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List Of Battleships Of The Second World War
This is a list of battleships of the Second World War. All displacements are at standard load, in metric tonnes, so as to avoid confusion over their relative displacements. ote: Not all displacements have been adjusted to match this yet Ideally displacements will be as they were at either the end of the war, or when the ship was sunk. The battleship was a capital ship built in the first half of the 20th century. At the outbreak of war, large fleets of battleships—many inherited from the dreadnought era decades before—were considered one of the decisive forces in naval warfare. There were two engagements between battleships in the Pacific theatre and three in the Atlantic theatre. Battleships were the most heavily protected ships afloat, nonetheless sixteen were sunk or crippled by bombs or torpedoes delivered by aircraft, while three more were sunk by submarine-launched torpedoes. Guided bombs developed during the war made it much easier for aircraft to sink battleships. By t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyoming-class Battleship
The ''Wyoming'' class was a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy. and were authorized in early 1909, and were built between 1910 and 1912. These were the fourth dreadnought design of the US Navy, but only an incremental improvement over the preceding , and the last US battleships to use 12-inch guns. The primary changes were the adoption of a more powerful /50 caliber Mark 7 gun, addition of a sixth twin-gun turret and improved armor protection, including the first use of a torpedo bulkhead on American battleships. The Navy considered using more powerful guns, but this would have caused delays and required larger docks. The two ships frequently served together, first in the Atlantic Fleet in the 1910s. Both vessels were deployed to British waters after the United States entered World War I in April 1917 to reinforce the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet. They served in the Pacific Fleet in 1919–21, before both returned to the Atlantic Fleet. Much of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunkerque-class Battleship
The ''Dunkerque'' class was a pair of fast battleships built for the French Navy in the 1930s; the two ships were and . They were the first French battleships built since the of pre-World War I vintage, and they were heavily influenced by the Washington Treaty system that limited naval construction in the 1920s and 1930s. French battleship studies initially focused on countering fast Italian heavy cruisers, leading to early designs for small, relatively lightly protected capital ships. But the advent of the powerful German s proved to be more threatening to French interests, prompting the need for larger and more heavily armed and armoured vessels. The final design, completed by 1932, produced a small battleship armed with eight guns that were concentrated in two quadruple gun turrets forward, with armour sufficient to defeat the ''Deutschland''s guns. ''Strasbourg'' was completed to a slightly modified design, receiving somewhat heavier armour in response to new Italian s. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courbet-class Battleship
The ''Courbet''-class battleships were the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. These were completed prior to WWI. The class comprised four ships: , , , and . All four ships were deployed to the Mediterranean Sea for the entirety of World War I, spending most of their time escorting French troop convoys from North Africa and covering the Otranto Barrage. An Anglo-French fleet led by ''Courbet'' succeeded in sinking the Austro-Hungarian protected cruiser in the Battle of Antivari. ''Jean Bart'' was torpedoed in the bow by on 21 December 1914, but she was able to steam to Malta for repairs. ''France'' sank after striking a rock in Quiberon Bay in 1922. Between the wars the surviving ships were modernised several times, but they were not rebuilt thoroughly enough to prevent them from becoming obsolete in comparison to modern German or Italian battleships. They were relegated to training duties during the 1930s. ''Courbet'' and ''Paris'' escaped to Portsmouth where they be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conte Di Cavour-class Battleship
The ''Conte di Cavour''–class battleships were a group of three dreadnoughts built for the Royal Italian Navy (''Regia Marina'') in the 1910s. The ships were completed during World War I, but none saw action before the end of hostilities. was sunk by a magazine explosion in 1916 and sold for scrap in 1923. The two surviving ships, and , supported operations during the Corfu Incident in 1923. They were extensively reconstructed between 1933 and 1937 with more powerful guns, additional armor and considerably more speed than before. Both ships participated in the Battle of Calabria in July 1940, when ''Giulio Cesare'' was lightly damaged. They were both present when British torpedo bombers attacked the fleet at Taranto in November 1940, and ''Conte di Cavour'' was torpedoed. She was grounded with most of her hull underwater and her repairs were not completed before the Italian surrender in September 1943. ''Conte di Cavour'' was scrapped in 1946. ''Giulio Cesare'' escorted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semi-dreadnought
