resulted …
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Companion to the Bismarck: The German Cruiser Prinz Eugen
The Prinz Eugen was a Hipper class heavy cruiser of the German Navy during the Second World War. Her primary claim to fame is that she was the …
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The German Pocket Battleships in World War Two
Although the designation of “pocket battleship” was never adopted by the German navy, the Deutschland class of Panzershiffe (armored …
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What Happened to the Edmund Fitzgerald?
On November 10, 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior taking with it all 29 crew members on board. No definite cause has been attributed for …
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The Carolyn Dorothy - First Hybrid Tugboat
The first diesel – battery electric hybrid tugboat Carolyn Dorothy has been built and is operating in San Pedro Harbor. The distinctive design …
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Salvage Admiral Nakhimov: Returning the Kirov Class to Service
The Kirov class is the original name of a group of guided missile cruisers built by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Nuclear powered, carrying a …
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Ice Ships and Ice Trade - the Slow Birth of an Industry
The Ice Ships were a fleet of vessels used in the nineteenth century to transport blocks of ice from colder regions to tropical and subtropical areas …
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