![]() She never saw action during the war, as she was undergoing refit.Īfter the war she was put in reserve, before being scrapped in 1923, a very unremarkable end for such a remarkable ship.īelt: 2 heavy armor blocks thick, tapering to 1 block at ends of ship and top and bottom of the belt. She was a very prestigous ship, and a symbol of Brtiain's naval might.Īt the beginning of World War I, Dreadnought was serving as flagship of the 4th Battle Squadron. ![]() She was built in an unprecedented short time, and was commisioned into the fleet on 2 December, 1906.ĭuring the pre-war years she was mainly used as the flagship of the British Home Fleet, until 1911 when she was replaced in that role by the newer dreadnought HMS Neptune. ![]() Fisher saw to it that Dreadnought was built with an unprecedented speed, and she was launched on 10 February, 1906. (Compared with 18 in the Lord Nelsons).ĭreadnought was laid down on the 2 October, 1905 at HM's Dockyard, Portsmouth. (Dreadnought had a broadside of 8 12 inch guns vs the previous Lord Nelson class' 4).ĭreadnought was also incredibly fast compared to previous warships because she was the first Capital ship to use steam turbines which could propel Dreadnought at speeds of up to 21 knots. In Dreadnought, Fisher dispensed with the medium caliber 9-10 inch guns and went for a all-big gun arrangment of 10 12 inch guns, almost doubling the firepower available over previous British battleships. She originated in the ideas of First Sea Lord Jackie Fisher, who wanted a battleship that was faster, more powerful than any battleship that had preceded it.ĭreadnought was revolutionary because she dispensed with the until-then typical arrangment of Battleship armament of a couple of heavy guns (typically 4), of the 11-12 inch caliber, backed up by a smaller battery of 9-10 inch guns, and then followed by a small secondary battery of 3-5 inch guns. ![]() HMS Dreadnought was the first all-big-gun battleship in the world. ![]() The HMS Dreadnought was a revolutionary battleship and was famous for naming not a class of warships, but an entirely new kind of warship. Possibly the most famous Battleship ever made. ![]()
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