armada española

  1. le max

    Mysterious spanish battleship or battlecruiser

    Andrés López (from "Proyectos y prototipos españoles" on facebook) talked in 2018 about a painting in the maritime museum of barcelona in which an unidentified battleship or battlecruiser is portrayed. He said this: "No hay ningún dato sobre sus características ni fecha. Es más, si uno repasa...
  2. H

    Did the Spanish have any plans on replacing Dedalo I?

    As we know, Dedalo was a German merchant ship confiscated during WW1 and converted by the Spanish into a seaplane tender in 1922. Dedalo well demonstrated the utility of an aircraft capable ship by supporting the Spanish-French landings at Alhucemas during the Rif War in Morrocco in 1925. In...
  3. Grey Havoc

    Project 138 Heavy Cruiser (Spain, late 1930s)

    (h/t cattalonX) https://forum.worldofwarships.eu/topic/5987-spanish-heavy-cruiser-project-138/
  4. Regg

    Spanish "pom-pom" - "Vickers 40/40" - Anti-aircraft machine gun for "Canarias".

    Hi! In 1936, a 40-mm anti-aircraft gun was created in Spain. Little is known about her, but even less is known about her shells. The gun was created jointly with the Vickers company and is similar to the "pom-pom". I found one diagram with a drawing that allegedly depicts her projectile. What...
  5. covert_shores

    Spain launching first S-80 Class submarine

    Article with cutaway (caveat - by me) https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/04/the-first-s-80-plus-class-submarine-new-capabilities-for-spain/ Video of Christening ceremony View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlmbbtaOz20
  6. covert_shores

    Really old secret projects (1800s and earlier)

    Thinking that we need a thread for all old (pre-1880s?) projects. Came across HMS Duke of Kent design for a four-deck ship of the line on Reddit. c1809. Never built. Original source http://collections.rmg.co.uk/
  7. Mike Pryce

    50 years of the Harrier

    Today it is 50 years since the first Hawker P.1127 hovered, on 21st of October 1960. Despite the recent news that the UK is retiring its fleet the US Marine Corps, Spanish Navy, Italian Navy and Indian Navy continue to operate it, and it is likely that the Harrier will still be in service for...
  8. Antonio

    Bazan's unbuilt catamaran

    A design circa 1984. A 750 ton catamaran patrol ship from BAZAN which never purchased the Armada Española (Spanish Navy). Projected max speed: 50 knots Dimensions: 50m x 20 m x 5 m The armed ultralights are just atrezzo. (The idea of fighting ultra-light was very popular on those days)
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