HMS Dreadnought
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Several ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name '*HMS *Dreadnought''''' in the expectation that they would "dread nought", i.e. "fear nothing". The 1906 ship, which revolutionized battleship design, became one of the Royal Navy's most famous vessels; battleships built after her were referred to as "dreadnoughts", and earlier battleships became known as pre-dreadnoughts.
- English ship Dreadnought (1553) was a 40-gun ship built in 1553.
- was a 41-gun ship launched in 1573, rebuilt in 1592 and 1614, then broken up in 1648.
- was a 52-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1654 as the Torrington for the Commonwealth of England Navy, renamed Dreadnought at the Restoration in 1660, and lost in 1690.
- was a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line launched in 1691, rebuilt in 1706 and broken up 1748.
- was a 60-gun ship of the line built at Portsmouth
- was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1742 and sold 1784.
- was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1801, converted to a hospital ship in 1827, and broken up 1857.
- was a hospital ship, formerly HMS Caledonia.
- was a battleship launched in 1875 and hulked in 1903, then sold in 1908.
- was a revolutionary battleship, launched in 1906 and sold for breakup in 1921.
- was the UK's first nuclear-powered submarine, launched in 1960 and decommissioned in 1980.
- will be the first of the UK's new ballistic missile submarines.
Battle honours
- Armada, 1588
- Cadiz, 1596
- Lowestoft, 1665
- Four Days' Battle, 1666
- Orfordness, 1666
- Sole Bay, 1672
- Schooneveld, 1673
- Texel, 1673
- Barfleur, 1692
- Passero, 1718
- Cape Francois, 1757
- Trafalgar, 1805
Citations
References
- Boniface, Patrick (2003) Dreadnought: Britain's First Nuclear Powered Submarine. (Periscope Publishing).
- Drinkwater, John (1905) A History of the Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783: With a Description and Account of that Garrison from the Earliest Times. (J. Murray).
References
- Boniface (2003), p 84.
- Drinkwater (1905), p.246.
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