Now Viewing: battleship

Tag type: General

Japanese: 戦艦
Traditional Chinese/Kyuujitai: 戰艦
Mainland China simplified Chinese: 战列舰
Alternate name on Taiwan: 戰列艦
Alternate name on Hong Kong: 戰鬥艦

A type of large late 19th century to mid 20th century oceangoing warship characterized by its heavy armor and large guns that was ultimately rendered obsolete by advances in airplane and missile technology.

Battleships of this time period can be roughly divided into handful of different categories:
* Pre-dreadnought - usually 4 main battery guns mounted in 2 twin turrets one fore and one aft (with some variations, French for example were quite fond of single turrets and Germans built one class of pre-dreads with 3 twin turrets all centerline), featured large secondary and tertiary batteries of small to medium scale guns meant to compensate the low rate of fire large guns had during this time period and allow ship to engage smaller targets like torpedo boats and destroyers, and heavy armor. Examples: British Majestic-class and Imperial Japanese Navy's Mikasa (sole surviving example of this type of ship).
* Semi-dreadnought - type of advanced pre-dreadnought that mounted larger guns (usually in 8" to 10" range instead of around 6") as their secondary battery than earlier pre-dreadnoughts, were rendered obsolete were quickly by dreadnought battleships. Examples: British Lord Nelson-class and American Kearsarge-class.
* Dreadnought battleship - Inspired by data gathered from Russo-Japanese War and major technical advanced that had taken place in areas of fire control, capital ship gun rate of fire, and machinery development during late 1890s and early 1900s world's navies were looking towards building all big gun battleships. Ultimately First Sea Lord Baron John Fisher's brainchild HMS Dreadnought was the first of these ships to be completed and gave her name to all ships of this type. When HMS Dreadnought first entered service she was superior in speed, armor, and armaments to all pre-existing battleships in the world and rendered they all obsolete. Characteristics of dreadnought battleships were: main battery of 8 to 16 11" or 12" guns mounted usually in twin turrets (Italians, Russians, and Austro-Hungarians had ships with triple turrets), secondary battery in 3" to 6" range, and speed around 21 knots when compared to pre-dreadnoughs which tend to make between 15 and 18 knots. Examples: British HMS Dreadnought, HMS Agincourt, and Italian Dante Alighieri.
* Super-Dreadnought battleship - What happens when even dreadnoughts aren't enough and you need for one reason or another build ships superior to them? You arm your new battleships with significantly larger guns. When compared to dreadnoughts super-dreadnoughts are characterized by their larger guns (between 13.5" and 16"), and, to us, more normal looking turret layouts; no longer were battleships sporting wing turrets and super-firing was widely adopted. Examples: British Orion-class (first super-dreadnoughts) and American New Mexico-class.
* Fast battleship - Result of combining the speed of a battlecruiser with the armor and armaments of a battleship. This type of ship first emerged during WW1 with the British Queen Elizabeth-class battleships (designed to make 24 knots which was estimated to be enough to keep up with earlier Imperial German battlecruisers in combat conditions) but really got popular during 1930s and WW2. Examples: British Queen Elizabeth-class (arguably should be considered plain old super-dreadnoughts by WW2), American Iowa-class, and Japanese Nagato-class (capable of making 26.5 knots when commissioned which made them fastest non-battlecruiser capital ships in the world for almost 20 years).
* Treaty battleship - a battleship built under limitations of Washington Naval Treaty. 1st London Naval Treaty, or 2nd London Naval Treaty all of which heavily restricted building of new capital ships. Treaty battleships were characterized by their limited size and thus various compromises that brought to their designs. While this meant that they weren't exactly the best battleships ever built they still played major role in WW2 and ended up engaging&sinking number of vessels during that war. Examples: British Nelson-class (first treaty battleships, limited in their size and armament by Washington Naval Treaty) and American North Carolina-class (2nd London Naval Treaty).
* Super battleship - not an official term but is sometimes used in casual conversations to describe a number of extremely large battleships either designed or, in case of Japanese, built during late 1930s and early 1940s. These vessels were characterized by their massive sizes, impressive armor&armament, and utter impracticality in a world in which aircraft carriers had became the dominant type of surface warship. Examples: Japanese Yamato-class and (never built) American Montana-class.



