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Category: Naval

Deutschland

SMS Deutschland, the Civilian U-Boat

Posted on 19th January 201526th April 2019 by Russell Phillips
The idea of merchant submarines, a variation on standard merchant ships, has been suggested on multiple occasions, but has only been put into practice once, during WWI. In 1916 a class of seven u-boat... Read More
British drifters

The Otranto Barrage

Posted on 14th November 201310th April 2018 by Russell Phillips
The Otranto Barrage was a naval blockade of the Otranto Straits between Brindisi and Corfu, intended to prevent the Austro-Hungarian navy gaining access to the Mediterranean Sea. Although it did keep ... Read More
Szent István

Szent István: Hungary’s Battleship

Posted on 3rd June 201310th April 2018 by Russell Phillips
As a land-locked country with no coastline, it may come as a surprise to learn that Hungary has ever needed or wanted a battleship. But, in the years before World War 1, Hungary was part of the Austro... Read More
SMS Wien at anchor in Cattaro

The Sinking of SMS Wien

Posted on 3rd June 201310th April 2018 by Russell Phillips
On the 10th of December 1917, the Austro-Hungarian Monarch class battleship SMS Wien (Vienna) was attacked in port at Trieste. All three ships of the Monarch class had been relegated to harbour duties... Read More
INS Khukri

The Sinking of INS Khukri

Posted on 3rd June 201326th April 2019 by Russell Phillips
This article has also been published in the Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers Journal. On December 9th, 1971, the Indian frigate INS Khukri was sunk by the Pakistani submarine PNS Hangor. To date... Read More
Photograph of Admiral Graf Spee

Battle of the River Plate

Posted on 3rd June 201326th April 2019 by Russell Phillips
One of the terms of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles was that Germany was not allowed to build warships with a displacement greater than 10,000 tons. This effectively meant that Germany was not allowed t... Read More

A Damn Close-Run Thing: A Brief History of the Falklands War

A Damn Close-Run Thing: A Brief History of the Falklands War
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