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Thursday, 7 May 2026

French Gunboats

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Thinking of adding some maritime firepower to my Colonial French force with a gunboat, which would add some serious ability to dominate trad...

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Wednesday, 31 July 2024

Armoured ram USS Katahdin

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Armoured ram USS Katahdin - commissioned in 1897 and expended as a target ship in 1909. A design reminiscent of HMS POLYPHEMUS I suggest,...

Tuesday, 30 July 2024

Torpedo Ram HMS Polyphemus

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The 2,640 ton Torpedo Ram HMS Polyphemus was built in 1891/92 she had shallow-draft, fast, low-profile vessel, and was designed to penetrate...

Sunday, 24 March 2019

HMVS Cerberus

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Updated online history section at the Royal Australian Navy website here: http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-cerberus-hmvs The passing of the Co...

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Saturday, 16 January 2016

Colonial Defences of Sydney

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9 inch RML gun, Steele Point Battery, 1872 I recently moved back to Sydney after around 10 years of living far and wide elsewhere. I'...

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Thursday, 7 January 2016

RML 9 inch Armstrong Fortress Guns, Fort Gellibrand, Melbourne

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These 9 inch (228mm) Rifled Muzzle Loading guns are 12 ton Armstrong Fortress guns (300 pounder guns - actual weight of shot was 256lb). ...

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