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German Democratic Republic:
Light Torpedo S-Boat Wiesel from the extinct German Democratic Republic Navy (Volksmarine). Built in mahogany wood they were developed into 3 variants, torpedo, mine-laying (as shown in the pic) and as small assault boat with capacity for 32 soldiers. 24 units served between 1964-77.
Light Torpedo S-Boat Wiesel from the extinct German Democratic Republic Navy (Volksmarine). Built in mahogany wood they were developed into 3 variants, torpedo, mine-laying (as shown in the pic) and as small assault boat with capacity for 32 soldiers. 24 units served between 1964-77.
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RNZN:
HMNZS Te Mana (F111) at Seapan's Esquimalt Graving Dock, Canada, April 2020 under going refit.
100% of NZ frigate force of 2 ANZAC class frigates is now undergoing refit in Canada. HMNZS Te Kaha is now planned to complete her refit at the end of 2020. She was initially slated for a 10 month refit commencing in May 2018
HMNZS Te Mana started her refit in March 2019, again slated for 10 months to complete. She is still there with no end in sight.
HMNZS Te Mana (F111) at Seapan's Esquimalt Graving Dock, Canada, April 2020 under going refit.
100% of NZ frigate force of 2 ANZAC class frigates is now undergoing refit in Canada. HMNZS Te Kaha is now planned to complete her refit at the end of 2020. She was initially slated for a 10 month refit commencing in May 2018
HMNZS Te Mana started her refit in March 2019, again slated for 10 months to complete. She is still there with no end in sight.
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RN:
The 16" guns of HMS Nelson, featuring UP launchers, 1940
HMS King George V, at anchor at Scapa Flow, 20th October 1941
8 barrel 2 pdr pom-pom mount, as used by many British warships throughout the Second World War. Location is apparently Halifax, but ship and date unknown. Almost certainly a battleship or heavy cruiser.
The 16" guns of HMS Nelson, featuring UP launchers, 1940
HMS King George V, at anchor at Scapa Flow, 20th October 1941
8 barrel 2 pdr pom-pom mount, as used by many British warships throughout the Second World War. Location is apparently Halifax, but ship and date unknown. Almost certainly a battleship or heavy cruiser.
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RN:
Two Dido class cruisers, probably Cleopatra (left) and Dido herself (right). Possibly around 1953 for the Fleet Review
HMS Triumph (R16) underway off Subic Bay, Philippines, during exercises, 8 March 1950.
Two Dido class cruisers, probably Cleopatra (left) and Dido herself (right). Possibly around 1953 for the Fleet Review
HMS Triumph (R16) underway off Subic Bay, Philippines, during exercises, 8 March 1950.
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Imperial Japan:
Battle of Leyte Gulf. The Japanese Center Force leaves Brunei Bay, Borneo, on 22 October 1944, en route to the Philippines. Ships are right to left: battleships Nagato, Musashi and Yamato; heavy cruisers Maya, Chokai, Takao, Atago, Haguro and Myoko.
Light cruisers Kinu and Abukuma (Nagara-class) in Sukumo Bay, Shikoku, Japan, April 27, 1939
Battle of Leyte Gulf. The Japanese Center Force leaves Brunei Bay, Borneo, on 22 October 1944, en route to the Philippines. Ships are right to left: battleships Nagato, Musashi and Yamato; heavy cruisers Maya, Chokai, Takao, Atago, Haguro and Myoko.
Light cruisers Kinu and Abukuma (Nagara-class) in Sukumo Bay, Shikoku, Japan, April 27, 1939
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Russia:
Icebreaker leading a group of Russian vessel in the Arctic, January 2020
Kara class cruiser Kerch at the breakers, a tango class submarine already in the process of being scrapped
Icebreaker leading a group of Russian vessel in the Arctic, January 2020
Kara class cruiser Kerch at the breakers, a tango class submarine already in the process of being scrapped
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Romania:
Frigate Mărășești
The warship was initially classified as a light cruiser by the Communist government and was named Muntenia. Nicolae Ceaușescu christened the ship himself on 2 August 1986.
On 2 May 1990, Muntenia was renamed Timișoara in honor of the city where the Romanian Revolution of 1989 first started. The warship was also reclassified as a destroyer*.*
However, on 27 August 1990, the destroyer was renamed Mărășești, after the Battle of Mărășești in World War I. On 1 April 2001, Mărășești was classified as a frigate by the Romanian General Staff.
Frigate Mărășești
The warship was initially classified as a light cruiser by the Communist government and was named Muntenia. Nicolae Ceaușescu christened the ship himself on 2 August 1986.
