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Launched
in 1905, HMS Dreadnought's revolutionary design made
all other battleships obsolete.
So advanced was Dreadnought that her name became a
generic term for modern battleships, whilst the
ships she made obsolete became known as
"pre-dreadnoughts". From 1906
the world’s battle fleets were divided into
Dreadnoughts and pre-Dreadnoughts. A new Dreadnought
race broke out between Britain and Germany, which
helped to raise the level of tension in Europe.
Dreadnought was the
first battleship of her era to have a uniform main
battery, rather than having a few large guns
complemented by a heavy secondary battery of
somewhat smaller guns.
Perhaps the most
innovative part of the Dreadnought's design was the
use of Parsons Turbines to provide power. This was a
new design that had not been used in any previous
battleship. The steam turbines made Dreadnought the
fastest battleship in the world at the time of her
completion. She was two and a half knots
faster than her rivals, and carried twice the
firepower of earlier battleships.
Dreadnought's
introduction sparked off a major naval arms race as
powerful navies rushed to match her, particularly
the German navy in the build up to the First World
War.
On 18 March 1915,
Dreadnought became the only battleship to sink a
submarine during the First World War. The Grand
Fleet was at sea conducting tactical exercises, when
U 29 fired a torpedo at the fleet. Dreadnought and
Marlborough both
sighted the submarine, and a chase began. After ten
minutes the Dreadnought rammed the submarine, which
sank with the loss of all hands.
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This
scratch-built
Dreadnought features:
- Plank-on-frame,
hollow hull construction.
- Beautiful teak deck:
Comprised of hundreds of thin individuals planks put
together by hands, not a large piece of wood with
laser cut marks as you might recognized its one
uniform light yellow color.
- All parts are wood and metal.
- "Rusted" appearance
that only master modelers can make.
- Gun turrets can be
manually turned.
31"L x 16"T x
5"W
$990  S & H is $90
Last unit.
Discontinued model.
21"L x 10"T
x 3.5"W $890
S & H is $70
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