DREADNOUGHT
\dɹˈɛdnɔːt], \dɹˈɛdnɔːt], \d_ɹ_ˈɛ_d_n_ɔː_t]\
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A British battleship, completed in 1906 -- 1907, having an armament consisting of ten 12-inch guns, and of twenty-four 12-pound quick-fire guns for protection against torpedo boats. This was the first battleship of the type characterized by a main armament of big guns all of the same caliber. She has a displacement of 17,900 tons at load draft, and a speed of 21 knots per hour.
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