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August 17th, 2005
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| Milites Gregarius | Post; what country held this ship....i need to knowwhat country built and commissioned the "Dreadnaught" or was it called dreadnought? i cant spell it right.......... its a ship i heard of that was used during world war one.....but i cant figure out where it originated
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August 17th, 2005
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| Milites Gregarius | Post; i think this is what it looks like |
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August 17th, 2005
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| Chief Engineer  | Great Britian built the Dreadnaught.
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August 17th, 2005
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| Milites Gregarius | Post; thxi needed to know that |
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August 17th, 2005
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| Immunes | Bit of a race between the Brits and the US for the first dreadnought. Prior to 1900, most ship battles were a relatively close quarter affair but a battle between the Russians & Japanes in 1905 proved the value of long distance guns. The battleships up to that time generally had only four batteries but the dreadnought design had 10 12'' guns. It was basically just a bigger, faster and meaner battleship. I think the first Dreadnought was the British HMS Invincible built in 1905(?) but others may know more. By the start of the war, the battlecruiser was in production which was faster again and had 8 x 15" guns. The first of those was either the HMS Queen Elizabeth or the HMS Warspite. Austria, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US all built various versions of the dreadnought. |
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August 17th, 2005
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | England built the first dreadnaught naming it after a line of a famous strong and stoic sounding poem that ended something like "...and dread not." |
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August 17th, 2005
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | The Dreadnought was the first Capital Ship to be fitted with steam turbines rather than reciprocating engine. The steam turbine gave the ship far more power and far less vibration. It was the first of the Modern Battleships
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August 17th, 2005
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| Master Gunner | It was also the first all "big gun" battleship. Before her, ships were a mixture of various calibers.
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August 23rd, 2005
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | The first Dreadnaught was HMS Dreadnaught. It was the maiden ship that inspired the "Dreadnaught" class. There is a book DREADNAUGHT! by Robert K Massie that was a NYTimes best seller a few years back. Its Excellent Read for anyone whose interested in the Dreadnaught story. |
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August 23rd, 2005
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| Master Gunner | Quote:
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