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History Articles

Navy General Board was created to help share all aspects of naval history from throughout the ages. Here you will find our collection of history articles. It has come a long way and has something for everyone. Take your time and browse them all!

The Oberon class quiet and capable

by | August 8, 2022 | History Article | 0 Comments

The distinguished O boats over 40 years of service

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The slow death of the Lion class – Britain’s never-built battleships

by | November 10, 2018 | History Article | 0 Comments

As war clouds loomed over Europe in the late 1930s, Britain’s last generation of battleships were well in hand. By 1938 the five King George V class were under construction and the first two examples of their successors, the Lions, were due to be laid down in 1939.[1]...
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The First Submarine of the Civil War:The Story of “Alligator Junior”

by | June 3, 2024 | History Article | 0 Comments

Chuck Veit(www.chuckveitbooks.com) excerpted from the author’s bookNatural Genius:Brutus de Villeroi and the  U. S. Navy’s First Submarine We are taught that USS Holland (SS-1) in 1900 was the first modern submarine in the U.S. Navy. This is true—but this was not...
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The largest class of battleships ever built: the Majestics. Part 1.

by | July 7, 2020 | History Article | 0 Comments

Britain's Majestic class of the 1890s was the largest class of battleships ever built. In many ways the nine-strong class symbolised the age. The names selected for them were redolent of the period, particularly the neo-classical revival that had become a British...
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Who won the Battle of Jutland?

by | July 23, 2018 | History Article | 0 Comments

On the afternoon of 31 May 1916, and on into the early hours of 1 June, the British Grand Fleet and the German fleet came to blows off the Denmark coast in a battle known to the British as the Battle of Jutland, to the Germans as the Skagerrak.[1] It was the first –...
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The Inverted Bow and Warships

by | March 29, 2019 | History Article | 0 Comments

The traditional raked bow as seen on the Soviet nuclear powered cruiser Frunze. This type of bow has been typical on most warships of the 20th century. When one thinks of the bow on a warship, they typically think of the traditional raked bow that overhangs the water....
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Largest Cruisers of World War 2

by | July 16, 2018 | History Article | 0 Comments

After the success of our article on the largest battleships of all time, we received a lot of requests for a similar article on cruisers. So without further delay, Navy General Board presents the twelve largest cruisers of World War 2 ! 16. USS Wichita (13,015 Long...
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HMS Collingwood and the ‘Admirals’– shining lights in the Royal Navy’s ‘dark ages’?

by | August 6, 2019 | History Article | 0 Comments

During the early 1880s, Britain laid down six battleships of the Admiral class in several distinct sub-classes, all but one bearing the names of prominent admirals from the Royal Navy’s long history. The prototype was HMS Collingwood, a heavy warship laid down in 1880...
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Myths about the Montana Class Super Battleships

by | August 5, 2018 | History Article | 0 Comments

A stretched Iowa with an extra turret. A ship designed to kill the Yamato class. Many myths surround the Montana class, the immensely powerful super battleships of the United States Navy. Designed to be larger and more powerful than any previous dreadnought, these...
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Brooklyn Class Cruisers: Warship Spotlight

by | November 11, 2021 | History Article | 0 Comments

The United States Navy produced a large number of cruisers in the years before and during the Second World War. Many of these ships were highly successful designs, providing excellent service during the War years and became well known such as the Baltimore and...
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F4U Corsair vs P-51 Mustang

by | March 12, 2022 | History Article | 0 Comments

In the first of a new series of posts, we will begin to examine various carrier aircraft and see how they compare to other aircraft. And what better way to start the series off than to examine two of the most famous American fighter aircraft of the Second World War....
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Iowa Class vs Alsace Class : Fast and Powerful

by | September 29, 2022 | History Article | 0 Comments

Few battleships during the Second World War were as specialized as the Iowa class battleships of the United States Navy. Unique designs built with an emphasis on speed, few of their dreadnought contemporaries could keep up with them. However, there was one notable...
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Battleship showdown: Vanguard vs. Tirpitz – what might have happened

by | January 26, 2019 | History Article | 0 Comments

In the previous article we looked at HMS Vanguard, Britain’s last battleship. She was completed too late for the Second World War.[1] But what if she had been able to join that conflict, as originally intended when she was first planned in 1939? Could we have had...
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The many names of the Washington Treaty of 1922

by | April 26, 2022 | History Article | 0 Comments

The term ‘Washington Treaty’ frequently appears in specialist naval books and even general histories of the inter-war period. There is no mistaking the meaning: it refers to the treaty signed on 6 February 1922 between the United States, Britain, Japan, France and...
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The First Soviet Nuclear Submarines

by | January 27, 2021 | History Article | 0 Comments

With the USA leading the way in submarines the Soviet Union had to catch up

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News and Current Events

A relatively new addition to the Navy General Board website. While we remain focused on sharing history, we also want to examine naval current events that are occuring across the world. This section is still new, but more articles are coming. 

Canada’s Next Generation Submarine

by | July 19, 2021 | History Article, News | 29 Comments

My own opinion and hypothesis on what class of submarine could become Canada’s next generation submarine

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China’s Newest Warship : The Type 55 Destroyer

by | July 16, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

At a time when the United States Navy is struggling to determine the future of its Navy, China has been quietly building up its naval forces. The People’s Liberation Army Navy has risen to be the second largest navy in the world by tonnage. It’s not just quantity that...
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The Navy’s FFG(X) Program : Foreign and Domestic Options

by | July 16, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

The Navy has all but admitted that the Littoral Combat Ships are a flop. Therefore, they have started looking at potential ships to fulfill requirements for a new frigate design known as the FFG(X) Program. Make makes things interesting is that this time the US Navy...
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Why China’s Island Bases are Not a Big Deal

by | July 16, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

Over the past few years, the media has made a big deal of the artificial island bases that China has built in the South China Sea. Several of these islands are well fortified, featuring harbors, airstrips, and formidable land-based weaponry. Some in the media have...
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