List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy
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List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy
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The battlecruiser was the brainchild of Admiral Sir John ("Jacky") Fisher, the man who had sponsored the construction of the world's first "all big gun" warship, HMS Dreadnought. He visualised a new breed of warship with the armament of a battleship, but faster, lighter, and less heavily armoured. The first three battlecruisers, the Invincible class, were laid down while Dreadnought was being built in 1906. This design philosophy was most successful in action when the battlecruisers could use th
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