BRITAIN’S new behemoth submarines equipped with lethal torpedoes, nuclear missiles and stealthy rudders are being built – in ...

On April 7, 1945, the legendary Yamato – the largest ship in naval history – was attacked by waves of American carrier-borne ...

Launched in 1906, the Dreadnought was ahead of its time. Radical Notions For instance, unlike previous battleships were armed with mixed calibers of weapons. The Dreadnoughts, however, were armed ...

The permanent home for the battleship had been in limbo for well over a year after the board had authorized and then backed ...

This led to the development of "all big gun" ships, culminating in HMS Dreadnought in 1906, which revolutionized naval warfare with its advanced speed, firepower, and turbine engines. Key Point ...

The HMS Dreadnought ushered in a new era of "all big gun ships." Unlike battleships before it, the Dreadnought only had 12 inch cannons aided by electronic range-finding equipment. Defensively ...

Yet, the building of "dreadnought" battleships reveals much about the changes wrought by technology; greater firepower, conversion from coal to oil, introduction of turbine engines, and even the ...

twelve older (“pre-dreadnought”) battleships; four cruisers; 16 destroyers; five submarines; seven minesweeping trawlers; and the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal with six seaplanes aboard.

Toy tinplate 'DREADNOUGHT' battleship, made in Germany for the British market. This toy was made about 1906 or just after. HMS Dreadnought, launched 1906, was a powerful heavy-gunned battleship ...