What were the Royal Navy Battleships, that were considered the first fast battleships and were used in WWI and WWII?
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HMS Warspite (03) HMS "Warspite" was a "Queen Elizabeth"-class battleship built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Her thirty-year career covered both world wars and took her across the Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Pacific Oceans. She participated in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. Other than that battle, and the inconclusive Action of 19 August, her service during the war generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea.
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Queen Elizabeth-class battleship The "Queen Elizabeth"-class battleships were a class of five super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy commissioned in 1915–16. The lead ship was named after Elizabeth I of England. These battleships were superior in firepower, protection and speed to their Royal Navy predecessors of the "Iron Duke" class as well as preceding German classes such as the "König" class , although the corresponding "Bayern"-class ships were competitive except for being 2 kn slower. As such, the "Queen Elizabeth"s are generally considered the first fast battleships.
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HMS Repulse (1916) HMS "Repulse" was a "Renown"-class battlecruiser of the Royal Navy built during the First World War. Originally laid down as an improved version of the "Revenge"-class battleship s, her construction was suspended on the outbreak of war because she would not be ready in a timely manner. Admiral Lord Fisher, upon becoming First Sea Lord, gained approval to restart her construction as a battlecruiser that could be built and enter service quickly. The Director of Naval Construction (DNC), Eustace Tennyson-D'Eyncourt, quickly produced an entirely new design to meet Admiral Lord Fisher's requirements and the builders agreed to deliver the ships in 15 months. They did not quite meet that ambitious goal, but the ship was delivered a few months after the Battle of Jutland in 1916. "Repulse", and her sister HMS "Renown" , were the world's fastest capital ships upon completion.
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King George V-class battleship (1911) The "King George V"-class battleships were a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the early 1910s that were sometimes termed super-dreadnoughts. The sister ships spent most of their careers assigned to the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Home and Grand Fleets, sometimes serving as flagships. In October 1914, "Audacious" struck a mine and sank. Aside from participating in the failed attempt to intercept the German ships that had bombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby in late 1914, the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 and the inconclusive Action of 19 August, the surviving ships' service during the First World War generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea.
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H-class battleship proposals The H class was a series of battleship designs for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine", intended to fulfill the requirements of Plan Z in the late 1930s and early 1940s. The first variation, "H-39," called for six ships to be built, essentially as enlarged "Bismarck"-class battleship s with 40.6 cm guns. The "H-41" design improved the "H-39" ship with still larger main guns, with eight 42 cm weapons. Two subsequent plans, "H-42" and "H-43", increased the main battery yet again, with 48 cm pieces, and the enormous "H-44" design ultimately resulted with 50.8 cm guns. The ships ranged in size from the "H-39", which was 277.8 m long on a displacement of 56444 MT , to the "H-44", at 345 m on a displacement of 131000 MT . Most of the designs had a top speed in excess of 30 kn .
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HMS Victorious (1895) HMS "Victorious" was one of nine "Majestic"-class pre-dreadnought battleships of the British Royal Navy. She was armed with a main battery of four 12 in guns in two twin turrets, and was capable of a top speed of 16 kn . She served primarily on home waters, and participated in the Fleet Review for the Diamond Jubilee for Queen Victoria in 1897. She served briefly in the Mediterranean in 1898 before being transferred to the China Station later that year; "Victorious" remained in East Asian waters until 1900, when she returned to the Mediterranean.
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C-class destroyer (1913) The C class as designated in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) built for the Royal Navy in the late-1890s. They were constructed to the individual designs of their builders to meet Admiralty specifications. The uniting feature of the class was a top speed of 30 knots, a "turtleback" forecastle and that they all had three funnels. The funnels were spaced equidistantly and were of equal height, but the central one was thicker.
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HMS King George V (41) HMS "King George V" (pennant number 41) was the lead ship of the five British "King George V"-class battleships of the Royal Navy. Laid down in 1937 and commissioned in 1940, "King George V" operated during the Second World War in all three major theatres of war, the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific, as well as part of the British Home Fleet and Pacific Fleets. In May 1941, along with HMS "Rodney" , "King George V" was involved in the hunt for and pursuit of the  , eventually inflicting severe damage which led to the German vessel sinking. On 1 May 1942 the destroyer HMS "Punjabi" sank after a collision with "King George V" in foggy conditions. "King George V" took part in Operation Husky (the allied landings in Sicily) and bombarded the island of Levanzo and the port of Trapani. She also escorted part of the surrendered Italian Fleet, which included the battleships "Andrea Doria" and "Caio Duilio" , to Malta. In 1945 "King George V" took part in operations against the Japanese in the Pacific.
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HMS Howe (32) HMS "Howe" (pennant number 32) was the last of the five British "King George V"-class battleships of the Royal Navy. Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, she was laid down on 1 June 1937 and launched 9 April 1940. She was originally to have been named "Beatty" but this was changed to "Howe", after Admiral Richard Howe. "Howe" was completed on 29 August 1942 after her building time was extended, as needed war supplies were diverted to work of a higher priority such as the construction and repair of both merchant ships and escort ships. Like her sister-ship "Anson", "Howe" would spend most of her career in the Arctic providing cover for Russian convoys.
