War Ships

In this chapter, we will provide some information about war ships along the centuries...

The understanding of tonnageis rather complex. we will give hereafter the full load tonnage. For ancient ships the tonnage given in tonneaux corresponded to a volume measurement. A tonneau was equal to one hundred cubic feet (2,86 cubic meter). For modern ships, the tonnage correspond to the weight of the water displaced volume.

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• Caraque of Middle-Age : 1 000 tonneaux.
• First rank vessel of XVIIème century : 1 000 tonneaux.
• Second rank vessel of XVIIème century: 1 400 tonneaux.
• Soleil Royal (First rank vessel of XVIIème century) : 2 000 tonneaux.

  
  

  
  Le Soleil Royal
  

• Victory (Nelson's ship at Trafalgar): 2 162 tonneaux.

  
  

  
  HMS Victory
  

• Sovereign of the Seas (Clipper - 1845): 2 400 tonneaux.

Class Dreadnought (Début XXème siècle) : 19 000 tonnes.

Class Dreadnought

World War II

• Destroyers WWII (DD) : 2 500 à 3 500 tons - 100 to 120 meter long - 40 knots

• Cruisers WWII (CA) : 15 000 to 20 000 tons - 200 meter long - 30 à 35 knots
  • Norfolk (UK 1929) : 14 600 tons.
  • Balimore (USA 1942): 17 000 tons.
  • Hipper (Allemagne 1937): 18 200 tons.
  • Prinz Eugen (Allemagne 1938): 19 000 tons.
  • Sharnhorst (Allemagne 1936): 38 900 tons.
  
  
• Battle Ships WWII (BB) : 40 000 to 50 000 tons - 20 to 250 meter long
  • Prince of Wales (Classe King George V)(UK 1941) : 41 000 tons.
  • Duke of York (Classe King George V)(UK 1941) : 42 500 tons.
  • North Carolina (USA 1940): 44 400 tons.
  • South Carolina (USA 1940): 44 500 tons.
  • Richelieu (France 1939): 45 600 tons.

    
    

    
    Le Richelieu
    

  • Bismarck (Allemagne 1939): 50 900 tons.

    
    

    
    Le Bismarck
    

  • Tirpitz (Allemagne 1939): 52 600 tons.

    
    

    
    Le Tirpitz
    

  • Musashi(Japon 1940): 65 000 tons.

    
    

    
    Le Musashi
    

  • Yamato (Japon 1940): 72 800 tons - 260 meter long.

    
    

    
    Le Yamato
    

  
  
• Carrier Vessel WWII (CV) : 20 000 to 50 000 tons.
  • Yorkton (USA 1937): 19 800 tons.
  • Entreprise (USA 1938): 19 8000 tons.
  • Hornet (USA 194): 21 000 tons.
  • Lexington (USA 1931): 33 000 tons.

    
    

    
    USS Lexington
    

  • Kaga (Japon 1938) : 40 000 tons.

  XXth and XXIth centuries

• Carrier Vessel today : 40 000 to 95 000 tons.
• Charles de Gaulle : 40 000 tons.

  
  

  
  Le Charles de Gaulle
  

• USS Ronald Reagan : 95 000 tons.

  
  

  
  USS Ronald Reagan
  

• Components on the French Navy at the dawn of the XXIst Century.

  
  

  
  La Royale in 2006
  

• Components of a Battle Group.

  
  

  
  Battle Group "Abraham Lincoln"
  

Some URLs about Warships :

• La Royale : The French Fleet
• A polish site very complete about Warships
• The Yamato by Wikipedia.
• The Musashi by Wikipedia.
• Naval Battles in Pacific
• Warships of Bismarck Class :A super technical site.
• The Bismarck by Wikipedia.
• The Tirpitz by Wikipedia.
• Scharnhorst and Gneisenau







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