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Re: December 7th - Lest We Forget
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:21 pm
by oneshooter
Yes there were. But only ONE started a revolution in battleship design.
Oneshooter
Livin in Texas
Quiz time, other than being built first, what else can HMS Dreadnaught claim as a first and only?
Re: December 7th - Lest We Forget
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:22 am
by Woftam
what else can HMS Dreadnaught claim as a first and only?
Only battleship to directly sink a submarine ?
Re: December 7th - Lest We Forget
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:11 pm
by Tom-May
I believe that the 'Dreadnaught' (and later the "Super-Dreadnaught") battleships were also the first capital ships to use turbine engines as opposed to the earlier triple-expansion engines.
Tom
Re: December 7th - Lest We Forget
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:37 pm
by oneshooter
We have a WINNER. The HMS Dreadnaught struck and sank u-29 on18 March 1915 . Thus becoming the only battleship to directly sink a submarine.
The use of the turbine engine by the Royal Navy gave the developers the boost they needed. All capitol ships built from that point on were using the center line main batteries and turbine engines. However, the US Navy had a squabble with thr US makers of turbines. And to show thier dissatifaction with them ordered triple expansion engines for the USS Texas(BB35) and USS New York(BB34) . Thus the Texas has the only surviving triple expansion engions in the world. That is why she is a National Engineering Landmark.
Oneshooter
Livin in Texas