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 ...

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 ...

A heavy, salty fog crept slowly across the waters of Aniva Bay, obscuring the silhouettes of the ships like ghosts shrouded in gray gauze. On the ...

Many navies around the world had “Rendel”-class gunboats in their fleets. These were small, unprotected vessels, but each was armed with a single, ...

Other articles in this series This is perhaps the most important and interesting article on the world of Russian 7-inch guns. It will focus on the mainstay ...

I'm continuing the discussion on a more capable Russian Navy on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War.   If we look at the keel-laying dates (or, ...

In addition to the “Dozhd”-class gunboats, an alternative refit is being proposed for two other gunboats that were part of the Baltic Fleet: the “Opyt,” ...