Victory at Sea

USS Idaho, the third of three ships of the New Mexico-class of Battleship, was the fourth vessel to bear the name. She was launched in June 1917 ...

Submarines: Designed for use in North European and Mediterranean waters, the S-class was manoeuvrable with a noted ability to crash dive extremel...

Submarines: The Gato-class of submarine was the first mass production US submarine class of the Second World War, forming the majority of the Uni...

Submarines: Compared to a German Type VII C submarine, the Marcello-class were much larger, displacing 1,060 tons versus 769. Speed and range bet...

Submarines: The Kaidai-7-class, or KD-7, was developed in the late 1930s, following on from the preceding KD-6 class. With a surface range of 8,0...

The British air raid on the Italian port of Taranto demonstrated to the world the vulnerability of ships against attacks from the air. The planes...

Yamato (大和, "Great Harmony") and her sister ship, Musashi, were constructed shortly before the outbreak of World War II. They were the heaviest and...

With carriers planned but not built, Germany’s airpower was limited to launching from airfields far from open water. As such, they were mainly de...

Two Bismarck-class battleships were built for the Kriegsmarine. Bismarck was the first, named for the Chancellor (Otto von Bismarck). The battles...

The Battle for the Pacific starter set focuses primarily on actions in the seas of the Far East – the Imperial Japanese Navy and the mighty US Navy...

The US Navy possessed some of the largest and most modern battleships in the world at the outbreak of World War Two, and despite losses during the ...

Raise "Battle Ensigns" ! The RN is here. Contents: Eagle-class Carrier - HMS Eagle 1940 King George V-class Battleship - HMS Duke of York 1943 Lea...

A whole fleet of Germans on the starboard bow ! Contents: Scharnhorst-class Battleship - Scharnhorst 1939 Admiral Hipper -class cruiser - Blücher ...