On 2 May 1990, Muntenia was renamed Timișoara in honor of the city where the Romanian Revolution of 1989 first started. The warship was also reclassified as a destroyer*.*
However, on 27 August 1990, the destroyer was renamed Mărășești, after the Battle of Mărășești in World War I. On 1 April 2001, Mărășești was classified as a frigate by the Romanian General Staff.
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RCN:
A Mk 48 Mod 4M torpedo used on the Victoria class submarine. The the torpedo carries a warhead that is packed with over 600lbs of explosive.
Surface launched Mk 46 Mod 5 ASW torpedo
A Mk 48 Mod 4M torpedo used on the Victoria class submarine. The the torpedo carries a warhead that is packed with over 600lbs of explosive.
Surface launched Mk 46 Mod 5 ASW torpedo
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USN:
USS New Jersey (BB-62) under tow from Bremerton, WA, to Long Beach, CA, for reactivation, 2 August 1981.
USS Topeka (CL-67) early 1945
Invasion of Sicily - sunrise behind a US Navy attack transport, after launching of the landing craft, 10 July 1943
USS New Jersey (BB-62) under tow from Bremerton, WA, to Long Beach, CA, for reactivation, 2 August 1981.
USS Topeka (CL-67) early 1945
Invasion of Sicily - sunrise behind a US Navy attack transport, after launching of the landing craft, 10 July 1943
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Greece:
Protected cruiser Elli, originally built for the Imperial Chinese Navy
The Elli was originally a member of the US-built Chao Ho-class of protected cruisers; however, after two had been built, the Xinhai Revolution led to the collapse of the Qing regime, and the new Republican government chose to sell the third ship. The Kingdom of Greece stepped in and bought it in 1914.
Her service in the Hellenic Navy came to an abrupt and unexpected end in 1940, by which time the ship was all but obsolete, despite it being modernized in the 1920s. When she was participating in a religious feast at anchor at the island of Tinos, the Italian submarine Delfino (commanded by Tenente di Vascello Giuseppe Aicardi) closed in and fired three torpedoes, one of which struck the elderly cruiser, which subsequently sank.
The reasons for this unprovoked attack against a ship of a still neutral country have never been satisfactorily given. Aicardi claimed that he was attempting to attack the two merchantmen in the harbour, but the Elli spotted it and moved to attack, a claim that has never been taken into consideration. The most likely explanation is that a mixture of aggressive instructions coming from Rome and Supermarina (wishing to curb the heavy traffic in the Aegean Sea, and believing the Greeks to favor the British) and overeager field commanders (Aicardi himself, but the Governor of the Dodecanese himself, Cesare Maria De Vecchi, who had given the former verbal orders) contributed to this senseless gesture.
The Italian government denied any responsibility for the attack, but fragments of the other two torpedoes fired by the Delfino were recovered and identified as Italian in origin; however, desperate to avoid an escalation, the Greek government played down the situation. To no avail, as in a matter of months the Greco-Italian War would start anyway.
After the war, as compensation Greece received the light cruiser Eugenio di Savoia, which was subsequently commissioned into the Hellenic Navy in 1950 and rechristened Helli.
Protected cruiser Elli, originally built for the Imperial Chinese Navy
The Elli was originally a member of the US-built Chao Ho-class of protected cruisers; however, after two had been built, the Xinhai Revolution led to the collapse of the Qing regime, and the new Republican government chose to sell the third ship. The Kingdom of Greece stepped in and bought it in 1914.
Her service in the Hellenic Navy came to an abrupt and unexpected end in 1940, by which time the ship was all but obsolete, despite it being modernized in the 1920s. When she was participating in a religious feast at anchor at the island of Tinos, the Italian submarine Delfino (commanded by Tenente di Vascello Giuseppe Aicardi) closed in and fired three torpedoes, one of which struck the elderly cruiser, which subsequently sank.
The reasons for this unprovoked attack against a ship of a still neutral country have never been satisfactorily given. Aicardi claimed that he was attempting to attack the two merchantmen in the harbour, but the Elli spotted it and moved to attack, a claim that has never been taken into consideration. The most likely explanation is that a mixture of aggressive instructions coming from Rome and Supermarina (wishing to curb the heavy traffic in the Aegean Sea, and believing the Greeks to favor the British) and overeager field commanders (Aicardi himself, but the Governor of the Dodecanese himself, Cesare Maria De Vecchi, who had given the former verbal orders) contributed to this senseless gesture.
The Italian government denied any responsibility for the attack, but fragments of the other two torpedoes fired by the Delfino were recovered and identified as Italian in origin; however, desperate to avoid an escalation, the Greek government played down the situation. To no avail, as in a matter of months the Greco-Italian War would start anyway.
After the war, as compensation Greece received the light cruiser Eugenio di Savoia, which was subsequently commissioned into the Hellenic Navy in 1950 and rechristened Helli.
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