What is the HMS Dreadnought?
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English ship Dreadnought (1573) Dreadnought was a 41-gun galleon of the Tudor navy, built by Mathew Baker and launched in 1573. Like HMS "Dreadnought" of 1906, she was a radical innovation over contemporary ships. When John Hawkins became Treasurer of the Navy in 1577, he had sailed all over the world, and his ideas contributed to the production of a new race-built series of galleons - of which "Dreadnought" was the second (following "Foresight" of 1570) - without the high fore- and after-castles prevalent in earlier galleons; these "marvels of marine design" could reputedly "run circles around the clumsier Spanish competition."
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HMS Dreadnought (1906) HMS "Dreadnought" was a battleship built for the Royal Navy that revolutionised naval power. Its entry into service in 1906 represented such an advance in naval technology that its name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships, the "dreadnoughts", as well as the class of ships named after it. The generation of ships it made obsolete became known as "pre-dreadnoughts". Admiral Sir John "Jacky" Fisher, First Sea Lord of the Board of Admiralty, is credited as the father of "Dreadnought". Shortly after he assumed office, he ordered design studies for a battleship armed solely with 12 in guns and a speed of 21 kn . He convened a "Committee on Designs" to evaluate the alternative designs and to assist in the detailed design work. One ancillary benefit of the Committee was that it would shield him and the Admiralty from political charges that they had not consulted leading experts before designing such a radically different battleship.
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HMS Diamond (D34) HMS "Diamond" is the third ship of the Type 45 or "Daring"-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy. She was launched in 2007, completed her contractor's sea trials in July 2010 and arrived at her base port on 22 September 2010. "Diamond" was commissioned in a traditional ceremony on 6 May 2011, and formally entered service on 12 July 2011.
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HMS Neptune (1909) HMS "Neptune" was a dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century, the sole ship of her class. The ship was the first British battleship to be built with superfiring guns. Shortly after her completion in 1911, she carried out trials of an experimental fire-control director and then became the flagship of the Home Fleet. "Neptune" became a private ship in early 1914 and was assigned to the 1st Battle Squadron (BS).
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N3-class battleship The N3 class was a dreadnought battleship class designed for the Royal Navy after World War I, incorporating lessons learned from that conflict. They were similar in design to the G3-class battlecruiser , but had larger guns and thicker armour. They were never ordered due to signing of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922, which limited the size and armament of battleships to 35000 LT and no gun bigger than 16 in .
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HMS Bulwark (1899) HMS "Bulwark" belonged to a sub-class of the "Formidable"-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy known as the "London" class. Entering service with the Royal Navy in 1902, she sailed with the Mediterranean Fleet until 1907. She then served with the Home Fleet, for a time under Captain Robert Falcon Scott. After a refit in 1912, she was assigned to the 5th Battle Squadron.
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Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship (HMNZS) is the ship prefix used to identify warships and shore facilities commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).
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HMS Nottingham (D91) HMS "Nottingham" was a batch two Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the city of Nottingham, England. She was launched on 18 February 1980, and commissioned on 8 April 1983 as the sixth ship to bear the name.
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HMS Southampton (D90) HMS "Southampton" was a batch two Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after the city of Southampton, England, and built by Vosper Thornycroft, in Southampton. She was the sixth Royal Navy ship to bear the name.
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Dreadnought (naval wargame) Dreadnought is a naval wargame published in 1975 by Simulations Publications, Inc..
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HMS Goliath (1898) HMS "Goliath" was one of the six "Canopus"-class pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Royal Navy in the late 19th century. Commissioned in 1900, she served in the Far East on the China Station until 1905, at which time she joined the Mediterranean Fleet. In 1906, she was attached to the Channel Fleet. Having been mothballed prior to the outbreak of the First World War, she was returned to full commission.
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Portsmouth Dreadnoughts The Portsmouth Dreadnoughts are an American football team currently based in Portsmouth, England. The club was founded in 2012. The team is named after the famous battleship HMS "Dreadnought" that was built in Portsmouth in 1906. The team play in the BAFA National Leagues South West Division.
