Pages in category "World War I naval ships" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

This is a list of battleships of the First World War. All displacements are at standard load, in metric tonnes, so as to avoid confusion over their relative displacements. [Note: Not all displacements have been adjusted to match this yet]. Ideally displacements will be as they were at either the end of the war, or when the ship was sunk.

Mar 14, 2024 · Many great battleships were involved in the First World War such as HMS Canopus and HMS Colossus, for example, and while many have been lost in time, some were improved and upgraded and became famous in their own right. These ships will continue to feature in the history of warfare as time passes.

Apr 9, 2025 · The Emden sank merchant ships in the Bay of Bengal, bombarded Madras (September 22; now Chennai, India), haunted the approaches to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and had destroyed 15 Allied ships in all before it was caught and sunk off the Cocos Islands on November 9 by the Australian cruiser Sydney.

Battles and sirmishes went on from the North sea to the Baltic, the Channel to the Atlantic, north and south, the Mediterranean, the Black sea and even the Pacific. At least ten fleets did take part, the immense majority in the entente side.

Listing of all warships and submarines used during World War 1.

Transport "Antilles" Sunk by Submarine - 1917 On October 17th, 1917, the first loss of an American transport, the Antilles, was torpedoed by a submarine about 300 miles west of Quiberon Bay. The ship sank four minutes after she was struck.

Designated as the Sixth Battle Squadron, the ships were commanded by Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman. Squadron ships were USS New York (Battleship #34), USS Florida (Battleship #30), USS Wyoming...

Fortunately some of their ships survive. Not many, but across the world, representatives of just about every ship type that existed - dreadnought, pre-dreadnought battleships, monitors, armoured cruiser, protected cruisers, light cruiser, torpedo boats, submarines.

This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.