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...was changed to '''H.M.S. ''Redoubtable''''' to free the name for the super-dreadnought [[H.M.S. Revenge (1915)|H.M.S. ''Revenge'']] that would fight in the [[Grea ...r name for a new ship of the [[Revenge Class Battleship (1914)|''Revenge'' Class]]. With the massive influx of new purpose-built monitors which started com

...d shortly before the [[Great War]], and [[H.M.S. Royal Oak (1914)|a modern dreadnought-type battleship was launched in that same year]]. On 20 August, 1913, the ship left Devonport in tow of the dreadnought {{UK-Bellerophon}} for the Motherbank to await disposal.{{NMI|Thursday, 21

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 styl ...ressy'']], [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'']] and [[Devonshire Class Cruiser (1903)|''Devonshire'']] classes were to land their searchlights fro

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: ...ressy'']], [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'']] and [[Devonshire Class Cruiser (1903)|''Devonshire'']] classes were to land their searchlights fro

...ught]] [[battleship]] of the [[Canopus Class Battleship (1896)|''Canopus'' Class]] in the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1901. {{Footer Canopus Class Battleship (1897)}}

...ught]] [[battleship]] of the [[Canopus Class Battleship (1896)|''Canopus'' Class]] in the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1899. {{Footer Canopus Class Battleship (1897)}}

...ught]] [[battleship]] of the [[Canopus Class Battleship (1896)|''Canopus'' Class]] in the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1900. {{Footer Canopus Class Battleship (1897)}}

...ught]] [[battleship]] of the [[Canopus Class Battleship (1896)|''Canopus'' Class]] in the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1900. After a somewhat delayed build {{Footer Canopus Class Battleship (1897)}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: Two of the three '''''Formidable'' class battleships''' would be lost in the first year of war.

...902 and 1904. They are sometime considered a subclass of the [[Formidable Class Battleship (1898)|''Formidables'']]. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

'''H.M.S. ''Bulwark''''' was a [[pre-dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1902. {{Footer London Class Battleship (1899)}}

...ht battleships. She is sometimes considered the second ship in a two-ship class with {{UK-Queen|f=p}}.{{BurtBritishBattleships1889|pp. 248-263}} {{Footer London Class Battleship (1899)}}

...ught battleships. She is sometimes considered the lead ship in a two-ship class, along with {{UK-PrinceOfWales|f=p}}.{{BurtBritishBattleships1889|pp. 248-2 {{Footer London Class Battleship (1899)}}

'''H.M.S. ''Venerable''''' was a [[pre-dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1902. {{Footer London Class Battleship (1899)}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: ...ressy'']], [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'']] and [[Devonshire Class Cruiser (1903)|''Devonshire'']] classes were to land their searchlights fro

...''''' was one of six [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'' class pre-dreadnought battleships]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1903 and 1904. {{Footer Duncan Class Battleship (1901)}}

...''''' was one of six [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'' class pre-dreadnought battleships]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1903 and 1904. {{Footer Duncan Class Battleship (1901)}}

...v name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Duncan''''' was the lead ship of six pre-dreadnought battleships completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1903 and 1904. {{Footer Duncan Class Battleship (1901)}}

...''''' was one of six [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'' class pre-dreadnought battleships]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1903 and 1904. ...is found in the notes for the [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'' class]].{{DreyerSeaHeritage|p. 47}}

The two '''''Triumph'' class battleships''' (called the '''''Swiftsure'' class''' in many sources) were pre-dreadnoughts originally ordered for Chile, but {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 styl The class was the first to generally be fitted with [[Service Gear Mark II]], but in

...one of eight [[King Edward VII Class Battleship (1903)|''King Edward VII'' class battleships]]. She entered service in 1905 and spent most of her service i ...ted.{{FCHMShips|p. 15}} It appears that ''Commonwealth'' was the only pre-dreadnought to ever be fitted with a director system for regular service.

...one of eight [[King Edward VII Class Battleship (1903)|''King Edward VII'' class battleships]].  She entered service in 1905 and spent most of her service She remained with 3BS until becoming the last pre-dreadnought to be detached in April, 1918.<ref>See [[Third Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)

...p of a [[King Edward VII Class Battleship (1903)|class of eight]] late pre-dreadnought battleships. Her service until her loss in the Great War was as the flagsh :''One takes the loss of the ‘King Edward’ very calmly; that class aren’t of much importance now''

...one of eight [[King Edward VII Class Battleship (1903)|''King Edward VII'' class battleships]].  She entered service in 1905 and spent most of her service ...of the latest [[Indefatigable Class Battlecruiser (1909)|''Indefatigable'' class]] battle cruiser for her namesake Dominion, ''New Zealand'' was renamed '''

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: ...mperature and C correctors, but they may have been identical to those in ''Dreadnought''.

...hip (1906)|her class]], and though designed before the transformative {{UK-Dreadnought}}, she was completed after her, in 1908. {{Footer Lord Nelson Class Battleship (1906)}}

...hip (1906)|her class]], and though designed before the transformative {{UK-Dreadnought}}, she was completed after her, in late 1908. {{Footer Lord Nelson Class Battleship (1906)}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: * Robert Dumas. ''The French Dreadnoughts: The 23,500 ton Courbet Class'' in [[Warship (Journal)|Warship]], Volume IX Issues 35-6.

