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Category: Warships

  • US Escort Carrier USS Nassau CVE-16

    US Escort Carrier USS Nassau CVE-16
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    US Escort Carrier USS Nassau CVE-16 Originally classified as AVG-16, USS Nassau was reclassified as ACV-16 before her launch on 4 April 1942. Commissioned on 20 August 1942. Until April 1943 she operated as an aircraft transport in the Pacific. From 4 to 20 May 1943, she operated with Task Force 51, during which time… Read more

  • HMS Devastation (1871)

    HMS Devastation (1871)
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    HMS Devastation (1871) HMS Devastation was the lead ship of her class of mastless ironclad turret ships built for the Royal Navy. Along with her sister HMS Thunderer (1872), she was the first class of ocean-going capital ships that did not carry sails, and the first in which the entire main armament was mounted on… Read more

  • HMS Thunderer (1872)

    HMS Thunderer (1872)
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    HMS Thunderer (1872) HMS Thunderer was the second of two Devastation-class ironclad turret ships built for the Royal Navy along with her sister HMS Devastation (1871). Launched on 25 March 1872, she was completed on 26 May 1877. While under going trials on 14 July 1876, Thunderer suffered a disastrous boiler explosion which killed 45… Read more