Dreadnought
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The dreadnought was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century. The first of the kind, the Royal Navy's HMS Dreadnought, had such an effect when launched in 1906 that similar battles
The Royal Navy's revolutionary HMS Dreadnought, launched in 1906, gave its name to the type.
USS Texas, the only dreadnought still in existence, was launched in 1912 and is now a museum ship.
12-pounder anti-torpedo boat guns mounted on the roof of a turret on Dreadnought (1906)
King George V (left) inspects HMS Neptune
HMS Neptune (1909)
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HMS Neptune was a dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century, the sole ship of her class. She was the first British battleship to be built with superfiring
HMS Neptune before 1914
Right elevation and plan from Brassey's Naval Annual 1915
The ship's aft 12-inch gun turrets
Neptune, 1911. The gunnery director is the round object halfway up the foremast. Torpedo nets and their supporting booms are visible on the side of the hull.