Key Points and Summary - Battlecruisers were a unique class of warship designed to combine the heavy guns of a battleship with the speed of a cruiser, a compromise achieved by sacrificing armor ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The USN prioritized slow, well-armored battleships that could operate together in a line-of-battle. Had the Navy paid more attention to European trends in ...

Russia's navy has had limited involvement in the war in Ukraine. But the war may be affecting Russia's plans to modernize and upgrade its navy. Ongoing problems with the Russian navy's biggest ...

German warships operating under Ottoman colors launched sudden strikes against Russian targets in the Black Sea. Their arrival shifted the regional balance of power almost overnight. The move directly ...

Key Point: The Battle of the Jutland shows why battlecruisers were not a good idea. They were a half-measures that couldn’t fit in either class and couldn’t take their punches. “There seems to be ...

Russia’s upgraded Kirov-class cruisers will be among the deadliest vessels on the planet, fitted with 80 anti-ship missiles and highly advanced air defenses. This post is appearing on Autoblog ...

Staff, author of Battle on the Seven Seas: German Cruiser Battles, 1914-1918, and other works on the Imperial Navy, gives us a masterful look at the German battlecruiser. Aided by a plethora of ...