A naval arms race between Argentina, Brazil, and Chile—the wealthiest and most powerful countries in South America—began in the early twentieth century when the Brazilian government ordered three drea
The gun trials of the Brazilian dreadnought Minas Geraes, the ship that began the dreadnought race. Here, all guns capable of training to the port side were fired, forming what was at that time the heaviest broadside ever fired off a warship.
Moreno being painted in dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, October 1914
Plans of the Minas Geraes class, showing the armor values (fig. 1) and the theoretically possible radii of the main and secondary batteries (fig. 2 and 3)
Agincourt depicted prior to its British modifications, which included removing the flying bridge seen here
HMS Agincourt (1913)
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HMS Agincourt was a dreadnought battleship built in the United Kingdom in the early 1910s. Originally part of Brazil's role in a South American naval arms race, she holds the distinction of mounting m
Agincourt in 1915
Starboard elevation and plan view of Agincourt
Fantasy drawing of Sultan Osman I underway for the Ottoman Navy. The royal yacht Ertuğrul is at left, and the cruiser Hamidiye is in the background.
Sultan Osman-ı Evvel, soon to become Agincourt, in the fitting-out stage of her construction