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− | + | '''Battleship''' is a generic term for a powerful capital ship carrying the mantle of the "Ship of the Line" from the days of sail: large size, heavy armament, and heavy armour protection. | |
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+ | We use the term a little loosely on the site to address the fact that the ships which assumed this role underwent a variety of name changes over the era and the preceding decades: ironclad, turret ship, battleship, dreadnought. | ||
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+ | ==Dreadnought== | ||
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+ | The launch of [[H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)|H.M.S. ''Dreadnought'']] in 1906 introduced changes so fundamental in battleship design that her name became a generic term for later designs that inherited her qualities: ''[[dreadnought]]s''. At the same time, earlier battleships needed a new term to highlight the fact that they embodied the old principles of design, and so the ships that had formerly been known as "battleships" became [[Pre-Dreadnought|''pre-dreadnoughts'']]. | ||
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+ | ==Our Use of the Term== | ||
+ | We will use the word "battleship" as a generic term that doesn't indicate whether the ship(s) in question were dreadnoughts or pre-dreadnoughts. Sometimes this will be expressed a "dreadnought battleships" to specify that the ships are not [[Battlecruiser|battlecruisers]], which were sometimes described as a subtype of dreadnought. | ||
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+ | ==See Also== | ||
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+ | * [[:Category:Battleship|List of battleships (loosely defined)]] | ||
+ | * [[:Category:Battleship Class|List of battleship classes (loosely defined)]] | ||
+ | * [[Dreadnought]] | ||
+ | * [[Pre-Dreadnought]] | ||
+ | * [[Battlecruiser]] | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
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+ | ==Footnotes== | ||
+ | {{reflist}} | ||
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+ | ==Bibliography== | ||
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | *{{TNA|ADM 116/878.}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
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+ | [[Category:Ship Type]] |
Latest revision as of 18:03, 24 November 2014
Battleship is a generic term for a powerful capital ship carrying the mantle of the "Ship of the Line" from the days of sail: large size, heavy armament, and heavy armour protection.
We use the term a little loosely on the site to address the fact that the ships which assumed this role underwent a variety of name changes over the era and the preceding decades: ironclad, turret ship, battleship, dreadnought.
Dreadnought
The launch of H.M.S. Dreadnought in 1906 introduced changes so fundamental in battleship design that her name became a generic term for later designs that inherited her qualities: dreadnoughts. At the same time, earlier battleships needed a new term to highlight the fact that they embodied the old principles of design, and so the ships that had formerly been known as "battleships" became pre-dreadnoughts.
Our Use of the Term
We will use the word "battleship" as a generic term that doesn't indicate whether the ship(s) in question were dreadnoughts or pre-dreadnoughts. Sometimes this will be expressed a "dreadnought battleships" to specify that the ships are not battlecruisers, which were sometimes described as a subtype of dreadnought.
See Also
- List of battleships (loosely defined)
- List of battleship classes (loosely defined)
- Dreadnought
- Pre-Dreadnought
- Battlecruiser
Footnotes
Bibliography
- The National Archives. ADM 116/878.