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	Battleship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During World War II battleships became largely obsolete because of the greater range and striking power of the aircraft carrier, although some continued to be used for shore bombardment and as missile platforms until the late 1990s.
		The main battleship nations during this period were Britain, France and Russia, plus newcomers Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, while Turkey and Spain built small numbers of armoured frigates and cruisers, and Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands built smaller "coastal battleships" (pantserschip) of up to 5,000 tons.
		Battleships still in existence as museums include the American USS Massachusetts, North Carolina, Alabama and Texas, the British HMS Mary Rose, Victory and Warrior, the Japanese Mikasa, the Swedish Vasa, the Dutch Buffel and Schorpioen, and the Chilean Huascar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battleship (5076 words)

	Definition of Battleship - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The name "battleship" was initially given to first-, second-, and third-rate ships of the line during the age of sail.
		The main battleship nations during this period were Britain, France and Russia, plus newcomers Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, while Turkey and Spain built small numbers of armoured frigates and cruisers, and Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands built smaller "coastal battleships" (pantserschip) of up to 5,000 tons.
		Battleships still in existence as museums include the American North Carolina, Alabama and Texas, the English Mary Rose, the British Victory and Warrior, the Swedish Vasa, the Dutch Buffel and Schorpioen and the Japanese Mikasa.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Dreadnought (4259 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Battleship
		The main battleship nations during this period were Britain, France and Russia, plus newcomers Germany, Austria and Italy, while Turkey and Spain built small numbers of armored frigates and cruisers, and Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands built smaller "coastal battleships" (pantserschip) of up to 5,000 tons.
		The British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and its battlecruiser escort HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers whilst in defence of Singapore.
		Battleships still in existence as museums include the American North Carolina, Alabama and Texas, the British Mary Rose, Victory and Warrior, the Swedish Vasa, the Dutch Buffel and Schorpioen and the Japanese Mikasa.
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Battleship (3340 words)

	Queen Elizabeth class battleship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were five super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy, named in honour of Elizabeth I of England.
		The Queen Elizabeths were the first battleships to be armed with 15 inch /42 Mk 1 guns (381 mm), and they forced the Germans to alter the armament of the Bayern class armament from its original 12 inch (305 mm) guns to 15 inch.
		In World War II, the class also performed with distinction, though their age, and the increasing obsolescence of the battleship in the face of air power, was beginning to show.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_class_battleship (1062 words)

	Naval Ship Class
		Battleships (BB): Battleships were the primary warships in the era of ship-to-ship combat with guns.
		Battleships were intended to engage in ship-on-ship or fleet-on-fleet combat with forces of enemy battleships.
		Battleship armor was generally heavy enough to protect the ship against it's own main armament.
	members.tripod.com /~panzer99/shipclass.html (2176 words)

	Battleship in WWII
		And yet, throughout the war years, battleships remained at the heart of the fleets - escorting Atlantic convoys, bombarding invasion beaches and playing a dramatic role at Leyte Gulf, the greatest of all sea battles.
		For the battleship was the ultimate embodiment of naval might - awesome firepower, massive construction and heavy armor combined to dominate the surface of the oceans.
		For the next class of battleship to follow Pennsylvania, the General Board wished to abandon the latter design for a more powerful design armed with 16in funs, having heavier protection and with a 6in caliber secondary armament.
	www.cs.purdue.edu /homes/tuyc/Hobby/Battleship/WWII.html (945 words)

	Lost Battalion Games - Brawling Battleships Steel™ - The Ships of Brawling Battleships Steel: Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		She immediately made all earlier battleships obsolete with her ability to use speed to keep her distance and her awesome battery of large guns to concentrate lethal firepower at long range.
		British battle cruisers were big and carried big guns, like battleships, but they had far less armor than battleships and their higher speed was intended to be their protection.
		Secondary armament, intended to ward off enemy destroyers, changed so often and so much that it is equally ignored in these sketches.
	www.lostbattalion.com /BB/introduction.html (1383 words)

