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04 September 2010 The Naval Balance, small navies, not included into "The Military Balance 2010" (Cook Islands, Faeroe Islands, Falkland Islands, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, NATO, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, Palau, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu)
01 September 2010 The Naval Balance, part 8 "East Asia and Australasia", batch 3 (Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam) 26 August 2010 The Naval Balance, part 8 "East Asia and Australasia", batch 2 (Japan, North Korea, South Korea) 20 August 2010 The Naval Balance, part 8 "East Asia and Australasia", batch 1 (Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia) 19 August 2010 The Naval Balance, part 7 "South and Central Asia" (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) 15 August 2010 The Naval Balance, part 6 "Sub-Saharan Africa" (Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Congo, Cote d`Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) 13 August 2010 The Naval Balance, part 5 "Middle East and North Africa", batch 2 (Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen) 06 August 2010 The Naval Balance, part 5 "Middle East and North Africa", batch 1 (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya) 02 August 2010 The Naval Balance, part 4 "Russia" 29 July 2010 The Naval Balance, part 3b "Europe - Non-NATO": (Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine) 27 July 2010 The Naval Balance, part 3a "Europe - NATO": batch2 (Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom) 22 July 2010 The Naval Balance, part 3a "Europe - NATO": batch1 (Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France) 15 July 2010 The Naval Balance, part 2 "Latin America and the Caribbean": batch2 (El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela) 11 July 2010 The Naval Balance, part 2 "Latin America and the Caribbean": batch1 (Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador) 10 July 2010 New theme: "Naval balance" (World modern navies). This reference will contain information about all ships and boats of modern navies with more than 100t displacement. Part 1: "North America" is available now (Canada, USA). 04 July 2010 Part "Japanese aircraft carrying ships 1922-1946" (31 pages) was modified to new standard. 19 June 2010 Part "Japanese capital ships 1922-1946" (19 pages) was modified to new standard. 14 June 2010 New volume "Norwegian Navy 1922-1946" (59 pages, complete) 09 June 2010 Parts "USN converted merchant vessels 1922-1946" and "USCG ships 1922-1946" were modified to new standard (5 and 36 pages). Also 3 pages were added to part "USN mine warfare ships" 02 June 2010 Part "USN mine warfare ships 1922-1946" was modified to new standard (13 pages). Many dates (discarding, modernizations) were corrected, "ship design" notes were added, side views were corrected, some side views and pictures were added. Many mistakes were fixed. 28 May 2010 Part "USN amphibious ships and craft 1922-1946" was fully modified to new standard (43 pages at all). Many dates (discarding, modernizations) were corrected, "ship design" notes were added, side views were corrected, some side views and pictures were added. Many mistakes were fixed. Pages "British LCT Mk 5 class landing craft" and "British LCI(L) class landing craft" were corrected. 22 May 2010 Part "USN amphibious ships and craft 1922-1946" was partially modified to new standard (33 pages, large amphibious ships). Many dates (discarding, modernizations) were corrected, "ship design" notes were added, side views were corrected, some side views and pictures were added. Many mistakes were fixed. Pages "British LST Mk 2 class tank landing ships" and "British fighter direction ships" were corrected. 15 May 2010 Part "USN coastal forces 1922-1946" was modified to new standard (now 23 pages). Many dates (discarding, modernizations) were corrected, "ship design" notes were added, side views were corrected, some side views and pictures were added. 