Key Points and Summary - HMS Vanguard was conceived in 1941 as a fast capital ship that could keep up with carriers and fight heavy surface threats, using stored 15-inch turrets in a brand-new, ...

The idea for the HMS Vanguard came in response to a strategic assessment that by the early 1940s, the Royal Navy would be outnumbered in battleships by the German Kriegsmarine and Japanese Imperial ...

Although battleships were replaced by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might. What You Need to Know: HMS ...