Dutch coastal defence ship Hertog Hendrik Coastal defence ships (sometimes called coast-defence battleships) were warships built for the purpose of coastal defence, mostly in the period 1860-1920. They were small cruiser-sized warships which sacrificed speed and range for armour and armament, built by nations which could not afford battleships or which needed specially-suited shallow-draught vessels small enough to operate close to their coast, particularly in the island-dotted coastal waters of the Scandinavian area. Some had limited blue-water capacity; others operated in rivers. pantserschip Hertog Hendrik File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser (really an uprated guided missile destroyer), launched in 1992. ...
Armour sucks ass alottttttttttt Armour was also commonly used to protect war animals, such as war horses and elephants. ...
The bayonet, still used in war as both knife and spearpoint. ...
This article is about a battleship as a type of warship. ...
Scandinavia is a historical and geographical region centered on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe and includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. ...
A rare occurrence of an 11-country multinational fleet, during RIMPAC. A rare occurrence of a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. ...
The four kinds of navigable water in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
The coastal defence ships differed from earlier monitors by their higher freeboard, usually higher speed, sometimes casemated guns (monitors guns were almost always in turrets) and usually, possession of secondary armament. Over their time period, and from nation to nation, they varied in size from around 1,500 tons to around 8,000 tons. Several survived into the 1970s, but were mostly fairly useless after World War I in nations which had blue-water capability. A monitor was a special form of warship, little more than a self-propelled floating artillery platform that could move close inshore and give its support to military operations on land. ...
Their construction and appearance was of a "mini-pre-dreadnought", with heavier armor relative to their size than cruisers or gunboats, a higher speed than most monitors and a main armament of 2 or 4 cruiser- or battleship-size guns mounted in two turrets, fore and aft, or sometimes in casemates, as well as smaller guns. They were mainly used as movable coastal artillery, and had offence and defence roles. Few of them ever saw combat in the First World War, some of them did in Second World War, and the last were scrapped in the 1970s. USS Massachusetts, a pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1893 The term pre-dreadnought refers to the last type of battleship before the British Royal Navys HMS Dreadnought (1906). ...
19th century coastal artillery guns preserved in Suomenlinna fortress in Helsinki Coastal artillery is the branch of armed forces concerned with operating mobile anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications. ...
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Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Navies with coastal defence ships as main capital ships included Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Ecuador, Finland, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Thailand and the British colonies of India and Victoria. They were also built by Germany and Russia, which used 3 of them at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905. Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 37 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $222,022 (2nd) - Product per capita $44,443/person (5th) Population (End of September 2006) - Population 5,110,500 (2nd) - Density 22. ...
Combatants Empire of Japan Russian Empire Commanders Heihachiro Togo Zinovi Rozhdestvenski # Nikolai Nebogatov Strength 4 battleships 27 cruisers destroyers and auxiliary vessels 8 battleships 3 coastal battleships 8 cruisers Casualties 117 dead 583 injured 3 torpedo boats sunk 4,380 dead 5,917 captured 21 ships sunk 7 captured 6...
Apart from specially built coastal defence ships, some navies used obsolete pre-dreadnought battleships in this role - they were bigger and better armed but cost more.
Categorization
One of the last of its type, the Finnish coastal defence ship Väinämöinen. This class of vessels has always been categorized differently by different countries, due to treaties, different judging grounds and also by reasons of pride. In the United Kingdom, the Scandinavian ships were called coast defence ships. Germany referred to the Scandinavian ships as "Coastal Armoured Ships" (Küstenpanzerschiff), in contrast to their own Deutschland class of larger seagoing "Armoured ships" (Panzerschiff), later renamed "Heavy cruisers" (Schweren Kreuzer). The Danes referred to their ships as both as "Coast Defence Ships" (Kystforsvarsskib) and "Armoured Ship" (Panserskib). The Dutch called their ships "Cruisers" (Kruiser), "Armoured Ships" (Pantserschip) or "Battleships" (Slagschip). Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1261x851, 153 KB) Väinämöinen or Ilmarinen File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Coastal defence ship Väinämöinen (ship) ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1261x851, 153 KB) Väinämöinen or Ilmarinen File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Coastal defence ship Väinämöinen (ship) ...