'''H.M.S. ''Tiger''''', the only member of her class, was the last battle cruiser laid down for the [[Royal Navy]] before the [[ ...tery guns were similar to those of the ''King George V'' and ''Iron Duke'' class dreadnoughts, except her "A" turret was unique in the Royal Navy for having

These were noted as being identical with those in the ''Courageous'' class.{{ARTS1916|p. 147, citing ARTS 1915 pp. 239-240. I see I missed capturing ...y compartments of [[Lion Class Battlecruiser (1910)|''Lion'']] and [[Orion Class Battleship (1910)|''Orion'']] classes and later where existing navyphones h

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...Class Battleships''' were completed in 1909 and 1910, and were her first "Dreadnought" battleships. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer Helgoland Class Battleship (1909)}}

France built six '''Danton-class battleships''' shortly before World War I. They were sometimes referred to {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer Kaiser Class Battleship (1911)}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer König Class Battleship (1913)}}

Four '''''Bayern'' class super-dreadnoughts''' were planned for the [[Imperial German Navy]] but onl {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

...S. ''Baden''''' was one of two [[Bayern Class Battleship (1915)|''Bayern'' class battleships]] completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] during the Great W ...ur Marder in 1969, commenting on a draft of the fifth volume of ''From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow'':

...ive to the preceding [[République Class Battleship (1902)|''République'' class]]. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer République Class Battleship (1902)}}

Three '''''Indiana'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[United States Navy]] in the mid-189 {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

|type=pre-dreadnought '''U.S.S. ''Maine''''' was a second-class armored battleship of the [[United States Navy]] which blew up at Havana, C

Three '''''Maine'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] between 1902 and 1904. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

Five '''''Virginia'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1906 and 1907. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

Six '''''Connecticut'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] between 1906 and 1908. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

...]] battleship of the [[Connecticut Class Battleship (1904)|''Connecticut'' Class]] in the [[United States Navy]]. {{Footer Connecticut Class Battleship (1904)}}

...the '''''Viribus Unitis'' class''' (sometimes called the '''''Tegetthoff'' class''') were modern-looking vessels with twelve 12-in guns disposed in superfir {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

...tlecruiser]], and the name-ship of [[Kongō Class Battlecruiser (1912)|her class]]. ''Kongō'' was the last major Japanese warship to be built in Great Bri ...warship, mounting eight 14-in main guns. The key feature of the ''Kongō''-class was that it had its main gun turrets all either aft or fore, eliminating th

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer St. Louis Class Battleship (1895)}}

Two '''''Florida'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1911. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

Two '''''Wyoming'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1912. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer New York Class Battleship (1912)}}

Two '''''Nevada'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1916. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

Two '''''Pennsylvania'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1916. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

...vania Class Battleship (1915)|her class]] of [[United States Navy]] "super-dreadnought" battleships. She was the third Navy ship named for the state of Pennsylva {{Footer Pennsylvania Class Battleship (1915)}}

Three '''''New Mexico'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] between 1917 and 1919. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

Two '''''Mississippi'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1908. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

Two '''''Tennessee'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1920 and 1921. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer Normandie Class Battleship (1914)}}

|{{UK-RoyalSovereign}}||{{UK-Marlborough}}||{{UK-Canada}}||{{UK-Dreadnought}} !colspan=4|''Raleigh'' class

...he world's first all-big-gun [[battleship]], [[H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)|''Dreadnought'']], concentrated the fleet in home waters, and reorganised the training an ...and, as I told you last mail, I had the satisfaction of getting a <u>first-class</u> certificate. Well, I came on board the ''Chesapeake'' and handed in my

...{TNA|ADM 196/39}}. f. 167.</ref> He was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) on 5 May of that year.{{Gaz|27560|352 .... Issue '''38273''', col B, p. 11.</ref> He transferred his flag to {{UK-Dreadnought}} on her return from Trinidad on 28 March at Portsmouth.<ref>"Naval and Mil

...the Beatty-Jellicoe spectrum continues to dominate public thinking of the Dreadnought Era. ...uisers, the [[H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)|''Dreadnought'']] and [[Invincible Class Battlecruiser (1907)|''Invincibles'']], respectively. After playing a key

He was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint G He commanded the {{UK-Dreadnought}} from April to August, 1918.

...ver, the dreadnought {{DE-Konig|f=p}} was also in the dockyard and the new dreadnought {{DE-Baden|f=p}}, the first German ship with 15-inch guns, was still workin ...attleship of the [[Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship (1913)|Queen Elizabeth class]]: only four of the five were available.

