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Battlecruisers (Naval)


Naval Warfare | Military History

Outfitted like battleships, Battlecruisers were purposely-designed to maintain the speed of traditional cruisers at the expense of armor protection.

A British naval development, Battlecruisers were championed by Admiral Fisher of the British Navy as an attempt to mate the destructive firepower of the Dreadnought battleship with the speed of a cruiser. The resulting design did not prove cohesive enough to warrant a new naval revolution and only the British, Japanese, and Germans went on to adopt such warships. Despite their generally flawed concept, several of the type did go on to find successes in the various wars of the 20th Century.

There are a total of [ 11 ] Battlecruisers (Naval) entries in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator.




1/11
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1913
Picture of the HMAS Australia (1911)
HMAS Australia (1911)
Battlecruiser Warship
2/11
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1920
Picture of the HMS Hood (51)
HMS Hood (51)
Battlecruiser Warship
3/11
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1911
Picture of the HMS Indefatigable
HMS Indefatigable
Battlecruiser Warship
4/11
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1914
Picture of the HMS Tiger
HMS Tiger
Battlecruiser Warship
5/11
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1915
Picture of the IJN Kirishima
IJN Kirishima
Battlecruiser / Battleship
6/11
National flag icon
1913
Picture of the IJN Kongo
IJN Kongo
Battlecruiser / Battleship Warship
7/11
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1907
Picture of the IJN Tsukuba
IJN Tsukuba
Cruiser / Battlecruiser Warship
8/11
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1939
Picture of the KMS Scharnhorst
KMS Scharnhorst
Battlecruiser / Battleship
9/11
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1998
Picture of the Pyotr Velikiy (Yuri Andropov)
Pyotr Velikiy (Yuri Andropov)
Guided Missile Cruiser / Battlecruiser Warship
10/11
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1912
Picture of the SMS Goeben (Yavuz Sultan Selim)
SMS Goeben (Yavuz Sultan Selim)
Battlecruiser Warship
11/11
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1911
Picture of the SMS Moltke
SMS Moltke
Battlecruiser Warship
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