That’s the HMS Dreadnought. Arguably the most modern and ground-breaking ship design at the time, and basically sparked the entire naval race across Europe.
The pace of change around that time was incredible. In 1906 she was probably the most advanced warship in the world. A decade later she was obsolete.
HMS Jackie Smith
Robert K Massie’s Dreadnought is one of the best books I’ve ever read, full of amazing character sketches tying together a narrative of years of European competition and tension from Queen Victoria, through colonial schemes, gunship diplomacy, Rhodes, Bismarck, the Kaisers, the withered arm, Cowes regatta, Sir Edward Gray, culminating in the naval arms race and WW1. If I could only read one history, this would be it.
The ship that inadvertently made our entire fleet obsolete
the Ship Virginia Woolf pretended to be Abyssinian on ( the Dreadnought)
A old one
HMS Dreadnought. Wing turrets were only featured on Dreadnought, the Bellerophon and St Vincent classes before a different turret arrangement was adopted, but Dreadnought had her main mast mounted behind the forward funnel, causing the observation platform to be intolerably hot, with the subsequent design bringing the main mast ahead of the funnel.
HMS Dreadnought. The first modern battleship.
The Royal Navy unintentionally shot itself in the foot as her construction kick-started the Naval arms race prior to WWI.
Back when cigarette cards were a thing people would have had the answer quite quickly
That is the venerable HMS Dreadnought.
A ship so revolutionary to naval warfare that she technically defeated* both the Royal Navy and the Imperial German Navy.
*Hyperbole: her introduction meant that previous battleships became obsolete.
HMS Dreadnought is a good case example of a ‘wonder weapon’ that absolutely alters the playing field simply by existing.
“Fear God and Dread Naught”
Dreadnought…Too expensive to fight ships, slthough there was one battle, once.
[Unopposed under crimson skies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJK0jhymE5A
)
Immortalized, over time their legend will rise
And their foes can’t believe their eyes, believe their size, as they fall
And the Dreadnoughts dread nothing at all
Unopposed under crimson skies
Immortalized, over time their legend will rise
The Isle of Wight ferry.
HMS Dreadnought. She also sunk a submarine by ramming it.
HMS Dreadnought, a beautiful ship who was the pinnacle of naval power in her day. But during the early 1900s, tech moved on so fast that after 10 years, she was considered obsolete. It’s amazing, and sad, how quickly tech can progress during times of war, compared with other times in history.
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That’s the HMS Dreadnought. Arguably the most modern and ground-breaking ship design at the time, and basically sparked the entire naval race across Europe.
The pace of change around that time was incredible. In 1906 she was probably the most advanced warship in the world. A decade later she was obsolete.
HMS Jackie Smith
Robert K Massie’s Dreadnought is one of the best books I’ve ever read, full of amazing character sketches tying together a narrative of years of European competition and tension from Queen Victoria, through colonial schemes, gunship diplomacy, Rhodes, Bismarck, the Kaisers, the withered arm, Cowes regatta, Sir Edward Gray, culminating in the naval arms race and WW1. If I could only read one history, this would be it.
The ship that inadvertently made our entire fleet obsolete
the Ship Virginia Woolf pretended to be Abyssinian on ( the Dreadnought)
A old one
HMS Dreadnought. Wing turrets were only featured on Dreadnought, the Bellerophon and St Vincent classes before a different turret arrangement was adopted, but Dreadnought had her main mast mounted behind the forward funnel, causing the observation platform to be intolerably hot, with the subsequent design bringing the main mast ahead of the funnel.
HMS Dreadnought. The first modern battleship.
The Royal Navy unintentionally shot itself in the foot as her construction kick-started the Naval arms race prior to WWI.
Back when cigarette cards were a thing people would have had the answer quite quickly
That is the venerable HMS Dreadnought.
A ship so revolutionary to naval warfare that she technically defeated* both the Royal Navy and the Imperial German Navy.
*Hyperbole: her introduction meant that previous battleships became obsolete.
HMS Dreadnought is a good case example of a ‘wonder weapon’ that absolutely alters the playing field simply by existing.
“Fear God and Dread Naught”
Dreadnought…Too expensive to fight ships, slthough there was one battle, once.
[Unopposed under crimson skies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJK0jhymE5A
)
Immortalized, over time their legend will rise
And their foes can’t believe their eyes, believe their size, as they fall
And the Dreadnoughts dread nothing at all
Unopposed under crimson skies
Immortalized, over time their legend will rise
The Isle of Wight ferry.
HMS Dreadnought. She also sunk a submarine by ramming it.
HMS Dreadnought, a beautiful ship who was the pinnacle of naval power in her day. But during the early 1900s, tech moved on so fast that after 10 years, she was considered obsolete. It’s amazing, and sad, how quickly tech can progress during times of war, compared with other times in history.