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer Imperatritsa Ekaterina II Class Battleship (1886)}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer Imperator Alexandr II Class Battleship (1887)}}

|type=pre-dreadnought The Russian battleship '''''Navarin''''' was the only ship of her class. She suffered the ignominy of being perhaps the only victim of tactical mi

...''', sometimes referred to as the '''''Petropavlovsk'' Class''' were [[Pre-Dreadnought]] [[battleship]]s built for the [[Imperial Russian Navy]]. All three ships {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

...ttleship]] '''''Petropavlovsk''''' was launched in 1894. There was also a dreadnought battleship named [[Petropavlovsk (1911)|''Petropavlosk'']] launched in 1911 {{Footer Poltava Class Battleship (1894)}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer Peresviet Class Battleship (1898)}}

|type=pre-dreadnought ...battleship '''''Knyaz Potemkin-Tavricheskiy''''' was the only ship of her class, completed in 1904.

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer Borodino Class Battleship (1901)}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer Evstafi Class Battleship (1906)}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer Imperator Pavel I Class Battleship (1906)}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: The class entered service with two 5 metre (16.4 feet) [[Zeiss]] [[Rangefinder|rangef

...ship]] '''''Petropavlovsk''''' was launched in 1911. There was also a pre-dreadnought battleship named [[Petropavlovsk (1894)|''Petropavlosk'']] launched in 1894 {{Footer Gangut Class Battleship (1911)}}

Three '''''Imperatritsa Maria'' class battleships''' were completed for use by Russia's [[Black Sea Fleet]]. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer Marshal Deodoro Class Battleship (1898)}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer Minas Gerais Class Battleship (1908)}}

...''''' was one of six [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'' class pre-dreadnought battleships]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1903 and 1904. {{Footer Duncan Class Battleship (1901)}}

...he War Council instead of Sir H. Oliver.<ref>Quoted in Marder. ''From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow''. '''IV'''. pp. 223-224.</ref></blockquote> {| class="collapsible wikitable collapsed" style="width: 50%"

...he was renamed ''Redoubtable'' so as to free up the name for a new [[super-dreadnought]]. ...attleship (1914)|''Revenge'' Class]], often called the ''Royal Sovereign'' class, launched in 1915. She served throughout both World Wars, being present at

...e British Army. The establishment was generally fixed at three during the Dreadnought period, and tended to be filled by the most senior officers of the rank of ...Flag Lieutenant and Coxswain afforded all flag officers, Commodores First Class and Captains of the Fleet, as well as a generous twelve domestics &ndash; t

|{{UK-1Conqueror|f=p}}||second class battleship||8 Sep, 1881||Sold 1907 |{{UK-1Calypso|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||7 Jun, 1883||Sold 1922

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...e gin in the ward-room as an ungentlemanly drink!"<ref>Marder. ''From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow''. '''IV''''. p. 61.</ref> Marder doesn't name his informa On 1 January, 1915, Webb was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Ba

Tothill was appointed in command of the dreadnought battleship {{UK-Conqueror}} on 22 December, 1914.{{NLOct15|p. 398''c''}} H On 15 September Tothill was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the

...of the King's visit to Ireland Madden was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) on 11 August, 1903.{{Gaz|27586|5058|1 He was appointed Captain of {{UK-Dreadnought|f=p}} on 12 August, 1907,<ref>Madden Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}

On 12 September, 1912, he was given command of the super-dreadnought {{UK-Thunderer}}.{{NMI|Saturday, 13 September, 1913. Issue '''40316''', co ...ed in Washington, D.C. He was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint G

He was appointed in command of the pre-dreadnought {{UK-KingEdwardVII|f=t}} on 1 July, 1913.<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA| On 25 May, 1914, he was appointed in command of the dreadnought {{UK-Marlborough|f=t}}.{{NLDec14|p. 355}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: ...kov; Kent Crawford (March 2007). "The Spanish Dreadnoughts of the España class". ''Warship International'' '''44''' (1): pp. 63–117. ISSN 0043-0374.

...of our very best and most accomplished officers."<ref>Quoted in Marder. ''Dreadnought to Scapa Flow''. '''I'''. p. 408.</ref> On 8 July, 1907, he married Flor ...he Admiralty on the same day. On 24 March, 1909, he was appointed to {{UK-Dreadnought}} for temporary service on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, [[Home Flee

...sist solely of eight [[Revenge Class Battleship (1914)|''Revenge'' class]] dreadnought battleships.<ref>"Cruiser Squadron and Battle Squadron Programme." {{TNA|A ...n}} and {{UK-Russell}} have been moved over to the {{UK-BS|6}}, while {{UK-Dreadnought}} and the two most modern pre-dreadnoughts have been transferred in from ot

...of the King's visit to Copenhagen he was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) on 18 April, 1904.{{Gaz|27669|2581|22 ...nt to the [[Royal Naval War College|War Course]], where he was rated First Class and "Good."<ref>ADM 203/99. f. 9.</ref>

...g George V's coronation he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the ...sborne from October, 1910 to January, 1913. On 22 May he commissioned the dreadnought battleship {{UK-Centurion}} at Devonport, in the knowledge that he would sh

...type; a greater sea-going capacity was given to the torpedo-boat destroyer class; the use of oil sprayed upon coal was introduced, and ships' machinery unde ...oyal Navy)|Home Fleet]] with his flag in the [[H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)|''Dreadnought'']]. This command included all the ships in home waters, and was, in May's