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HMS Formidable (1898) HMS "Formidable", the third of four ships of that name to serve in the Royal Navy, was the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships. Commissioned in 1904, she served initially with the Mediterranean Fleet, transferring to the Channel Fleet in 1908. In 1912, she was assigned to the 5th Battle Squadron, which was stationed at Nore.
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List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy This is a list of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
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HMS Neptune (1909) HMS "Neptune" was a dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century, the sole ship of her class. The ship was the first British battleship to be built with superfiring guns. Shortly after her completion in 1911, she carried out trials of an experimental fire-control director and then became the flagship of the Home Fleet. "Neptune" became a private ship in early 1914 and was assigned to the 1st Battle Squadron (BS).
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HMS Irresistible (1898) HMS "Irresistible"—the fourth British Royal Navy ship of the name—was a "Formidable"-class pre-dreadnought battleship. Commissioned in 1902, she initially served with the Mediterranean Fleet until April 1908, when she was transferred to the Channel Fleet. Now outclassed with the emergence of the dreadnought class of ships, she entered service with the Home Fleet in 1911 following a refit. In 1912, she was assigned to the 5th Battle Squadron.
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HMS Liverpool (1909) HMS "Liverpool" was a 4,800 ton Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy commissioned in 1909. Named for the port city of "Liverpool", the cruiser served continuously in home waters subordinated to the Home Fleet from 1909 through the initial stages of the First World War.
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Kaiser-class battleship The "Kaiser" class was a class of five battleships that were built in Germany prior to World War I and served in the Imperial German Navy during the war. They were the third class of German dreadnoughts, and the first to feature turbine engines and superfiring turrets. The five ships were "Kaiser" , "Friedrich der Grosse" , "Kaiserin" , "Prinzregent Luitpold" , and "König Albert" . As was usual for German battleships of the period, the "Kaiser" class mounted main guns that were smaller than those of their British rivals: 30.5 cm , compared to the 34.3 cm guns of the British "Orion" class .
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SMS König SMS "König" was the first of four "König"-class dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy ("Kaiserliche Marine") during World War I. "König" (Eng: "King") was named in honor of King William II of Württemberg. Laid down in October 1911, the ship was launched on 1 March 1913. Final construction on "König" was completed shortly after the outbreak of World War I; she was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 9 August 1914.
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HMS Falmouth (1910) HMS "Falmouth" was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. She was one of four ships of the "Weymouth" sub-class. The ship was initially assigned to the Atlantic Fleet upon completion in 1911, but was reduced to reserve in mid-1913. When the First World War began in 1914, "Falmouth" was transferred to the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron (LCS) of the Grand Fleet and then the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron at the end of the year. The ship participated in most of the early fleet actions, including the Battles of Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank, and Jutland, but was only seriously engaged in the latter. She was torpedoed and sunk off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by German submarines during the Action of 19 August 1916.
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HMS Iris (1877) HMS "Iris" was an "Iris"-class second-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. The "Iris"-class ships were the first all-steel ships to serve with the Royal Navy and were employed as armed dispatch vessels. She had a double bottom and her Maudslay machinery produced 7300 hp , slightly less than her sister ship HMS "Mercury" , but her 17.35 kn still made her one of the fastest ships of her day. "Mercury" was identical in most respects, though she had an upright stem and a different arrangement of head sail.
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List of sunken battlecruisers Sunken battlecruisers are large capital ships built in the first half of the 20th century that were either destroyed in battle, scuttled, or destroyed in a weapon test. They were similar in size and cost to a battleship, and typically carried the same kind of heavy guns, but battlecruisers generally carried less armor and were faster. The first battlecruisers were developed in the United Kingdom in the first decade of the century, as a development of the armored cruiser, at the same time the dreadnought succeeded the pre-dreadnought battleship. The original aim of the battlecruiser was to hunt down slower, older armored cruisers and destroy them with heavy gunfire. However, as more and more battlecruisers were built, their opponents became ships of their own type, not slower, weaker vessels.
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Formidable-class battleship The Royal Navy's Formidable"-class battleships were an eight-ship class of pre-dreadnoughts designed by Sir William White and built in the late 1890s. The class is often further divided into a separate London" class, and the "London" class sometimes is divided further into a separate "Queen" class. Alongside the King Edward VII class, they were the largest class of battleships built, with eight complete vessels.
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HMS Prince Albert (1864) HMS "Prince Albert" was designed and built as a shallow-draught coast-defence ship, and was the first British warship designed to carry her main armament in turrets. The ship was named after Prince Albert, the late husband of Queen Victoria. At her wish "Prince Albert" remained on the "active" list until 1899, a total of 33 years, by which time she had long ceased to be of any military value.
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Courageous-class aircraft carrier The Courageous" class, sometimes called the Glorious" class, was the first multi-ship class of aircraft carriers to serve with the Royal Navy. The three ships—"Furious" , "Courageous" and "Glorious" —were originally laid down as "large light cruisers" (battlecruisers) to be used in the Baltic Project during the First World War. While very fast, their minimal armour and few guns limited their long-term utility in the post-war Royal Navy, and they were laid up after the war. They were considered capital ships by the terms of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty and were included in the total amount of tonnage allowed to the Royal Navy. Rather than scrap them, the Navy decided to convert them to aircraft carriers as permitted under the Treaty.