battleship

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The frigate's role was to act as a first line of defence by circling battleship HMS Warspite and it was expected that the sailors would sacrifice their lives.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Pearl Harbor effectively ended the battleship era for the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

He promised that his proposed vessels would be “the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

“The idea was the battleship had big enough guns they could shoot far enough that it generally was able to shoot from outside the range of most of its opponents,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Like sailors quartered on a battleship, they found privacy, space, and quiet hard to come by.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French