SMS Rheinland, a Nassau-class battleship, Germany's first response to the British Dreadnought, 1910

One ship, clean slate

Britain launched HMS Dreadnought. Overnight, every battleship was obsolete.

World War I: The Dreadnought That Reset the Seas

SMS Rheinland, a Nassau-class battleship, Germany's first response to the British Dreadnought, 1910

Germany’s big bet backfires

Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz built a rival fleet inspired by Alfred Thayer Mahan. Dreadnoughts gave Britain an edge it never relinquished.

World War I: The Dreadnought That Reset the Seas

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