Ancient history

• Kilo-class conventional attack submarine

  The Kilo class (NATO code) is a class of Soviet and then Russian submarines with diesel-electric propulsion. This class is often considered the quietest of existing diesel-electric submarines:“black holes in the ocean”. The first Kilo entered service in 1982. There are two main types of Kilo class

• SSBN Yankee Class

  The Yankee class is the NATO code for a type of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine that was originally commissioned by the Soviet Union around 1968. 34 units were produced under the Soviet designation Project 667A Navaga (named after the eponymous fish) and Project 667AU “Nalim” (barbot). 2

• SSBN Typhoon class

  The Typhoon class (NATO code) is a class of Soviet then Russian ballistic missile nuclear submarines. Developed by the Rubin1 design bureau in St. Petersburg under the official name of project 941 Akula, literally heavy ballistic underwater cruiser). Submarines of this class are by far the largest i

• SSBN Oscar Class

  Project 949 Granit and Project 949A Antei are cruise missile launcher nuclear submarines (SSGN), better known by their NATO designations, Oscar-I and Oscar-II respectively. They are considered to be “cruisers”, more specifically “first rank nuclear submarine cruisers” (Atomnie Podvodnie Kreysery 1 R

• SNLE Class Hotel

  The Hotel class is the NATO code for a type of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine that was originally commissioned by the Soviet Union around 1959. The Soviet designation was Project 658. Submarines of this class carry a D-2 launch system and R-13 missiles (NATO code:SS-N-4 SARK)1. The proj

• SNA Alfa Class

  Alfa class Project 705 Lyra Project 705 Lyra is a class of Soviet nuclear attack submarines, known in the West by its NATO code Alfa class. They were the fastest submarines in the world, and those for military use that could reach the greatest depths of diving, only the K-278 Komsomolets being able

• SNA Class Akoula / Akula

  Project 971 History Akoula (shark in Russian) is the NATO code for a Soviet nuclear attack submarine. The Russian name is “Project 971 Chtchouka B” (or Chtchouka meaning Esox or pike in Russian). The NATO classification (Akoula I, II, III) has no equivalent in Russia because the 971 projects all di

• Sovremenny-class missile destroyer

  The Sovremenny/Sarych (or Project 956) class ships were Soviet missile destroyers operating in tandem with the Udaloi class destroyers. This class was intended primarily for anti-ship warfare. History - The genesis of Project 956 The Sovremenny-class Missile Destroyers (Project 956/Sarych) were d

• Moskva-class helicopter carrier cruiser

  Moskva-class helicopter carrier cruiser The Moskva Class or Project 1123/Kondor, is a class of helicopter carrier cruiser of the Soviet Navy. It is composed of 2 units, the Moskva and the Leningrad. They were built by the Nikolayev shipyards from 1962 to 1965. Like the other helicopter carrier crui

• November class

  Designated Project 627 Kit (whale in Russian), the November-class nuclear attack submarines (according to the NATO code) were the first nuclear-powered submarines built by the Union. Soviet at the start of the Cold War. Keeping a traditional design with the long twin-propeller hull typical of the l

• Kresta class (missile cruiser)

  Kresta-class ships equipping the Soviet Navy are classified into two types differentiated by relatively similar appearance but differing in equipment. This class includes two missile cruiser development projects by the Soviet Navy, Project 1134 and Project 1134A; the NATO codes being class Kresta I

• Kirov class (nuclear cruiser)

  History Kirov-class or Project 1144 nuclear-powered cruisers (CGN, according to the US Navy ship registry code list) are the largest and most powerful in service in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and today. still in Russia. History The first copy, the Kirov, was launched in 1977 and was j

• Admiral Kuznetsov

  Admiral Kuznetsov, Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet Kuznetsov (initially named Tbilisi and then Leonid Brezhnev), is an aircraft carrier serving as the flagship of the Russian Navy. She was originally commissioned by the Soviet Navy and was planned to be the lead ship of the Kuznetsov class (also k

• Krivak-class frigate

  The Krivak class is the NATO code for a class of 1970s frigates built for the Soviet Navy. Their Soviet designation was Project 1135 Burevestnik (storm-petrel). These are the first Russian missile frigates1. There are several variants:Krivak II and Krivak III (1984-90), the last, which can carry Kam

• SSBN Le Redoutable Class

  The Le Redoutable class is the name of the first class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SNLE) of the French Navy. It takes its name from the lead submarine, Le Redoutable. They depended on the Strategic Oceanic Force (FOST) and were replaced by the new generation Le Triomphant class

• SNA Ruby Class

  The Rubis class (formerly SNA 72 and Provence class) is a class of six French 1st generation nuclear attack submarines. They replace the Agosta-class diesel-electric submarines. Rubis class SNAs are in service with the French Navy. They are the most compact military nuclear submarines in the world.

• Savorgnan-de-Brazza aviso colonial

  The Savorgnan-de-Brazza is a French colonial aviso of the Bougainville commissioned in 1932 and decommissioned on March 20, 1957. She was built in the AC Maritime du Sud-Ouest and launched on June 18, 1931. He was part of the Far East naval forces until February 1940. Having participated in the eva

• Le Triomphant (destroyer)

  Le Triomphant is a Le Fantasque-class destroyer that served in the French Navy. It was built in the Ateliers et Chantiers de France-Dunkerque and delivered in 1934, three years after it was ordered. Service At the outbreak of World War II, he was assigned to the Raid Force. From June 1940, the ship

• U-boat (1939-1945)

  The Germans were happiest in the construction of sailors, where, better than elsewhere, they were able to maintain a certain continuity of their studies after 1918, and this is probably the explanation of the fact that the U-boats were the most successful units of all the types of ships of the Germa

• Sharnhorst and Gneisenau

  There were two ships of the same type, the Gneisenau and the Scharnhorst, which, like the pocket battleships, posed some problems of classification, some considering them as battlecruisers, the others as battleships. Their protection was that of the classic battleships, but their high speed (32 knot