Design and History of the HMS Hood: The Battle of the Denmark Strait
During the Second World War, the Battle of the Denmark Strait saw the most powerful battleship of the German Navy - the Bismarck - go toe to toe with …
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The Sinking of the OBO Carrier MV Derbyshire
MV Derbyshire was built at Swan Hunters Yard at Wallsend on the River Tees in 1976, being originally named MV Liverpool Bridge. She was the last of …
Continue ReadingEngineering Disasters: the Sinking of the MV Princess Victoria
The Princess Victoria was a passenger car ferry operating between Scotland and Northern Ireland. She set sail from Scotland on 31st January 1953 in …
Continue ReadingThe Washington Naval Conference and the Washington Naval Treaty
In the aftermath of the Great War, the surviving great powers worked to curtail the dangers posed by naval arms races. These had contributed to the …
Continue ReadingDevelopment and History of the Aircraft Carrier Battle Group
The aircraft carrier battle group is the current height in the expression of naval power. Centered around a ship capable of launching and recovering …
Continue ReadingThe Battlecuiser: A Unique Type of Vessel Without A Universal Definition
Unlike most classes of naval vessels, the battlecruiser does not have a strict definition, at least not one agreed upon by naval scholars. But this …
Continue ReadingHMS Royal Oak and U-Boat U 47 - The Navy of the Old World Meets the New
Early in the Second World War, the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, launched a daring raid into the anchorage of the Royal Navy’s major base at …
Continue ReadingThe Most Famous German Pocket Battleship: Admiral Graf Spee
The Battle of the River Plate involved the most famous German pocket battleship: Admiral Graf Spee, and three British cruisers operating in the South …
Continue ReadingThe Imminent Arrival of Chinese Aircraft Carriers - Development History and Strategic Rationale
China is a rising power with a growing interest in maintaining a first-class navy to protect its interests abroad. Though up until the past few years …
Continue ReadingAdmiral von Tirpitz and His Namesake, the German Battleship Tirpitz
The Tirpitz was the lesser known sister ship to the Bismarck, whose place in history was secured by the bold breakout into the Atlantic that resulted …
Continue ReadingCompanion to the Bismarck: The German Cruiser Prinz Eugen
The Prinz Eugen was a Hipper class heavy cruiser of the German Navy during the Second World War. Her primary claim to fame is that she was the …
Continue ReadingThe German Pocket Battleships in World War Two
Although the designation of “pocket battleship” was never adopted by the German navy, the Deutschland class of Panzershiffe (armored …
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