Talk:Battleship

戦列艦 are 'Line of Battle ship' = 'ship of the line' (or 'Battleship of the line'). The naming is on purpose. Reason being that early ships lined up and fire broadsides with their hundreds of cannons. The mine ships do the same by forming walls and fire all their mines. They do not engage ships like modern battleships do. Almael 03:45, October 27, 2010 (UTC)