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   The ship underwent significant changes during her construction phase including three different sets of main guns and increases in length and width.[1] Like her sister ships she suffered from an over-large unarmoured superstructure that in Magenta’s case stretched for 40 feet about the top of her armoured belt.[1] In defence of the superstructure oneContinue reading “The Magenta was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy.”

  JS Makinami (まきなみ) is the third vessel of the Takanami class destroyers of the … Makinami was authorized under the Medium-term Defense Buildup Plan , … https://ift.tt/3f1vG5i Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS_Makinami_(DD-112) from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/2TJNpXO via IFTTT

  USS Pennsylvania lays alongside an ocean going tug after taking a Japanese torpedo to her stern. The impact opened a 30 foot hole but the ship survived thanks to massive pumping efforts and the assistance of two such tugs. 1945. USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) low in the water and under salvage, after she was torpedoedContinue reading “USS Pennsylvania after being hit by 1 torpedo while anchored at Buckner Bay Okinawa, August 12th, 1945”

  Tiger started out as Bellerophon; she was laid down in 1941 at the John Brown Shipyard as part of the Minotaur class of light cruisers. These vessels had a low construction priority due to more pressing requirements for other ship types during World War II, particularly anti-submarine craft. Bellerophon was renamed Tiger in 1945,Continue reading “HMS Tiger –”

Aquidabã, anglicized as Aquidaban, was a Brazilian ironclad warship built in the mid-1880s. The ship participated in two naval revolts; during the second she was sunk by a government torpedo boat. After being refloated, Aquidabã was sent to Germany for repairs and modernization. During a routine cruise in 1906, the ship’s ammunition magazines exploded, whichContinue reading “Aquidaban, was a Brazilian ironclad warship built in the mid-1880s.”