Väinämöinen was a Finnish coastal defence ship, the sister ship of the Finnish Navys flagship Ilmarinen and also the first ship of her class. ...
The Deutschland class was a series of three Panzerschiffe (armoured ships), a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the German Reichsmarine in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. ...
The Swedish Pansarskepp-ships Pansarskepp ("armoured ship") is the Swedish term used for their coastal defence ships. This class of vessel should not be confused with the similarly named German "Panzerschiff", popularly known as a "Pocket battleship", as the design and purpose was very different. Pocket battleship is the British Royal Navy description for a class of warships built by German Reichsmarine in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. ...
Pocket battleship is an English language term for a class of warships built by German Reichsmarine in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. ...
Technical details A pansarskepp is most related to a monitor. It is a relatively small vessel, with limited speed, shallow draft, and very heavy guns for its displacement. It was designed for close in-shore work near the islands or in the fiords of Scandinavia, and other countries that have a coast with shallow waters. The aim was to outgun any ocean going warship of the same draft by a significant margin, making it a very dangerous opponent for a cruiser, and deadly to anything smaller. The limitations in speed and seaworthiness were a trade-off for the heavy armament carried. The cruise to Great Britain by the HMS Sverige, for the festivities at the coronation of king George VI was an unusual event - these vessels almost never departed local waters, and would have been unsafe in an oceanic environment. Vessels similar to the Swedish Pansarskepp were also built and operated by Denmark, Norway, and Finland, all of which shared similar naval requirements. George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George) (December 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952) was the third British monarch of the House of Windsor, reigning from December 11, 1936 to February 6, 1952. ...
Effectiveness It has been suggested that the Sverige and Äran class ships were one reason why Germany did not invade Sweden during World War II.[1] This is however unlikely, since if the Germans would have invaded, they would have used their strong forces in Norway, as well as its strong air power to gain tactical superiority wherever needed.
The Dutch Pantserschepen-ships The Dutch used these ships as of 1900 amongst others to provide artillery support in the Dutch colony Indonesia and to escort merchant ships along the Spanish coast during the Spanish Civil War. In 1933 there took place a mutiny on De Zeven Provinciën, off Sumatra - quelled bloodily by an aerial bombardment in which twenty-three of the mutinous sailors (who apprently wanted no more than to protest cuts in their wages) were killed. This incidentally demonstrated the vulnerabilty of such ships (and of surface warships in general) to attacks from the air. It has been suggested that Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War be merged into this article or section. ...
The HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën. ...
Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island in the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ...
In WWII De Zeven Provinciën was sunk in shallow waters by Japanese bombing, dredged up by the Japanese after their occuption of the Dutch Indies and used by them as a battery ship, and sunk again (this time permanently) by allied bombers. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, (Dutch: Nederlands Indië) was the name of the colonies set up by the Dutch East India Company, which came under administration of the Netherlands during the 19th century (see Indonesia). ...
Operators - Argentina:
- La Plata class (La Plata and Los Andes)
- Independencia class (Independencia and Nueve de Julio)
- Brazil:
- Barrozo
- Brasil
- Lima Barros
- Rio de Janeiro
- Bahia
- Silvado
- Mariz e Barros class (Mariz e Barros and Herval)
- Cabral class (Cabral and Colombo)
- Sete de Setembro
- Javary class (Javary and Solimoes)
- Marshal Deodoro class (Marshal Deodoro and Marshal Floriano)
- Denmark
- Herulf Trolle class (Herulf Trolle, Olfert Fischer and Peder Skram[1])
- Niels Juel[2]
- Finland:
- Ilmarinen class Panssarilaiva ships (Ilmarinen and Väinämöinen)
- The Netherlands:
- Evertsen class (Evertsen, Piet Hein and Kortenaer)
- Koningin Regentes class (Koningin Regentes, De Ruyter and Hertog Hendrik)
- Marten Harpertszoon Tromp
- Jacob van Heemskerck
- Kortenaer
- Zeven Provinciën
- Norway:
Norwegian Tordenskjold class. - Russia:
- Novgorod
- Vice-Admiral Popov
- Admiral Ushakov class (Admiral Ushakov, Admiral Seniavin and General Admiral Graf Apraksin)
- Thailand:
- Dhonburi class (Dhonburi and Sri Ayuthia)
- Victoria:
- Cerberus class (Cerberus)
Ilmarinen was a Finnish Navy Panssarilaiva (Armored ship), a coastal defence ship by British classification. ...
