Fast battleship
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A fast battleship was a battleship which in concept emphasised speed without undue compromise of either armor or armament. Most of the early World War I-era dreadnought battleships were typically buil
HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first "fast battleship" of the Dreadnought era, in 1918
French battleship Dunkerque
USS Missouri, among the last "fast battleships", would serve until 1992
Figure 1. Concept that maneuverability and armament were more important than speed. A slower ship with larger guns could render a speedier ship's advantage moot.
Design 1047 battlecruiser
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Design 1047, also known as Project 1047, was a series of plans for a class of Dutch battlecruisers prior to the Second World War. These large capital ships were intended to counter the threat posed by
A "plan and profile" of Nevesbu's Project 1047; it is not specified if this depicts the final design.
Java moored at Den Helder in 1925. The main defense of the East Indies was entrusted to this ship and her fellow cruisers from the 1920s to the Second World War.
As the Dutch lacked the design experience necessary to produce a modern warship, they hoped that the French would release plans of the Dunkerque class (pictured) to them.
The main guns of Scharnhorst. The turrets and guns of the 1047s would have closely resembled these.