	KBismarck.com - Operation Rheinübung
		The battleship Rodney (Captain Frederick H. Dalrymple-Hamilton) was at sea to the west of Ireland on her way to Boston for repairs with destroyers Somali, Tartar, Mashona, and Eskimo of the 6th Flotilla escorting the liner Britannic (27,759 tons), now used as a troop transport.
		The battleship Ramillies (Captain Arthur D. Read) to the South of Cape Farewell was also instructed to leave the convoy she was escorting (HX-127) and "proceed so as to make contact with enemy from westwards, subsequently placing enemy between Ramillies and C.-in-C".
		Today, now in the 21st century, the battleship era is long gone, but the story of the Bismarck and her brave crew still fascinates thousands of people and her legend is still very much alive.
	www.kbismarck.com /operheini.html (10642 words)

	Diversion II / NJScuba.com - The First World War and Submarine Warfare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Previously, battleships had been armed with an array of guns of varying caliber in main, secondary and tertiary batteries.
		The Dreadnought, however, was armed with ten 12-inch guns and no secondary armament, marking a new trend in naval thought: a warship with all big caliber guns, which were both more destructive and of greater range, could concentrate all her fire power on an enemy from long range and destroy her from a great distance.
		In such a long range engagement, the battle would be over long before the enemy came within range of a ship's secondary armaments--in short, the ship with the largest battery of big guns would win.
	www.njscuba.com /njscuba/carolina_uboat_war.html (970 words)

	Iowa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		turrets 15", secondary turrets 6-8", C.T. 10 in.
		Armament: 4-12"/35 (2x2), 8-8"/35 (4x2), 6-4"/40, 20-6 pdr., 4-1 pdr.; 4-14 in.
		Modernized in 1911 with secondary armament increased to 10-4".
	rasputin.physics.uiuc.edu /~wiringa/Ships/Period2/UnitedStates/SpanishAmerican/Iowa.html (68 words)

	USS Arizona National Historic Landmark Nomination
		This included doubling the anti-aircraft armament to eight 3-inch/50-caliber guns, the removal of eight 5-inch/51- caliber guns (four aft and four forward and sealing those casemates), improvements to the masts, bridge, and fire control system, and the installation of light fighter "flying off" platforms mounted on the fantail and atop turret 3.
		New quays for a battleship berth and a flagstaff on which the national flag is flown as a special tribute to Arizona's dead were installed on the battleship.
		Moving aft from the superstructure, the stub of the battleship's mainmast rises toward the surface; welded to it is the steel flagstaff from which the Memorial's flag flies.
	www.cr.nps.gov /maritime/nhl/arizona.htm (3316 words)

	HMS NELSON BATTLESHIP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		They were intended to have had a 12in-14in armour belt inclined at 25deg and an 8in-9in armour deck over the magazines.The battleships were to have a speed of 23.5kts, an armourment of three triple 18in 45cal turrets and an armour belt of 15in on a standard displacement of 48,770 tonnes.
		Both designs were to have had their main armament concentrated forward and their machinery aft to shorten the armour belt and save weight. The bridge was to have been between the second and third turrets.
		The secondary armament was concentrated aft, and consisted of six twin 6in turrets.
	www.homestead.com /nelson1/HISTORY1.html (2498 words)

	Pre-Dreadnought Medium Armament
		Subsequently he reiterates this point in saying of British battleship armament in 1893-1904 that "the secondary battery, usually twelve 6in, was intended to attack the unarmoured portion of enemy ships; 12pdrs and smaller were mounted to protect against torpedo boats.
		The 6in 'secondary' armament was an important (to some the most important) weapon in fighting enemy battleships.
		U.S. battleship armament of the 1890s differed substantially from that of Britain and most other powers in the presence of an intermediate 8-inch battery, well before comparable guns became standard on European battleships.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/pdredmdg.htm (2305 words)

	Iowa Class: Secondary Armament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The armament of the secondary battery is the double purpose 5in/38cal Mark 12 gun which can be used against surface, shore and aircraft targets.
		The guns are mounted in a twin arrangement completely enclosed in an armored shield which was first introduced with the North Carolina class.
		This mount became the standard secondary battery for all subsequent US Navy battleships Many of the older battleships which were rebuilt during World War II were also fitted with this mount.
	www.battleship.org /html/Articles/IowaClass/Secondary.htm (456 words)

