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
It’s a dreadnought of a World War II-era historical novel, bristling with armaments yet intimate in tone.
From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2017
In the 18th Century the Royal Navy began sheathing ships in copper - dramatically improving speed - and the dreadnought revolutionised naval warfare in the run up to World War One.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2017
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
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World War I
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