When HMS Vanguard was built, submarines and long-range missiles had turned the concept of a battleship practically useless. Aircraft had also become the spearhead of naval military operations, and the ...

Summary: Battleship development during and post-World War I focused on increasing gun size for greater range and power. British, German, American, and Japanese navies competed in armament, with ...

The Germans has sixteen dreadnought battleships, six pre-dreadnoughts, and five battlecruisers. Against this, the British fielded twenty-eight dreadnoughts and nine battlecruisers.

In 1893, the British Empire extended throughout the world, and it enacted its authority through the mightiest Navy in human ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Digitization of the Princeton ...

Scapa Bay off the coast of Orkney has about 100 shipwrecks, including several German warships scuttled in 1919 ...

Last week another battleship slid down the ways of a British shipyard. One anchor broke after she left the ways, but the second held and the vast shell of the 35,000-ton battleship Prince of Wales ...