Battlecruiser
Parent Type: Capital Ships
Quick Facts
- Era
- 20th Century
- Role
- Fast capital ship
- Notable For
- Speed combined with heavy guns
Battlecruisers were designed to combine the armament of battleships with greater speed
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Classes in this Type Tree
Early 20th Century (2)
- Indefatigable-class battlecruiser – 3 built
- Invincible-class battlecruiser – 3 built
WWI (3)
- Lion-class battlecruiser – 2 built
- Queen Mary-class battlecruiser – 1 built
- Tiger-class battlecruiser – 1 built
WWI / Interwar (1)
- Courageous-class battlecruiser – 3 built
WWI / WWII (2)
- Admiral-class battlecruiser – 1 built
- Renown-class battlecruiser – 2 built
Ships in this Type Tree
Decommissioned (4)
- HMS Lion (1910) – Lion-class battlecruiser
- HMS Tiger (1913) – Tiger-class battlecruiser
- HMS Renown (72) – Renown-class battlecruiser
- HMS Renown (1916) – Renown-class battlecruiser
Lost (6)
Related Types
- Aircraft Carrier
- Battleship
- Carrier Strike Group Flagship
- Catapult Aircraft Merchant Ship
- Commando Carrier
- Dreadnought Battleship
- Escort Carrier
- Fast Battleship
- Fleet Carrier
- Helicopter Carrier
- Light Carrier
- Merchant Aircraft Carrier
- Pocket Battleship
- Pre-Dreadnought Battleship
- Seaplane Carrier
- Super-Dreadnought Battleship