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Meanings of dreadnought battleship in anglès

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Type of battleship with a primary battery of large, uniform-caliber guns, to distinguish them from earlier mixed caliber battleships.

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        Examples for "dreadnought"
        1
        Some of her first-class cruisers, and one formidable dreadnought had been sunk.
        The Boy Allies in the Trenches; Or, Midst Shot and Shell Along t...
        2
        The dreadnought began her turn, and fresh alarms whooped even as she swung.
        The Short Victorious War
        3
        Jan. 11-Reportfrom Vienna that French dreadnought Courbet has been sunk.
        The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine / The Eur...
        4
        Dec. 30-Frenchsubmarine torpedoes Austrian dreadnought Viribus Unitis, but fails to sink her.
        The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
        5
        Nothing in the galaxy could stand up to the energy-range fire of a dreadnought.
        Out of the dark
        Usage of dreadnought battleship in anglès
        1
        They were the Dreadnought battleships of their own time and place and people.
        Flag and Fleet: How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas
        2
        At the time, the backbone of the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet consisted of dozens of dreadnought battleships.
        Wired
        3
        For three hours and a half Jellicoe, with his twenty-four dreadnought battleships, had been racing south to reach the scene of action.
        Flag and Fleet: How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas
        4
        It had a ram-shaped bow like a Dreadnought battleship and, adjoining it, there were smaller outcrops of rock on the seaward ice-cliffs.
        The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
        5
        Its history is rich, with 216 known shipwrecks, including that of a 1906 Dreadnought battleship, surrounding its shores.
        Rock and Ice Magazine