09 May 2010 Part "USN other fighting ships 1922-1946" was modified to new standard (15 pages). Many dates (discarding, modernizations) were corrected, "ship design" notes were added, "naval service" notes were modified, side views were corrected, some side views and pictures were added. One new page was created (gunboat Fulton). Some side views with low quality in RN and USN volumes were corrected. 01 May 2010 Part "USN escorts 1922-1946" was modified to new standard (15 pages). Many dates (discarding, modernizations) were corrected, "ship design" notes were added, "naval service" notes were modified, side views were corrected, some side views and pictures were added. 23 April 2010 Part "USN submarines 1922-1946" was modified to new standard (33 pages). Many dates (discarding, modernizations) were corrected, "ship design" notes were added, "naval service" notes were modified, side views were corrected, some side views and pictures were added. 17 April 2010 Part "USN torpedo ships 1922-1946" was modified to new standard (22 pages). Many dates (discarding, modernizations) were corrected, "ship design" notes were added, "naval service" notes were modified, side views were corrected, some side views and pictures were added. 14 April 2010 Part "USN cruisers 1922-1946" was modified to new standard (25 pages). Many dates (discarding, modernizations) were corrected, "ship design" notes were added, "naval service" notes were modified, side views were corrected, some ones were added. 06 April 2010 Part "USN aircraft carrying ships 1922-1946" was modified to new standard (23 pages). Many dates (discarding, modernizations) were corrected, "ship design" notes were added, "naval service" notes were modified, side views were corrected, some ones were added. 28 March 2010 Part "USN capital ships and monitors 1922-1946" was modified to new standard (25 pages). Many dates (discarding) were corrected, "ship design" notes were added, "naval service" notes were modified, side views were corrected, some ones were added. New part "Swedish naval armaments 1922-1946". Some pages of volume "Swedish Navy 1922-1946" were corrected. 20 March 2010 New parts "Swedish other fighting ships 1922-1946" (5 pages), "Swedish coastal forces 1922-1946" (11 pages), "Swedish amphibious ships 1922-1946" (1 page), "Swedish mine warfare ships 1922-1946" (11 pages) and "Swedish converted merchant vessels 1922-1946" (1 page). Swedish Royal Navy (1922-1946) volume is completed. Royal Navy 1922-1946 volume: some side views were added. 16 March 2010 New parts "Swedish submarines 1922-1946" (14 pages) and "Swedish escorts 1922-1946" (1 page). 08 March 2010 Parts "British mine warfare ships and craft 1922-1946" and "British converted merchant vessels 1922-1946" were modified to new standard (49 and 15 pages). Many dates (when the ships were laid down, launched, completed and discarded) were corrected. Royal Navy volume (1922-1946) is completed. 22 February 2010 Part "British amphibious ships and craft 1922-1946" was modified to new standard (39 pages). 12 February 2010 Part "British coastal forces 1922-1946" was modified to new standard (57 pages). 11 February 2010 Part "Other British fighting ships 1922-1946" was modified to new standard (17 pages). 03 February 2010 Part "British escorts 1922-1946" was modified to new standard (46 pages). New part "Torpedo ships of Sweden 1922-1946" (26 pages). 14 January 2010 Part "British submarines 1922-1946" was modified to new standard. New pictures, corrected dates of entering / exiting service, new "ship design" articles, improved "naval service" articles etc. 06 January 2010 Part "British torpedo ships 1922-1946" was modified to new standard. New pictures, corrected dates of entering / exiting service, new "ship design" articles, improved "naval service" articles etc. 30 December 2009 Part "British cruisers 1922-1946" was modified to new standard. 10 December 2009 New part "cruisers of Sweden 1922-1946". Part "British aircraft carrying ships" was modified to new standard. New standard includes: enhanced graphics, corrected fate and technical data. 04 December 2009 New section: "Swedish Navy 1922 - 1946" containing now one part "capital ships", created by new my standard. Also part "British capital ships and monitors" was modified to new standard. 27 November 2009 New sections: "Finnish Navy 1922 - 1946" and "Finnish naval armaments 1922 - 1946". 17 November 2009 I am sorry for a delay of