	Steel Battalion Walkthrough (2080) - IGN FAQs
		Indirect weapons (Mortars and Howitzers) when fired unaimed at the battleship may not kill it (the damage is spread too thinly to be of any use).
		When the battleship's main guns are gone, it will keep firing its secondary armament.
		Once the battleship's turrets and superstructure is pounded away, it should blow the hell up and you're one step closer to the end.
	faqs.ign.com /articles/490/490433p1.html (7951 words)

	USS South Carolina BB-26, Battleship Development
		Lattice masts, superimposed turrets, the heavy piled effects amidships, and secondary armament mounted in casemates distinguish this highly economical American "First Generation Dreadnought".
		Their chief virtue lay in the logical layout of the armament--all the main guns on the centreline with the inner turrets superfiring.
		Armament: The approximate arc of fire for all guns was 270*.
	www.geocities.com /batdev/southcarolinabb-26class.html (582 words)

	Battlefleet 1900 Ship Logs Overview
		A very important detail to note is how the main, secondary and boat gun armaments are recorded in the right half of each armament box.
		In the Mikasa's case, she uses beam pattern one, which means she has one secondary gun in each of four sponsons.
		These are written in the armament box as a "1," "5" and "1" respectively for each side of the ship.
	www.wtj.com /games/battlefleet_1900/bf1900_v20/docu_shiplogs.htm (439 words)

	FM 6-30 CHAPTER 8 ADJUSTMENT OF OTHER FIRE SUPPORT MEANS
		The loiter time of the attack helicopter is a function of the armament and fuel load it is configured to carry.
		When supported by a multicaliber ship (such as a battleship with 5-inch and 16-inch guns), the observer may specify if he desires main or secondary armament.
		Adjusting fire from the 16-inch guns of a battleship is somewhat different than adjusting that from the 5-inch guns.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/policy/army/fm/6-30/f630_9.htm (9395 words)

	Guides: Steel Battalion Guide (XBox)
		The battleship can put out an incredible barrage of cannon fire that can rip apart your VT like a wet kleenex at a snot party.
		Since the battleship won't be moving the 315 SB can provide a useful back-up for the 315 TR once its ammo runs out.
		The "safe spot" from the battleship's guns is behind the large indestructable warehouse on the left as you approach the battleship's moor.
	guides.ign.com /guides/481366/page_8.html (827 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The battleship's main armament consisted of eight 15-inch guns in four two-gun turrets and, beside the superb optical ranging equipment possessed by German warships, Bismarck was fitted with a "radio-telemeter", a 90-cm wavelength type of radar, for range calculating.
		She was a battle-cruiser, not a battleship: longer and leaner, with the same broadside of eight 15-inch guns as the German battleship, but with less emphasis on armoured protection.
		The two battleships opened fire on Bismarck, which was moving at seven knots, at 0847 and 0848 respectively, at an initial range of 25,000 yards, but soon closing to 16,000.
	users.telenet.be /tree/db/story/bismarck_brief_history.html (4850 words)

	WWII Battleships :: Iowa Bismarck Yamato
		The battleship Richelieu would have been my second choice though it and it's sister (or brother?) Jean Bart were used in just about the most negligable fashion possible.
		They also forget that while the Bismarck was good at battleship versus battleship combat, as were the Iowas and the Yamatos, only the Bismarck was poor in AD - the only antidote to the most important killer of battleships.
		Nonetheless, the idea of battleship versus battleship combat is almost moot since the primrary cause of death or damage to battleships was from the air.
	www.peachmountain.com /5star/Other_TheBest.asp (5898 words)

	H (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The first all big gun battleship and the ship that gave her name to an entire class of ship - H.M.S. Dreadnought.
		Before H.M.S. Dreadnought, battleships had mixed main armament, usually four big guns and large secondary armament i.e..
		It was the idea of Lord Fisher that a ship that had main armament of only big guns would be more effective than one with a mixed main armament.
	www.angelfire.com /wizard/rn1900/Dreadnought.htm (96 words)

