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2025-07-01

SMS Weissenburg was one of four Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships constructed for the Imperial German Navy in the early 1890s. destinationsjourney.com/histor #battleship #MaritimeHistory #FirstWorldWar #GermanNavy #ImperialGermanNavy #KaiserlicheMarine #Predreadnought #Ship #SMSWeissenburg #warship #WorldWarOne #WW1 #WWI

SMS Weissenburg was one of four Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships constructed for the Imperial German Navy in the early 1890s. As part of Germany’s first generation of true seagoing battleships, Weissenburg symbolized the country’s growing naval ambitions and marked a turning point in its maritime strategy. Though she would later be overshadowed by more modern warships, Weissenburg served with distinction during her years in the German fleet before being sold to the Ottoman Empire, where she had an extended second career under the name Turgut Reis.
Destination's JourneyDestinationsJourney@mastodon.world
2025-07-01

The German pre-Dreadnought battleship SMS Wörth of the Brandenburg-class destinationsjourney.com/histor #battleship #FirstWorldWar #GermanNavy #ImperialGermanNavy #KaiserlicheMarine #Predreadnought #Ship #SMSWörth #warship #WorldWarOne #WW1 #WWI

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2025-06-28

The German pre-dreadnought battleship SMS Brandenburg was the lead ship of her class of four pre-dreadnought battleships for the Imperial German Navy. destinationsjourney.com/histor #battleship #FirstWorldWar #GermanNavy #ImperialGermanNavy #KaiserlicheMarine #Predreadnought #Ship #SMSBrandenburg #warship #WorldWarOne #WW1 #WWI #maritimehistory #Navalhistory

German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS BrandenburgGerman Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS BrandenburgGerman Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Brandenburg
Destination's JourneyDestinationsJourney@mastodon.world
2024-12-21

HMS Thunderer was the second of two Devastation-class ironclad turret ships built for the Royal Navy along with her sister HMS Devastation (1871). Launched on 25 March 1872, she was completed on 26 May 1877. destinationsjourney.com/histor #battleship #HMSThunderer #ironclad #Military #NavalHistory #Navy #Predreadnought #RoyalNavy# #warfare

HMS Thunderer was the second of two Devastation-class ironclad turret ships built for the Royal Navy along with her sister HMS Devastation (1871). Launched on 25 March 1872, she was completed on 26 May 1877. While under going trials on 14 July 1876, Thunderer suffered a disastrous boiler explosion which killed 45 people. After repairs and commissioning, she was assigned to the Channel Squadron and then the Mediterranean. On 2 January 1879, the left 12-inch 38 ton gun in the forward turret exploded during gunnery practice in the Sea of Marmora, killing 11 and injuring a further 35. This was probably caused when the muzzle-loading gun had been double-loaded following a misfire. In January 1888, she was assigned to the Portsmouth Reserve, where she underwent a modernsation the following year. Her muzzle-loading 12-inch guns were replaced by 10-inch breech-loading guns. To improve her defence against torpedo boats, her Nordenfelt guns were replaced by six quick-firing (QF) 6-pounder 2.2 in (57 mm) and eight QF 3-pounder 1.9 in (47 mm) Hotchkiss guns. Thunderer’s machinery was replaced by inverted triple-expansion steam engines and cylindrical boilers. Rejoining the Mediterranean Fleet in March 1891, she was forced to return home in September 1892 with persistent boiler problems and she was reduced to the Chatham reserve. Thunderer became the guard ship at Pembroke Dock in May 1895 and remained there until she returned to the Chatham reserve in December 1900.
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2024-12-21

HMS Devastation was the lead ship of her class of mastless ironclad turret ships built for the Royal Navy. Along with her sister HMS Thunderer (1872), she was the first class of ocean-going capital ships that did not carry sails, and the first in which the entire main armament was mounted on top of the hull rather than inside it.
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HMS Devastation was the lead ship of her class of mastless ironclad turret ships built for the Royal Navy. Along with her sister HMS Thunderer (1872), she was the first class of ocean-going capital ships that did not carry sails, and the first in which the entire main armament was mounted on top of the hull rather than inside it. Devastation served around the United Kingdom and Mediterranean. In 1891, she underwent a refit, where her 12-inch muzzle loading guns were replaced with 10-inch breech loaders. she was also refitted with new triple-expansion steam engines. She later served as the guard ship for Gibraltar from 1901 to 1902. She then returned to the UK where 21 June 1902 she was recommissioned as a tender to the torpedo school ship HMS Vernon. She was broken up in 1908.
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2024-12-17

destinationsjourney.com/histor #NavalHistory #BattleofTsushima #battleship #BattleshipSlava #ImperialRussianNavy #Military #naval #NavalWarfare #Navy #Predreadnought #RussianBattleship #RussianNavy #Ship #Slava #war #warfare #warship #WW1 #BattleofMoonSound

