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King Edward VII-class battleship

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The King Edward VII class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships launched by the Royal Navy between 1903 and 1905. [1]

59 relations: Adriatic Sea, Armstrong Whitworth 12 inch /40 naval gun, Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom), Atlantic Ocean, Barbette, Battlecruiser, Battleship, Belt armor, BL 12 inch Mk X naval gun, BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun, BL 9.2 inch gun Mk IX–X, British 18 inch torpedo, Bulkhead (partition), Caliber (artillery), Cape Trafalgar, Cape Wrath, Casemate, Channel Fleet, Chatham Dockyard, Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, Conning tower, Cordite, Deck (ship), Dreadnought, Edward VII, Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Field-tube boiler, First Balkan War, Flagship, Formidable-class battleship, Germany, Grand Fleet, HMNB Devonport, HMNB Portsmouth, HMS Dreadnought (1906), HMS New Zealand (1904), Home Fleet, Italy, John Brown & Company, Maxim gun, Mediterranean Sea, Naval mine, Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign, Northern Patrol, Pre-dreadnought battleship, QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun, QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun, QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss, Royal Navy, Ship class, ..., Submarine, Turret, United Kingdom, United States, Vickers, Water-tube boiler, William Henry White, World War I, 3rd Battle Squadron. Expand index (9 more) »

Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula.

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Armstrong Whitworth 12 inch /40 naval gun

The Armstrong Whitworth 12 inch naval gun of 40 calibres length was designed by, and manufactured mainly by, Armstrong's ordnance branch, Elswick Ordnance Company.

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Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom)

The Atlantic Fleet was a major fleet formation of the Royal Navy.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Barbette

Barbettes are several types of gun emplacement in terrestrial fortifications or on naval ships.

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Battlecruiser

The battlecruiser, or battle cruiser, was a type of capital ship of the first half of the 20th century.

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Battleship

A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of large caliber guns.

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Belt armor

Belt armor is a layer of heavy metal armor plated onto or within the outer hulls of warships, typically on battleships, battlecruisers and cruisers, and aircraft carriers.

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BL 12 inch Mk X naval gun

The BL 12 inch Gun Mark XMark X.

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BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun

The BL 6 inch gun Mark VII (and the related Mk VIII) was a British naval gun dating from 1899, which was mounted on a heavy traveling carriage in 1915 for British Army service to become one of the main heavy field guns in the First World War, and also served as one of the main coast defence guns throughout the British Empire until the 1950s.

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BL 9.2 inch gun Mk IX–X

The BL 9.2 inch guns Mk IX and Mk XMk IX.

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British 18 inch torpedo

There have been a number of 18 inch torpedoes in service with the United Kingdom.

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Bulkhead (partition)

A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship or within the fuselage of an aeroplane.

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Caliber (artillery)

In artillery, caliber or calibredifference in British English and American English spelling is the internal diameter of a gun barrel, or by extension a relative measure of the length.

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Cape Trafalgar

Cape Trafalgar (Cabo Trafalgar) is a headland in the Province of Cádiz in the south-west of Spain.

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Cape Wrath

Cape Wrath (Am Parbh, known as An Carbh in Lewis) is a cape in the Durness parish of the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland.

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Casemate

A casemate, sometimes erroneously rendered casement, is a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which guns are fired.

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Channel Fleet

The Channel Fleet and originally known as the Channel Squadron was the Royal Navy formation of warships that defended the waters of the English Channel from 1859 to 1909 and 1914 to 1915.

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Chatham Dockyard

Chatham Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent.

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Commander-in-Chief, The Nore

The Commander-in-Chief, The Nore was an operational commander of the Royal Navy.

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Conning tower

A conning tower is a raised platform on a ship or submarine, often armored, from which an officer can conn the vessel, i.e., give directions to the helmsman.

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Cordite

* Cordite is a family of smokeless propellants developed and produced in the United Kingdom since 1889 to replace gunpowder as a military propellant.

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Deck (ship)

A deck is a permanent covering over a compartment or a hull of a ship.

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Dreadnought

The dreadnought was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century.

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Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a Scottish shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow.

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Field-tube boiler

A Field-tube boiler (also known as a bayonet tube) is a form of water-tube boiler where the water tubes are single-ended.

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First Balkan War

The First Balkan War (Балканска война; Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; Први балкански рат, Prvi Balkanski rat; Birinci Balkan Savaşı), lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and comprised actions of the Balkan League (the kingdoms of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro) against the Ottoman Empire.

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Flagship

A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, characteristically a flag officer entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag.

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Formidable-class battleship

The Royal Navy's Formidable-class battleships were an eight-ship class of pre-dreadnoughts designed by Sir William White and built in the late 1890s. The class is often further divided into a separate London class, and the London class sometimes is divided further into a separate Queen class.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Grand Fleet

The Grand Fleet was the main fleet of the British Royal Navy during the First World War.

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HMNB Devonport

Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport), is the largest naval base in Western Europe and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy.

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HMNB Portsmouth

Her Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth (HMNB Portsmouth) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the British Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Devonport).

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HMS Dreadnought (1906)

HMS Dreadnought was a battleship built for the Royal Navy that revolutionised naval power.

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HMS New Zealand (1904)

HMS New Zealand was a ''King Edward VII''-class battleship of the Royal Navy.

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Home Fleet

The Home Fleet was a fleet of the Royal Navy that operated in the United Kingdom's territorial waters from 1902 with intervals until 1967.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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John Brown & Company

John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a British marine engineering and shipbuilding firm.

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Maxim gun

The Maxim gun was a weapon invented by American-born British inventor Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1884: it was the first recoil-operated machine gun in production.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.

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Naval mine

A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines.

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Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign

The Naval Operations in the Dardanelles Campaign (17 February 1915 – 9 January 1916) took place against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.

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Northern Patrol

The Northern Patrol also known as Cruiser Force B and Northern Patrol Force was an operation of the British or Royal Navy during the First World War and again during the Second World War.

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Pre-dreadnought battleship

Pre-dreadnought battleships were sea-going battleships built between the mid- to late 1880s and 1905, before the launch of.

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QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun

The QF 12 pounder 18 cwt gun was a 3 inch high-velocity naval gun used to equip larger British warships such as battleships for defence against torpedo boats.

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QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun

The QF 12-pounder 12-cwt gun (abbreviated as Q.F. 12-pdr. (12-cwt.), the War Office, 1925) was a common, versatile calibre naval gun introduced in 1894 and used until the middle of the 20th century.

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QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss

The QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss or in French use Canon Hotchkiss à tir rapide de 47 mm were a family of long-lived light naval guns introduced in 1886 to defend against new, small and fast vessels such as torpedo boats and later submarines.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Ship class

A ship class is a group of ships of a similar design.

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Submarine

A submarine (or simply sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.

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Turret

In architecture, a turret (from Italian: torretta, little tower; Latin: turris, tower) is a small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vickers

Vickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 1999.

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Water-tube boiler

A high pressure watertube boiler (also spelled water-tube and water tube) is a type of boiler in which water circulates in tubes heated externally by the fire.

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William Henry White

Sir William Henry White, (2 February 1845 – 27 February 1913) was a prolific British warship designer and Chief Constructor at the Admiralty.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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3rd Battle Squadron

The 3rd Battle Squadron was a naval squadron of the British Royal Navy consisting of battleships and other vessels, active from at least 1914 to 1945.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Edward_VII-class_battleship

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