The dreadnought (alternatively spelled dreadnaught) was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century. The first of the kind, the Royal Navy's , had such an impact when launched in 1906 that similar battleships built after her were referred to as "dreadnoughts", and earlier battleships became known as pre-dreadnoughts. Her design had two revolutionary features: an "all-big-gun" armament scheme, with an unprecedented number of heavy-calibre guns, and steam turbine propulsion. As dreadnoughts became a crucial symbol of national power, the arrival of these new warships renewed the naval arms race between the United Kingdom and Germany. Dreadnought races sprang up around the world, including in South America, lasting up to the beginning of World War I. Successive designs increased rapidly in size and made use of improvements in armament, armour and propulsion throughout the dreadnought era. Within five years, new battleships outclassed ''Dreadnought'' herself. Thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado-class Battleship
The ''Colorado''-class battleships were a group of four United States Navy super-dreadnoughts, the last of its pre-Treaty battleships. Designed during World War I, their construction overlapped the end of that conflict and continued in its immediate aftermath. Though all four keels were laid, only three ships entered service: , , and . was over 75% completed when she was canceled under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922. As such, the 16" gun ''Colorado''-class ships were the last and most powerful battleships built by the U.S. Navy until the entered service on the eve of World War II. The ''Colorado''s were the final group of the Standard-type battleships, designed to have similar speed and handling to simplify maneuvers with the line of battle. The cancelled which was to follow would have in several ways been a departure from this practice. Apart from an upgrade in striking power with their eight 16-inch guns, the ''Colorado''s were essentially repeats of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King George V-class Battleship (1911)
The ''King George V''-class battleships were a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the early 1910s that were sometimes termed super-dreadnoughts. The sister ships spent most of their careers assigned to the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Home and Grand Fleets, sometimes serving as flagships. In October 1914, ''Audacious'' struck a mine and sank. Aside from participating in the failed attempt to intercept the German ships that had bombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby in late 1914, the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 and the inconclusive action of 19 August, the surviving ships' service during the First World War generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea. The three surviving ships were briefly reduced to reserve in 1919 before being transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1920–1921 where they played minor roles in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War and the Chanak Crisis of 1922. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee-class Battleship
The ''Tennessee'' class consisted of two super-dreadnought battleships— and —built for the United States Navy in the late 1910s, part of the "standard" series. The class was in most respects a repeat of the preceding , with the primary improvements being a significantly strengthened underwater protection system, and increased elevation of the main battery guns to allow them to fire at much greater ranges. They carried the same main battery of twelve guns in four triple turrets, and had the same top speed of . Both ships served in the Pacific Fleet for the duration of their careers, which included an extensive training program during the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s. Both ships were present in Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on 7 December 1941; ''California'' was torpedoed and sunk but ''Tennessee'' was only minimally damaged. ''California'' was refloated and both ships were heavily rebuilt between 1942 and 1944. The pair thereafter sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bretagne-class Battleship
The ''Bretagne''-class battleships were the first " super-dreadnoughts" built for the French Navy during the First World War. The class comprised three vessels: ''Bretagne'', the lead ship, ''Provence'', and ''Lorraine''. They were an improvement of the previous , and mounted ten guns instead of twelve guns as on the ''Courbet''s. A fourth was ordered by the Greek Navy, though work was suspended due to the outbreak of the war. The three completed ships were named after French provinces. The three ships saw limited service during World War I, and were primarily occupied with containing the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic Sea. After the war, they conducted training cruises in the Mediterranean and participated in non-intervention patrols off Spain during the Spanish Civil War. After the outbreak of World War II, the ships were tasked with convoy duties and anti-commerce raider patrols until the fall of France in June 1940. ''Bretagne'' and ''Provence'' were sunk by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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