dreadnaught
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At Fiumicino, a seaport near Rome, he boarded the dreadnaught Conte di Cavour amid an ovation scarcely to be described.
From Time Magazine Archive
To these historic engagements, the Battle of 1941 bears only such resemblances as are dictated by laws of naval warfare which not even the gap between trireme and dreadnaught can change.
From Time Magazine Archive
The special feature of the "M" boats, of which the M-1 was the first, consists in the fact that they are the only submarines which are equipped with a regular 12-inch dreadnaught gun.
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And on the blueprint horizon�but within sight �is the U.S.'s first modern heavy: T-43, a dreadnaught whose details are top secret.
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Germany promptly replied by planning four ships of the dreadnaught class, and England came back with some still larger vessels which are known as super-dreadnaughts.
From The World War and What was Behind It Or, the Story of the Map of Europe by Bénézet, Louis Paul
