Tag: maritime
HNOMS Skarv is a 2. Class torpedo boat built for the Norwegian navy in 1906.The first part of her existance was fairly quite, however she would see most if not all of her action in world war 2. The first action she would see was the Altmark incident where the German tanker Altmark, carrying British…
The HNoMS Skorpionen was built as a lead ship of her class, 3 of which were built for the Royal Norwegian navy.(Skorpionen, Mjølner and Thrudvang) The Skorpionens were Norways first Ironclad vessels, being laid down in1865 and launched in 1866. They followed a similar design to The American Union Ironclad USS Monitor with a single…
HNoms Thor was built for the Norwegian navy in 181, whilst Norway was still part of Sweden. The Thor was an improvement over the Skorpionen class of monitors being wider, and carrying overall more armour with 7 inches (177.8mm) of deck armour and 14 inches (355mm) of turret armour. Her career was largely uneventful, with…
The Spanish Ironclad Pelayo was an ironclad battleship of the Spanish Armada, built in 1887 by the French after 3 years of construction. She would be presen for the Spanish American war, but ultimately did not openly enguage in the conflict, and was present for the outbreak of ww1, remaining as a training ship until…
The Emperor Carlos V was an armoured cruiser of the Spanish navy laid down in March 1892 and launched in March 1895 with a total displacement of around 9000 tonnes. She carried fairly heavy guns for the displacement, carrying 2 – 11 inch guns and a smattering of smaller guns around the ship, but also…
Delphines Union is a pre-dreadnought style coastal defence ship, taking much of its design influence from French ships of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. The ships itself features 6 – 200mm guns and a small battery of 120mm and 47mm guns scattered around the ship. The ship operates whithin the Melisian archipelago and protects…
Recently I visited the Scottish maritime museum for the first time as a first time visit to the site and had a good look around on what was going on in the museum.