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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Matrix: [QB] Nope. The term Dreadnought originated from the HMS Dreadnought of the year 1906 because she was the first All-Big Gun ship. Previous battleships had two to four big guns (12" or similar) and many smaller guns (5" to 10"). The HMS Dreadnought had 10 12" and very, very smaller guns. No intermiate guns like before. From there on, every ship was considered a Dreadnought. However there are varients of this term however such as the Super Dreadnought, first used on the Orion class battleships. They were termed this becaause all previous battleships even the dreadnoughts possessed 12" guns. The Orion class possessed 13.5" guns and were heavier. The term Dreadnought is only refered to the World War I era battleships. Every battleship built after WWI, was merely termed battleship or fast battleship. The Bismark, Yamato, and the Iowa are all fast battleships. The Yamato was termed Super Battleship by a few because she is the heaviest of all the battleships ever built. Though this is a false term since it's now widely known by the "battleship-folk", that the American Iowa class is near match for the Yamato at 15,000 less tons. So therefore the term dreadnought used in the old TOS technical manual is incorrect. The Federation class is a battleship, there has to be a smaller battleship than the Federation class to make her a Dreadnought. The Niagara class is not a Dreadnought, but she can be considered a battleship if she was built as a battleship. So if the Niagara class is a battleship than the Galaxy class can be considered a Dreadnought and the Sovereign class, a Super Dreadnought. But this is using old World War terms. Nowadays there are no battleships, no heavy cruisers, just cruisers, destroyers, frigates and carriers. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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