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Dreadnought (Dreadnought Class)


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Laid down 2nd October 1905
Launched 10th February 1906
Completed N/A
Commissioned December 1906
Fate See text
Builders HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
United Kingdom
Complement 773
Dimensions
Displacement 18110 tons std
21850 tons max
Dimensions 527' x 82' 6" x 26' 5"
160.6m x 24.9m x 8m
Armament
Guns 10 x 12" (5 x 2)
27 x 12pdr (27 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 5 x 18"
Other weapons N/A
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt : 2.5" - 11"
Deck : 1" - 4"
C.T. : 11"
Turrets : 11"
Barbettes : 11"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines 18 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers
4 x Parsons steam turbines
Power output 23000shp
Speed 21kts
Shafts 4
Range 5000NM @ 10kts
Fuel 2900 tons coal

On 18th March, Dreadnought rammed and sank the German uboat U26 in the North Sea, becoming the only battleship to sink a submarine.

Under the terms of the Washington Treaty, she was sold for scrapping on 9th May 1921 and scrapped in 1922.