| My ship was the Princess Royal, a battlecruiser which because of its speed was well ahead of our own main fleet. |
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| What kind of chance can a few wings of starfighters, a Battlecruiser or two, a few interdictors and some frigates have against a force that size? |
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| The resulting yield from the salvo caused the Battlecruiser to break apart, a tidal wave of flame running its entire length. |
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| On the afternoon of 31 May, Beatty encountered Hipper's battlecruiser force long before the Germans had expected. |
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| Maass informed Rear Admiral Franz Hipper who commanded the German battlecruiser squadron, and who was responsible for local defence. |
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| The battleship design was complemented by the introduction of a variant with lighter armour and greater speed, which became the battlecruiser. |
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| Since visibility and firepower now favoured the Germans, there was no incentive for Beatty to risk further battlecruiser losses when his own gunnery could not be effective. |
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| In effect, the gun crews had laid an explosive train from the turret to the magazines, and one shell hit to a battlecruiser turret was enough to end a ship. |
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| To encourage the German fleet to stay at home, the British would make occasional forays with the Grand Fleet and patrol with smaller cruiser and battlecruiser squadrons. |
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| One class of ship that appeared just before the war was the battlecruiser. |
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| Two dreadnoughts and one battlecruiser were to be built each year. |
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