Aviation and Military History
The ‘Dido’ class of British light anti-aircraft cruisers comprised 11 ships (three built by Cammell Laird, two by Scotts, two by Hawthorn Leslie, and single ships by Fairfield, Stephen, Chatham Dockyard and Portsmouth Dockyard), and there were also five generally similar ships of the ‘Bellona’ class, sometimes considered a sub-class of the ‘Dido’ class. The …
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The world’s first powered, sustained and controlled aeroplane flight had been made only in 1903 by the Wright brothers. Furthermore, technical developments were made only slowly up to the start of World War I (1914/18),where many pioneers foresaw the emergence of the aeroplane as a weapon. The potential of the aeroplane as a war machine was …
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A history of US heavy cruisers of World War II and after. The different categories of the cruisers and how they came about.
The various British cruiser warships produced between World War I and World War II.
Charting the course of the celebrated German cruiser warship, Emden, during World War I.
Introducing the Cruiser warship, from its inception in the mid- to late-19th century, through to its adoption by Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, up to the end of World War I.