Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Ägir
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Sunday, November 10, 2013
Regioni class Italian protected cruiser Etruria on parade, Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Hudson River, New York,1909.
Ship details:
Displacement: ~2450 metric tons
Dimensions: 84.8m L, 12.03m W, 4.87m D
Machinery: 2 sets of three-cylinder triple expansion reciprocating steam engines, 2 propellers 7585 IHP
Speed: 19.8 knots at maximum power during sea trials
Endurance: ~2100 nautical miles
Armour: deck 51mm, tower 50mm
Armament as completed: four 6" 40-caliber guns, six 4.7" 40-caliber guns, eight 57mm 43-caliber guns, two machine guns, two 17,7" torpedo tubes
Armament 1905-1914: two 6" 40-caliber guns, eight 4.7" 40-caliber guns, eight 57mm 43-caliber guns, eight 37mm 20-caliber guns, 2 machine guns, two 17.7" torpedo tubes
Armament from 1915: six 4.7" 40-caliber guns, six 57mm 43-caliber guns, two 37mm 20-caliber guns, one machine gun, two 17.7" torpedo tubes
Etruria was laid down on April 4th 1889 at the Orlando Shipyard in Livorno (Italy), launched April 23rd 1891, and completed July 11th 1894. She sank on August 13th 1918 following the explosion of an ammunition barge in the Livorno harbour.
Source: Italian Warships of World War 1, by Aldo Fraccaroli, Ian Allan press, London, 1970, 304pp.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Battleship USS Idaho fitting out at New York Ship Building Corporation, June 23rd 1919.
Note the lack of hull-mounted secondary armament. According to navsource.org, she was the first battleship to be completed without such guns as their ports were plated over before her commissioning; however, the emplacements remained as her hull was otherwise like that of her sister ships.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Idaho_(BB-42)
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Idaho_(BB-42)
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Monday, November 4, 2013
German predreadnought battleship SMS Elsass in Kiel.
I have seen this photograph identified as both the SMS Elsass and her sister ship SMS Hessen. The name plate seems to read Elsaß rather than Hessen under forensic sharpening but appears mirrored left to right.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Elsass
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Elsass
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Imperial Russian Navy predreadnought battleship Tri Sviatitelia in Sevastopol.
She had the thickest armour ever carried by a Russian battleship and her 12" guns were 40 calibres in length, a gradual increase following the 35 calibres of the previous Navarin and 30 calibres of the Dvenadsat Apostolov.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_battleship_Tri_Sviatitelia
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_battleship_Tri_Sviatitelia
Friday, November 1, 2013
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Italian battleship Giulio Cesare passing the Ponte Girevole in Taranto, 1937-1938.
This swing bridge spans the channel that links the Mar Grande bay to the Mar Piccolo lagoon.

Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Giulio_Cesare
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Giulio_Cesare
Sunday, October 27, 2013
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