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In the News (Mon 6 Jul 09)

  
  Major Warships Sunk in World War 1 1916
Attempts to tow her by the collier Princess Melita and the destroyer Kempenfelt failed and after about five hours the ship was abandoned although it took another four hours to sink.
Collision with French destroyer Mameluk whilst hunting a submarine in the Mediterranean.
Flirt was on patrol in when she was torpedoed by a German destroyer.
www.worldwar1.co.uk /sunk16.htm   (918 words)

  
 Italian Destroyers
Possibly Navigatori Class Destroyers at Livorno, Tuscany c.1928
Originally the Austrian destroyer Tatra she was never used by Italy and was scrapped c.
Originally the Austrian destroyer Balaton she was never used by Italy and was scrapped c.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /italian_destroyers.htm   (1580 words)

  
 Audace class
Both Ardito and Audace were laid down in 1968, launched in 1971 and commissioned in 1972.
Based on the previous Impavido class, they are general purpose destroyers with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles plus anti-submarine torpedoes.
When built, the Audace class deployed two 127-mm guns in single turrets but in both ships 'B' turret has been replaced by an octuple Selenia Albatros launcher for the semi-active radar-homing Aspide point defence missile system; long-range threats are dealt with by SM1MR Standard surface-to-air missiles launched from a single Mk 13 launcher.
www.military-today.com /navy/audace_class.htm   (337 words)

  
 Navy ship|battleship|cruiser|destroyer
The Soviet Navy has undergone a most remarkable expansion during the postwar years under the inspired guidance of Admiral Gorschkov, one of the greatest naval administrators in history, who envisaged a Soviet Navy which could at least hold its own with the navies of the West, if not actuallyattain superiority.
Faced with this new Soviet threat the US Navy decided to refurbish and recommission all four of its Iowa class battleships, which were still in excellent condition and which are now in the process of being returned to service.
Indeed, their armour makes them relatively immune to anti-ship missiles, and while it seems very doubtful that any new battleship of the size and complexity of the Iowas will be built, nobody had expected the Soviet Navy to build something like the Kirov.
navy-ship.all-model.com   (388 words)

  
  Navy Matters | Type 45 Section
The frigate (and destroyer for that matter) are medium sized ships, that tend to fulfill a 'jack-of-all-trades' role within a fleet, having to counter air, surface, missile and submarine threats.
The Type 42 destroyers were at a very early stage of development, as was their sister ships the Type 22 frigates (to replace the Leander class (Type 12M)), and so a large gap was threatening to open up in the Royal Navy's modern fleet escort surface vessels.
The one criticism of the class was that they seemed under-armed for their size and cost, and so the Exocet missile system was installed on all ships after the first three, and those would be fitted with it at there mid-life refits (although Antelope was sunk during the Falklands conflict).
frn.beedall.com /cngf.htm   (10464 words)

  
 Japanese Destroyers
Japanese destroyers from the First World War to the Second World War.
From the Ikazuchi class destroyers to the Tachibana class escort destroyers.
The whole class served in the Mediterranean during world war one returning to Japan in 1919
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /japanese_destroyers.htm   (1062 words)

  
 Virtual Globetrotting: Italian MM Electronic Warfare Ship "Elettra" (A5340)
Italian MM Destroyer class AA "Ardito" (D550) (0.4km)
Italian MM Mine Warfare Vessels class Lerici "Viareggio" (M5559) (0.5km)
Italian MM war ship class destroyer "Audace" (D551) (0.5km)
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