Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Batttlecruiser HMS Tiger in 1928.


Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tiger_(1913)

Protected cruisers USS Minneapolis and USS Columbia and armored ram ironclad USS Katahdin, League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1908.


Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Minneapolis_(C-13)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Columbia_(C-12)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Katahdin_(1893)

194 mm gun turret on the French predreadnought battleship Justice, 1909.


Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Justice

Battleship USS Missouri bombarding enemy positions around Hungnam, December 26th 1950.


Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Missouri_(BB-63)

German battlecruiser Gneisenau running sea trials, May-August 1938.


Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Gneisenau

Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Haruna undergoing post-conversion trials, May 25th 1928.

When she was reconfigured from a battlecruiser to a battleship.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Haruna

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

German protected cruiser SMS Hertha, New York City, 1909.


Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Hertha

From Wikipedia: "The German armoured cruiser SMS Hertha during a visit to New York City (USA) on occasion of the "1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration" in 1909. From Saturday, 25 September, to Monday, 11 October 1909, the U.S. state of New York commemorated the 300th anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson in 1609 and the 100th anniversary of the first successful navigation of the river with a steamboat Robert Fulton in 1807."

French intermediate dreadnought battleship Mirabeau.


Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Mirabeau

Docked Italian battleship Roma.


Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Roma_(1940)

Monday, April 15, 2013

German light cruiser Nürnberg.


Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Nürnberg

Heavy cruiser HMAS Australia in October 1953.


Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Australia_(D84)

Birdseye view of the battleship USS Colorado as she is coming about after making a wide turn to starboard.

Said to be possibly near San Diego in October 1924.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Colorado_(BB-45)

Battleship HMS Royal Oak at anchor in 1937.


Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Royal_Oak_(08)

Forward turrets of the Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes.


Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_battleship_Minas_Geraes

Protected cruiser HMS Royal Arthur.


Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Royal_Arthur_(1891)

German battlecruiser Scharnhorst with the ship's company on deck, January 7th 1939.

Her new crew ready for some sea trials.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Scharnhorst