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Hipper immediately turned his battlecruisers towards the gunfire, when, almost simultaneously, spotted a large amount of smoke to the northwest of her position.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was hoped that this capability would allow the battlecruisers to act as a fleet in being.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In some ways, these ships presaged the concept of thebattlecruiser.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Medium starships include cruisers (multipurpose ships with many possible roles) and battlecruisers (heavier, more combat-oriented cruisers).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In 1914, he was promoted to lieutenant and was assigned to thebattlecruiser, followed by the destroyer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There were two schools of thought onbattlecruiserdesign.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By 1915, both battleships and battlecruisers had grown markedly;, for instance, designed at around that time, displaced 45,000 tons.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This design philosophy was most successful in action when the battlecruisers could use their speed to run down smaller and weaker ships.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In fact, older battlecruisers, such as the (19.9%), had a significantly "lower" percentage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During the war, the surviving battlecruisers saw extensive action, and many were sunk.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The expectation was that they would be accompanied by battlecruisers, but these were never completed or approved.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There are two schools of thought surrounding the decision to scuttle thebattlecruiser.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although initially sinking stern-first, thebattlecruiserlevelled out as she sank, with the aft mast the first to strike the bottom.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The original aim of thebattlecruiserwas to hunt down slower, older armoured cruisers and destroy them with heavy gunfire.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She was the only modernizedbattlecruiserto survive the war.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He served his midshipman term on the cruiser andbattlecruiserand after he was commissioned an ensign, he was assigned to the battleship.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After promotion to sub-lieutenant, he served on the cruiser andbattlecruiser.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Spee then turned to escape, but the battlecruisers came within extreme firing range 40 minutes later.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As was the usual pattern of the time, only onebattlecruiserwas ordered per naval programme.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The explosion broke the great battlecruiser's back, and she sank within minutes.
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