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...one;margin: 0;padding:.1em;color:#000">[[The Dreadnought Project:About|The Dreadnought Project]]</div> '''The Dreadnought Project''' is a naval history wiki focusing on naval history in the period

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...the previous night. Upon learning this, at 17:00 Jellicoe ordered the pre-dreadnought battleship {{UK-1Exmouth}} out to attempt to tow ''Audacious'' in. In case ...ce four destroyers came in sight - the sun had appeared and coming towards us at full speed they really made a wonderful picture.' One of the destroyers

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| {{US-Kearsarge}} | {{US-Kentucky}}

...'', (BB-6) a [[Kearsarge Class Battleship (1898)|''Kearsarge'' class]] pre-dreadnought of the [[United States Navy]] was launched 24 March, 1898 by Newport News S ...ff Provincetown, embarked marines from {{US-Maine}}, {{US-Missouri}} and {{US-Kearsarge}} and landed them at Havana 1 October to protect American interes

...obtained a great deal of information on the class's particulars, offering us a fairly detailed understanding of her equipment and methods of their use, type=pre-dreadnought

| {{US-Indiana}} | {{US-Massachusetts}}

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| {{US-Maine}} | {{US-Missouri}}

| {{US-Virginia}} | {{US-Nebraska}}

| {{US-Connecticut}} | {{US-Louisiana}}

'''U.S.S. ''Louisiana''''' (BB-19) was a [[pre-dreadnought]] battleship of the [[Connecticut Class Battleship (1904)|''Connecticut'' C {{CatShipPreDreadnought|US}}

| {{US-Florida}} | {{US-Utah}}

| {{US-Wyoming}} | {{US-Arkansas}}

| {{US-NewYork}} | {{US-Texas}}

| {{US-Nevada}} | {{US-Oklahoma}}

| {{US-Pennsylvania}} | {{US-Arizona}}

...vania Class Battleship (1915)|her class]] of [[United States Navy]] "super-dreadnought" battleships. She was the third Navy ship named for the state of Pennsylva ..., when Admiral [[Henry Thomas Mayo|Henry T. Mayo]] shifted his flag from {{US-Wyoming}} to ''Pennsylvania''. In January 1917, ''Pennsylvania'' steamed f

| {{US-NewMexico}} | {{US-Mississippi}}

| {{US-1Mississippi}} | {{US-1Idaho}}

| {{US-Tennessee}} | {{US-California}}

...he world's first all-big-gun [[battleship]], [[H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)|''Dreadnought'']], concentrated the fleet in home waters, and reorganised the training an ...and had many irons in the fire in and outside the Admiralty and barked at us if papers came to him which were merely routine but papers would not go thr

...ver, the dreadnought {{DE-Konig|f=p}} was also in the dockyard and the new dreadnought {{DE-Baden|f=p}}, the first German ship with 15-inch guns, was still workin ...et got to sea first, the chance of a meeting in waters not unfavourable to us was remote; our object was to try to get to sea before or shortly after the

...invasion, whilst Captain Heathcoat Grant had deliberately beached the pre-dreadnought battleship {{UK-Canopus|f=p}} on mud to protect the harbour. A signal stati ...r Krieg zur See, 1914-1918'', says that Spee expected to meet only the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS ''Canopus'', the {{UK-Carnarvon|f=t}}, and possibly the armo

...mous vessels of the [[Spanish-American War]], the {{US-Olympia}} and the {{US-Oregon}}. An 1892 description of the yards stated that between 1200 and 150 ...ther or not that was true, he certainly benefited from the collapse of the US Shipbuilding combine.

|{{US-Iroquois|f=p}}||sloop||12 Apr, 1859||Wrecked 26 Aug, 1910 |{{US-Lackawanna|f=p}}||screw sloop||9 Aug, 1862||Sold 30 Jul, 1887

...principles or actual working of the instruments.<ref>Quoted in Brooks. ''Dreadnought Gunnery''. p. 105.</ref></blockquote> ...and Lord Morley noted, "Sir A. Wilsonstrikes me, and I think the others of us, as much the best-balanced sort of man, to say nothing of his having proved

He was appointed Captain of {{UK-Dreadnought|f=y}} on 28 March, 1911.<ref>Fremantle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} ...ly, and has the 2nd Class of the Order of the Rising Sun of Japan, and the US of America Distinguished Service Medal; awarded Beaufort Testimonial, 1888;

...Secretary to the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]]. He commanded the new [[dreadnought]] [[battleship]] [[H.M.S. Bellerophon (1907)|''Bellerophon'']] from 1908 to ...05/> He was invited to the launch of [[H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)|H.M.S. ''Dreadnought'']] on 10 February, 1906 but was unable to attend due to illness. As Priva

