| | Battlecruisers Of World War II |
 | | This was unfortunate, because while most third generation fast battleships had a fairly narrow immune zone to heavy 15in or 16in AP shells, their armor was sufficient to give them large immune zones to the much lighter 11in AP shells. |
| | This put the Scharnhorst class at a disadvantage compared to the similar size British battleships of the King George V class, and when Scharnhorst encountered the Duke of York and her escorts off Northern Norway late in December 1943, she was overcome by the British battleship's larger guns. |
| | The two Dunkerques were the first third generation ships to begin synthesizing battlecruiser and battleship roles and characteristics (the second generation Hood began the process), and they were at various times and by various authorities classed as both battlecruisers and battleships. |
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