Väinämöinen was a Finnish coastal defence ship, the sister ship of the Finnish Navys flagship Ilmarinen and also the first ship of her class. ...
SMS Siegfried was the first of a class of eight relatively small armoured coastal defense ships (Küstenpanzerschiffe) built for the German Imperial Navy in 1889-1895. ...
SMS Ägir was an Odin class armored coastal defense ship (Küstenpanzerschiff) which served in the German Imperial Navy prior to and during World War I. History Ägir was the second and final ship of her class as well as the last of eight such armored coastal defense ships built...
SMS Oldenburg was designed as an armored coastal defense ship, with a displacement of 5,652 tons, built by Vulkan in Stettin and launched on 20 December 1884. ...
HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerk was a Tromp-class light cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy, named after Admiral Jacob van Heemskerk (1567–1607). ...
The HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën. ...
Image File history File links KNM_Tordenskjold. ...
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Image File history File links Sideview of the Eidsvold class costal defence cruiser - probaly daiting from the 1930s File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Sideview of the Eidsvold class costal defence cruiser - probaly daiting from the 1930s File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
The Tordenskjold class of coastal battleships was ordered by Norway as part as the general rearmament in the time leading up to the events in 1905, the two ships in the class (Tordenskjold and Harald Haarfagre) remained the backbone (alongside the slightly newer Eidsvold class) of the Royal Norwegian Navy...
The HNoMS Tordenskjold, known localy as KNM Tordenskjold or Panserskipet Tordenskjold, was a Norwegian costal battleship. ...
The HNoMS Harald Haarfagre, known localy as KNM Harald Haarfagre or Panserskipet Harald Haarfagre, was a Norwegian costal battleship. ...
The Eidsvold class was a class of coastal defence ships (also referred to as coastal battleships), two of which where built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1899 by Armstrong Whitworth. ...
HnoMS Eidsvold, or KNM Eidsvold in Norwegian, was a coastal defense cruiser and lead ship of her class, serving in the Royal Norwegian Navy. ...
For the Norwegian Royal Yacht, see HNoMY Norge. ...
The Bjørgvin class coastal battleships were ordered by Norway in 1912 to supplement the older Eidsvold class and Tordenskjold class coastal battleships. ...
HNoMS Bjørgvin, which would have been known in Norway as either KNM Bjørgvin or as P/S Bjørgvin (where P/S stands for Panserskip - litt. ...
For the corvette HNoMS Nidaros, please see HNoMS Nidaros (corvette). ...
Novgorod is one of the most unusual warships ever constructed, and still survives in popular naval myth, often described as the ugliest warship ever built. She was designed by Admiral Popoff of the Russian Imperial Navy, with the purpose of creating a stable platform armed with a few heavy guns...
The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...
HMS Dristigheten was a Swedish Navy Pansarskepp. ...
HMS Äran. ...
A view of the Wasas beautiful stern HMS Wasa (also Regalskeppet Wasa, or Vasa, of 64 guns) is a famous warship built for the Swedish Monarch Gustavus Adolphus of the House of Vasa, between the years 1626 and 1628. ...
HMS Drottning Victoria The Sverige class coastal defence ships (sometimes incorrectly referred to as coastal battleships) were the largest ships to serve in the Swedish navy until that point. ...
Sverige was a Swedish Pansarskepp (Coastal Battleship) during the last year of World war I and onward into the fifties. ...
HMS Gustav V was a Sverige class Pansarskepp of the Swedish navy. ...
HMS Drottning Victoria was a Sverige class Pansarskepp of the Swedish navy. ...
Cerberus class battleships were a class of warship in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th Century. ...
HMS Magdala was a breastwork monitor, the sister ship of HMS Cerberus, and was built specifically to serve as harbour defence ship at Bombay (now Mumbai). ...
HMVS Cerberus was an ironclad warship launched in 1868 to defend the Australian colony of Victoria. ...
References - ^ This speculation appeared in Warship Magazine - the author was writing an article on the Sverige class, and so may have been prejudiced.
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