This was the only time that British dreadnought battleships fired on their German counterparts during the war. ĭreadnought did not participate in any of World War I's naval battles as she was being refitted during the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Her launch helped spark a naval arms race as navies around the world, particularly the German Imperial Navy rushed to match her in the build-up to World War I. She was also the first capital ship to be powered by steam turbines, making her the fastest battleship in the world at the time of her completion. One ancillary benefit of the Committee was that it would shield him and the Admiralty from political charges that they had not consulted leading experts before designing such a radically different battleship.ĭreadnought was the first battleship of her era to have a uniform main battery, rather than having a few large guns complemented by a heavy secondary battery of smaller guns. He convened a 'Committee on Designs' to evaluate the alternative designs and to assist in the detailed design work. Shortly after he assumed office he ordered design studies for a battleship armed solely with 12-inch (305 mm) guns and a speed of 21 knots (39 km/h 24 mph).

She was the sixth ship of that name in the Royal Navy.Īdmiral Sir John 'Jacky' Fisher, First Sea Lord of the Board of Admiralty, is credited as the father of the Dreadnought.

The generation of ships she made obsolete became known as ' pre-dreadnoughts'. Her entry into service in 1906 represented such a marked advance in naval technology that her name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships, the ' dreadnoughts', as well as the class of ships named after her. HMS Dreadnought was a battleship of the Royal Navy that revolutionised naval power. Dreadnought at sea note the torpedo net booms folded against her sideġ8,120 long tons (18,410 t) (normal load)Ħ,620 nautical miles (12,260 km 7,620 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h 12 mph)

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