dreadnaught

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S. naval circles was caused by the British battleship Rodney, largest, most powerful dreadnaught in the world, possibly the largest battleship that will ever be built.

From Time Magazine Archive

And on the blueprint horizon�but within sight �is the U.S.'s first modern heavy: T-43, a dreadnaught whose details are top secret.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Fiumicino, a seaport near Rome, he boarded the dreadnaught Conte di Cavour amid an ovation scarcely to be described.

From Time Magazine Archive

The special feature of the "M" boats, of which the M-1 was the first, consists in the fact that they are the only submarines which are equipped with a regular 12-inch dreadnaught gun.

From Time Magazine Archive

Following the first twenty-five British ships steamed the American squadron, Admiral Rodman, aboard the dreadnaught New York, showing the way.

From The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets Or, the Fall of the German Navy by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)