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The Manufacture of Heavy Naval Guns

A brief overview of the processes involved in manufacturing the heavy guns used on warships.

The Ideal Warship for Fisher
By Stephan Redbeard
An opinion essay on the battlecruiser, and the warships that replaced them.

The End of the Battleship Era

An opinion essay dealing with why the carrier replaced the battleship as the preeminent capital ship in WWII.

The Washington Treaty

A complete text of the 1922 arms control treaty
The First London Treaty

A complete text of the 1930 arms control treaty

The Anglo-German Naval Agreement

A complete text of the 1935 arms control treaty

The Second London Treaty

A complete text of the 1936 arms control treaty

The sinking of the ARA General Belgrano

The story of the sinking, and the surviving

Vanguard's Guns

They're not what you think

The British 16" Mark I Gun and Mounting
By Terry Duncan
All about the weapons intended for G3, and used on Nelson

Anderey Pervozvanny Class Pre-Dreadnoughts
By Vladimir Yakubov
Interesting development timeline for the Russian battleships

What are those Large Clocks on Battleships?

An answer to the oft-asked question about Range Clocks
The Design Process For a New Main Battery Gun

The first phase of weapons manufacturing

The Salvage of the Leonardo da Vinci

One of the greatest, but often forgotten, salvage efforts ever

Disposition of Italian Warships Post-WWII

Who got what when the spoils of war were divided

Japanese Pagoda Masts

A quick summary of what each level contained

Capital Ship Groundings

A look at battleships lost in accidental groundings.

Current State of the HMS Caroline

The last surviving ship that fought at Jutland

'Rainbow' War Plan Colors

A list of the 'color codes' for different nations and a few other thoughts

Loss of the battleship Roma

A short article and photo gallery of the sinking
Foreign Warships Present, 1937 Spithead Review

A frequently asked question

Operation Downfall

A brief overview of the proposed Allied invasion of Japan
Graf Spee Salvage Update

Efforts to raise the wreck have stalled as investors are sought

The German battlecruiser Moltke visits the US

A 1912 warship visit with lasting implications
The Fate of the HMS Vengeance

Efforts to save the vessel have failed

Warships built for Export
By David Chessum
A list of warships built for export between 1905 and 1939

The Current State of the ex-USS Oriskany

The old carrier will become an artificial reef
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Report on the 1913 Chesma Firing Trials
By Vladimir Yakubov
A translation of the report on Russian artillary tests

The Loss of the HMS Glatton

An interesting little ship that exploded suddenly in 1918

Life sized Yamato?

A 1:1 scale model movie set of the famous battleship
Battlecruisers and their Fates

Listed with cause of loss

Aircraft Carrier Comparison

Show the comparative size of various modern carriers
Convention on Maritime Neutrality

The International Law that made Graf Spee leave Uruguay

The USS Cabot

A sad tale of how NOT to start a museum ship
Chinese Aircraft Carrier?

China's first domestically constructed aircraft carrier. Sort of.

The Soviet Battleship Novorossisk

The ex-Italian Battleship Guilio Cesare in Soviet Service

New Indian Aircraft Carriers

A new purchase from Russia, and a new domestic program
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