...uisers, two light cruisers, eight destroyers and three submarines. The pre-dreadnought battleship {{UK-Triumph}} had been in reserve at the start of the war, but ''Cormoran'' entered the US territory of Guam on 14 December 1914 with her coal bunkers almost empty. S

...l Sovereign (1915)|''Royal Sovereign'']] and [[H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)|''Dreadnought'']], with the Attached cruisers, 4th Light Cruiser squadron and Destroyers ...ns to fire on the German torpedo craft when they were seen turning towards us; the Officer of the turret claims a hit on one of them, as his shell burst

...rofessor of Mathematics at Cambridge, where he had also been a coach, told us that we were being taught in three months by Professor [[Carlton John Lambe ...ve.{{DreyerSeaHeritage|p. 57}} According to his service record, he left ''Dreadnought'' on 15 April and was attached to ''Excellent'' as an additional Gunnery Of

...be summed up in a few words by saying that he speeded things up and saved us some 5 or 6 years. ...kill the very difficult task of writing the Life of Lord Fisher and giving us a picture of this extraordinary man and the demoniacal energy, inspired by

...ecause love of England home and beauty comes first. But speak my Lord let us hear your voice in the Grand Fleet for we wish to hear it and when as I hop ...t none of us in the Grand Fleet ever saw a unit of that Army, but those of us who had a knowledge of the facts fell in with the idea and left to the popu

...and Fleet]] deployed. This placed her at the very head of the twenty-four dreadnought battleships of the [[Grand Fleet]] after the main action was joined. :We were, of course, up all night watching the fireworks going on astern of us &mdash; our destroyers & the German Fleet.

...bility, it was some wretched enemy Light Cruisers that would easily escape us. ...o any German ship that should be so unfortunate as to come within range of us.

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<blockquote>He ruled us - one other sub-lieut., a clerk, & 7 midshipmen, as a benevolent autocrat, ...On 19 January, 1910, he was appointed to ''Vivid'' for command of the new dreadnought battleship [[H.M.S. Collingwood (1908)|''Collingwood'']],<ref>Pakenham Serv

...Petropavlovsk}}. In 1901, he was thanked for his report on the American {{US-Kentucky|f=t}}.<ref>Lowther-Crofton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/316.|D

|{{US-SaraThompson|f=p}}||oiler||1888||Sold 9 Aug, 1934 |{{US-NewOrleans|f=p}}||protected cruiser||4 Dec, 1896||Sold 11 Feb, 1930

...as Second Sea Lord on 27 September.<ref name=Marder223>Marder. ''From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow''. '''IV'''. p. 223.</ref> ...''Iron Duke'' as a token of their esteem for him.<ref>Marder. ''From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow''. '''IV'''. p. 341.</ref> Winton states that "at 6 p.m. o

Along with the [[Dreadnought|dreadnought]] {{US-Texas}}, she is one of two survivors of the [[Grand Fleet]].

...final and there would have been no German Fleet left, whatever happened to us. But that can't be helped. It is ludicrous for the Germans to claim a vic ...present day historian tries to make out.<ref>Quoted in Marder. ''From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow''. '''III'''. pp. 225-226.</ref></blockquote>

...rgets: Sir John Fisher, the Threat from Germany, and the Building of HMS ''Dreadnought'' and HMS ''Invincible'', 1902-1907".</ref> concluding that: "the origins o ...es, it was announced that the programme would consist of "4 Battleships (''Dreadnought'' type)", with provision "for the rapid construction of four more large arm

...by the 1906 debut of the British battleship [[H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)|''Dreadnought'']], whose large size, turbine machinery, 21-knot maximum speed and main ba | {{US-SouthCarolina}}

| {{US-Delaware}} | {{US-NorthDakota}}

...completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] between 1921 and 1923. The fourth unit, {{US-Washington}}, was cancelled when about 75% complete. | {{US-Colorado}}

...orbett in the Dreadnought Era" by Peter Marsh Stanford, reprinted from the US Naval Institute Proceedings, January, 1951. Notes, Graves collection US, Howe 1776-7.

...tself, as he had said, upon the south. Our command of the sea would enable us to change our base as we required. Reserve supplies sufficient for three mo ...iven back, we always had the advantage that our command of the sea enabled us to change our base. It was, however, important to consider with whom the de

...iser class]] was blown up in an attack by British destroyers, and another dreadnought of the Kaiser class is believed to have been sunk by gunfire.<br><br>Of thr ...final and there would have been no German Fleet left, whatever happened to us. But that can't be helped. It is ludicrous for the Germans to claim a vic

...at someone eventually asked themselves, "how does having this drawing help us in any way, shape or form?" ...al Navy, typically taking place of honor in the armored sighting hood of a dreadnought or battlecruiser. A handful of Argo clocks found their way into a pragmati

...s it is difficult not to conclude that the Germans have the advantage over us in either fuzes, explosives, or ship construction.<ref>No.2791/H.F.1187. of ...l [[John Bridges Eustace|John B. Eustace]] as Second-in-Command of the pre-dreadnought {{UK-BS|3}} in 1916, had written to Jackson, "His sea experience is small &

24. At 4.54 p.m. ceased fire pro tern., our Battle Cruisers blanking us on the Port side. ...all out " at 25 knots, but the enemy still appeared to be keeping up with us.

