Victory at Sea

Victory At Sea - Soryu As the lead ship of her class of fleet carriers, the Sōryū was built around a sleek cruiser-style hull and powerful engines,...

Victory at Sea – Shōkako   The two ships of the Shōkaku-class (Shōkaku and Zuikaku) were used with extreme effectiveness in many engagements within...

Victory at Sea - Zuikaku   Zuikaku ( 瑞鶴 “Auspicious Crane”), a Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier, along with her sister ship, were the most successful...

Victory at Sea: Royal Navy HMS Eagle The HMS Eagle was one of the Royal Navy’s early aircraft carriers, originally laid down as a battleship before...

Victory at Sea Royal Navy HMS Illustrious The HMS Illustrious was the lead ship of the Illustrious-class aircraft carriers, playing a pivotal role ...

Victory at Sea German - Graf Zeppelin The Graf Zeppelin was Germany's only aircraft carrier, intended to enhance the Kriegsmarine's naval capabili...

Victory at Sea - Bearn In 1923 it was decided to convert an incomplete Normandie-class battleship to a carrier. Despite a refit in 1935, she was fa...

Victory at Sea German Admiral Graf Spee & Admiral Scheer The Deutschland-class of warships were relatively small, by battleship standards, but ...

Victory at Sea – Musashi    By a large margin, the Yamato and Musashi were the largest battleships ever built and were the product of advancing Jap...

Victory at Sea - USS Yorktown The Yorktown-class of aircraft carrier were built in a series of three. Of those, only the USS Enterprise survived th...

One of the most famous carriers of the war, the HMS Ark Royal received many battle honours in its service. The first enemy aircraft shot down by th...

Victory at Sea: German Gneisenau The Gneisenau was a Scharnhorst-class battleship of the Kriegsmarine, designed for speed and versatility. Armed w...

Victory at Sea: Royal Navy HMS Duke of York The HMS Duke of York was a King George V-class battleship that played a critical role in World War II, ...

Victory at Sea: Scharnhorst The Scharnhorst, lead ship of her class, was a formidable German capital ship, launched in October 1936. Armed with ni...

Victory at Sea Royal Navy HMS Nelson The HMS Nelson was one of the most powerful battleships in the Royal Navy, serving extensively throughout Worl...

Victory at Sea Royal Navy HMS King George V The HMS King George V was the lead ship of the King George V-class battleships, serving as one of the R...

Victory at Sea Royal Navy Flower-Class Corvettes The Flower-class corvettes were among the most iconic escort ships of the Royal Navy during World ...

Victory at Sea Royal Navy HMS Rodney The HMS Rodney was one of the most powerful and distinctive Royal Navy battleships of World War II, known for ...

Victory at Sea Royal Navy HMS Prince of Wales The HMS Prince of Wales was one of the most famous King George V-class battleships, playing a major r...

Victory At Sea: USS Alaska      The Alaska-class fell midway between a heavy cruiser and a battleship, and the United States Navy considered these ...

Victory At Sea - Nagato  The flagship of the Japanese fleet during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the i was also the first battleship in the world to ...

Originally laid down as an Amagi-class battlecruiser, the stipulations of the Washington Treaty resulted in her conversion to an aircraft carrier. ...

Victory at Sea: Dewoitine D.520 flights   With the distinction of having fought on both sides of the war, this aircraft could conceivably fight amo...

Victory at Sea Japanese Kirishima  The Kongō-class, dating from 1912, was rebuilt between 1927 and 1931 and was thereafter re-rated as a battleship...