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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!

Battleship showdown: King George V vs. North Carolina

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

King George V vs. North Carolina, a question that reveals a lot about the design and intentions behind the first modern post-treaty battleships of the United Kingdom and United States. In this article, we will examine some of the features behind both ships and see how...
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Kongo Class : A Gallery

by | December 15, 2018 | History Article | 0 Comments

The Kongo class were one of Japan's primary capital ships during both World Wars. Initially laid down as the Kongo class battlecruisers, the ships were upgraded throughout their lives, eventually evolving into the Kongo class battleships and then further developed...
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K Class vs. U.D.1

by | February 25, 2020 | History Article | 0 Comments

If you were to be asked what was large, metallic, mechanical and steam powered I would imagine your most likely answer would be that of a steam engine or train. But bizarrely in the late 18th century the "Old Man of Europe" the Ottoman Empire commissioned the British...
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Why were so many warships never built?

by | July 25, 2018 | History Article | 0 Comments

Why were so many warships never built ? Naval history is littered with warships that were planned or designed but never built, especially in the past century or so. Iowa-class battleship Kentucky (BB-66). Public domain, via Wikipedia. There were many reasons why...
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HMS Dreadnought – revolution or evolution?

by | July 29, 2018 | History Article | 0 Comments

In early 1907, the battleship HMS Dreadnought sailed on her shake-down cruise to the Caribbean under Captain Reginald Bacon. She was a remarkable vessel in many ways, one whose name became synonymous with all battleships during the First World War period, and whose...
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Did Admiral Sir John Fisher try to launch a battlecruiser revolution?

by | June 16, 2021 | History Article | 0 Comments

by Matthew Wright There is no question that Admiral Sir John Fisher, Britain's First Sea Lord from 1904 to 1910 and the effective head of the Admiralty, was instrumental in driving a sea-change in the nature of heavy warships. What has puzzled historians, though, is...
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USS The Sullivans : Life aboard a US Navy Destroyer

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

The following article is a collection of stories told to me by my great uncle aboard the warship USS The Sullivans. Please enjoy this collection of tales describing life aboard a US Navy destroyer. Life Aboard the USS The Sullivans (DD-537) Q: What did you do onboard...
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Top 10 Biggest Battleships of All Time

by | May 15, 2019 | History Article | 0 Comments

Battleships were the largest warships that utilized gun based weaponry as their main armament. Hundreds of feet in length and displacing tens of thousands of tons, their size allowed them to carry the largest guns and the thickest armor. While battleships are massive...
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The story behind ‘The battlecruiser HMS New Zealand: a gift to The Empire’

by | October 17, 2021 | History Article | 0 Comments

The story of HMS New Zealand, the battlecruiser that the Dominion of New Zealand gave as a gift to the Empire of Britain in 1909, has been told many times. Often incorrectly. Indeed, the ship is surrounded with mythology. A variety of stories about her origin and...
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Japanese Attack on the United States Coast

by | May 22, 2019 | History Article | 0 Comments

Over the course of the Second World War, the continent of North America was largely spared the destruction seen elsewhere. Just as a moat protects a castle, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans protected the United States. American industry was able to support the war...
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The All Big Gun Race

by | September 6, 2018 | History Article | 0 Comments

Before we start a quick explanation on the all big gun race.  I have deliberately  avoided of the use of the term "Dreadnought" before the date of her launched, as it was a term not in use before that day. Instead I have used the name Fisher created, "Untakeable" I...
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Eggshells and hammers: Fisher’s last battlecruisers

by | April 5, 2025 | History Article | 0 Comments

In 1919 an embittered Admiral Sir John Fisher published a trenchant criticism of the British Admiralty’s latest heavy warship. He did not name her, but he didn’t have to: there was only one. To Fisher, HMS Hood had too much weight devoted to armour. ‘And so bang went...
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Royal Canadian Navy have they missed an opportunity?

by | April 7, 2022 | History Article | 2 Comments

With new vessels on the horizon for the Royal Canadian navy is there something they have missed?

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Best Battleship: What battleship had the best guns

by | March 21, 2020 | History Article | 0 Comments

The battleship was built around its guns. After our last article looking at the anti-aircraft firepower of various battleships from World War II and onward, we decided to continue our journey to discover the best battleship. In this article, we will examine how each...
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The Kaisers Pirates

by | June 6, 2021 | History Article | 0 Comments

SMS Wolf the Kaisers most successful Surface commerce raider

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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. 

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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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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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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