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'''Dreadnought''' is a generic term for a ship or other military platform much superior to competitors.  The [[Royal Navy]] has had numerous ships designated ''HMS Dreadnought'', the best-known being the first all-big-gun [[battleship]], [[''HMS Dreadnought (1905)'']]
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{{r|HMS Dreadnought (1553)|''HMS Dreadnought (1553)''}} of 40 guns built in 1553. [1]
{{r|HMS Dreadnought (1573)|''HMS Dreadnought (1573)''}} a 41-gun ship launched in 1573, rebuilt in 1592 and 1614, then broken up in 1648.
{{r|HMS Dreadnought (1654)|''HMS Dreadnought (1654)''}} a 52-gun Speaker-class frigate launched in 1654 as Torrington, renamed HMS Dreadnought at the Restoration in 1660, and lost in 1690.
{{r|HMS Dreadnought (1691)|''HMS Dreadnought (1691)''}} a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line launched in 1691, rebuilt in 1706 and broken up 1748.
{{r|HMS Dreadnought (1742)|''HMS Dreadnought (1742)''}} a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1742 and sold 1784.
{{r|HMS Dreadnought (1801)|''HMS Dreadnought (1801)''}} a 98-gun second rate launched in 1801, converted to a hospital ship in 1827, and broken up 1857.
{{r|HMS Dreadnought (1875)|''HMS Dreadnought (1875)''}} a battleship launched in 1875 and hulked in 1903, then sold in 1908.
{{r|HMS Dreadnought (1905)|''HMS Dreadnought (1906)''}} a revolutionary battleship, launched in 1906 and sold for breakup in 1921.
{{r|HMS Dreadnought (1654)|''HMS Dreadnought (1960)''}} the UK's first nuclear-powered submarine, launched in 1960 and decommissioned in 1980