superdreadnought
Giant naval warship
A superdreadnought was a class of battleship that emerged around 1910, surpassing the original dreadnought design with heavier armor and larger guns.
The term marks a specific moment in naval history when countries raced to build ever more powerful warships.
Like dreadnought itself, superdreadnought now sounds quaintly grandiose, occasionally borrowed for dramatic effect: The new aircraft carrier was a superdreadnought of the skies.
Vehicles under unified command
- navyMaritime military force
- admiraltyLaw of the seas
- seapowerMaritime military capability
- maritimeOf the sea
squadron · task force · battle line · naval warfare · blockade · engagement · commander · admiral
Armored naval capital vessel
- capital shipMajor combat vessel
- flagshipCommander's principal vessel
- warshipArmed naval vessel
- turretsSmall projecting towers
gunnery · broadside · salvo · firepower · armor · hull · armament · displacement
First global military conflict
- JutlandDanish mainland peninsula
- ironcladImpossible to dispute
- shipbuildingConstructing maritime vessels
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
fleet
Vehicles under unified command
maritime · squadron · task force · battle line · naval warfare · blockade · engagement · commander · admiral · seamanship
battleship
Armored naval capital vessel
- capital shipMajor combat vessel
- flagshipCommander's principal vessel
- warshipArmed naval vessel
turrets · gunnery · broadside · salvo · firepower · armor · hull · armament · displacement · tonnage
World War I
First global military conflict
- JutlandDanish mainland peninsula
- ironcladImpossible to dispute
- shipbuildingConstructing maritime vessels
colossal
Extremely large in scale
- behemothCreature of immense size
- leviathanEnormous creature or entity
- titanicEnormously strong or large
massive · immense · hulking · mammoth · towering · formidable · imposing · monumental
superdreadnoughtpatrol boat
Coastal surveillance vessel
gunboat · rowboat · dinghy · corvette · torpedo boat
superdreadnoughtironclad
Impossible to dispute
ship of the line · man-of-war · monitor · galleon · trireme
super, dreadnought, dread, nought, naught, dreaded, dreadful, dreadfully, dreadfulness