	Amazon.com: German Pocket Battleships 1939-45 (New Vanguard 75): Books: Gordon Williamson,Ian Palmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In German Pocket Battleships 1939-1945, Williamson outlines the technical details and careers of the three German warships of the "Deutschland" class: Deutschland (later Lutzow), Scheer and Graf Spee.
		Thus, the pocket battleship concept was obsolete early in the war.
		The power plant of the Deutschland class also makes one wonder about the technical quality of the pocket battleships too, since their typical speed of 25 knots was not very fast compared to other heavy cruisers.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1841765015?v=glance (1265 words)

	The Battle of the Skagerrak (Jutland)
		In this way the four English battleships at one time and another came under the fire of at least nine German ships, five battle-cruisers and from four to five battleships.
		The light round the enemy cleared for a moment and I saw distinctly that they were battleships of the heaviest class, with 38-cm.
		The secondary armament were firing too, but of the six guns on that side only two could be used.
	www.wtj.com /archives/hase_03.htm (2597 words)

	[No title]
		A critical hit calling for secondary gun damage on (for example) one of the German light cruisers with 3 tertiary guns would be ignored.
		I think tertiary gun hits are statistically insignificant at the granularity of this system, and are pretty much an annoyance to simulating the overall effect of the battle.
		What GWAS calls "heavy armor" on a battleship hull is not equivalent in thickness (in inches) to "heavy armor" on a gun.
	grognard.com /errata1/dread.txt (1424 words)

	Revora Forums -> Secret units (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Secondary Armament: 20x continuous loading 129mmm SS rocket launchers, 4x 101.6 mm mortars
		The 2nd ship of the 2nd last class of British Battleships, HMS Lion was the follow on design to the King George V class of "treaty" battleship.
		Secondary Armament: 12x 152.4 cannons in 6 double turrets, 24x 99.06 mm cannons in 12 double turrets, 4x seaplanes
	forums.revora.net /index.php?showtopic=8421 (1465 words)

	Best Battleship: Secondary Batteries
		While I personally lean towards the belief that more shells is just a better thing, I can also understand those who argue that battleship secondaries must be able to hit and sink small ships before they can fire their own 4-5" weapons at you.
		In effect, if the same amount of steel is in the air, 6" steel is better than 5" because its shells carry larger explosive charges, are more effective against light armor, and tend to have flatter trajectories, making it easier to range and hit the target.
		In her final configuration, and in a broadside engagment, she would be able to bring 8,563 lbs of ammunition/minute to bear, some 43% of it being very powerful, high-velocity 6.1" shells.
	www.combinedfleet.com /b_second.htm (605 words)

	Bellerophon Class Battleship - HMS Bellerophon, HMS Superb, HMS Temeraire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The main armament was the same but there was an increase in the secondary armament in response to the increasing size of torpedo boats.
		Some of the secondary anti-torpedo boat guns can be seen on the turret roofs.
		It was not expected at the time of construction that these guns would be manned during a fleet action as it was felt that no Admiral would order such an attack during an action as it would interfere with the main action, the torpedo boats being used either before or after the main action.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /battleship/hms-bellerophon.html (389 words)

	Casco Bay Online: The U.S.S. Maine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The secondary armament consisted of six 6 inch guns in armored casemates, fifteen small rapid fire guns, and four 14 inch torpedo tubes.
		During the brief war with Spain, the first naval battle between American battleships and a foreign fleet took place at the battle of Santiago, Cuba, on July 3, 1898.
		Second battleship Maine, authorized May 4, 1898, launched in 1901, served with Atlantic fleet from 1903 to 1907, joined "Great White Fleet's" cruise around the world 1907 to 1908, served with the Atlantic fleet during and after the Great War, decommissioned in 1920, scrapped according to the provisions of the Washington Naval treaty of 1922.
	www.cascobay.com /history/ussmaine/ussmaine.htm (2249 words)

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