Warship 2026/Военный корабль 2026

Издание на английском языке
The magazine is dedicated to the history of naval ships and fleets of various countries. This issue examines Russian Novik-class destroyers, battle damage to British aircraft carriers in World War II, the reconstruction of Japanese battleships, the development of German torpedo boats, Allied escort ship programs, French destroyers, Danish minesweepers, the capture of German code books, Royal Navy training ships, and the history of the Italian aircraft carrier Sparviero.

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Editorial
Feature Articles
The high-speed destroyers of the novik type: part I
Przemyslaw Budzbon looks at the origins of the Russian destroyer Novik, the fastest in the world when completed in 1912, and the series of similar ships laid down during the Great War
Royal navy fleet carriers: second world war battle damage
Robert Brown gives a chronological account of the damage sustained by Royal Navy carriers during the Second World War and explores the lessons learned
The reconstruction of the battle fleet o fthe imperial Japanese navy between the wars: part II
Hans Lengerer focuses on the reconstruction of the Japanese battleships of the Fuso, Ise and Nagato classes during the interwar period
The development of torpedo boats in the imperial German navy: part II
Dirk. Nottelmann continues the story of the development of German Torpedoboote, involving a contest between prominent shipyards in both Germany and Britain
The allies' emergency escort programmes of summer 1942
Nigel Why brow explains the similarities and differences between the American, British and Canadian naval programmes for new vessels at a time when increasing the escort forces became the highest priority
The French 450-tonne destroyers
John Jordan describes the conception and development, and evaluates the strengths and frailties, of this intermediate class of destroyers, which evolved into a series of principally experimental types
Royal danish navy "vig" class inshore minesweepers
Lars Jordt looks at these Danish minesweepers in the context of the NATO programmes of the postwar era
"Sea-stained priceless documents": The Capture of Magdeburg's Codebooks
Stephen McLaughlin attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding the greatest intelligence coup of the First World War: the Russian capture of the Signalbuch der Kaiserlichten Marine (SKM) in August 1914
The cadet training ships of the royal navy
Aidan Dodson tells the story of the ships that took the UK’s aspiring naval officers to sea during the first half of the 20th century
The Italian aircraft carrier Falco/Sparviero 1942-43: the real story
Enrico Cernuschi sets the record straight regarding the Italian aircraft carrier Sparviero, existing accounts of which are incomplete and full of errors
Warship Notes
Reviews
Warship Gallery
Tom Wismann introduces photos of the Danish coast defence ship Skjold, 1896-1929