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The Saunders-Roe Princess was a British flying boat aircraft built by Saunders-Roe, based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The Princess was one of the largest aircraft in existence.

In 1945, Saunders-Roe was asked by the British Ministry of Supply to bid for a long range civil flying boat for British Ove… Continue

Once upon a time, the internal combustion engine had a powerful rival - the electricity. Since 1865, electric-powered vehicles were designed and built in Europe and America.

An electric car in the conventional sense, Wiki tells us, was not developed until 1890 or 1891, by William Morri… Continue

Here's a brief review of the Interbellum and WW2 heavy tank designs. Some of them remained on paper, others at the testing ground.

During the Great War, there were two superheavy tanks (both will appear here soon): the German 120-ton K-Wagen (K for Kolossal) that never became operative, and the Italian FIAT 2000, comm… Continue

The Nelson class was a class of two battleships of the British Royal Navy, built shortly after, and under the terms of, the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.

They were the only British battleships built between the Revenge class (ordered in 1913) and the… Continue

The fictional Kirov airship enjoys a worldwide fame. Much less is known of the real Kirov Tank, designed and built in the late 1930's.

It was ordered as a successor of the mighty… Continue