Other Wiki Information

Warning: Undefined variable $webmLink in /home/bbooru/public_html/includes/wiki/wiki_view.php on line 88
alt=" absurdres aircraft airplane animal_ear_fluff animal_ears battleship black_thighhighs blue_hair breasts cannon dodo1996 female floatplane fox_ears fox_girl fox_tail hair_over_one_eye highres holding holding_smoking_pipe japanese_clothes kimono kiseru kitsune kyuubi large_breasts long_hair machinery mecha_musume military_vehicle multiple_tails multiple_torii original personification red_eyes red_kimono seaplane ship short_kimono sitting sitting_on_torii smokestack smoking_pipe solo tail thighhighs torii turret very_long_hair warship watercraft wide_sleeves world_of_warships " border="0" title=" absurdres aircraft airplane animal_ear_fluff animal_ears battleship black_thighhighs blue_hair breasts cannon dodo1996 female floatplane fox_ears fox_girl fox_tail hair_over_one_eye highres holding holding_smoking_pipe japanese_clothes kimono kiseru kitsune kyuubi large_breasts long_hair machinery mecha_musume military_vehicle multiple_tails multiple_torii original personification red_eyes red_kimono seaplane ship short_kimono sitting sitting_on_torii smokestack smoking_pipe solo tail thighhighs torii turret very_long_hair warship watercraft wide_sleeves world_of_warships score: rating:safe" class="preview"/> Warning: Undefined variable $webmLink in /home/bbooru/public_html/includes/wiki/wiki_view.php on line 88
alt=" alternate_costume alternate_hairstyle atlanta_(kancolle) atlanta_(kancolle)_(cosplay) atlanta_(swimsuit_mode)_(kancolle) battleship bikini blonde_hair blue_eyes bottle breasts chair commentary cosplay crossed_legs day female grey_bikini hair_between_eyes hair_ornament heart highres himeyamato holding holding_bottle holding_umbrella iowa_(kancolle) kantai_collection large_breasts long_hair military_vehicle ocean open_mouth outdoors paid_reward_available ship side-tie_bikini_bottom sitting solo star-shaped_pupils star_(symbol) star_hair_ornament swimsuit symbol-shaped_pupils umbrella very_long_hair warship watercraft " border="0" title=" alternate_costume alternate_hairstyle atlanta_(kancolle) atlanta_(kancolle)_(cosplay) atlanta_(swimsuit_mode)_(kancolle) battleship bikini blonde_hair blue_eyes bottle breasts chair commentary cosplay crossed_legs day female grey_bikini hair_between_eyes hair_ornament heart highres himeyamato holding holding_bottle holding_umbrella iowa_(kancolle) kantai_collection large_breasts long_hair military_vehicle ocean open_mouth outdoors paid_reward_available ship side-tie_bikini_bottom sitting solo star-shaped_pupils star_(symbol) star_hair_ornament swimsuit symbol-shaped_pupils umbrella very_long_hair warship watercraft score: rating:safe" class="preview"/> Warning: Undefined variable $webmLink in /home/bbooru/public_html/includes/wiki/wiki_view.php on line 88
alt=" alternate_costume alternate_hairstyle atlanta_(kancolle) atlanta_(kancolle)_(cosplay) atlanta_(swimsuit_mode)_(kancolle) battleship bikini blonde_hair blue_eyes bottle breasts chair cosplay crossed_legs day female grey_bikini hair_between_eyes hair_ornament heart highres himeyamato holding holding_bottle holding_umbrella iowa_(kancolle) kantai_collection large_breasts long_hair military_vehicle ocean open_mouth outdoors ship side-tie_bikini_bottom sitting solo star-shaped_pupils star_(symbol) star_hair_ornament swimsuit symbol-shaped_pupils umbrella very_long_hair warship watercraft " border="0" title=" alternate_costume alternate_hairstyle atlanta_(kancolle) atlanta_(kancolle)_(cosplay) atlanta_(swimsuit_mode)_(kancolle) battleship bikini blonde_hair blue_eyes bottle breasts chair cosplay crossed_legs day female grey_bikini hair_between_eyes hair_ornament heart highres himeyamato holding holding_bottle holding_umbrella iowa_(kancolle) kantai_collection large_breasts long_hair military_vehicle ocean open_mouth outdoors ship side-tie_bikini_bottom sitting solo star-shaped_pupils star_(symbol) star_hair_ornament swimsuit symbol-shaped_pupils umbrella very_long_hair warship watercraft score: rating:safe" class="preview"/> Warning: Undefined variable $webmLink in /home/bbooru/public_html/includes/wiki/wiki_view.php on line 88
