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What was the most successful warship of WW2?
Originally Answered: What battleship was the most successful in WW2? The most SUCCESSFUL was HMS Warspite, which accumulated battle honors by the bucketful.
Who has the best warships in WW2?
At the beginning of World War II, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world, with the largest number of warships built and with naval bases across the globe. It had over 15 battleships and battlecruisers, 7 aircraft carriers, 66 cruisers, 164 destroyers and 66 submarines.
What was the best battleship ever?
The result was the Iowa class, the most powerful and best-designed battleships ever built. USS Missouri, the third laid down but last completed of the Iowa class, carried a slightly heavier main armament than the South Dakotas and could make five extra knots.
What was the deadliest battleship in WW2?
6 Yamato. The lead ship of the Yamato Class was acquired by the Imperial Japanese Navy before the 2nd world war. Yamato, along with her class counterpart Musashi, were the heaviest and the most powerfully armed battleships the world ever saw. She had a displacement of 72,800 tonnes at maximum load up.
What is the most feared battleship?
Naval Expert: The USS Missouri Was the Most Dangerous Battleship Ever.
What is the most famous warship in the world?
The USS Missouri has been described as the most famous battleship ever built. Nicknamed “Mighty Mo,” the Missouri was an Iowa-class battleship that saw combat in World War II, the Korean War and the Gulf War.
What was the best ship design of World War 2?
The Iowa class of ships was by far the best design during WW2, though as Ovidious stated they had the benefit of being built during wartime, thus able to take onboard the changes effecting Battleship design. In regards to British ships I’ve always been a fan of HMS Nelson & Rodney.
What are the best battleships and warships of all time?
The best battleships and warships of all time 1 HMS Victory 2 USS Constitution 3 German battleship Bismarck 4 USS Missouri 5 Zumwalt Class Destroyers 6 HMS Dreadnought 7 HMS Queen Elizabeth 8 HMS Defender 9 USNS Spearhead 10 HMS Hood
What was the worst British battleship of the 1940s?
Nelson class was the worst possible design for a British battleship in the 1940s conditions (although she was built in 1927). Her obvious faults were: I want to sya the Bismark, but she was hardly a weapon during the war…
What is the largest battleship ever built by Germany?
The Bismark, along with the Tirpitz, famously has the title of being the largest battleship ever built by Germany and technically the largest ever built by any European country.