Launched on 29 October 1903, Slava was a Borodino-class battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy. Not completed until October 1905, she was too late to be included in the ships sent to relieve the siege of Port Arthur, hence missing the Battle of Tsushima. She therefore avoided the fate of her four sisters, three of which were sunk and the other captured by Japan. During World War One, Slava served in the Baltic. On the 8th of August 1915, the Germans started clearing the mines in the Irbe Strait. Slava sortied and fired on the minesweepers, forcing them to retire. A later attempt by the Germans was accompanied by two dreadnought battleships (SMS Nassau and Posen) resulted in damage to Slava forcing her to retire. She spent the rest of 1915 supporting Russian troops. In the summer of 1916, she resumed her support of the army, and on 12 September 1916 became the subject of the first attack by torpedo bombers against a moving battleship. All of the torpedoes missed. During the Battle of Moon Sound, Slava was severely damaged by the German battleship König. She was ordered to be scuttled to block a channel, but instead ran around where one of her 12-inch magazines exploded. Russian destroyers fired torpedoes at her to ensure her destruction. Only one of the six fired worked. The wreck was scrapped by the Estonians in 1935.
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2024-12-17

Launched on 25 September 1902, Knyaz Suvorov was Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was sunk at the Battle of Tsushima #NavalHistory #BattleofTsushima #battleship #BattleshipKnyazSuvorov #ImperialRussianNavy #KnyazSuvorov #Military #naval #NavalWarfare #Navy #predreadnought #RussianBattleship #RussianNavy #Ship #war #warfare #warship destinationsjourney.com/histor

Launched on 25 September 1902, ImKnyaz Suvorov was Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Entering service in September 1904, she sailed a month later on 15 October 1904, with the Second Pacific Squadron to break the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. The Japanese captured the port while the squadron was in transit and their destination was changed to Vladivostok. During the Battle of Tsushima, the ship fell out of the battle line after a shell hit her bridge, killing her helmsman and wounding her captain and Vice Admiral Rozhestvensky. Knyaz Suvorov was eventually torpedoed and sunk by Japanese torpedo boats; other than 20 wounded officers evacuated by a destroyer, there were no survivors.
Destination's JourneyDestinationsJourney@mastodon.world
2024-11-26

The Japanese pre-dreadnought battleship Iwami. Originally the Imperial Russian Navy ship Orel. Captured after the Battle of Tsushima and recommissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy. destinationsjourney.com/histor #Iwami #Orel #Oryol #Battleship #PreDreadnought #Predreadnoughtbattleship #ImperialRussianNavy #ImperialJapaneseNavy #NavalHistory #BattleOfTsushima

The Japanese pre-dreadnought battleship Iwami. Originally the Imperial Russian Navy ship Orel. Captured after the Battle of Tsushima and recommissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy.The Japanese pre-dreadnought battleship Iwami. Originally the Imperial Russian Navy ship Orel. Captured after the Battle of Tsushima and recommissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy. Shown here just after her capture
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2024-11-26

Russian Battleship Orel destinationsjourney.com/histor #BattleofTsushima #battleship #BattleshipOryol #ImperialRussianNavy #Military #naval #NavalWarfare #Navy #Orel #Oryol #predreadnought #RussianBattleship #RussianNavy #Ship #war #warfare #warship

Launched on 19 July 1902, Orel (sometimes Oryol) was a Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Entering service in October 1904, she sailed on 15 October 1904, with the Second Pacific Squadron to break the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. The Japanese captured the port while the squadron was in transit and their destination was changed to Vladivostok. During the Battle of Tsushima on 27 May 1905 Orel was not heavily engaged and received only moderate damage. The following morning, the remains of the Russian fleet were discovered by the Japanese battlefleet. The Russian ships were too slow to enable them to close the range and effectively reply. The Russian commander Rear Admiral Nikolai Nebogatov decided to surrender his ships. Renamed Iwami, she was rebuilt between 1905 and 1907 and was commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy on 2 November 1907. At the start of the Japanese intervention in Siberia during the Russian Civil War, she landed a company of marines in Vladivostok. She was reclassified as a first-class coast defense ship in September 1921 and used as a training ship. In accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, Japan agreed to scrap Iwami. She was disarmed in April 1922 and used as a depot ship until she was struck on 1 September.
Destination's JourneyDestinationsJourney@mastodon.world
2024-11-11

Launched on 3 August 1901, Imperator Aleksandr III was Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was sunk during the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905 by Japanese gunfire with the loss of 778 men, her entire crew. destinationsjourney.com/histor #BattleofTsushima #battleship #BattleshipImperatorAleksandrIII #ImperatorAleksandrIII #ImperialRussianNavy #Military #naval #NavalWarfare #Navy #predreadnought #RussianBattleship #RussianNavy #Ship #war #warfare #warship

Russian Battleship Imperator Aleksandr III Launched on 3 August 1901, Imperator Aleksandr III was Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Entering service in November 1903, she sailed on 15 October 1904, with the Second Pacific Squadron to break the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. She was sunk during the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905 by Japanese gunfire with the loss of 778 men, her entire crew.
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2024-11-11

Russian Battleship Borodino
Launched on 8 September 1901, Borodino was the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was sunk during the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905. destinationsjourney.com/histor #BattleofTsushima #battleship #BattleshipBorodino #Borodino #ImperialRussianNavy #Military #naval #NavalWarfare #Navy #predreadnought #RussianBattleship #RussianNavy #Ship #war #warfare #warship #ImperialRussianNavy

Russian Battleship Borodino
Destination's JourneyDestinationsJourney@mastodon.world
2023-08-09

US Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Oregon BB-3 destinationsjourney.com/histor #USSOregonBB3 #USSOregon #Battleship #USBattleship #PreDreadnought #USNavy #Navy #Naval #SpanishAmericanWar #warship #ship

USS Oregon (BB-3) was a pre-dreadnought Indiana-class battleship of the United States Navy. Commissioned on July 15, 1896, at San Francisco, California she initially served with the Pacific Squadron. However, with tensions rising with Spain, following the explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbour, Cuba, she was ordered to the East coast. Arriving shortly before the start of the Spanish–American War she took part in the blockade of Santiago de Cuba, which culminated in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba on 3 July, where Oregon contributed to the destruction of the Spanish squadron in Cuba. After the war, Oregon was deployed to the Asiatic Squadron, serving during the Philippine–American War and the Boxer Rebellion in Qing China. The ship returned to the United States in 1906 when she was decommissioned and placed in reserve for the next five years during which she was modernized. Reactivated in 1911, Oregon spent the next several years cruising off the West Coast of the United States frequently going in and out of service. During World War I she served as a training ship for naval cadets and as a convoy escort. Oregon became a museum ship in her name-sake state in the early 1920s. In 1942, it was decided to scrap the ship for the war effort, but the navy changed its mind and converted her to an ammunition hulk (IX-22) for the invasion of Guam in 1944. Following the war she was sold for scrap in 1956.
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2023-07-27

SMS Erzerzog Franz Ferdinand Austro-Hungarian Pre-Dreadnought Battleship destinationsjourney.com/histor #SMSErzerzogFranzFerdinand #PreDreadnought #battleship #AustroHungarianNavy #AustrHungarianEmpire #Warship #ship #Navy #Naval #WorldWarOne #WorldWar1 #FirstWorldWar

SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand was an Austro-Hungarian Radetzky-class pre-dreadnought battleship commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Navy on 5 June 1910. She was named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The first ship of her class to be built, she preceded Radetzky by more than six months. Her armament included four 30.5 cm (12 in) guns in two twin turrets, and eight 24 cm (9.4 in) guns in four twin turrets. She participated in an international naval protest of the Balkan Wars in 1913, during which she helped enforce a blockade of Montenegro. She was also one of the first ships to deploy seaplanes for military use. During World War I, she saw limited service in the 2nd Division of the 1st Battle Squadron, including mobilization to assist the escape of the German ships SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau and the bombardment of Ancona in 1915. At the end of the war, she was ceded to Italy as a war prize and was eventually scrapped in 1926.
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2023-07-20

SMS Radetzky Austro-Hungarian Pre-Dreadnought Battleship destinationsjourney.com/histor #SMSRadetzky #AustroHungary #AustroHungarian #AustroHungarianNavy #PreDreadnoughtBattleship #Predreadnought #Battleship #Navy #Naval #military #warfare #WorldWarOne #FirstWorldWar

SMS Radetzky was the first of the three Radetzky-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy (K.u.K. Kriegsmarine). She was named for the 19th-century Austrian field marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz. Radetzky and her sisters, Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand and Zrínyi, were the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy—they were followed by the larger and significantly more powerful Tegetthoff-class dreadnoughts. Radetzky was built by the shipbuilding company Stabilimento Tecnico in Trieste and commissioned into the fleet on 15 January 1911. During the war, Radetzky operated largely as part of a fleet in being alongside the rest of the Austro-Hungarian Navy; in doing so, the ships tied down considerable naval forces from the Triple Entente. Radetzky did participate in some offensive operations, primarily shore bombardments in the Adriatic Sea against French, Montenegrin, and Italian targets. Towards the end of 1918, with the war going against the Austrians, Radetzky was prepared to be transferred to the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. On 10 November 1918 — six days after the Austrian armistice — Yugoslav navy officers sailed the battleship out of Pola and surrendered it to a squadron of American submarine chasers. Under the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the transfer was not recognized; instead, Radetzky was given to Italy and broken up for scrap.

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