10 Biggest Battlecruisers ever Built in History

The thumbnail on this video was a bit naughty, showing the titanic looking smaller than the smallest vessel,when it was actually a few feet longer than the largest warship on the picture tut tut.

My late grandfather worked for Vickers in their naval armaments division and worked on the heavy guns used in most of these ships (including the Kongo), he always used to say that it was 'his guns' that won the battle of Jutland. When he retired he was presented with an inkwell in the form of a 13.5" gun turret made with steel taken from HMS Tiger which is now sat on the bookcase behind me.

Why don't you list speeds? You know, since that was pretty much the whole advantage of the things.

The thumbnail is just clickbait. Titanic had a large displacement than any other battle cruiser coming in at over 52,000 tons. The thumbnail makes her look smaller than she actually was.

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A major omission: Seydlitz was left out.

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Scharnhorst Class? I know some call them battleships, but they were very clearly designed as battlecruisers.

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Putting the displacement without mentioning the year is deceptive. For example the Renown and Repulse spent so much time in dock getting extra armor tacked on, that they were nicknamed Repair and Refit. By WW2 Renown had bee more heavily modified and survived the war. Repulse was sunk by Japanese aircraft off the coast of Malaya in 1941.

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Let it sink in for a sec the sheer size of Hood’s Length was nearly as long as Yamato herself.

You omit first reason for battle-cruiser class, range. The British and French especially, having truly global empires, needed battleship firepower able to patrol all the way to and from, literally around the world. The lesser armour allowed for more fuel. Some WW1 ‘battlecrusirrs’ seemed slow in ww2 because of engine advancements, not design purpose.

Reading the comments , you needed to define what was considered a battlecruiser and why. Battlecruisers were defined (by the British) as armored cruisers with battleship guns (just not as many of them) Armored cruisers were five to six knots faster than battleships. British envisioned the mission of the battlecruisers as interceptors of enemy commerce raiders. The other nation that built battlecruisers were the Germans. German battlecruisers were more battleships with guns one step lower than battleships and one turret less. They had more shaft HP and were designed to be scout group for the main battle fleet. Because of this use, it forced the British to use their BC's like the Germans with detrimental results at Jutland. Kongo's were designed by the British and replicated the Tiger class with small changes. Battlecruiser designation and mission disappeared in the early 30's. Hood and the Kongo's were designated fast battleships there after. The Scharnhorst was a battleship. It was made to withstand 15 inch hits and was expected to be up gunned by the Germans to twin 15 in turrets but had to be built with triple 11 in because of treaty limitations. They never got around to upgrading them because of a war. The Alaska's had 12 inch guns, standard battleship guns at the time was 15/16/18 inch, ergo large cruiser. Overall battlecruisers were pretty ships, but their cost and effectiveness made them a poor concept. But Jackie Fisher....

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The US was building 2 Battle Cruisers but cause of the Washington Navy Treaty they were converted to the Carriers the Lexington and Saratoga.

if you put thumbnails of the ships, at least be they in scale!!

The Alaska Class in the US was probable the epitome of the Battle-class design. Even if the US called them Large Cruisers.

When considering the size of a battleship, it is not solely the physical dimensions that hold significance, but rather the caliber of its construction, the effectiveness of its leadership, and the proficiency of its crew's seamanship that truly matter.

The Courageous class were not battlecruisers - they were large light cruisers. You should have included Seydlitz instead - a magnificent ship. Good to see that you did not include Alaska as she was was not classified as a battlecruiser by her makers.