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