Aircraft Carriers, Battleships and Cruisers ("ABC")


The unique naval multi-media photoarchive with 13,773 digital images on 2 CDs

CD-cover of "ABC"

Dear shiplover,

I am glad to present you the multi-media edition of the photo archive "Aircraft Carriers, Battleships and Cruisers", including 13,773 digital images of more than 9,000 surface fighting ships, build between 1865-2000 worldwide. Distribution by countries as follows:

Volume I - Austro-Hungarian Navy - 161 images
- British & Commonwealth Navy - 2,845 images
- French Navy - 812 images
- German Navy - 1,159 images
- Italian Navy - 590 images
- Spanish Navy - 125 images
- Russian & Soviet Navy - 1,368 images
- Minor Navies - 467 images
  Volume II

- Japanese Navy - 1,188 images
- US Navy - 5,058 images

All photographs are distributed chronologically by ship type and class. The majority images have full-screen size, besides many from them have hi-rez versions of width: 1200-2400pix (marked by "W" letter); all drawings are shown to uniform scale 100m = 800pix (but for better viewing drawings for large warships also have small versions and marked by "L"); many color artworks.

 

Some nice shots of old Russian and Soviet warships from "ABC"

click to view full-size version Salvage works of badly damaged First Pacific Squadron battleship Retvizan after surprising Japanese torpedo attack in Port-Arthur  (1904)
click to view full-size version The last and best Russian armoured cruiser Rurik (II) on its last configuration (1917)
click to view full-size version This artwork shown Baltic Fleet dreadnought Petropavlovsk during October Revolution (1917)
click to view full-size version The drawing of never completed heavy cruiser (virtually battlecruiser) Stalingrad (1951)
click to view full-size version The extremely heavy armed for her small size warship - Soviet CG Admiral Fokin at sea (1980s)
click to view full-size version Russian naval airpower: too late and too small - lonesome carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and fighter Su-33 during flight-ops (mid-1990s)

How I can buy "ABC"?

Notice! It's not a mass product - this is a hand-made issue, therefore buying these CD's you become the owner of a unique high quality photo archive which is not having any analogues in the world. It is a result of almost ten year of work of the collector and shiplover. Therefore the price will be 180 USD for both volumes, including the shipping charges to any country (registered mail). The price for these CD's is much lower than other photo archives available and what you get is a high quality product of almost 14,000 digital images. For fulfilment of purchase of this set, it is necessary for you to send money in cash by using the Western Union Company (unfortunately, but I don't have credit card) to the following address: iksanov_m@yahoo.com (don't forget to inform me about your postage address in the email)

Here is what to do when you wish to order the CD's:

1) Contact Manas Iksanov by email to order the CD's. Email address: iksanov_m@yahoo.com

2) Visit the website of the Western Union Country: http://www.westernunion.com. Here you can find informations on how to tranfer the money. You simply select the part of the world you live in and then your country. And then you can see how you can transfer the money from your country. Using the service from the Western Union Company is easy.

3) In the box below you can see the informations you need to tell the Western Union Company who the recipient of you payment is.

Iksanov Manas
6-18a-22, Almaty, Kazakhstan
tel. 209-138 or 280-664 (for Western Union operators in Almaty)

Here is what happens when you have ordered the CD's and transfered the money:

When the payment is received an email will be send from Manas Iksanov in Kazakhstan with your address to John Asmussen in Denmark. John Asmussen will then send the CD's to you immediately. The reason that the CD's will be send from Denmark is that the mail system in Denmark is one of the best in the world and more reliable than the mail system in Kazakhstan. To make sure that the buyer will get the best service I have therefore decided to do it this way. The CD's will be send in registered mail to make sure that it is safe and secure. You will receive an email when the CD's is shipped to you.
Notice! As mentioned the CD's will be send registered to make sure that it arrives to you. But make sure that the CD's in in the mail when you receive it. If you sign for the mail then you also accept the content of it. So if the CD's is not in the mail then the responsibility is your own. The reason this is mentioned is in case somebody open the mail and steal the CD's before they reach you. So just make sure that the mail has not been opened and that the CD's is included.

For all questions you can contact me - iksanov_m@yahoo.com,
or my partner in Denmark - John Asmussen - webmaster@bismarck-class.dk.