And in this, you have a lot of people that simply can not understand what is actually meant. And even more hilariously, they make things up to try and explain what they do not understand.
I read briefly the one you quoted, and was laughing in mirth as I did so. As they obviously have absolutely no idea why or how ships are named and classified as they are.
First of all, the HMS Invincible nor any other British ship has ever had the designation "BC". First of all, that is a uniquely American classification system that the Royal Navy does not use. And I can promise there has never been a ship of the Royal Navy that used BB, BC, or anything even remotely like that. So what we have is somebody trying to assign USN hull classifications to the Royal Navy. A funny fail in and of itself. Do they also reclassify Soviet and Russian aircraft to insert the "A", "F", and "B" of the US?
Secondly, that is a completely fictional hull classification, as the US has never once used the designation "BC" for anything. And it is nonsensical, as anybody that actually knows how the hull classification system works can attest. A Hull classification of "BC" for "Battle Cruiser" is nonsensical, it would be like calling a fictional heavy destroyer a "CD".
Thirdly, the US never really went into "Battlecruisers", instead building "Armored Cruisers". Many like the Alaska Class are considered the pinnacle of Armored/Battle Cruiser design, but they operated as conventional cruisers but simply had more armor. As opposed to actual "Battle Cruisers" which is generally when one puts upsized Battleship guns onto a cruiser. Like the famous German "Pocket Battleships" such as the SMS Mackensen class. A Heavy Cruiser that mounted a gun that was designed to be used on Battleships of the era (14" guns - cruisers of the time normally mounted 12" guns).
I saw that when you quoted back, and it was hard to simply chuckle at the vomit of nonsense and not giggle like a child. That is almost all completely made up, and nonsensical. Especially the part about "modern battleships" being designated as "BB". Uh, all US Battleships were designated as BB, going all the way back to the USS Indiana (BB-1) all the way back in 1891.
Of course, many Naval Historians still debate if the USS Texas of 1886 is even a "Battleship" at all or not. It had 2 guns, each single mounted into two turrets. One facing forward, one facing aft.
Most I know do not actually classify that as a "battleship", but a heavy ocean Monitor. Not quite a Battleship, but on the way to becoming one. And it had a life of barely over a decade and a half, entering service in 1895, and being pulled from service in 1911 and sunk as a target by the USS New Hampshire (BB-25). If anything, a claim could be made to calling the original USS Texas a B class ship, akin to the C class of the era.
I even wonder if the poster knows why Aircraft Carriers have the designations they have? Or what a hull classification of CZ would have meant? And what actually makes a ship the classification that it has. What is the difference between an Armored Cruiser and a Battle Cruiser? One actually has to know and understand the difference before they try and pass themselves off as any kind of expert on the topic.
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