HMS Vanguard was conceived in 1941 as a fast capital ship that could keep up with carriers and fight heavy surface threats, ...

U.S. Navy planners in the Pacific, still overestimating the value of battleships, could have been less daring in their absence and fought a holding action until late 1942 or 1943. Had things been ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Scharnhorst was one of the world’s most famous battleships, but its strategic impact was limited. The Kriegsmarine never threatened Royal Navy control of the North ...