The XXI series submarines were among the most numerous German submarines of World War II. Although most of them never saw combat, their design...

The change of administration in the White House from a Democratic to a Republican one will most likely lead to a shortage of champagne in stores located near the headquarters of American military-industrial complex corporations....

I present calculations of the distances at which Japanese ships of the 1st and 2nd combat detachments could have been hit by Russian 12-inch armor-piercing shells....

To deliver marines to shore, the PLA Navy has boats and small tank landing craft. However, recently, the emphasis has been increasingly on hovercraft and landing helicopters....

On the night of July 5–6, 1943, a Japanese torpedo boat sank the American destroyer Strong off Guadalcanal. The attack was the most significant victory for Japanese torpedo boats in World War II...

The United States entered World War II with virtually no torpedo boats. But by the end of the war, it had built more of them than any other country...

By the start of Interbellum, Britain had a significant number of Thornycroft torpedo boats, but their use had produced mixed results. As a result, by 1934, in...

The German torpedo boats can be described as "stepchildren of the Kriegsmarine". This type of ship was developed to circumvent the Versailles restrictions that did not allow Germany to keep many modern...

The PLA Navy has a formidable fleet of medium and large amphibious ships and helicopter carriers that could be used to attack Taiwan and resolve territorial disputes....

It is difficult to distinguish between torpedo boats of the late 19th – early 20th centuries and torpedo boats. Perhaps there is only one criterion – the presence of an internal combustion engine instead of a steam engine...

European defence contractor MBDA has developed a new submarine-launched missile designed to attack heavily defended ships and stealthy targets....

On June 8, 1918, the Austro-Hungarian fleet under the command of Admiral Miklós Horthy began an operation against the Entente forces on the Apennine Peninsula. But at 3:30 a.m. on June 10, Italian torpedo boats...

In April 1943, the "Battle of the Atlantic" was lost by Dönitz's grey wolves. It became clear that the good old VII and IX series boats were no match for the Allied anti-submarine forces. It was time...

Baby submarines, a special class of ships. They were not created for long ocean voyages, but for war in inland seas. Wars with secret penetrations into protected harbors, ambushes in shallow waters,...

The UK government recognises the importance of aircraft carriers to national security, but upcoming budget cuts could impact the fate of the carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of...

How not to look for the best submarines according to The National Interest...

When the ship is not bad, but the name is clearly wrong...

Torpedo boats. Their history dates back to the 1870s. Their task was to destroy enemy ships with one blow. This article tells about the origin and development of this class of ships....

A huge pile of gossip, rumors and speculation about what really happened in the city of Wuhan and how journalists took advantage of it...

This ship was built under pressure from public opinion, expressed in Parliament and in other ways, without taking into account the arguments of the Inspector General of the Navy and the department he heads...

The Royal Netherlands Navy is set to receive two multi-role support vessels for operations in the North Sea...

The US Navy's new nuclear submarine marks a new milestone in the gender orientation of warships...

Ships are like people: sometimes they are big, strong, beautiful, but their life is boring. The monitor "Huascar" is not one of them in any way!...

Alas, the 12-inch armor-piercing shells that our ancestors used to fight at Shantung and Tsushima turned out to be not very armor-piercing...