The appearance of heavy cruisers of the Admiral Hipper type in the German fleet is in itself an interesting story, showing how bizarre naval doctrines can ch...

History of the emergence and development of the main striking force of armored fleets.

Low, iron-like silhouettes, angular superstructures... The British battleships of the King George V class are much less impressive in appearance than the pro...

Armored cruisers of the Garibaldi class are undoubtedly one of the most interesting ships of the Italian fleet, which is by no means poor in original designs...

“Pocket battleships” - these original ships created by German engineers in the interwar period remained in history under this nickname. Having found a loopho...

Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper class were one of the most beautiful ships of the Kriegsmarine. being at the same time the most ambiguous. According to the de...

Creating Vanguard, the British had, on the one hand, to adjust and correct all the shortcomings and shortcomings identified in their strategic line of “capit...

Perhaps, like no other major naval power, Germany very clearly followed the general line of development of its small cruisers. Only at the very beginning of ...