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Warships

Warships Throughout Time

A warship or combatant ship is a naval ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare. Usually they belong to the armed forces of a state. As well as being armed, warships are designed to withstand damage and are usually faster and more maneuverable than merchant ships. Unlike a merchant ship, which carries cargo, a warship typically carries only weapons, ammunition and supplies for its crew. Warships usually belong to a navy, though they have also been operated by individuals, cooperatives and corporations.

In wartime, the distinction between warships and merchant ships is often blurred. In war, merchant ships are often armed and used as auxiliary warships, such as the Q-ships of the First World War and the armed merchant cruisers of the Second World War. Until the 17th century it was common for merchant ships to be pressed into naval service and not unusual for more than half a fleet to be composed of merchant ships. Until the threat of piracy subsided in the 19th century, it was normal practice to arm larger merchant ships such as galleons. Warships have also often been used as troop carriers or supply ships, such as by the French Navy in the 18th century or the Japanese Navy during the Second World War.

Warship Class: All Salmon A and B Class Abdiel Admiral Admiral Hipper Adua Agano Aigle Akagi Akatsuki Akitsu Maru Akitsuki Alaska Algérie Allen M. Sumner Alsace Amagi Andrea Doria Andrea Gritti Aoba Aquila Arethusa Argus Ark Royal Atlanta Attacker B1 Class Bagley Balao Baltimore Battle Bay Bearn Benham Benson Bird Birmingham Bismarck Bolzano Bretagne Brooklyn C and D Class C Class (Spanish Submarine) Canarias Caracciolo Carlisle Cavour Cervera Chacal Chester Chitose Churruca Cimarron Clemson Cleveland Colorado Colossus Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro Commandant Teste Condottieri County Courageous Courbet Crown Colony D Class (C/E/F) Dacia Daihatsu Danae De Zeven Provencien Deutschland Deutschland WW1 Dido Dithmarschen Dubrovnik Dunkerque Duquesne E and F Class Eidsvold Elbing Emden Emerald Émile Bertin Essex Europa York Farragut (1934) Fletcher Foca Furutaka Fusō G-H-I Class Gangut Gato Gearing Gerard Callenburgh Gleaves Gnevnyi Gouden Leeuw Graf Zeppelin Gridley H-Class Battleship Hawkins Hermes Higgins Hiryū Hiyo Hōshō Hunt II Idzumo Illustrious Ilmarinen Implacable Independence Iowa Ise J-K-N Class Java Joffre K-Class (Cruiser) K6 Kaga Kagerō Kamikaze Kinai Maru King George V Kirov Kongō Königsberg Kormoran Krasnyi Kavkaz Kuma L and M Class l'Adroit La Galissonniere Langley Le Fantasque Leander Leipzig Leningrad Lexington Lion Littorio M-Class Minesweeper (1935) Mackerel Mahan Matsu Midway Minotaur Mississippi Mogador Mogami Moltke Montana Myōkō Nagara Nagato Narwhal Nelson Nevada New Mexico New Orleans No.1-class landing ship North Carolina Northampton Omaha Oyodo P-Class Pennsylvania Perla Pisa Pluton Porter Portland Profintern Proteus Queen Elizabeth Queen Mary Ranger Rapana Redoutable Renown Revenge Richelieu River Ruler Ryūjō S and T Class S Electric Boat Salmon Saphir Sargo Scharnhorst Scott Sendai S-Class (Srednyaya) Shark Shimakaze Shinano Shiratsuyu Shōkaku Sims Sjolejonet Somers Sōryū South Dakota Sovyetskiy Soyuz Spahkreuzer Spica ST Class St. Louis STO Storozhevoi Suffren Surcouf T Class Tachin Taiho Taiyo Takao Tambor Tashkent Tennessee Tenryū Tone Town Trad Trento Tribal Tromp Type B-65 Battleship Type IA Type IIB Type IXC Type VIIB Type VIIC Type XB Type XIV Type XXI U and V Class U Class Unicorn Unryū V and W Class Vanguard Vestal Von der Tann Vosper Wasp WGT Class Wicher Wichita Wickes Yamato York Yorktown Yubari Yūgumo Z Class Zara Zuiho
Nationality: All Argentina Australia Brazil Canada Chile Finland France Germany Greece India Italy Japan New Zealand Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Thailand The Netherlands Turkey United Kingdom United States Venezuela
Type: All Auxiliary Battleship Carrier Cruiser Destroyer Submarine Torpedo Boat
Period: All Cold War Modern World War I World War II