The Japanese submarine I-58 was the IJN submersible vessel that torpedoed and sank the American cruiser USS Indianapolis on July 30, 1945, at the end of World…

A frigate was a fast, three-masted, square-rigged warship, which was used by European and American navies in the 18th and 19th century. Bristling with guns, t…

The Dunkerque-class battleship was one of a series of two French fast battleships, which were commissioned right before World War II. They had originally been…

A Portland class heavy cruiser was one of two large and fast warships which were built for the US Navy between 1930 and 1932. They were the USS Indianapolis (…

Petr Velikiy was an ironclad -type warship, which was in service with the Imperial Russian Navy from 1877 to 1921. She was designed by Admiral Andrei A. Popov…

The ironclad warship was a major type of armored vessel in the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th. It preceded the battleship and it had a hyb…

A monitor was a type of warship designed and built in the United States of America in the second half of the 19th century.  Technically, they were small iron…