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- Background
- Ships of the line
- Ironclads
- ''Jeune École''
- Development of the modern battleship
- Pre-dreadnought battleships
- Early combat experiences
- Dreadnought battleships
- World War I
- Inter-war period
- Rise of air power
- Fast battleships and the end of the treaty system
- World War II
- European theater
- Pacific theater
- Cold War: end of the battleship era
- Strategy and doctrine
- Doctrine
- Tactics
- Psychological and diplomatic impact
- Cost-effectiveness
- Former operators
- See also
- Footnotes
- Notes
- Citations
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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A battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of large guns, designed to serve as a capital ship. From their advent in the late 1880s, battleships were among the largest and most formidable warship types ever built, until they were surpassed by aircraft carriers beginning in the 1940s. The modern battleship traces its origin to the sailing ship of the line, which was developed into the steam ship of the line and soon thereafter the ironclad warship. After a period of extensive experimentation in the 1870s and 1880s, ironclad design was largely standardized by the British , which are usually referred to as the first "pre-dreadnought battleships". These ships carried an armament that usually included four large guns and several medium-caliber guns that were to be used against enemy battleships, and numerous small guns for self-defense.