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Duncan-class battleship The "Duncan" class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy. From 1889, Britain's “rank as a first-class power was bound up with its Mediterranean position” and these lightly armoured fast ships were intended to help meet combined Russian and French threats. Their period of maximum operational significance was short. By 1904, Britain had formed the Entente Cordiale with France whilst Russia was decisively defeated at the Battle of Tsushima the following year. The Battle of Tsushima influenced the design of HMS "Dreadnought" , launched 1906, which eclipsed the "Duncan"s and all previous ships.
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HMS Blackwater (1903) HMS "Blackwater" was a Laird-type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1902–1903 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Blackwater in southern England near London she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.
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HMS Boyne (1904) HMS "Boyne" was a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Boyne in Ireland, the site of a British military victory in 1689, she was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1692 for a two deck ship-of-the-line.
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Dreadnaught wheel A dreadnaught wheel is a wheel with articulated rails attached at the rim to provide a firm footing for the wheel to roll over. It has also been known as endless railway wheels when fitted to road locomotives, and were commonly fitted to steam traction engines. They are very similar to pedrail wheels, differing primarily in that they are not connected to the wheel directly, but articulated to each other.
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HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913) HMS "Queen Elizabeth" was the lead ship of her class of dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s, and was often used as a flagship. She served in World War I as part of the Grand Fleet, and participated in the inconclusive Action of 19 August. Her service during the war generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea. She and the other super-dreadnought battleships were the first of their type to be powered by oil instead of coal. "Queen Elizabeth" later served in several theatres during World War II, and was ultimately scrapped in 1948.
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HMS Superb (1907) HMS "Superb" was one of three "Bellerophon"-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She spent almost her whole career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets. Aside from participating in the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 and the inconclusive Action of 19 August, her service during the First World War generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea.
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HMS Malaya HMS "Malaya" was a "Queen Elizabeth"-class battleship built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Shortly after commissioning in 1916, she participated in the Battle of Jutland as part of the Grand Fleet. Other than that battle, and the inconclusive Action of 19 August, her service during the First World War generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea.
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Formidable-class battleship The Royal Navy's Formidable"-class battleships were an eight-ship class of pre-dreadnoughts designed by Sir William White and built in the late 1890s. The class is often further divided into a separate London" class, and the "London" class sometimes is divided further into a separate "Queen" class. Alongside the King Edward VII class, they were the largest class of battleships built, with eight complete vessels.
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Royal Navy Surface Fleet The Surface Fleet is the name given to the collection of surface vessels (as opposed to submarines or aircraft) of the Royal Navy. At present it consists of two flotillas based at HMNB Portsmouth and HMNB Devonport, both located on the south coast of England, and a flotilla based at HMNB Clyde, Faslane, Scotland. The Surface Fleet consists of a wide variety of vessels, ranging from aircraft carriers to mine countermeasures vessels to offshore patrol vessels, but the backbone of the fleet consists of destroyers (type 45) and frigates (type 23).
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HMS Repulse (1916) HMS "Repulse" was a "Renown"-class battlecruiser of the Royal Navy built during the First World War. Originally laid down as an improved version of the "Revenge"-class battleship s, her construction was suspended on the outbreak of war because she would not be ready in a timely manner. Admiral Lord Fisher, upon becoming First Sea Lord, gained approval to restart her construction as a battlecruiser that could be built and enter service quickly. The Director of Naval Construction (DNC), Eustace Tennyson-D'Eyncourt, quickly produced an entirely new design to meet Admiral Lord Fisher's requirements and the builders agreed to deliver the ships in 15 months. They did not quite meet that ambitious goal, but the ship was delivered a few months after the Battle of Jutland in 1916. "Repulse", and her sister HMS "Renown" , were the world's fastest capital ships upon completion.