Tag: battleship

  • Italian Battleship Conte Di Cavour

    Italian Battleship Conte Di Cavour
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    Italian Battleship Conte Di Cavour The lead ship of her class of three dreadnought battleships (along with Giulio Cesare and Leonardo da Vinci), Conte Di Cavour was launched om 10 August 1911 and commissioned into the Italian Regia Marina on 1 April 1915. She saw no action during World War One. During World War Two, Read more

  • German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein

    German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein
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    German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein SMS Schleswig-Holstein was the fifth and final ship of the Deutschland-class (along with her sisters Deutschland, Pommern, Schlesien, and Hannover), built at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel. She was laid down in 1905, launched in December 1906, and commissioned in July 1908. Like her sisters, she was a pre-dreadnought completed Read more

  • German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Schlesien

    German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Schlesien

    German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Schlesien SMS Schlesien was the fourth ship of the Deutschland-class of pre-dreadnought battleships (along with her sisters Deutschland, Schleswig-Holstein, Pommern, and Hannover), built at the Schichau-Werke shipyard in Danzig. She was laid down in 1904, launched in May 1906, and commissioned in May 1908. Like her sisters, she was already outdated Read more