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Dreadnought Battleships: A Historical Quiz

Test your knowledge on the history and development of dreadnought battleships with this engaging quiz. Explore key events, designs, and naval strategies from the era.

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1 The ________ authorized the construction of Satsuma, designed with twelve 12-inch (305 mm) guns in 1904; she was laid down in May 1905.

2 The ________ was an exception, continuing to use 280-millimetre (11.0 in) guns in its first class of dreadnoughts, the Nassau class.

3 ________ was considering the effects on battleship tactics of torpedoes with a range of 7,000-yard (6,400 m) to 8,000-yard (7,300 m).

4 However, the first generation of dreadnoughts built in other nations used the slower triple-expansion ________ which had been standard in pre-dreadnoughts.

5 At the ________, the British and German navies clashed with no decisive result.

6 This design was proven in battle at the ________, when an ill-timed turn by South Dakota silhouetted her to Japanese guns.

7 However, the caliber and weight of secondary armament tended to increase, as the range of torpedoes and the staying power of the ________ expected to carry them also increased.

8 Most of the dreadnoughts were scrapped after the end of World War I under the terms of the ________, but many of the newer super-dreadnoughts continued serving through World War II.

9 The role of battleships was marginal to the great land struggle in France and Russia; it was equally marginal to the ________.

10 The ________ had begun work on an all-big-gun battleship in 1904, but finished the ship as a pre-dreadnought; the United States Navy was also building all-big-gun battleships.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Brazilian dreadnoughts Minas Gerais and São Paulo "outclassed the entire Argentine fleet" when they were built.
  • the German Bayern class battleships Bayern (pictured) and Baden were the last dreadnoughts built by the Kaiserliche Marine.
  • when the new Argentine dreadnought Rivadavia arrived in Buenos Aires on 19 February 1915, over 47,000 people, including President Victorino de la Plaza, came out to see the ship.
  • with the Minas Gerais (pictured), Brazil became the third country to have a dreadnought under construction, ahead of traditional powers like France and Russia.
  • the SMS Nassau was the first dreadnought ship built by the German Imperial Navy.
  • the Nassau-class battleships laid down in 1907 were the first class of German dreadnoughts built in response to the British HMS Dreadnought.
  • the Netherlands' proposal in 1913 for nine dreadnoughts was part of a ƒ595,000,000 rearmament plan.
  • the Russian dreadnought Imperatritsa Mariya capsized and sank while at anchor in Sevastopol in 1916 after one of her powder magazines caught fire and exploded.
  • the battleships of Spain included the smallest dreadnoughts ever built (España pictured).
  • during the Battle of Jutland, the German dreadnought SMS Posen accidentally rammed the light cruiser SMS Elbing, which had to be scuttled due to the damage.
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