Category: 1890 fleets
Sfax (1884)
Marine Nationale Protected cruiser, 1887-1906 Sfax was the first Protected Cruiser of the French Marine Nationale, a topic opening a…
HDMS Gorm
Dansk marine – Ironclad (1871-1912) The Danish ironclad Gorm (“Gorm the old”) was a monitor ironclad (panserskib) built for the…
Vedetta (1866)
Italy, Iron-Hulled Aviso, In Service: 1869-1903 During the time of Italian Unification, much of the fighting occurred on land between…
Preussen class Ironclads (1873)
Prussian/German Navy – Ironclads Grosser Kurfürst, Preussen, Friedrich der Grosse 1869-1877 The Preussen class were three ironclad turret ships initiated…
HMS Hotspur (1870)
United Kingdom: 1871-1904 Ironclad Ram For the first post of this new year were open the ball with the oddballs…
Destructor (1886)
Armada (1884-86): 1 ship, in service until 1907. Destructor was a 1880 Spanish warship designed by Fernando Villaamil as a…
USS San Francisco (1889)
USA (1888-90): Protected Cruiser C-5 1890-1937 USS San Francisco (C-5) was a steel armour protected cruiser built in 1888-90 for…
USS Philadelphia (1889)
USA (1887-90): Protected Cruiser C-4 1890-1926 Authorized in 1887, USS Philadelphia was rigged as three-mast schooner, without head gear and…
Isla de Luzon class cruisers (1886)
Armada (1887-1900): Isla de Luzon, Isla de Cuba, Marqués de la Ensenada In 1885 the Armada (Spanish Navy) naval staff…
Ruggiero di Lauria class Ironclads (1884)
Ironclad Battleships (1879-1895): Ruggiero di Lauria, Francesco Morosini, Andrea Doria Italian Ironclad Battleships Caio Duilio class (1879) | Italia class…