Category: ww1 warships

Brandenburg class Battleships (1892) Germany (1892) – Brandenburg, Wörth (1914) Germany’s first pre-dreadnoughts Certainly the oldest battleships German Navy in…

Active class cruisers United Kingdom (1911) Active, Amphion, Fearless The last prewar scout cruisers This class of three ships were…

Nassau class battleships (1908) SMS Nassau, Rheinland, Posen, Westfalen Germany’s first dreadnoughts The four Nassau (Nassau, Westfalen, Rheinland, Posen) were…

Lion class Battlecruisers (1910) HMS Lion, Princess Royal, Queen Mary Beatty’s “splendid cats” at Jutland were a source of pride…

United Kingdom – Battlecruisers – Indefatigable, Australia, New Zealand Development and design This second-class of battle cruisers (1908 plan) was…

Invincible class Battlecruisers (1907) United Kingdom (1907) – Battlecruisers – Invincible, Indomitable, Inflexible Introduction: The world’s first battlecruisers Cruisers, naturally…

Admiralty M-class destroyers United Kingdom (1915) Destroyers – 85 Emergency War Construction Programme At the outbreak of war, the Admiralty…

Colossus class Battleships (1906) United Kingdom (1906) HMS Colossus, HMS Hercules HMS Neptune, launched in 1909 experimented with a main…

HMS Neptune (1902) United Kingdom (1908) Battleship A brand new league The Neptune was supposed to be the leading ship…

Bellorophon class battleships United Kingdom (1906) – Bellorophon, Superb, Temeraire Direct successors to the Dreadnought By december 1906, after the…