The ocean era of giant ships and cannons was the peak period of human naval warfare. Huge warships were like giant steel beasts, fierce and terrifying artillery fire, like beasts roaring. It was a brilliant era, the peak era of battleships; today, let us take a look at the five m

The oceanic era of giant ships and cannons is the peak period of human naval warfare. Huge warships are like giant steel beasts, fierce and terrifying artillery fire, like beasts roaring.

That was a brilliant era, the peak era of battleships ; today, let us take a look at the five battleships in the battleships period, and take a look at these sea kings who dominate for the time.

1. Gangu Special Battleship

Full load displacement: 25850 tons

Maximum speed: 23 knots

Weapon: four triple-mounted 305mm/52-caliber guns; 16 secondary guns 120mm/50-caliber guns; 2 anti-aircraft weapons 76mm anti-aircraft guns

Gangu Special Battleship

After the Russo-Japanese War , the Russian Navy faced the dilemma of extreme shortage of battleships. In 1906, the British Fearless battleship, which had a revolutionary breakthrough in design and performance, was launched, which made the only remaining battleships in the Russian fleet quickly obsolete. At the same time, the emergence of the "Fearless" also marks a new round of naval arms races around the world.

Triple-mounted millimeter artillery equipped by Gangu Special Battleship

Gangu Special Battleship was designed by the British and was influenced by Italian shipbuilding technology in its overall layout. Despite this, Gangu Special Battleship was the first batch of dreadnoughtsman built by Russia on its own. The "Petropavlovsk" was renamed "Mara" before the "Petropavlovsk" War , and was incorporated into the "Hong Kong Fleet of the Red Flag" .

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2. Nassau-class battleship

Displacement: 18873 tons (design)

Maximum speed: 20 knots

Martial artillery: 12 280mm/45 diameter Krupp SK L/45 main gun, 6 double turrets

Nassau-class battleship Posen

Nassau-class battleship is the first-class dreadnought ship of the German Navy's first-class dreadnought ship Battleship is a first-class modern dreadnought built by the German Navy to confront the Royal Navy Battleship , with a total of four ships.

Nassau

Nassau-class battleship fully reflects some of the strategic advantages of the German Navy. Its excellent protective performance adheres to the tradition of German warships with strong damage resistance and excellent mechanical reliability. Nassau -level departments, machinery and guns have always shown high stability in more than 10 years of operation and have never had major failures caused by operational reasons.

3. Fearless battleship

Fearless battleship shooting range

Full load displacement: 21060-21840 tons

Speed: 21 knots

Equipment: 4 305 mm 45 times caliber main gun + 10 234 mm 50 times caliber second main gun

The Fearless Battleship is an epoch-making battleship of the Royal Navy of in . The Fearless Battleship adopts a main gun with unified ballistic performance, which not only increases the firepower of the battleship, but also enables the commanders on the ship to uniformly command all main guns to aim at the same target for volleys, and uses a covered firepower projection range to increase the hit rate of the main gun, which has a revolutionary impact on the combat mode of the battleships.

The Battleship of the USS Defence is the first battleship in modern naval history to adopt a unified main gun, and it is also the first battleship driven by steam turbine . It can be called a milestone in the history of the development of battleships. Compared with previous battleships, the Battleship of the USS Defence has improved its combat effectiveness exponentially. has made the battleships built by various countries fall behind since its birth. The advent of the dreadnought has set off a frenzy of imperialist powers to build new battleships.

IV. Moltke-class battleship

Displacement: 22,979 tons (design)

Speed: Maximum 25.5 knots

Equipment: 10 280mm (11.1 inches)/50 caliber main gun Five double turrets; 12 150mm (5.9 inches)/45 caliber secondary gun

Moltke-class battleship , a total of two were built, one was the Moltke battleship and the other was the Goben battleship.

Moltke moved to Atlantic with High Seas Fleet , and got four shells in Jutland. After Lu Zuo was sunk, he served as the flagship of Hippel . In other naval battles of North Atlantic , the Moltke also suffered several torpedo , and was extraditioned to the UK after the war, and sank itself in Scapa Bay .

Morthy

Goben is a legendary battleship. It lived through two World Wars , serving two empires, belonging to German Empire , and Ottoman Turkish Empire , and served for more than 60 years. No battlecruiser can break its longevity record.

After the outbreak of World War I , Goben stayed away from its local base and faced the encirclement of the British Mediterranean Fleet. Goben vanquished the British fleet and fled into Constantinople, Turkey, the then neutral country. At that time, the British government was worried that Türkiye would join the Allies and detain all its warships under construction, . Germany immediately offered to provide the Goben to gain Türkiye's favor.

Geben ID

Geben ID can be said to have changed the political landscape of World War I. If it does not reach Istanbul , Turkey may not necessarily participate in the war on Germany. If Turkey does not join Germany to participate in the war, Britain will not need to launch the Turkish Battle to open up support channels for Russia, then there may not be any British defeats in the Battle of Dardanelles and the Battle of Gallipoli.

Germany's diplomatic action for Türkiye was very successful, while Britain and Russia failed. The Goben became an important bargaining chip in winning Turkey.

5, Caesar-class battleship

Displacement: 24,724 tons (design)

Speed: Design 21 knots

Equipment: 10 305mm/50 diameter main gun, 5 double turrets; 14 150mm/45 diameter secondary guns

Caesar-class battleship Frederick the Great

Caesar-class battleship Frederick the Great

000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 In fact, when the Nassau class and Hergo were built, the rigid Germans keenly discovered that these nominal fearless class were actually transitional ships derived from the former fearless ships. Their excessive central side turrets will seriously affect the projection ability of firepower in actual combat and cannot exert all the main guns.

Caesar-class battleship main gun

The Caesar-class battleship is the first battleship among German battleships to use steam turbines as the power output source. This improvement has made a qualitative leap in the power of the Caesar-class.

After serving, all of this class of ships were incorporated into the sixth detachment of the third battle squadron of the High Seas Fleet. During World War I, the first four of them participated in the Hitland Naval Battle .