Talk:HMS Dreadnought (1906)

Neutrality and formality of writing

This whole article reads like the dreadnought itself wrote its own Wikipedia article - full of inflated claims of importance unbacked.

It’s also informally written. The word “ironically” shouldn’t appear in a wiki article, and sentence structure devices like “In fact” also do not have a place in these articles. Someone needs to purge this article of this style of writing, and make it sound less like a story by your grandad all about his favourite ship 79.66.8.116 (talk) 21:15, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Feel free to WP:FIXIT. - wolf 02:19, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Claims

It is stated that at 21 knots it was the world's fastest battleship. I find that difficult to believe. What speed did it achieve on trials? Is there an accurate source? the Austro-Hungarian navy had two classes of battleships at the time both achieving 20.5 knots in their sea trials. I have not examined the German navy. 2A00:23C4:B617:7D01:D52F:F40B:EDF:9DF2 (talk) 12:46, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

21.6 knots average speed over 4 trials at the Polperro measured mile on 9 October 1906.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:23, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

My poor WP programming knowledge

Love the page... ThankYou! It needs work... slowly it will get there. Like when one clicks on an image, WP brings it up full screen with the description just bellow it. Like the "Hull longitudinal section" graphic, it comes up with each part well numbered. The "Port side engine room" graphic did not have the parts name. I was able to make them show up but they do not have their part identifications. FTLOM, I tried for an hour to have them show up but to no avail. It might have something to do with the fact the "Port side engine room" is set in a WikiTable. I tried.

Netweezurd (talk) 18:29, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Featured picture scheduled for POTD

Hello! This is to let editors know that File:HMS Dreadnought 1906 H61017.jpg, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for December 6, 2026. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2026-12-06. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. Technically, it hasn't passed yet, but with seven supports and no opposes, it's basically guaranteed. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 12:52, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

HMS Dreadnought was a Royal Navy battleship, the design of which revolutionised naval power. The ship's entry into service in 1906 represented such an advance in naval technology that her name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships, the dreadnoughts, as well as the class of ships named after her. Likewise, the generation of ships she made obsolete became known as pre-dreadnoughts. Admiral Sir John "Jacky" Fisher, First Sea Lord of the Board of Admiralty, is credited as the father of Dreadnought. Shortly after he assumed office in 1904, he ordered design studies for a battleship armed solely with 12 in (305 mm) guns and a speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). He convened a Committee on Designs to evaluate the alternative designs and to assist in the detailed design work.

Dreadnought was the first battleship of her era to have a uniform main battery, rather than having a few large guns complemented by a heavy secondary armament of smaller guns. She was also the first capital ship to be powered by steam turbines, making her the fastest battleship in the world at the time of her completion.Her launch helped spark a naval arms race as navies around the world, particularly the Imperial German Navy, rushed to match it in the build-up to the First World War.

Although designed to engage enemy battleships, her only significant action was the ramming and sinking of German submarine SM U-29; thus she became the only battleship confirmed to have sunk a submarine. Dreadnought did not participate in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 as she was being refitted. Nor did Dreadnought participate in any of the other First World War naval battles. In May 1916 she was relegated to coastal defence duties in the English Channel, before rejoining the Grand Fleet in 1918. The ship was reduced to reserve in 1919 and sold for scrap two years later.

Photograph credit: United States Navy photograph; restored by Adam Cuerden

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