10 Facts About Dreadnought

Dreadnought was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century.

Dreadnought races sprang up around the world, including in South America, lasting up to the beginning of World War I Successive designs increased rapidly in size and made use of improvements in armament, armour and propulsion throughout the dreadnought era.

Dreadnought-building consumed vast resources in the early 20th century, but there was only one battle between large dreadnought fleets.

The designers of Dreadnought preferred an all-big-gun design because it would mean only one set of calculations about adjustments to the range of the guns.

Dreadnought breakthrough occurred in the United Kingdom in October 1905.

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Dreadnought carried 12-pounder guns; each of her twenty-two 12-pounders could fire at least 15 rounds a minute at any torpedo boat making an attack.

Construction of Dreadnought coincided with increasing tension between the United Kingdom and Germany.

Dreadnought race stepped up in 1910 and 1911, with Germany laying down four capital ships each year and the United Kingdom five.

The principal economy of displacement compared to Dreadnought was in propulsion; South Carolina retained triple-expansion steam engines, and could manage only 18.

Italian Regia Marina had received proposals for an all-big-gun battleship from Cuniberti well before Dreadnought was launched, but it took until 1909 for Italy to lay down one of its own.