* The US Navy's 1945 Submarine Design, by Norman Friedman * CVLs: The US ''Independence'' Class, by Norman Friedman

|{{US-Harvard|f=p}}||armed merchant cruiser||15 Mar, 1888||Returned 2 Sep, 1898 |{{US-Yale|f=p}}||armed merchant cruiser||23 Oct, 1888||Returned 2 Sep, 1898

...shipbuilding concern which built many of the [[Royal Navy]]'s ships in the Dreadnought Era. |{{US-1Hector|f=p}}||Collier||6 Jun, 1883||Sold 10 Oct, 1899

...he First World War including {{UK-Tiger|f=p}}, {{UK-Courageous|f=p}} and {{US-Texas|f=p}}. ...and Oxford University Press regarding a book Marder was writing ('From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow').

S.S.E. Cruiser kept pressing us to port and to have put us 5' to east of our original

disengaged side of the German B.C. line, took us under heavy T.B.D.s were detached from the H.S. Fleet and, closing us

|{{US-1Yosemite|f=p}}||auxiliary cruiser||16 Mar, 1892||Scuttled 15 Nov, 1900 |{{US-Yankee|f=p}}||auxiliary cruiser||14 Jun, 1892||Wrecked 23 Sep, 1908

|{{US-1Washington|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||18 Mar, 1905||Sold 1946 |{{US-Kansas|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||12 Aug, 1905||Sold 1923

|{{US-1Perry|f=p}}||destroyer||27 Oct, 1900|| |{{US-1Lawrence|f=p}}||destroyer||7 Nov, 1900||

|{{US-Stranger|f=p}}||armed yacht||1880||Collision 30 Sep, 1915 |{{US-Terror|f=p}}||monitor||24 Mar, 1883||Sold 10 Mar, 1921

|{{US-Machias|f=p}}||gunboat||8 Dec, 1891||Sold 29 Oct, 1920 |{{US-Castine|f=p}}||gunboat||11 May, 1892||Sold 5 Aug, 1921

|{{US-Mohican|f=p}}||screw sloop||27 Dec, 1883||Sold 4 Mar, 1922 |{{US-Prometheus|f=p}}||repair ship||5 Dec, 1908||Sold 29 Aug, 1950

|{{US-Powhatan|f=p}}||side-wheel frigate||14 Feb, 1850||Sold 30 Jul, 1887 |{{US-Constellation|f=p}}||sailing sloop-of-war||26 Aug, 1854||Preserved 7 Aug, 1

|{{US-1Rowan|f=p}}||torpedo boat||8 Apr, 1898||Sold 3 Jun, 1918 |{{US-Nebraska|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||7 Oct, 1904||Sold 30 Nov, 1923

...on 25 May, 1916 to clear her old name for [[U.S.S. Tennessee (1919)|a new dreadnought]], though some of her crew (notably her commanding officer) continued to re ''Memphis'' was at anchor in Santo Domingo harbor with the {{US-Castine|f=t}} when a tsunami struck on 29 August, 1916. Despite heroic eff

...eblo''''' on 9 November, 1916 to free the name for the super-dreadnought {{US-Colorado|f=p}}. ...'''U.S.S. ''Pueblo''''' on 9 September 1916 to free her name for the new {{US-Colorado|f=t}}.

...on, [[Frederick Vallette McNair, Jr.]], also served in the Navy during the Dreadnought Era. {{CatPerson|US|1839|1900}}

...r innovations in assembly line manufacturing processes. In terms of the [[Dreadnought Era]], the company is most notable as the manufacturer of sixty [[Eagle Cla |{{US-Eagle1|f=p}}||patrol craft||11 Jul, 1918||Sold 11 Jun, 1930

...general heavy engineering. Its shipyard was not built until 1854. By the Dreadnought Era, it had come to specialise in making torpedo boats and destroyers for G |{{US-1Somers|f=p}}||torpedo boat||1897||Sold 19 Jul, 1920

|{{US-Topeka|f=p}}||gunboat||1881||Sold 13 May, 1930 |{{DE-Helgoland|f=p}}||dreadnought||25 Sep, 1909||Broken up 1921

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...ref> He does not appear to have used it for the 1966 edition of ''From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow'', Volume III, but certainly used it for the revised edition ...this action will have further confirmed the complete worthlessness of all Dreadnought types [sic] and will condemn them as old iron.