This new class of ships became known as 'dreadnoughts'. Warships in formation just prior to the Battle of Jutland, 1916. The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval battle of World War One.

The British spent gobs of money and time mass-producing the Dreadnought-class. Indeed, the arms race played heavily into Britain’s ultimate, disastrous decision to enter WWI. Ancillary to the ...

Oddly, the title implies but the book does not fulfill the significance of HMS Dreadnought. The word does not appear until page 401, and is discussed at length in the chapters concerning First Sea ...