Kronan

The Kronan was a Swedish first rate completed in 1672. She turned over and sank while trying to engage the Danish-Dutch fleet during the battle of Öland.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronan_(ship)


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Tigerkingdriver

Vasa

The Vasa was a swedish warship completed in 1628.Unfortunately, she sank on her just outside the

harbour, but has been raised and is on display in a museum in sweden


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)


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Tigerkingdriver

THE MARY ROSE

HMS Mary Rose was built in 1509 and rebuilt in 1545. While sailing out to attack a french fleet,she flipped over and sank.





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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rose
Tigerkingdriver

National geographic

I was digging through some old stuff when i found some old National geograhics. Sone dated back to 1959!!!!!!!!!!!!!





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Tigerkingdriver

The sinking of the titanic

The sinking of  the liner RMS Titanic is classified as one of the greatest maritime disasters in history.It all started on April 10 1912 when the Titanic set sail from Southampton to New York.On the night of April 14,just a couple days away,the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in just under three hours.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic













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Tigerkingdriver

Iowa class battleship

The first Iowa class battleship(BB61-66)was completed in late 1943 during ww2 and almost immediately sent into the pacific to fight the japanese.After the war they were placed in reserve and reactivated again during the Korean,Vietnam and Gulf wars and finaly decommisioned after a total service length of fifty years!Two are presarved as memorials while the other two are scheduled to be scraped.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_class_battleship


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Tigerkingdriver

HMS Victory

HMS Victory was laid down in 1759 and completed in 1765. She was a first rate ship of the line and has fought in the two battles of Ushant,the battle of cape Spartel,the battle of Cape St Vincent and the battle of Trafalgar,in all of them she served as flagship!!!She continued active service until late 1812 when she was decomissioned and eventually preserved in dry dock at portsmouth naval dockyard and is open to the public.

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Tigerkingdriver

Santisima trinadad

Santisima trinidad(Nuestra Senora de la Santisima trinidad)was originally completed in 1769 as a 112 gun first rate .She took part in several battles before being rebuilt in 1795 and given an extra deck of guns bringing her total of guns up to 136 and making her the most heavily armed ship in the world(for her time of course)!After this she took part in the battle of cape st.vincent and the battle of trafalgar where she was captured and sunk in a storm just a day later.





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Tigerkingdriver

Yamato

The yamato was laid down in 1937 for the IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy)and was conpleted on 16 december 1941 (just after pearl harbour).It was the largest and most powerful battleship in history and was built to withstand heavy air attacksbut in the end both ships were sunk by huge air attacks(Although they certainly withstood alot of punishment)during 1944-1945.
Armament:9x18.1 inch guns.
Armour:up to 650mm
Number in class:5( but two were never completed
and 1 was converted into an aircraft carrier
Maximum speed:28 knots(about 40 mph)



Thats it for now!


Tigerkingdriver
oh and here's a link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamato_class_battleship

Jagdtiger

Hi this is one of my favorite tanks!

The Jagdtiger is a German heavy tank destroyer.It entered production in late 1943
world war 2 and continued until may 1945 when Germany surrendered.
 It was very heavily armed and armoured for its time but was underpowered which limited its speed and made it prone to breakdowns.
It also had a very weak axle for its size and was so big it often couldn't cross bridges.                         

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdtiger

                                                                                                                                                                                                     Armament:128mm gun      
Weight:72 tons
Secondary armament:1-2 machine guns  
Armour:up to 250mm       

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tigerkingdriver