Dreadnought

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A historic class of heavily armored battleship featuring an all-big-gun main battery.

A large, heavily armored warship characterized by a primary battery of uniform, large-caliber guns, rather than a mix of gun sizes. The design revolutionized naval warfare by allowing centralized fire control and engagement at extreme ranges, rendering earlier mixed-battery battleships obsolete.

Heard on the job

That museum ship is the only surviving dreadnought of her era.