Dreadnought was armored on roughly the same scale as the Lord Nelson class, the final pre-dreadnoughts constructed by the Royal Navy. Dreadnought became Fisher’s political cause.

Dreadnought, on the other hand, rendered the previous battleships of the world obsolete at a stroke.Displacing 18,200 tons, it carried ten twelve-inch guns in five twin turrets, and could make ...

OUR NEW BATTLESHIPS TO RIVAL DREADNOUGHT; Plans Ready for the South Carolina and Michigan. WILL ASK FOR BIDS SOON Big Fighters to Have Eight 12-Inch Guns Each -- New Turret Construction Planned.

Dreadnought: How the 20th Century Battleship Was Born. State-of-the-art battleship armament in the late nineteenth century involved a mix of large- and small-caliber weapons.