We trace the leap from wooden sailing fleets to steel warships, showing how gunpowder, shellfire, and steam power forced ...

Key Point: She changed naval warfare–forever. State-of-the-art battleship armament in the late nineteenth century involved a mix of large- and small-caliber weapons. Naval architects believed that ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: What distinguished Dreadnought from South Carolina or Satsuma was the decision to use turbines instead of reciprocating engines, resulting in a higher speed, faster ...