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Category Archives: Naval
HMS Polyphemus
The HMS Polyphemus a Royal Navy torpedo ram, serving from 1881 until 1903. A perfect addition for any Space 1889 or Victorian Science Fiction fleet. Shallow-draft, fast, low profile vessel, she was designed to penetrate enemy harbors at speed and … Continue reading
Warship That Fired First Shots of WWI Now a Barge in Serbia
If you saw this ship at a marina you would think barge or even a boat heading to the breakers. Yet this hulk has the distinction to be the ship to fire the first shot of The Great War. For … Continue reading
The Great War in the Baltic
My most recent project deals with The Great War in the Baltic. Amateur historians and naval buffs may know of Fisher’s folly to bring the Royal Navy into the Baltic to land Russian troops and advance on Berlin. They may … Continue reading
USS Patoka
Hector Bywater’s The Great Pacific War: A History of the American-Japanese Campaign of 1931-1933 is one of the great alternate history books. A favorite of mine to take on holiday and pick up and read any chapter. Using parts of … Continue reading
7th Cruiser Squadron…
…or the Live Bait Squadron. The 7th Cruiser Squadron was assigned to patrol the eastern part of the English Channel and the southern part of the North Sea also known as the “Broad Fourteens”. With support from destroyers from the … Continue reading
Book Acquisitions
This has been a great week for acquisitions. I picked up Max Hastings Catastrophe 1914 at a local independent bookshop. It is important to support the few remaining independent booksellers left. I really enjoy all the books Hastings has written … Continue reading
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Gazelle Class
Cruisers are a needed part of navies. It does not matter if we are talking of frigates in the age of sail or heavy cruisers fighting in The Slot during World War II. They are the eyes of the fleets, … Continue reading
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Braunschweig Class Battleship
With Krupp armor and four 28cm SK L/40 guns, the Braunschweig-class battleship was not the last of the German pre-dreadnoughts, but had a longer and more colorful history than most. While thought of as coast defense ship by the beginning … Continue reading
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Brandenburg Class
The Brandenburgs were an improvement over existing German battleships when launched in 1893. They were useful supporting the coast defense ships and were a technology stepping-stone to further pre-dreadnoughts designs. While these designs were not used actively in The Great … Continue reading
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Odin Class CDS
The Odin Class was an important, yet transitional class of warships for the Kaiserliche Marine. A follow on to the Siegfried Class, the two ships of the Odin class had a similar gun arrangement with two 24-centimeter SK L/35 individually … Continue reading
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