updates. I placed advertising on a site. Continuation will follow soon (Finnish
Navy). I wish to ask a question to readers: soon we shall finish the Navies of
Second World war. Where shall we go further - forward (50s - 60s) or back (WWI)? I`m waiting for Your opinion by e-mail. 05 November 2009 New part: "Fighting ships and naval armaments of Bulgaria 1922 - 1946" 23 October 2009 New part: "Fighting ships and naval armaments of Yugoslavia 1922 - 1946" Many existed ship pages received corrected enhanced graphic. My site becomes colored. 06 October 2009 New page is started. I start collect the most comprehensive naval sites in the Web. I think there are best links! 04 October 2009 New parts: "River fleets of Czechoslovakia and Hungary 1922 - 1946 and their armaments". 27 September 2009 New parts: "Navies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 1922 - 1940 and their armaments" 22 September 2009 New part: "Polish naval armaments 1922 - 1946" 18 September 2009 New part: "Fighting ships of Poland 1922 - 1946" 05 September 2009 New part: "Soviet naval aviation and armaments 1922 - 1946" 13 August 2009 New parts: "Soviet converted merchant vessels and Board Guard ships and boats 1922 - 1946". "Soviet Navy" volume is now completed. 04 August 2009 New part: "Soviet mine warfare ships and craft 1922 - 1946". 15 July 2009 New part: "Soviet amphibious ships and craft 1922 - 1946". 09 July 2009 New part: "Soviet coastal forces 1922 - 1946". 12 June 2009 New parts: "Soviet escorts and other fighting ships 1922 - 1946". 19 April 2009 New part: "Soviet submarines 1922 - 1946". 10 April 2009 New volume: "Warships of Soviet navy 1922 - 1946" includes now following parts: "Capital ships", "Cruisers", "Torpedo ships". 20 March 2009 "Italian naval aviation and armaments 1922 - 1946" is added. 10 March 2009 New parts "Italian coastal forces, amphibious ships, mine warfare ships, converted merchant vessels 1922 - 1946". "Italian Navy 1922 - 1946" is now complete. 01 March 2009 New parts "Italian submarines, escorts, other fighting ships 1922 - 1946". 21 February 2009 New part "Italian torpedo ships". 14 February 2009 New volume: "Warships of Italian navy 1922 - 1946" includes now following parts: "Capital ships", "Aircraft carrying ships", "Cruisers". January, 28, 2009 "French naval aviation and armaments 1922 - 1946" is added. January, 19, 2009 New parts: "French escorts, other fighting ships, coastal forces, amphibious ships and craft, mine warfare ships, converted merchant vessels 1922 - 1946". French Navy volume is completed. December, 31, 2008 New parts: "French torpedo ships and submarines 1922 - 1946". December, 15, 2008 New part: "French cruisers 1922 - 1946". December, 09, 2008 New volume was added: "French fighting ships 1922 - 1946" consisting two parts: battleships and aircraft carrying ships. November, 28, 2008 "German naval aviation and armaments 1922 - 1946" is now completed. Many other armament pages were updated. November, 24, 2008 "German fighting ships 1922 - 1946" is now completed. October, 29, 2008 "German fighting ships 1922 - 1946" including now new 2 parts: coastal forces, amphibious ships and craft. October, 05, 2008 Most pages with information about British ships and many pages in American volume were updated (building data, dimensions etc.). New volume was begun. "German fighting ships 1922 - 1946" including now 7 parts (capital ships, aircraft carrying ships, cruisers, torpedo ships, submarines, escorts, other fighting ships). August, 10, 2008 So, we are starting. This site includes today information about all fighting ships of UK, USA and Japan served or were built in period from 1922 to 1946 , their armament and board planes. I hope these tables include information about all purpose built fighting ships of these three countries with displacement more than 10 ts and requisitioned merchant vessels converted for combat duties with displacement more than 100 ts (or capacity more than 100 BRT). 1. NB: I permanently modify existent parts without special notices!!! 2. With my regrets, this site contains today two large empty spaces. I shall be glad to receive information about British landing craft (LCT and smaller) and converted vessels of Italian merchant fleet.
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