Subject Type: Battleship/Battlecruiser

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Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz were the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and two of the largest built by any European power.

Schleswig-Holstein fired the first shots of World War II when she bombarded the Polish base at Danzig’s Westerplatte.

When launched, Victoria was the largest, fastest, and most heavily-armed ironclad. Three years after commissioning, she collided with HMS Camperdown and quickly sank, with the loss of 358 men.

The ironclad Hoche was an early ironclad battleship of the French Navy.

Arizona was a battleship destroyed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, with the loss of 1177 men.

The Lexington as originally intended as a battlecruiser. She was converted to an aircraft carrier while still under construction.