by Matthew Wright | Aug 14, 2019 | History Article
During 1941 a small group of New Zealand coast-watchers, mainly civilian volunteers from the Post and Telegraph Department, were stationed in the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati). They formed part of a forward line of listening posts intended to intercept Japanese radio...
by Matthew Wright | Aug 6, 2019 | History Article
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...
by ChrisKnupp | Jul 29, 2019 | History Article
This series on battleships originally began on the Navy General Board Facebook page. It got to be so popular that we combined all of the posts into one article on battleship evolution. In this article we will see how each Navy’s first dreadnought differed...
by Matthew Wright | Jul 13, 2019 | History Article
The mastless steel battleship essentially emerged from the engineering chaos of mid-nineteenth century technological change and evolved – fairly steadily, but with occasional jumps – through to the end of the classic battleship era after the Second World War. One...
by ChrisKnupp | Jul 13, 2019 | History Article
For the most part, the sea is anything but smooth. Warships operating on it are rocked back and forth almost constantly. This rocking motion interferes with a ship’s performance. Guns and optics are thrown off target, reducing their effectiveness. In addition,...
by Matthew Wright | Jun 18, 2019 | History Article
Mention HMS Hood and just one ship usually springs to mind. However, there was another HMS Hood, a battleship laid down for the Royal Navy in August 1889, which survived long enough to be given one last – and decisively final – role a few months after the...
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