Tag: battleship
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German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Brandenburg
German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Brandenburg The German pre-dreadnought battleship SMS Brandenburg was the lead ship of her class and represented a major milestone in the development of the Imperial German Navy. Commissioned in 1893, she was one of Germany’s first ocean-going battleships and a significant departure from the previously coastal-defence oriented naval policy. Her construction Read more
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HMS Devastation (1871)
HMS Devastation (1871) HMS Devastation was the lead ship of her class of mastless ironclad turret ships built for the Royal Navy. Along with her sister HMS Thunderer (1872), she was the first class of ocean-going capital ships that did not carry sails, and the first in which the entire main armament was mounted on Read more
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HMS Thunderer (1872)
HMS Thunderer (1872) HMS Thunderer was the second of two Devastation-class ironclad turret ships built for the Royal Navy along with her sister HMS Devastation (1871). Launched on 25 March 1872, she was completed on 26 May 1877. While under going trials on 14 July 1876, Thunderer suffered a disastrous boiler explosion which killed 45 Read more