Top 10 Most Powerful Battleships of WWII (By Class)

Why Queen Elizabeth class for British when they had the newer King George V-class in ww2?

They also missed on their information about the Iowa class battleships. While 7 were planned, only 5 (Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kentucky [renamed South Carolina], and New Jersey) were built, and only 4 (Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey, and Wisconsin) saw service. The remainder were scrapped.

Bit confused as why the KG5 class and Nelson class are not there. Rodney took out Bismarck initially. Before the other British ships joined. Nine sixteen inch guns.

I think if I was doing this list I'd swap out the KGV class for North Carolina and Nelson for Nagato.

Leaving out the Nelson class. And the KGV class. While I am a huge Warspite fan, the QE class were outdated and, even upgraded, Warspite was correctly left behind when the RN shifted to the Pacific. While only having 14" guns, the KGVs had arguably the best armor of any battleship of the war. Not saying the KGV was the best, but it should be ranked better than the Litorio class, certainly recognizing what these ships accomplished. I am sure any encounter between a Litorio and Nelson (or Rodney) ends with the Litorio running away. I'd say that should be a key measure of power. Cruisers are generally faster than battleships and don't stick around to fight battleships... because battleships are too powerful. If you are running away, you aren't the powerful one.

I would have listed the King George V and the Nelson/Rodney classes above the Queen Elizabeth class. It's an opinion, no need to reply and tell me I'm wrong.

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The list is notable by peculiar absence of all post-1914 British designs, including the highest caliber ones (Rodney, equalling Iowa and Namato class as an initial design requirement) and the last most modern ones (KGV). Is it made by an American? It also doesn't list in text form for better comparability the actual performance specifications such as top speed, armour rating and armaments of the ships, especially the dimension data are pretty irrelevant for any practical purposes.

I know the queens were old but boy they could give as good as they got. I believe if winston Churchill had been elected prime minister after ww2 HMS WARSPITE would of been made a museum ship, after all she was his baby and he lobbied the government to do so. A friend once said why keep it? So kids can go on school trips! NO! To show future generations that men went to war in these beautiful monsters so we can have the life we do today. And I think it has more to do with honouring those men and women who served aboard them. It’s our history and once ships like the WARSPITE are gone, there hon forever. HMS WARSPITE fighting till the very end......

Where is King George V class? And also Scharnhorst Class?

Because they were the most reliable battleships in the royal navy

Iowa > Yamato. Yes only 16 inch guns vs 18.1 inch but her speed and manoeuvrability was much higher. Plus her fire control systems and radar were far superior. Iowa could not only see her foe first but could lock onto it at a longer range and get the first few salvos in before Yamato knew what was happening. Along side this Yamato met her end due to USA airpower. The Yamatos AA guns were not as good or as plentiful as the Iowa's. Not only that the Iowa's design made it easier to get ammunition to the AA guns vs the Yamato.

Make a video of current top 10 powerful war ships

Interestingly, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor demonstrated something of a paradox; namely, that the Aircraft Carrier was now the most important ship in the world.'s navies. But they missed their own point; whilst demonstrating the preeminence of naval air power, they targeted the battleships, which were, as the ensueing war proved, of limited use, and all but obselete.

What about King George V

Why is the Bismark class ranked higher than the North Carolina and South Dakota class? The American ships had both larger and more guns than the Bismarck, Also, where is the Nelson class?

Where is i repeat where is hms vanguard

You are getting caliber and mm mixed up. A “.45 caliber gun” is something small an individual can carry on them. Not something mounted on a battleship lol

I would switch Yamato and Iowa since Iowa had lighter shells are more muzzle velocity her 16 inch shells would hit like 18 inch shells and Yamatos shells were heavy with low muzzle velocity so they would hit like 16 or 15 inch shells and lower speed and AA thus the Iowa wins

The South Dakota class could take out the Bismarck any day of the week! 8:38