With the outbreak of the civil war, the crew of the cruiser Méndez Núñez remained on the side of the Republicans. Since the first ship of the class couldn’t be completed in time for the 100th birthday of its intended namesake Admiral Méndez Núñez in 1924, the names were switched around and Méndez Núñez became the name of the second ship of the class. It was decommissioned in 1919 and scrapped two years later.The ships Blas de Lezo and Méndez Núñez, based on the British C-class cruisers, were laid down in 1917. It was the first capital ship to be powered by steam turbines which made it the fastest battleship in the world at the time, topping out at 21 knots.ĭespite all the advancements, the HMS Dreadnought didn't really engage in many significant battles and was best known for the ramming and sinking of German submarine SM U-29. It had 10 large 30cm guns, 27 12-pdr (7.6cm) guns and five torpedo tubes too.
The Dreadnought was designed to be faster and capable of firing heavy ordinance at a much longer range. Even the battleships that came before it were then known as "pre-dreadnoughts". A generation of warships followed with entire classes named after this single vessel. This ship launched in 1906 and hit the waters with such incredible technological advancements that it rendered many other ships obsolete. The HMS Dreadnought graces our list due to being one of the most significant vessels thanks to the revolution it brought to naval power. Despite the order to abandon ship, the attack and scuttling lead to massive loss of life.
Thousands of shells were fired at the Bismark to put an end to it and eventually it was so badly damaged that First Officer Hans Oels gave the order to scuttle her. The British then relentlessly pursued the Bismark, attacking it with all manner of vessels including obsolete biplane torpedo bombers. The ship was involved in the Battle of the Denmark Strait where the HMS Hood was sunk by fire from this ship and the Prinz Eugen. It first launched in 1939 but was seen as such a threat that it didn't last long in service. It was a monster of a ship, armed with eight 38 cm SK C/34 guns, twelve 15 cm L/55 guns, sixteen 10.5 cm L/65 guns and sixteen 3.7 cm L/83 guns and twelve 2 cm anti-aircraft cannons. The Bismark, along with the Tirpitz, famously has the title of being the largest battleship ever built by Germany and technically the largest ever built by any European country.
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