HMS Dreadnought

History of HMS Dreadnought

When she was commissioned in 1906, the HMS Dreadnought was the main battleship class of her era. Even though she did not sink any other battleships in battle during World War I, or even took part in the famous Battle of Jutland, the dreadnought was appointed as a revolutionary ship of the time.

The reason is simple, because their revolutionary weapon scheme, range-finding electronic weapon system and speed-up technology are combined in a modern design for the first time.

For some time now, many warship engineers have been planning a new type of warship. In 1903, Italian naval engineer Vittorio Cuniberti wrote about the concept of a "full cannon" ship design. British Admiral Jackie Fisher developed a similar concept around 1900. However, when others thought, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) began building the first ship with a cannon, the IJN Satsuma in 1904. The dreadnought, which was laid down five months ago, will be fitted with 12 Armstrong 12-inch (30 cm) main guns, displacing 19,700 tons.

Instead, the 10-inch guns were replaced as only 4 of the 12 large guns ordered were shipped to Japan due to stock in the Armstrong factory in the UK. Therefore, the British design is the focus, so any similar warships that appear soon will have the generic name "Dreadnought" as their type.

Instead, all early steel battleships of the same era were referred to as "pre-dreadnought" battleships.

The dreadnought began sea trials in December 1906 and sailed to the Mediterranean in January 1907, then to Port of Spain in Trinidad. Their successful attempt was observed by many navies from around the world and sparked a naval arms race, with the addition of Dreadnought battleships to all major fleets in time.

When the dreadnoughts entered service, Britain had 25 first-class battleships, ahead of foreign naval fleets. With the dreadnoughts, Britain was left with only one ship - all the other British first-class battleships became the second-class ships before the dreadnoughts.

When World War I began in the summer of 1914, the dreadnought was the flagship of the 4th Combat Squadron stationed in Scapa Flow. Interestingly, her only major action in a ship designed to attack enemy battleships was the sinking of the German U-boat U-29 on March 18, 1915, making her the only ship to carry the U- boat sunken battleship.

As a result, she missed the Battle of Jutland during her overhaul. Like most older battleships, she fell into disrepair due to constant cruising in the North Sea and was sold in 1920 and scrapped in 1921 for ?44,000.

After the First World War, all dreadnoughts built followed this example and were either scrapped or used as targets. Some advanced "Super Dreadnoughts" served during World War II until they reached end of life in return. So, starting at the end of World War I, the word "dreadnought" was gradually dropped from slang.

They were replaced by battleships with superior performance and firepower characteristics.

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