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The Dreadnoughts
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The Seafarers: Book 1979

The Dreadnoughts (1979) (edit title/settings)

by David Armine Howarth (Author), David Howarth (Author) (edit contributors)

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The lessons of the Battle of Tsushima during the war between Russia and Japan in 1905, where long-range fire decided the outcome, were not lost on the British Admiralty. The result was the creation of the H.M.S. "Dreadnought," a radical design that heralded the start of an epic naval arms race... read more

The lessons of the Battle of Tsushima during the war between Russia and Japan in 1905, where long-range fire decided the outcome, were not lost on the British Admiralty. The result was the creation of the H.M.S. "Dreadnought," a radical design that heralded the start of an epic naval arms race of battleships between Great Britain and Germany, the United States and Japan over the first four decades of the 20th century. Although she never fired her guns in battle and her only action during World War I was to ram and sink a German U-boat in the North Sea, "Dreadnought" was a pivotal ship in naval history because she was so far advanced that every battleship that came after her embodied her basic concept. Before her, all battleships had a main battery of four guns. The "Dreadnought" had ten, although it could fire only eight in a broadside, and it was bigger and faster than any of her predecessors.

"The Dreadnoughts," a volume in "The Seafarers" series put together by Time-Life, begins with the review of the British fleet at Spithead in 1897 and ends with the aftermath of the Battle of Jutland (known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak). This was the largest naval engagement of World War I and the only one to involve battleships on a large scale. Fought May 31-June 1 1916 in the North Sea, the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet, commanded by Admiral John Jellicoe, faced the Kaiserliche Marine's High Seas Fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer. Knowing that the Battle of Jutland is the climax of this volume puts the rest of this look at the Dreadnoughts in perspective.

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  • John Fisher: (1841-1920) Admiral of the British Royal Navy
  • John Jellicoe: (1859-1935) A British Royal Navy admiral who commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in World War I. His handling of the fleet at Jutland remains controversial. Jellicoe later served as First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, but he was removed by a new First Lord because of differences over policy and Britain's ability to carry on the war.
  • Alfred von Tirpitz: (1849-1930) A German Admiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the Kaiserliche Marine from 1897 until 1916. He is considered to be the founder of the German Imperial navy.
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On the afternoon of June 26, 1897, a sun-warmed day of the rare sort the Victorian English like to call "Queen's weather," 165 British warships lay imposingly at anchor at Spithead, an arm of the sea lying betwee Portsmouth and the Isle of Wright.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1979 of 20 in The Seafarers. (standard series)

Preceded by The Explorers: The Seafarers, and followed by The Pacific Navigators (The Seafarers).

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. David Armine Howarth (Author)
  2. David Howarth (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Time-Life
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1979
ISBN: 0809427133
Page Count: 176

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  • Library of Congress: V800 .H87 1979
  • Dewey: 359.32

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