A warship in a time of war would be used to wage naval battle against other warships, to blockade routes of trade and to support, and sometimes to support soldier on nearby lands. In a time of peace the warship could be used to occupy an area.
Primarily over 2,000 merchant vessels, with a sprinkling of allied warships.
privately owned warships
The Battle of Britain contained many weapons, it was primarily a air and sea battle so there was no uses of tanks, poison gas, or ground forces. the primary fighter of Great Britain was the spitfire while the German lufftwaffe (airforce) used primarily Junkers bombers and Messerschmidt Fighters, there were also various special weapons like the German V1 and V2 rockets which were the first longrange cruise missiles, for the naval battle Germany was a major submarine and navel power with the U-Boats that sank many Allied transpots and warships, and the powerful superbattleships of the Bismarck class. Britain also a navel power had the standard submarine fleet and many lighter warships such as cruisers, destroyers, and battleships
Ironclad warships and Rifle
The battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia changed the way warships were built. The two ships were both ironclad warships.
World War I submarines were primarily used to locate and attack surface cargo and warships.
Primarily the IJN & USN used subs for "battle." Reconnaissance and picking off special warships (flagships, carriers, etc.) was their mission. DKM primarily used their subs for merchant ship sinkings.
"Fleet" can be used for both warships and peaceable merchant ships. "Convoy" requires some warships, but may involve merchant ships being protected by the warships.
Privateer
Primarily over 2,000 merchant vessels, with a sprinkling of allied warships.
Ironclad warships that were used against each side were significant in the world of naval warfare. It made wooden warships and cargo ships easy targets for ironclad ships of war.
The primary
a flotilla of warships
As an ingenious new method of sinking warships.
A fleet. The term flotilla is also used sometimes.
The collective nouns are a fleet of warships, an armada of warships, a flotilla of warships.
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