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HMS DREADNOUGHT battleship model

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".  

The most innovative part of the Dreadnought's design was the use of Parsons Turbines to provide steam power. These turbines made Dreadnought the fastest battleship in the world.  She was two and a half knots faster than her rivals, and carried twice the firepower of earlier battleships. HMS Dreadnought was the first battleship to have a uniform main battery, rather than having a few large guns complemented by a heavy secondary battery of somewhat smaller guns.

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. From 1906, the world’s battle fleets officially were divided into Dreadnoughts and pre-Dreadnoughts. 

On 18 March 1915, HMS 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, Dreadnought rammed the submarine, which sank with the loss of all hands.

This primarily wood HMS Dreadnought model is 18" long (46 cm) x 9" tall x 4" wide $2,500    S & H is $90    Out of stock