Alternative Naval Design

Let us imagine that by the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, Russia had managed to concentrate in Port Arthur not seven battleships and several armored ...

Continuing the story about the Soviet “X” heavy cruisers, I’d like to present an alternative scenario in which the 240-mm main-caliber guns were, in fact, put ...

In the postwar world, when the contours of a new global balance of power were just beginning to take shape, the Soviet Union made a decision that would forever ...

The idea for this ship came from our colleague Stvolyar, but I’m posting this on my own behalf since I didn’t contribute anything beyond the general concept ...

In late 1938, British naval intelligence received detailed information about the Japanese “Yamato”-class super-battleships. The information, obtained through ...

The history of the Soviet Navy has several “ghosts” — ships that were laid down but never raised their ensign from the gaff because they were never ...

The August sun of 1904 beat down mercilessly, turning the surface of the sea into a molten mirror across which steel silhouettes glided. Heavy, gunpowder-laden ...

I'm reposting this article because new illustrations have been added. A recently conceived idea to “compile and distribute” the technical specifications of ...

  In this alternate history, Operation Catapult—the destruction of French warships at Mers-el-Kébir by the British fleet—did not take place. As a ...

Once upon a time, this entire series of articles under the general title “Super-Battleship or Impractical Madness” began with fantasies about the Japanese ...