HMS Dreadnought was a Royal Navy battleship whose design revolutionized naval power. The ship's entry into service in 1906 represented such an advance in naval technology that her name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships.
Admiral Sir John "Jacky" Fisher is credited as the father of Dreadnought. Shortly after he assumed office as First Sea Lord, in 1904, he ordered design studies for a battleship armed solely with 12 in (305 mm) guns and a speed of 21 knots.
Dreadnought was the first battleship of her era to have a uniform main battery, rather than having a few large guns complemented by a heavy secondary armament of smaller guns. She was also the first capital ship to be powered by steam turbines, making her the fastest battleship in the world at the time of her completion. Her launch helped spark a naval arms race as navies around the world, particularly the Imperial German Navy, rushed to match it in the build-up to the First World War.
The model is from the Trumpeter 1:350 scale kit with Eduard photo etch (PE), Master Model metal gun barrels and Artwox wooden decks. The model represents the 1907 version of Dreadnought.