Chronology of World War II

Tuesday, November 21


The Battlecruiser Kongo


The Battlecruiser <i>Kongo</i>
The battlecruiser Kongo had been built by the British shipyard Vickers in 1912-3. In 1929 she was re-built as a battleship, as seen here in 1929-30. She was further modified in the 1930s to become a 'fast battleship'.