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Three '''''Illinois'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1900 and 1901. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

...''United States Navy''' was growing rapidly into a new maturity during the Dreadnought Era. It won its nation a new, vital role in world affairs by its exertions ...e have not a single vessel of war that could keep the seas against a first-class vessel of any important power. Such a condition ought not longer to contin

...ass''' dreadnoughts were designed as a follow-up to the revolutionary {{UK-Dreadnought|f=p}}. ...g from mine or torpedo attack. Unlike ''Dreadnought'' the ''Bellerophon'' class were given two tripod masts, with two control tops. This was ostensibly to

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: Like the [[Bellerophon Class Battleship (1907)|''Bellerophon'' class]], the ships carried three submerged 18-in tubes:{{UKTorpM1909III|p. 265}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: ...l to reach the maximum 3 degrees per second elevation rate.<ref>Brooks. ''Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland'', pp. 45-46.</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: ...difficulty and some a roll of 16 to 18 degrees out to out."<ref>Brooks. ''Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland'', pp. 45-46, citing Captain Craig's repo

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: As in the [[Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship (1913)|''Queen Elizabeth'' class]], the periscope holder was inclined 1 degree 37 minutes (which may have ef

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: ...rangements were similar to those in {{UK-Tiger}} and the ''King George V'' class.

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: ...igned under a heavy veil of secrecy, as shown by the following note in the class's cover:

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: ...ion in all but ''Royal Sovereign'', which was like the ''Queen Elizabeth'' class in being limited to 15 degrees but with her central sights having "20 degre

The three '''''Invincible'' class''' [[Battlecruiser|battlecruisers]] completed in 1908 and 1909 were the fir {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: ...re similar to the P. II and P. II* equipment fitted in the ''Bellerophon'' class, {{UK-1Neptune|f=p}} and other ships.

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: ...those in the the [[King George V Class Battleship (1911)|''King George V'' class]] which also fired the heavier 13.5-in shells. The rest of this section pe

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: By 1922, the American Naval Attaché reported that the elevation of this class's guns had been increased to 18&deg;. It was felt that 23&deg; was to beco

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: ...roved that capital ships of [[H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)‎|''Dreadnought'' class]] and later should have Evershed equipment added to their {{CT}}, able to c

The '''''Courageous'' class''' of warship consisted of two vessels, variously described as battle cruis {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

{| border=1 class="wikitable sortable" ...2- June 1913, pattern number corrected in Order 362 of 11 July}}||in {{UK-Dreadnought}} and later

...the lead ship of the [[Bellerophon Class Battleship (1907)|''Bellerophon'' class]], and the fourth Royal Navy vessel to bear the name of the mythic Greek he Her tactical turning diameter was 445 yards at full speed (worst of the class), with the rudder being put over in 8 seconds.{{Burt1986|p. 69}}

...瀬) was a [[Shikishima Class Battleship (1898)|''Shikishima'' class]] pre-dreadnought of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]. {{Footer Shikishima Class Battleship (1898)}}

On 2 July, 1906, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Dreadnought|f=y}}.<ref>ADM 196/42. f. 262.</ref> On 1 January, 1916, he was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order

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The '''''Abercrombie''''' class of monitors were the first modern variants of that type to be adopted for t {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

Four '''''Brandenburg'' Class Battleships''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in the 1890s {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

...rmed part of the [[King George V Class Battleship (1911)|''King George V'' class]]. She saw constant service throughout the [[First World War]] and during ...ent Mark I]] in her {{TCT}}. This probably made her the first ship in the class to be so equipped.{{ARTS1915|p. 60. Her sisters are not mentioned in the s

...was one of four [[King George V Class Battleship (1911)|''King George V'' class]] battleships completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1912-13. She was lost to ...the previous night. Upon learning this, at 17:00 Jellicoe ordered the pre-dreadnought battleship {{UK-1Exmouth}} out to attempt to tow ''Audacious'' in. In case

...] in the [[Royal Navy]]. Her class was the first of the so-called [[super-dreadnought]] battleships armed with the heavier calibre 13.5-inch guns. ...he [[Iron Duke Class Battleship (1912)|''Iron Duke'']] and [[King George V Class Battleship (1911)|''King George V'']] classes, as well as {{UK-Thunderer|f=

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...Temeraire''''' was a [[Bellerophon Class Battleship (1907)|''Bellerophon'' class battleship]] of the British [[Royal Navy]] built at [[Devonport Royal Docky She was replaced as training ship by the dreadnought [[H.M.S. Thunderer (1911)|''Thunderer'']] at Rosyth on 17 April, 1921, havi

Two '''''Kearsarge'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1900. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

...'', (BB-6) a [[Kearsarge Class Battleship (1898)|''Kearsarge'' class]] pre-dreadnought of the [[United States Navy]] was launched 24 March, 1898 by Newport News S {{Footer Kearsarge Class Battleship (1898)}}

...nought battleship of the [[Iron Duke Class Battleship (1912)|''Iron Duke'' Class]] in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...s of the naval armament treaty she was stricken along with the rest of her class. On 1 July, 1931 she was sunk by by gunfire off Owers Bank. The wreck was

...ught]] [[battleship]] of the [[Revenge Class Battleship (1914)|''Revenge'' class]] in the [[Royal Navy]]. {{Footer Revenge Class Battleship (1914)}}

...yal Oak''''' was a [[Revenge Class Battleship (1914)|''Revenge'' class]] [[dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the British [[Royal Navy]], torpedoed in [[Scapa Flow]] {{UK-Revenge}} and ''Royal Oak'' were the only two ships in the class to fight at Jutland. ''Royal Oak'' was so newly placed into service that s

The first units were tested in ''Vernon'' and ''Dreadnought'' (not for fire control purposes) in 1906. A call to the exchange caused a * [[Orion Class Battleship (1910)]]

...our obsolete [[Majestic Class Battleship (1894)|''Majestic'' class]] [[pre-dreadnought]]s which had their 12"/35 calibre guns and mounts removed, modified and ins ...th long-range guns, the [[Abercrombie Class Monitor (1915)|''Abercrombie'' Class monitor]].

{| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: {{Footer Kaiser Friedrich III Class Battleship (1896)}}

The five pre-dreadnoughts of the '''''Braunschweig'' class''' were completed between 1904 and 1906. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

...land'' Class Battleships''' between 1906 and 1908. They were her last pre-dreadnought ships. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

...gn'' class, please go to the [[Revenge Class Battleship (1914)|''Revenge'' Class]] page.'' ...the early 1890s under the [[Naval Defence Act]] of 1889. The ships of the class were armed with four 13.5-inch arranged in twin [[barbette]]s, except for o

...one of eight [[Royal Sovereign Class Battleship (1891)|''Royal Sovereign'' class battleships]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1893-94. She was sold sh [[H.M.S. Resolution (1915)|A super-dreadnought with the same name]] was launched in 1915.

...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: