Tag: Military
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Japanese Battlecruiser Kurama
Japanese Battlecruiser Kurama Commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy on the 28th of February 1911, Kurama was an Ibuki-class armoured cruiser. On 28 August 1912, the Ibukis were reclassified as battlecruisers. Kurama attended the Coronation Fleet Review for King George V at Spithead on 25 June 1911. During the First World War, she protected British… Read more
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Japanese Battlecruiser Ibuki
Japanese Battlecruiser Ibuki Commissioned on 11 November 1907, Ibuki was originally classified as an armoured cruiser. On 28 August 1912, the Ibuki and her sister ship Kurama were re-classified as battlecruisers. During the First World War, Ibuki along with the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney, Ibuki escorted a convoy consisting of 20,000 Australian and New… Read more
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Italian Submarine Perla
Italian Submarine Perla Perla was the lead ship of her class of submarines built for the Italian Regina Marina. On June 6, 1942, Perla launched two torpedoes at the British corvette HMS Hyacinth. Both missed and Hyacinth counter attacked with depth charges. Suffering serious damage, Captain Ventura ordered her to surface and be scuttled. Damage… Read more