Battlecruiser Collection

Japanese warship Hiei - Kongo Class Battlecruiser
Hiei - warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston

HMS Hood, British battlecruiser
HMS Hood, a British Admiral-class battlecruiser, launched 1918, served before and during the Second World War, sunk 24 May 1941. Seen here from above. Date: 20th century

HMS Hood, battlecruiser Date: 1920s

HMS Lion hit, Battle of Jutland, WW1
Scene during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War, showing the British battlecruiser HMS Lion being hit on the Q turret

HMS Indefatigable, Battle of Jutland, WW1
HMS Indefatigable, British battlecruiser, launched 1909, served during the First World War. Seen here going into action during the Battle of Jutland, on the day she was sunk. 31 May 1916

HMS Indefatigable sinking, Battle of Jutland, WW1
HMS Indefatigable, British battlecruiser, launched 1909, served during the First World War, seen here sinking during the Battle of Jutland. Date: 31 May 1916

S. M. S. Goeben
The German Imperial Navy battlecruiser SMS Goeben, launched in 1911. Shortly after the outbreak of World War One, along with the Breslau it reached Constantinople

HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, WW1
HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, launched 1916, served during the latter part of the First World War, converted to use as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s

HMS Inflexible, British battlecruiser, WW1
HMS Inflexible, British Invincible-class battlecruiser, launched 1907, served in various locations during the First World War, decommissioned 1920. Date: 1914-1918

Loss of Queen Mary, Jutland
The battle cruiser Queen Mary explodes during the Battle of Jutland, World War One

British battlecruisers HMS Indomitable and Inflexible, WW1
British Invincible-class battlecruisers, HMS Indomitable and HMS Inflexible, travelling at speed on a rough sea during the First World War. 1914-1918

HMS Lion and HMS Princess Royal, WW1
Two British battlecruisers at sea during the First World War. On the left is HMS Lion, and on the right is HMS Princess Royal. Date: circa 1916

HMS New Zealand being refuelled by a BP ship British Emperor. HMS New Zealand was an Indefatigable class battlecruiser built in 1910 as a gift to Britain from the people of New Zealand

HMS New Zealand at sea
HMS New Zealand with canopies covering the guns. HMS New Zealand was an Indefatigable class battlecruiser built in 1910 as a gift to Britain from the people of New Zealand

The Sinking of the the Scharnhorst at the Battle of North
Illustration showing the German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst listing to starboard as she sank at the end of the Battle of North Cape, approximately 7.30pm on 26th December 1943

HMS Furious 47 aircraft carrier, a modified Courageous-class battlecruiser, seen in December 1931, with the removable con seen raised on the flight deck. This was removed for flying operations

HMS Furious
Royal Navy - HMS Furious, Fleet Aircraft Carrier, a modified Courageous-class battlecruiser, in July 1932. Date: 1932

HMS Furious 47
Royal Navy - HMS Furious 47, an aircraft carrier converted from a Courageous-class battlecruiser, in March 1930. Date: 1930

HMS Courageous - Fleet aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous, a Courageous-class battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by First Sea Lord John Fisher

Turkish Law Courts - The trial of Ihsan Eryavuz, also known as "Topcu"Ihsan ("Artilleryman"Ihsan)
Turkish Law Courts - The trial of Ihsan Eryavuz, also known as " Topcu" Ihsan (" Artilleryman" Ihsan), Mehmet Ihsan Bey (1877-1947) - a Turkish career officer

German Battlecruiser Goeben renamed Sultan Selim I
WW1 - Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - The German Battlecruiser Goeben renamed Sultan Selim I - passing the Allied fleet for internment after capture/surrender. Date: 1916

A Battlecruiser and a Destroyer. Date: circa 1910s

Men stand on forepart of part-submerged German Battlecruiser
WW1 - Men stand on the forepart of part-submerged German Battlecruiser SMS Bremse - Orkney - possibly part of the Scapa Flow salvage operations which commenced in 1919. Date: 1919

Turkish battlecruiser, Yavuz Sultan Selim, formerly the German ship SMS Goeben, transferred to Turkey in 1914. Date: circa 1920

Battlecruiser HMS Hood, . Date: 1930s

H. M. S. Indefatigable
The Indefatigable was launched in 1909, lead ship of the Royal Navy Indefatigable battlecruiser class. She was sunk at the Battle of Jutland in 1916

HMS Lion, British battlecruiser, WW1
HMS Lion, British battlecruiser, launched 1910, served in various locations during the First World War, decommissioned 1922. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Duke of York, 1943
Photograph showing the Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York firing a salvo from her after turret in 1943. The Duke of York, launched in 1940

German battlecruisers Seydlitz and Moltke, 1915
German battlecruisers Seydlitz (top) and Moltke (bottom), two of those defeated in the North Sea on 24th January 1915 while on a raiding expedition against the British coast. Date: 1915

The Royal Cruise - Duke of York and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
The Royal Cruise on HMS Renown (Renown-class battlecruiser) - (inset right) Prince Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) (later King George VI)

Launch of the German battlecruiser SMS Hindenburg
Launched at Wilhelmshaven on 1 August 1915. Date: 1 August 1915

Early Aircraft Carrier - HMS Furious
Aft view of HMS Furious, a modified Courageous-class battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy (RN) during the First World War. Modified during construction for use as an aircraft carrier

Battlecruiser HMS Renown, . Commemorative card Date: 1920s

Battlecruiser HMS Tiger, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Date: 1929

Battlecruiser HMS Renown, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Date: 1929

Big-gun ammunition on board the HMS Lion 1917
A heavy projectile for the Lions main armament of turret guns coming on board: Lowering the shell onto the deck. Date: 1917

HMS Renown
The Battlecruiser HMS Renown passing the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, entering the Grand Harbour in Malta in the 1930s Date: 1930s

HMS New Zealand, battlecruiser in Durban Date: 1913

HMS Argus (I49) in habour in 1918, painted in camouflage
HMS Argus (I49) in habour in 1918, painted in dazzle camouflage, with a Renown class battlecruiser in the distance. Date: 1918

Von Der Tann Cruiser
Germanys first battlecruiser, she is severely damaged at the battle of Jutland, all guns out of action, but makes it home. She will be scuttled at Scapa Flow in June 1918. Date: launched 1909

Damage to HMS Tiger during the Battle of Jutland, WW1
Damage to the British battlecruiser HMS Tiger, hit during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War. Date: 31 May - 1 June 1916

HMS New Zealand, Battle of Jutland, WW1
HMS New Zealand, Indefatigable class British battlecruiser (a gift from the government of New Zealand), launched 1911, served during the First World War, decommissioned 1922

HMS Indomitable and Inflexible, Battle of Jutland, WW1
British Invincible-class battlecruisers, HMS Indomitable and HMS Inflexible, taking part in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War. Date: 1 June 1916

Wreck of HMS Invincible, Battle of Jutland, WW1
Scene during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War, showing the wreck of the British battlecruiser HMS Invincible

Men on HMS Tiger during the Battle of Jutland, WW1
Men on the Q turret of British battlecruiser HMS Tiger, after being hit during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War. Date: 31 May - 1 June 1916

Invincible or Indefatigable class Battlecruiser, WW1
An Invincible or Indefatigable class Battlecruiser, which served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy during World War I

British 1st and 2nd Battlecruiser Squadrons, WW1
British 1st and 2nd Battlecruiser Squadrons at sea during the First World War. Date: 1914

HMS Indefatigable, British battlecruiser, WW1
HMS Indefatigable, British battlecruiser, launched 1909, served during the First World War, sunk during the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. Seen here (right foreground) with other ships

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