alt=" 2girls ahoge american_flag ariko_(aaaaarik) artist_name azur_lane bare_legs barefoot battleship bikini blue_bikini blue_hair blue_sky breasts burger chewing cleavage cloud colored_inner_hair commentary commission day dual_persona eating elbow_gloves english_commentary flower food gloves hair_flower hair_ornament helena_(azur_lane) helena_(meta)_(azur_lane) helena_(shimmering_triangle_wave)_(azur_lane) highres holding holding_burger holding_food licking long_hair medium_breasts military_vehicle multicolored_hair multiple_girls navel official_alternate_costume outdoors popsicle purple_eyes purple_hair red_eyes ship signature sitting sky stomach swimsuit tropical_drink two-tone_bikini two-tone_hair very_long_hair warship watercraft white_bikini " border="0" title=" 2girls ahoge american_flag ariko_(aaaaarik) artist_name azur_lane bare_legs barefoot battleship bikini blue_bikini blue_hair blue_sky breasts burger chewing cleavage cloud colored_inner_hair commentary commission day dual_persona eating elbow_gloves english_commentary flower food gloves hair_flower hair_ornament helena_(azur_lane) helena_(meta)_(azur_lane) helena_(shimmering_triangle_wave)_(azur_lane) highres holding holding_burger holding_food licking long_hair medium_breasts military_vehicle multicolored_hair multiple_girls navel official_alternate_costume outdoors popsicle purple_eyes purple_hair red_eyes ship signature sitting sky stomach swimsuit tropical_drink two-tone_bikini two-tone_hair very_long_hair warship watercraft white_bikini score: rating:safe" class="preview"/> Warning: Undefined variable $webmLink in /home/bbooru/public_html/includes/wiki/wiki_view.php on line 88
alt=" 1boy animal battleship cannon cape cloud cloudy_sky commentary_request desert explosion firing hat highres military military_vehicle original outdoors ranpota scenery ship sky warship watercraft " border="0" title=" 1boy animal battleship cannon cape cloud cloudy_sky commentary_request desert explosion firing hat highres military military_vehicle original outdoors ranpota scenery ship sky warship watercraft score: rating:safe" class="preview"/> Warning: Undefined variable $webmLink in /home/bbooru/public_html/includes/wiki/wiki_view.php on line 88
alt=" 1990s_(style) absurdres adrastea-class_battleship battle battleship beam_rifle bruckeng building cityscape cloud dust_cloud einerad energy_beam energy_cannon energy_gun flying gedlav gun gun-ez gundam highres jumping katoki_hajime landship mecha military military_vehicle mobile_suit motorized_unicycle mountainous_horizon no_humans official_art outdoors radio_antenna retro_artstyle robot scan ship spacecraft traditional_media turret victory_gundam victory_gundam_hexa warship watercraft weapon wheel window zanscare zollidia " border="0" title=" 1990s_(style) absurdres adrastea-class_battleship battle battleship beam_rifle bruckeng building cityscape cloud dust_cloud einerad energy_beam energy_cannon energy_gun flying gedlav gun gun-ez gundam highres jumping katoki_hajime landship mecha military military_vehicle mobile_suit motorized_unicycle mountainous_horizon no_humans official_art outdoors radio_antenna retro_artstyle robot scan ship spacecraft traditional_media turret victory_gundam victory_gundam_hexa warship watercraft weapon wheel window zanscare zollidia score: rating:safe" class="preview"/>

View more »