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  2. HMS Superb (1907) - Wikipedia

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    The design of the Bellerophon class was derived from that of the revolutionary [Note 1] battleship HMS Dreadnought, with a slight increase in size, armour and a more powerful secondary armament. [2] Superb had an overall length of 526 feet (160.3 m), a beam of 82 feet 6 inches (25.1 m), and a normal draught of 27 feet (8.2 m). [ 3 ]

  3. HMS Vanguard (23) - Wikipedia

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    By early 1939 it was clear that the first two Lion-class battleships could not be delivered before 1943 at the earliest and that further battleship construction would be necessary to match the German and Japanese battleships already under construction. The main constraint on the construction of any new battleships was the limited available ...

  4. HMS Incomparable - Wikipedia

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    By the standards of her time, she would have been a mammoth vessel. Her intended displacement of 48,000 tons dwarfed the newly built Revenge-class battleships (28,000 tons). No British battleship or battlecruiser would be built of that displacement until HMS Vanguard, which was completed after World War II. [1] [a] [b]

  5. List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    HMS Benbow leads a line of three battleships. This is a list of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.. In 1907, before the revolution in design brought about by HMS Dreadnought of 1906, the United Kingdom had 62 battleships in commission or building, a lead of 26 over France and 50 over the German Empire. [1]

  6. HMS Dreadnought (1906) - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Majestic-class battleship - Wikipedia

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    HMS Royal Sovereign, upon which the design for the Majestic class was based In 1891, Rear Admiral Jackie Fisher, then the Controller of the Royal Navy, issued a request for a new battleship design based on the Royal Sovereign class, but that incorporated a recently designed 12 in (305 mm) gun and Harvey armour, which was significantly stronger than compound armour.

  8. Nelson-class battleship - Wikipedia

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    British Battleships of World War Two: The Development and Technical History of the Royal Navy's Battleship and Battlecruisers from 1911 to 1946. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-817-4. Stern, Robert C. (2017). The Battleship Holiday: The Naval Treaties and Capital Ship Design. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.

  9. List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    British Battleships of World War Two: The Development and Technical History of the Royal Navy's Battleship and Battlecruisers from 1911 to 1946. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-817-4. Roberts, John (1997). Battlecruisers. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-068-1. OCLC 38581302. Taylor, Bruce (2008).