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HMS Dreadnought was a Royal Navy battleship, the design of which revolutionised naval power.The ship's entry into service in 1906 represented such an 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.
The Royal Navy's revolutionary HMS Dreadnought, launched in 1906, gave its name to the type USS Texas, the only dreadnought still in existence, [1] was launched in 1912 and is now a museum ship. The dreadnought was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century.
HMS Dreadnought (1723) was a 60-gun ship of the line built at Portsmouth; HMS Dreadnought (1742) was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1742 and sold 1784. HMS Dreadnought (1801) was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1801, converted to a hospital ship in 1827, and broken up 1857. HMS Dreadnought (1856) was a hospital ship, formerly HMS Caledonia.
The initial design was for a five turret ship, but was reduced to four when it was found that even just four turrets of the new 15 inch guns would still provide greater broadside hitting power (15,000 pounds (6,800 kg)) compared to the previous Iron Duke-class (14,000 pounds (6,400 kg)). Secondary armament was fourteen 6-inch, two 3-inch anti ...
RMS Queen Elizabeth's size record stood for the longest time at over 54 years. This is a timeline of the world's largest passenger ships based upon internal volume, initially measured by gross register tonnage and later by gross tonnage. This timeline reflects the largest extant passenger ship in the world at any given time.
The images show the ship in two parts, with the stern separated from the bow by around 2,600ft (800 metres). Watch: First full-size scan of Titanic reveals haunting new details of shipwreck Skip ...
The first full-size digital scan of the Titanic has revealed the world’s most famous shipwreck as never seen before, and experts hope that it will provide more insight into how the liner came to ...
The world's longest ships are listed according to their overall length (LOA), which is the maximum length of the vessel measured between the extreme points in fore and aft. In addition, the ships' deadweight tonnage (DWT) and/or gross tonnage (GT) are presented as they are often used to describe the size of a vessel. The ships are listed by type.