Battleship Generations and WW2 Torpedoes
Data and lists from the videos released w/c 20th January 2025:
Battleship Generations:
1st Generation Pre-dreadnoughts
· Steel armour
· High freeboard (relative to preceding ironclads)
· Generally /30 or /35 calibre guns
· Generally 4 main guns, usually in a pair of twin turrets, one fore and one aft (some exceptions for more extreme doctrines)
· Main gun calibre 11” or above unless 2nd class.
2nd Generation Pre-dreadnoughts
· Krupp Steel armour
· High freeboard
· /40 calibre guns or longer
· Generally 4 main guns, usually in a pair of twin turrets, one fore and one aft (some exceptions for more extreme doctrines)
· Main gun calibre 11” or above.
Semi-Dreadnoughts
· Large number (8 or more) of secondary guns 8” or greater
· No further secondary armament primarily for engaging capital ships (ATB weapons only)
· Main gun calibre 11” or above.
1st Generation Dreadnoughts
· Main gun calibre 11” or 12”
· 8-10 main guns
· 8-10 gun broadside
· Secondary battery primarily for ATB work
· May have wing or en-echelon turrets
· Turbine or VTE propulsion
2nd Generation Dreadnoughts
· Main gun calibre 12”
· At least 12 main guns
· Full broadside (no wing/very limited arc en echelon turrets)
· Generally turbine propulsion
1st Generation Super-Dreadnoughts
· Main gun calibre between 13” and 14”
· 8 to 10 main guns
2nd Generation Super-Dreadnoughts
· Main guns calibre 13-15”
· >12 guns if under 14”, 12*14” or 8*15”
1st Generation Washington Battleships
· 16” guns
· 8-9 guns
· Displacement <35kt
2nd Generation Washington Battleships
· 16” or 18” guns
· 10+ 16” or 8+ 18” guns
· Displacement >35kt
Treaty Battleships
· Speed >27knots
· Standard displacement ~35kt or less
· Generally 14” to 16” guns
· Built under WNT/LNT restrictions
Treaty-Period Battleships
· Of the period of the Treaty Battleships but with displacement significantly in excess of 35kt
Post-Treaty Battleships
· Ships built or planned without 35kt displacement limit in mind nor claiming to adhere to this
