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Battleships Of The Royal Navy
For lists of battleships of the Royal Navy see: *List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy *List of ironclads of the Royal Navy *List of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy *List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy *List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy The battlecruiser was the brainchild of Admiral Sir John ("Jacky") Fisher, the man who had sponsored the construction of the world's first "all big gun" warship, . He visualised a new breed of warship with the armament of a battleship, but fa ... See also For earlier examples see "Great ships" and "First rate ships" at List of early warships of the English navy {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ships Of The Line Of The Royal Navy
This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty. The early Restoration period (1660–77) This list includes several earlier ships which were ''rebuilt'' for the Royal Navy in this period—specifically the first-rate ''Prince Royal'' (in 1663), the second-rate ''Victory'' (in 1666), the third-rate ''Montague'' (in 1675) and the fourth-rates ''Bonaventure'' (in 1663) and ''Constant Warwick'' (in 1666). The process, which generally involved the dismantling in dry dock of the old ship and constructing it to a new design incorporating part of the materials from the old vessel, produced what were in effect substantially new ships with altered dimensions and sizes, and generally mounting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ironclads Of The Royal Navy
This is a list of ironclads of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship in the early part of the second half of the 19th century, protected by iron or steel armour plates. The term ''battleship'' was not used by the Admiralty until the early 1880s, with the construction of the ''Colossus'' class. Prior to this point, a wide range of descriptions were used. While the introduction of the ironclad is clear-cut, the boundary between 'ironclad' and the later 'pre-dreadnought battleship' is less obvious, as the characteristics of the pre-dreadnought evolved. For the sake of this article, the ''Royal Sovereign''-class are treated as the first pre-dreadnoughts on account of their high freeboard and mixed battery of guns. Glossary * BU = broken up * In the sections listing warships in the English/Royal Navy from 1860 onwards, the dates have been quoted using the modern convention of the year starting on 1 January. Sea-going ironclads (1860–188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Pre-dreadnought Battleships Of The Royal Navy
The British Royal Navy built a series of pre-dreadnought battleships as part of a naval expansion programme that began with the Naval Defence Act 1889. These ships were characterised by a main battery of four heavy guns—typically guns—in two twin mounts, a secondary armament that usually comprised guns, and a high freeboard. Primarily concerned with maintaining its "two-power standard" of numerical superiority over the combined French and Russian fleets, the Royal Navy built or purchased a total of fifty-two battleships of this type prior to the 1906 completion of the revolutionary all-big-gun , which gave the pre-dreadnoughts their name. William Henry White served as the Director of Naval Construction from 1885 to 1902 and thus oversaw the development of most of the pre-dreadnoughts. The first class, the , comprised eight ships and introduced the standard armament layout associated with pre-dreadnought type battleships. They were followed by a trio of smaller, second-cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dreadnought Battleships Of The Royal Navy
This is a list of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. In 1907, before the revolution in design brought about by of 1906, the United Kingdom had 62 battleships in commission or building, a lead of 26 over France and 50 over the German Empire. The launch of ''Dreadnought'' in 1906 prompted an arms race with major strategic consequences, as countries built their own dreadnoughts. Possession of modern battleships was not only vital to naval power, but also represented a nation's standing in the world. Germany, France, the Russian Empire, Japan, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the United States all began dreadnought programmes; second-rank powers including the Ottoman Empire, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile commissioned dreadnoughts to be built in British and American shipyards. The Royal Navy at the start of the First World War was the largest navy in the world due, in the most part, to The Naval Defence Act 1889 formalising the adoption of the "two-power s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Battlecruisers Of The Royal Navy
The battlecruiser was the brainchild of Admiral Sir John ("Jacky") Fisher, the man who had sponsored the construction of the world's first "all big gun" warship, . He visualised a new breed of warship with the armament of a battleship, but faster, lighter, and less heavily armoured. The first three battlecruisers, the , were laid down while ''Dreadnought'' was being built in 1906. This design philosophy was most successful in action when the battlecruisers could use their speed to run down smaller and weaker ships. The best example is the Battle of the Falkland Islands where and sank the German armoured cruisers and almost without damage to themselves, despite numerous hits by the German ships.Gardiner, pp. 24–25 They were less successful against heavily armoured ships, as was demonstrated by the loss of ''Invincible'', , and during the Battle of Jutland in 1916. All three ships were destroyed by more heavily armoured German battlecruisers, with the British failure to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
