To go directly to photos of a specific ship, simply enter her name in the search window (little white space) at the upper left. Ditto for a type of warship, country, year, etc..., e.g. battlecruiser. You can click on an individual photograph to view it alone against a dark background. When you want to go back to the page, just click outside the picture. Please note that I resize, denoise/despeckle/descratch and generally crop the photos to show mostly the ship itself in the space available.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Saturday, March 30, 2013
German battleship SMS Nassau as seen from a Zeppelin.
Germany's first dreadnought, which still had reciprocating engines. Note how the hexagonal arrangement of non-superimposed turrets for the main battery limits the broadsides to eight guns firing.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Nassau
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Nassau
Friday, March 29, 2013
German battlecruiser SMS Moltke at Hampton Roads, Virginia, June 3rd 1912.
With the booms of her antitorpedo nets folded along her sides.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Moltke
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Moltke
Battleship USS Missouri, July 1944.
One month after she was commissioned.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Missouri_(BB-63)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Missouri_(BB-63)
Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Fuso, May 10th 1933.
After her first modernization, around the time of her sea trials.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Fusō
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Fusō
German battlecruiser Gneisenau, early appearance (1938-1939).
With the original straight bow that caused forward flooding in heavy seas and was replaced later with a raised bow. Note also the lack of diagonal cap on the smoke stack.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Gneisenau
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Gneisenau
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Battleship USS Idaho.
Off Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands in January-February 1944, a time during which she did shore bombardment of Japanese positions.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Idaho_(BB-42)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Idaho_(BB-42)
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Imperial Japanese Navy battlecruiser Hiei.
Departing Yokosuka for Kure, Japan on March 23rd 1914.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Hiei
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Hiei
Friday, March 15, 2013
Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamato, October 20th 1941.
During her sea trials off Japan, near Bungo Strait.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato
HMS Vanguard: The last British battleship.
In 1950 with the destroyer HMS Obedient.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(23)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(23)
French battleship Danton.
An intermediate or semi-dreadnought known for her many funnels.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Danton
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Danton
Moltke-class battlecruiser SMS Goeben.
During her sea trials. The ship that brought Turkey into World War I on the German side.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Goeben
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Goeben
Thursday, March 14, 2013
French fast battleship Dunkerque in 1938.
An intermediate design that can also be considered a battlecruiser.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Dunkerque
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Dunkerque
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Battlecruiser HMS Repulse entering Vancouver harbour, June 25th 1924.
The row of scuttles forward of A turret highlights the shortness of her side armour belt.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Repulse_(1916)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Repulse_(1916)
Battleship USS Arizona showing aft turrets and lattice masts.
Probably during the 1920s. The cagemasts typical of American battleships of the period were replaced by more conventional tripod masts during her modernization in 1929-1930.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arizona_(BB-39)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arizona_(BB-39)
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Ironclad battleship H.M.S. Edinburgh
H.M.S. Edinburgh and her sister Colossus, were the first British battleships to mount breech-loading main guns and to replace iron armour with compound armour, principally in the form of an armoured citadel amidships.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Edinburgh_(1882)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Edinburgh_(1882)