Orion-class battleship
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The Orion-class battleships were a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. The first 13.5-inch-gunned battleships built for the RN, since the 1890s Royal Sov
Thunderer at anchor, shortly after completion in 1912
Right elevations and plans for the Orion- and King George V-class battleships
Aerial view of an Orion-class battleship, probably Orion herself, under way after May 1915 as the gunnery director is visible under her spotting top and her torpedo net booms have been removed.
Aft main-gun turrets of Orion, about 1911 while fitting out
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
Orion-class battleship
…The Orion-class battleships were a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the early 1910s. The first 13.5-inch-gunned (343 mm) battleships built for the RN, since the 1890s Royal Sovereign-class…
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