HMS Illustrious was the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy before World War II. Her first assignment after completion and working up was with the Mediterranean Fleet, in which her aircraft’s most notable achievement was sinking one Italian battleship and badly damaging two others during the Battle ofContinue reading “HMS Illustrious”
Monthly Archives: July 2021
CV 14 / CVA 14 / CVS 14 – USS Ticonderoga
Aircraft Carrier; Essex – class planned as USS Hancock – renamed Ticonderoga while under construction Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, USA STATUS: Awarded: Laid down: February 1, 1943 Launched: February 7, 1944 Commissioned: May 8, 1944 (as CV 14) Decommissioned: January 9, 1947 Recommissioned: October 1, 1954 redesignated CVA 14 on October 1, 1952 SCB-27C modification:Continue reading “CV 14 / CVA 14 / CVS 14 – USS Ticonderoga”
HMAS Maryborough (ACPB 95)
HMAS Maryborough (ACPB 95), named after the city of Maryborough, Queensland,[1] is one of fourteen Armidale-class patrol boats operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)MAS Maryborough https://ift.tt/36RDKBb from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3eBHifq via IFTTT
HMS Black Prince – 1904
HMS Black Prince was a Duke of Edinburgh-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the early 1900s. She was stationed in the Mediterranean when the First World War began and participated in the pursuit of the German battlecruiser SMS Goeben and light cruiser SMS Breslau. After the German ships reached Ottoman waters,Continue reading “HMS Black Prince – 1904”
USS Vermont (BB-20),
USS Vermont (BB-20), a Connecticut-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named after the 14th state. She was the third member of the class, which included five other ships. The Connecticut-class ships were armed with a main battery of four 12-inch (305 mm) guns and had a top speed ofContinue reading “USS Vermont (BB-20),”
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