THE FIRST VICTORIOUS, built by Perry at Blackwall, was a third rate two-decker, boasting 74 guns. She was launched on 27th April 1785, and measured 170½ feet in length, with ...
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The J Class Submarines
Passing of a friend: USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)
With the recent commissioning of the new American cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47) readers may be interested in the former ship of the name, the aircraft carrier of the Essex Class, ...
USS Keppler (DD765) – Some Facts and Figures
LAID DOWN: 23.4.44. LAUNCHED: 24.6.45. IN SERVCE: 23.5.47. Photograph shows U.S.S. KEPPLER in U.S. Navy Service. KEPPLER at this time was a converted gearing DD-710 class FRAM II destroyer and ...
Letters – Correction to Italian Navy Pictorial
The March 1983 issue of `Naval Historical Review’ featured an article on the Italian Navy which I found quite fascinating. I would query, however, the picture of the `Venezia’ (ex ...
