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This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same or a similar title.
Dreadnought is a generic term for a ship or other military platform much superior to competitors. The Royal Navy has had numerous ships designated HMS Dreadnought, the best-known being the first all-big-gun battleship, ''HMS Dreadnought (1905)'' Template:Dabhdr
- HMS Dreadnought (1553) [r]: A 40-gun sailing warship [e]
- HMS Dreadnought (1573) [r]: A 41-gun sailing warship [e]
- HMS Dreadnought (1654) [r]: A 52-gun frigate, originally HMS Torrington, renamed HMS Dreadnought in 1660 [e]
- HMS Dreadnought (1691) [r]: A 60-gun fourth-rate ship [e]
- HMS Dreadnought (1742) [r]: A 60-gun sailing warship of the fourth rate [e]
- HMS Dreadnought (1801) [r]: A 98-gun sailing warship of the second rate, later disarmed and used as a hospital ship [e]
- HMS Dreadnought (1875) [r]: A steam-powered battleship of the "pre-Dreadnought" type, with a mixture of main gun calibers [e]
- HMS Dreadnought (1905) [r]: The first "all-big-gun" battleship, obsoleting all others in the world when built, yet having very little actual combat role [e]
- HMS Dreadnought (1960) [r]: The first nuclear-powered submarine of the Royal Navy; actually a hybrid of the stern of a U.S. Skipjack-class submarine with its reactor, and a British forward section [e]