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World of Warships is a naval warfare-themed free-to-play multiplayer online game developed and published by Wargaming. [1] Players control warships of choice and can battle other random players on the server , play cooperative battles against bots , or participate in an advanced player versus environment (PvE) battle mode.
The most powerful group of French warships was commanded by Admiral Marcel-Bruno Gensoul at Mers-el-Kébir in French Algeria, comprising the old battleships Provence (commander of the 2nd Battleship Division, Rear-Admiral Jacques Bouxin , embarked) and Bretagne (Captain Le Pivain ), the newer Force de Raid battleships Dunkerque (Captain Barois ...
Battle of Mers-el-Kébir: World War II: Royal Navy: Vichy French Navy: British victory 9 July 1940: Battle of Calabria: World War II: Royal Navy: Regia Marina: Indecisive 23–25 September 1940: Battle of Dakar: World War II: Royal Navy: Vichy French Navy: Vichy French victory 27 November 1940: Battle of Cape Spartivento: World War II: Royal ...
The list of battleships includes all battleships built between 1859 and 1946, listed alphabetically.. The boundary between ironclads and the first battleships, the so-called 'pre-dreadnought battleship', is not obvious, as the characteristics of the pre-dreadnought evolved in the period from 1875 to 1895.
Jutland was the largest naval battle and the only full-scale clash of dreadnoughts of the war, and it was the last major battle in naval history fought primarily by battleships. [11] The Naval Treaties of the 1920s and 1930s limited the number of battleships, though technical innovation in battleship design continued.
Class Operators Displacement Ships in class Type Year of first Commission Kuznetsov-class Russian Navy, People's Liberation Army Navy 57,700 tons 3 Aircraft Carrier (Heavy aircraft-carrying Cruiser)
As well as being armed, warships are designed to withstand damage and are typically faster and more maneuverable than merchant ships. Unlike a merchant ship, which carries cargo, a warship typically carries only weapons, ammunition and supplies for its crew. In wartime, the distinction between warships and merchant ships is often blurred.
This is a list of battleships of the First World War.All displacements are at standard load, in metric tonnes, so as to avoid confusion over their relative displacements.