Contents

INTRODUCTION

WOODEN WALLS TO ARMOUR PLATE

Henry Grace à Dieu (1514)

San Martín (c1579)

Vasa (1628)

Sovereign of the Seas (1637)

Le Soleil Royal (1669)

Victory (1765)

Santísima Trinidad (1769)

Santa Ana (1784)

Bucentaure (1803)

Gloire (1858)

Victoria (1859)

Warrior (1861)

König Wilhelm (1869)

Devastation (1873)

Italia (1880)

Inflexible (1881)

Collingwood (1887)

Royal Sovereign (1892)

Maine (1895)

Indiana (1895)

Jauréguiberry (1896)

Kearsarge (1900)

Mikasa (1902)

Tsessarevich (1903)

DREADNOUGHTS AND BATTLESHIPS

Dreadnought (1906)

Nassau (1909)

South Carolina (1910)

Lion (1912)

Wyoming (1912)

Derfflinger (1913)

Royal Oak (1914)

Texas (1914)

Queen Elizabeth (1915)

Fuso (1915)

Nevada (1916)

Bayern (1916)

Courageous (1917)

Hood (1920)

Nagato (1920)

Rodney (1927)

Deutschland/Lützow (1933)

Gneisenau (1938)

Scharnhorst (1939)

Bismarck (1940)

Vittorio Veneto (1940)

Richelieu (1940)

Yamato (1941)

Prince of Wales (1941)

Tirpitz (1941)

Indiana (1942)

Iowa (1943)

Vanguard (1946)

INDEX