HMS Dreadnought

HMS Dreadnought was the first dreadnought class battleship ever built. She were built for the Royal Navy during the years of 1905 to 1906. Dreadnought represented such an advance in naval technology that its name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships, the "dreadnoughts", as well as the class of ships named after it. She was the only ship of her design.

HMS Dreadnought served between the years of 1906 to 1919.

Preceded by:  Lord Nelson class

Succeeded by: Bellerophon class

HMS Dreadnought, ironically designed to engage enemy battleships, had her only significant action ramming and sinking the German submarine SM U-29 on 18 March 1915. U-29 had broken the surface immediately ahead of Dreadnought after firing a torpedo at HMS Neptune, and Dreadnought cut the submarine in two after a short chase. She almost collided with HMS Temeraire who was also attempting to ram. Dreadnought thus became the only battleship ever to purposefully sink an enemy submarine.