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Various boats and ships, mostly military. |
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 | Dubai is the current name of a yacht currently owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. This yacht is 524 feet, 10 inches (162 m) long, is the second largest yacht in the world |  | 11/01/2009 | 181 | 
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 | The Genève is the oldest steam paddle ship of Leman Lake.
Genève was built in 1896 by Sulzer for the Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman. She was launched for the Swiss national exhibition in Geneva.
Genève was the theater of the death of Elisabeth of Bavaria on 10 September 1898. The wounded Empress, who had been stabbed, boarded the ship, where her ... | | 11/01/2009 | 15 |
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 | Dauntless (HMS Dauntless once commissioned) is the second ship of the Type 45 class of air defence destroyer (AAW) being built for the Royal Navy (also known as the Daring or 'D' class).
Dauntless’s construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships yard at Govan in August 2004 on the River Clyde. Dauntless was launched on 23 January 2007 at 3.25 pm by Lady Burnell-Nugent, wife of... | | 10/28/2009 | 101 |
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 | HMS Duncan is the sixth ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyer (AAW) planned to be built for the Royal Navy. HMS Duncan is named after Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (1 July 1731 - 4 August 1804) who, as Admiral Duncan, defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown on 11 October 1797. This victory is considered one of the most significant actions in naval history. The C... | | 10/28/2009 | 24 |
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 | HMS Duncan is the sixth ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyer (AAW) planned to be built for the Royal Navy. HMS Duncan is named after Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (1 July 1731 - 4 August 1804) who, as Admiral Duncan, defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown on 11 October 1797. This victory is considered one of the most significant actions in naval history. The C... | | 10/28/2009 | 19 |
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 | HMS Diamond is the third ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyer (AAW) being built for the Royal Navy.
Diamond's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships yard at Govan on the River Clyde in February 2005. She was launched on 27 November 2007. As of this date, Diamond is being fitted out. Diamond is the third ship of her class launched with a guard from ... | | 10/28/2009 | 15 |
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 | HMS Defender is the fifth ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyer (AAW) being built for the Royal Navy.
Defender's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships (now part of BVT Surface Fleet) yard at Govan on the River Clyde in July 2006. The launch date was 21 October 2009. | | 10/28/2009 | 23 |
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 | HMS Dragon is the fourth ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyers that has been built for the Royal Navy.
Dragon's construction began at the then BAE Systems Naval Ships (later BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions) yard at Scotstoun on the River Clyde in December 2005, and by December 2007 the bow section was in place on the Govan slipway for mating with the othe... | | 10/28/2009 | 18 |
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 | The Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively in World War II. The craft was designed by Andrew Higgins of Louisiana, United States based on boats made for operating in swamps and marshes. More than 20,000 were built, by Higgins Industries and licensees.
Typically constructed from plywood, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat co... | | 10/19/2009 | 31 |
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 | One of only two surviving LST's (Landing Ship Tank) from World War II. A total of 1,151 LSTs were built all over the U.S. for the war.
The Landing Ship Tank is an ocean going ship capable of shore to shore delivery of tanks, amphibious assault vehicles, and troops. The LST program was developed in response to a need for armored infantry divisions in invasions by sea. England’s f... | | 10/19/2009 | 21 |
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 | The Redoutable (S 611) was the lead ship of her class of ballistic missile submarine in the French Marine Nationale.
Commissioned on 1 December 1971, she was the first French SNLE (Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur d'Engins, "Device-Launching Nuclear Submarine"). She was fitted with 16 M1 ballistic missiles, delivering 450kt at 2000 kilometres. In 1974, she was refitted with... | | 10/19/2009 | 69 |
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 | H. L. Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate States of America that played a small part in the American Civil War, but a large role in naval warfare. The Confederate States Ship (CSS) Hunley demonstrated both the advantages and the dangers of undersea warfare. The CSS Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy warship, although the vessel was also lost following the successful attack. T... | | 10/19/2009 | 26 |
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 | During almost all of World War II, Germany was constantly short of raw material. In order to save iron, German engineers revived an idea that was first conceived in France in 1848 - Concrete Ships.
Starting in 1940, a series of fifty concrete ships was build in shipyards along the Baltic Sea. They were used as supply ships for the German Navy operating in the Baltic Sea and the N... | | 10/19/2009 | 37 |
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 | MS Treue in Bremen was buildt in 1943 as one of 70 planned concrete ships of the "Transporterflotte Speer". Only this one remained. After WW2 it was sailing until 1962.
From 1962 it was used as a motorbike repair, from 1998 it was used as storage facility in Hamburg.
1995 it was taken over by studendt and professors of the Highschool of Arts and is used for exibi... | | 10/19/2009 | 27 |
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 | USS Cod (SS/AGSS/IXSS-224) is a Gato-class submarine, the only vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the cod, the well-known food fish of the North Atlantic and North Pacific. | | 10/13/2009 | 114 |
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 | USS Requin (SS/SSR/AGSS/IXSS-481), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the requin, a sand shark. Her name was pronounced /ˈreɪkwɪn/ by her crew. | | 10/13/2009 | 27 |
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 | USS Cobia (SS/AGSS-245), a Gato-class submarine, is a submarine, formerly of the United States Navy, named for the cobia, a food fish found in warm waters. | | 10/13/2009 | 18 |
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 | USS Marlin (SST-2), a T-1-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the marlin, a large game fish. She was originally known as USS T-2. | | 10/13/2009 | 19 |
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 | The Admirable class was the largest and one of the most successful classes of minesweepers the United States Navy ordered during World War II. Typically, the minesweeper detected and removed mines before the rest of the fleet arrived, thereby ensuring safe passage for the larger ships. They were also charged with antisubmarine warfare (ASW) duties with rear-mounted depth charge racks and a forw... | | 10/13/2009 | 16 |
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 | USS Silversides (SS/AGSS-236) is a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides, a small fish marked with a silvery stripe along each side of its body. | | 10/13/2009 | 16 |
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 | The Invincible-class is a class of light aircraft carrier currently serving with the British Royal Navy. Of the three vessels of this class, HMS Illustrious and HMS Ark Royal are in operation, with HMS Invincible decommissioned from service and in reserve until 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invincible_class_aircraft_carrier | | 10/13/2009 | 46 |
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 | USS LSM-45 is a LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium, formerly of the United States Navy and the Hellenic Navy, and the last known surviving LSM in its original configuration. Currently located at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, it was donated to the Museum of the Marine by the now defunct Amphibious Ship Museum under the understanding that it would be put on display at the museum,... | | 10/12/2009 | 101 |
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 | USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624), a Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), the 28th President of the United States.
USS Woodrow Wilson was decommissioned on 1 September 1994 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 September 1994. Ex-Woodrow Wilson entered the Nuclear Powered Ship a... | | 10/12/2009 | 31 |
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 | USS San Antonio (LPD-17), the lead ship of her class of amphibious transport dock, is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of San Antonio, Texas. The ship is designed to deliver up to 800 Marines ashore by landing craft and helicopters. | | 10/07/2009 | 608 |
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 | The Fantasy class is a cruise ship class operated primarily by Carnival Cruise Lines, The first vessel of the class, Fantasy, entered service in 1990. The eight vessels of the class were constructed by Kvaerner Masa Yards, in Helsinki, Finland. The Elation and the Paradise differ from the other ships of the class in that they have Azipod azimuth thrusters. They were also the last cruise ships b... | | 10/07/2009 | 54 |
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