Monthly Archives: April 2017

via John Currin (JC – Ex RNZN) – Google+ Public Posts HMS ValiantHMS Valiant was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. She participated in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. Other than that battle, and the inconclusive Action ofContinue reading “HMS Valiant”

via John Currin (JC – Ex RNZN) – Google+ Public Posts SMS Hessen[a] was the third of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class. She was laid down in 1902, launched the following year, and commissioned into the German Imperial Navy in 1905. She was named after the state of Hesse. Her sister ships wereContinue reading “SMS Hessen[a] was the third of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class. She…”

via John Currin (JC – Ex RNZN) – Google+ Public Posts SMS Hessen[a] was the third of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class. She was laid down in 1902, launched the following year, and commissioned into the German Imperial Navy in 1905. She was named after the state of Hesse. Her sister ships wereContinue reading “SMS Hessen[a] was the third of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class. She…”

via John Currin (JC – Ex RNZN) – Google+ Public Posts SMS Hertha was a protected cruiser of the Victoria Louise class, built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the 1890s. Hertha was laid down at the AG Vulcan shipyard in 1895, launched in April 1897, and commissioned into the Navy in JulyContinue reading “SMS Hertha was a protected cruiser of the Victoria Louise class, built for the German Imperial…”

via John Currin (JC – Ex RNZN) – Google+ Public Posts USS SNAPPERUSS Snapper (SS-185), a Salmon-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy of the name and the second to be named for the snapper, any of numerous carnivorous, bass-like fishes, esteemed as food and as game fishes. Her keel wasContinue reading “USS SNAPPER”