dreadnought

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It is the only remaining WWI-era dreadnought battleship.

From Washington Times • Aug. 31, 2022

The Imperatritsa Maria dreadnought battleship sank in 1916 after an explosion involving ammunition.

From Reuters • Apr. 14, 2022

The unnamed correspondent for the Times, watching from the deck of the British flagship the dreadnought HMS Queen Elizabeth, was overwhelmed:

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2014

Martins, from 1939, is what they are. Eldridge’s is a dreadnought, the largest flattop guitar, and Lage’s is a smaller version.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 16, 2014

Bethlehem Steel brought giant ingots and great slabs of military armor, including a curved plate seventeen inches thick meant for the gun turret of the dreadnought Indiana.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson