Ship Type

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Type	Ship Type
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Summary	Battleships, cruisers, destroyers etc.
Details	The armoured cruiser classes have been included with the battleships as they have all the properties of a battleship usually less armour and firepower but greater speed. They often fought with the battle line. They seem to be the pre-dreadnought eauivalent of the battle cruiser. The type: cruiser or armoured cruiser ship class has been provided to view the armoured cruisers with the traditional cruisers.


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Coverage	Cruisers. battleships, destroyers and aircraft carriers are fairly complete for the major maritime countries.

Ship Type	Major Type	Summary
Aircraft Carrier	Ship Type	Able to operate more than a few aircraft, usually only dual purpose guns.
Amphibious Warfare	Ship Type	To land troops and equipment on a hostile beach.
Auxilary	Ship Type
Battleship	Ship Type	Large bore guns, heavily armoured - able to fight the largest ships of the opposition.
Coastal Motor Boat	Ship Type
Cruiser	Ship Type	Over 4000t, guns larger than 5in, faster than 20kts. Armoured against destroyer guns or better.
Destroyer	Ship Type	Fast, ocean going, unarmoured, rapid fire guns against unarmoured ships and with torpedoes against armoured ships.
Escort	Ship Type	Slower than 25kts, less than 2000t, dual purpose guns and anti-submarine armaments, great endurance.
Gunboat	Ship Type
Icebreaker	Ship Type
Minelayer	Ship Type	Primary function is laying of mines. Often fast.
Monitor	Ship Type	Few large bore guns, slow, often armoured.
Submarine	Ship Type	Able to submerge.
Tender	Ship Type	Base facilities for small craft, not intended for offensive action.

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