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===Battleships=== Russian Battleships were named after: ...

...rial Japanese Navy]] had begun building larger, {{convert|15000|t|adj=on}} battleships and the ''Canopus'' design was too small to carry the new [[Armstrong Whitw ...welve guns was deemed to be sufficient in comparison to most other foreign battleships. And while an increase in offensive power would have been welcome, members ...

...e of Portland|Portland]], and consisted of a number of [[pre-dreadnought]] battleships. These were:<ref>Dittmar, F.J & Colledge J.J., ''British Warships 1914-1919 ...

|Ship class=[[Formidable-class battleship|''Formidable''-class]] [[battleship]] ...name. The ''Formidable''-class ships were developments of earlier British battleships, featuring the same battery of four {{convert|12|in|mm|adj=on|0}} guns—albe ...

...e late 19th and the early 20th centuries, with the advent of steam-powered battleships with rotating gun turrets, which were able to move faster and turn more qui ...lade|enfilade]] fire". The tactic, designed for heavily armed and armoured battleships, was used with varying degrees of success with more lightly armed and armou ...

...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|{{ |title=British Battleships 1889–1904 ...

|Ship class=[[Formidable-class battleship|''Formidable''-class]] [[battleship]] ...ttleship]]. The design of these ships were developments of earlier British battleships: they mounted more powerful 40-[[caliber (artillery)|calibre]] {{convert|12 ...

...s were 12-inch (305&nbsp;mm) 40 calibre Mark IX guns from spares for the [[Formidable-class battleship|''Formidable''-class battleship]]s. The mounting allowed them to ...

...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'']], ...

...}}, 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 ...e|battleship|5}}, and {{sclass|London|battleship|5}} series of first-class battleships. The ''Duncan''s proved to be disappointments in service, owing to their re ...

...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}} ...

==Pursuing German battleships== ...famous role was in May 1941 when she served as part of the escort for the battleships {{HMS|King George V|41|2}} and {{HMS|Rodney|29|2}} in the [[Last battle of ...

...ration "MB.5" on 29 September - 1 October; ''Vittorio Veneto'', four other battleships, eleven cruisers, and twenty-three destroyers had attempted to intercept th ...383</ref> ''Vittorio Veneto'' was undamaged in the attack, but three other battleships were hit, two of which were severely damaged.<ref name=R47>Rohwer, p. 47</r ...

...nd the survivors of ''Irresistible'' were taken off by destroyers and both battleships sank in [[Morto Bay]]. ...''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 ...

|Class after=[[Formidable-class battleship|''Formidable'' class]] ...Japanese naval power in [[East Asia]], and White argued that more powerful battleships would be required on the [[China Station]] to counter them. He also suggest ...

...ürst|1913|6}}, while the other struck {{SMS|Kronprinz|1914|6}}; both enemy battleships were considerably damaged. On 7 July 1917, {{HMS|J2}}, sighted a [[U-boat]] ...

...kiss|QF 3-pounder {{cvt|47|mm}}]] [[Hotchkiss gun]]s. As was customary for battleships of the period, they were also equipped with four submerged [[British 18 inc ...yal Navy.<ref>Colledge & Warlow, p. 52</ref> The ship was one of the three battleships ordered as part of the 1898–1899 Naval Estimates.<ref>Friedman, p. 274; Par ...

...lass was limited to the {{cvt|14|in|mm|adj=on|0}} guns. They were the only battleships built at that time to adhere to the treaty and even though it soon became a ...[King George V-class battleship (1939)#Machinery|''King George V''-class]] battleships had their steam plant specifications revised during the building phase, and ...

...''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|{{ ...

...and training in the [[North Sea]]. She and the other [[super-dreadnought]] battleships were the first of their type to be powered by oil instead of coal. ''Queen ...operations with heavy losses until the beginning of May. But after several battleships were sunk in May, the Admiralty decided to cease constant battleship suppor ...