Royal Navy battleships

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Royal Navy battleships were heavily armed and armored capital ships that formed the core of Britain’s seapower from the late 19th century through World War II.

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British battleships 1
Royal Navy battleship 1
Royal Navy battleships canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf capital ship
class of warship
activeInPeriod World War I
World War II
armamentType anti-aircraft guns
large-caliber naval guns
secondary batteries
characteristic heavily armed
heavily armored
steam-powered
steel-hulled
constructionMaterial riveted and welded steel
country United Kingdom
crewSize large complement of officers and sailors
declinePeriod post-World War II era
defensiveSystem armored belt
armored decks
armored turrets
designInfluence HMS Dreadnought revolutionized battleship design
developedInPeriod late 19th century
doctrineRole battle fleet core
line of battle ship
engagedInBattle Battle of the Denmark Strait
surface form: Battle of Denmark Strait

Battle of Jutland
Battle of Cape Matapan
surface form: Battle of Matapan

World War II Allied landings
surface form: Normandy landings naval bombardment
lastOperationalExample HMS Vanguard
notableExample HMS Dreadnought
British battlecruiser HMS Hood
surface form: HMS Hood

HMS King George V
HMS Nelson
HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Queen Elizabeth
HMS Rodney
HMS Warspite
operatedBy Royal Navy
partOf British seapower
propulsion coal-fired steam engines
oil-fired steam turbines
replacedBy aircraft carriers
guided missile ships
status retired from active service
strategicImportance maintaining command of the sea
protecting maritime trade routes
supporting the British Empire
treatyConstraint London Naval Treaty limitations
Washington Naval Treaty limitations
usedFor deterrence
fleet engagements
sea control
shore bombardment

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Vickers-Armstrongs notableProduct Royal Navy battleships
The Grand Old Lady appliedTo Royal Navy battleships
this entity surface form: Royal Navy battleship
heavy cruiser Pola sunkBy Royal Navy battleships
subject surface form: Italian cruiser Pola
this entity surface form: British battleships
Indefatigable-class battlecruiser belongsTo Royal Navy battleships
this entity surface form: Royal Navy capital ship classes