In terms of the arms race between Germany and the British Empire, defined the pre ... of the Dreadnought-class utterly upended previous assumptions and design styles of all battleships from ...

Fisher compromised on a new design for a battleship, to be called Dreadnought ... was built onto the hull of a Connecticut-class pre-dreadnought with what amounted to a rearranged armament.

One special hobby was the design of a variety of vessels which . . . looked ... leading to a proliferation of medium caliber (6” - 8” guns) broadside guns on pre-Dreadnought battleships; weapons that ...