Battlecruiser - Wikipedia
The battlecruiser (also written as battle cruiser or battle-cruiser) was a type of capital ship of the first half of the 20th century. These were similar in displacement, armament and cost to battleships, but differed in form and balance of attributes.
List of battlecruisers - Wikipedia
They include battleships, battlecruisers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and corvettes. Aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, and mine hunters are not considered surface combatants.
List of battlecruisers of the United States - Wikipedia
Battlecruisers were effective when concentrating their fire on an enemy fleet's leading ships, as the Japanese armored cruisers had done to the Russians at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905. Another role envisioned was tracking down and destroying enemy commerce raiders.
Battlecruisers Of World War II - CHUCKHAWKS.COM
Just like their earlier sisters in the First World War, the battlecruisers of all nations would work harder, steam farther, fight more often, and take more casualties than their battleship contemporaries in World War II. The battlecruiser story started with the British, so it seems only fair to examine their World War II battlecruisers first.
Contrasting Battle Cruisers | Naval History Magazine - October …
Korvettenkapitan Vollerthun succinctly summed up the differences between Royal Navy and Imperial Navy battle cruisers by terming the British ships “battleship-cruisers” and the German ships “cruiser-battleships”—indeed a farsighted and prophetic characterization.
Battlecruisers in the United States and the United Kingdom
2016年8月4日 · Battlecruisers in the United States and the United Kingdom, 1902-1922. This chronology details the development of battlecruisers in the United States and the United Kingdom from their genesis...
The Search for America's Battlecruiser - Military History Online
One of the most hotly debated ship types in the United States Navy was the battlecruiser. Other navies had them in service or under construction - should the United States follow suit?
The Battlecuiser: A Unique Type of Vessel Without A Universal …
The battlecruiser was a concept designed to bridge this gap, providing a high speed hull capable of supporting battleship class naval guns that could outgun anything it could not outrun, and it was adopted by the Royal Navy and Imperial German High Seas Fleet by World War I.
Origins and Development of the Battlecruiser - gwpda.org
1998年7月28日 · World War One saw the baptism of fire of several new kinds of warship: the aircraft carrier; the submarine; and the battlecruiser. Sometimes considered an amalgam of the battleship and the cruiser, this fascinating and usually beautiful vessel has generated a great deal of controversy through the years over its real value in battle.
The origins of the American battlecruiser – part 2: the road to …
2020年1月23日 · In 1916 the United States authorised the construction of six battlecruisers of significant size, fire-power and speed. They were the first such ships ordered for US Navy service and remain the only battlecruisers the US Navy ever ordered. [1] .