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...he sailed as [[plane guard]] for carriers and as anti-submarine escort for battleships; she fired shore bombardments in support of minesweepers and to interdict e ...

* {{cite book |last1=Friedman |first1=Norman |title=British Battleships of the Victorian Era |date=2018 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location= *{{cite book |last=Parkes |first=Oscar |title=British Battleships |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |year=1990 | ...

...}}, making them the fastest battleships in the world. The ''Duncan''-class battleships were armed with a main battery of four [[BL 12 inch Mk IX naval gun|{{conve {{main|Duncan-class battleship}} ...

|Ship name=HMS ''Prince of Wales'' <ref name=Lambert127>Lambert, Andrew ''Battleships in Transition, the Creation of the Steam Battlefleet 1815-1860'' pages 122, ...ing with the [[HMS Agamemnon (1852)|''Agamemnon'']].<ref>Lambert, Andrew ''Battleships in Transition, the Creation of the Steam Battlefleet 1815-1860''</ref> It ...

...Communism, was not invited.</ref> The dominant weapons systems of the era—battleships—could be no larger than 35,000 tons. The major powers allowed themselves 1 ...ght be getting too powerful. The agreements forced the US to scrap 15 old battleships and two new ones, along with 13 ships under construction. Britain had to s ...

...in response to Russian naval building, specifically the fast second-class battleships of the {{sclass|Peresvet|battleship|4}}, which they were specifically to co ...esvets'' they had been built to counter, and they were some of the fastest battleships in service at the time they were built.{{sfn|Burt|pp=227–229}} ...

...}}, making them the fastest battleships in the world. The ''Duncan''-class battleships were armed with a main battery of four [[BL 12 inch Mk IX naval gun|{{conve {{main|Duncan-class battleship}} ...

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...r him to use the fleet in an active way. He therefore kept his most modern battleships, plus the British ones, at [[Taranto]] to blockade the Austro-Hungarians in On 22 May, ''Prince of Wales'', along with the battleships [[HMS Implacable (1899)|''Implacable'']], [[HMS London (1899)|''London'']], ...

...''Swiftsure''s{{'}} armour scheme was roughly comparable to that of the [[Duncan-class battleship|''Duncan'' class]]. The [[waterline]] [[armor belt|main belt]] w * {{cite book|last=Burt|first=R. A.|title=British Battleships 1889–1904|year=1988|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Mar ...

...writing in the 1950s also called them the ''Caledonias'', Parkes, "British Battleships" p55.</ref> ''Royal Oak'' was their half-sister. ...up in March 1873 and August 1872 respectively.<ref name=BiTp126>Lambert, "Battleships in Transition", p 126.</ref> ...

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...''Canopus''-class ships proved to be good steamers, with a high speed for battleships of their time—{{convert|18|kn|lk=in}} from {{convert|13500|ihp|lk=in}}—a fu ...pounder guns]] for defence against [[torpedo boat]]s. As was customary for battleships of the period, she was also equipped with four [[British 18 inch torpedo|{{ ...

...''Swiftsure''s{{'}} armour scheme was roughly comparable to that of the [[Duncan-class battleship|''Duncan'' class]]. The [[waterline]] [[armor belt|main belt]] w ...bruary. She, ''Albion'', and {{HMS|Majestic|1895|2}} were the first Allied battleships to enter the [[Turkish Straits]] during the campaign when they carried out ...

...draft]] of {{convert|25|ft|8|in|abbr=on|0}}. The ''King Edward VII''-class battleships [[displacement (ship)|displaced]] {{convert|15585|to|15885|LT|lk=on}} [[nor ...sfn|Lyon & Roberts|p=38}}{{sfn|McBride|pp=66–67, 69}} As was customary for battleships of the period, she was also equipped with five [[British 18 inch torpedo|{{ ...

...rd VII'' class began in 1901; the [[Royal Navy]] had observed that foreign battleships, such as the Italian {{sclass|Regina Margherita|battleship|4}} and the Amer ...armament, the ships were significantly more powerful than earlier British battleships and they compared well with foreign contemporaries. They nevertheless suffe ...

...)|draft]] of {{convert|25|ft|8|in|abbr=on}}. The ''King Edward VII''-class battleships [[displacement (ship)|displaced]] {{convert|15585|to|15885|LT|lk=on}} [[nor ...sfn|Lyon & Roberts|p=38}}{{sfn|McBride|pp=66–67, 69}} As was customary for battleships of the period, she was also equipped with five [[British 18 inch torpedo|{{ ...

...)|draft]] of {{convert|25|ft|8|in|abbr=on}}. The ''King Edward VII''-class battleships [[displacement (ship)|displaced]] {{convert|15585|to|15885|LT|lk=on}} [[nor ...against [[torpedo boat]]s.{{sfn|Lyon & Roberts|p=38}} As was customary for battleships of the period, she was also equipped with five [[British 18 inch torpedo|{{ ...