Dreadnoughts

The dreadnought is a type of battleship that was used by the British. With high power guns that could destroy entire ships. It was launched in 1906, and it was used in WW1 as an escort and artillery at landings. It started the time of the battleship. One of the most famous dreadnoughts is the HMS Dreadnought. A Dreadnought was 526 feet in length and could travel at a speed of 21 knots, a speed unheard of at the time. The dreadnought was not very effective in WW1 because it had already been outclassed by "Superdreadnoughts", dreadnoughts with bigger guns than the regular model.