Pre-Dreadnought Battleships Before the dreadnoughts came the pre-dreadnoughts.
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SMS Schleswig-Holstein The battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein was named after the northern-most region of Germany. She was the fifth of five vessles built for the Deutschland class of battleships beginning in 1906 under the hammers of Kaiserliche Ma...
1908
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USS Texas (1895) The first USS Texas was America’s first battleship. The US Navy needed battleships to protect her shores and to be seen as a major player among the world’s great navies. The U.S. Congress authorized the money to build the t...
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