How This Battleship Changed History | The Design of HMS Dreadnought

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Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest vessels– from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the Empress of Ireland to the Lusitania. Join maritime researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history's most famous ocean liners and machines!

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My grandfather served on Dreadnought in WW1. The ship was obsolete by then, as she couldn't keep up to the battlefleet speed. He never spoke much about his RN experience, my only physical memory is my grandparents wedding photo showing him in his naval uniform of petty officer. However, I do remember he was glad not to be posted to a battlecruiser under Beatty, because Beatty was considered reckless and the battlecruisers were called "eggshells armed with sledgehammers" !

frasermitchell
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A few comments on the video:
One of the major advantages of the turbine was sadly glossed over: The steam turbine didn't necessarily produce higher top speeds - though some turbine ships certainly did reach very high top speeds - but a turbine ship could maintain that speed for longer.
A reciprocating engine has a piston moving up and down. Thus the mass of the piston and the connecting rod has to be accellerated and decellerated again and again. This doesn't just absorb energy, it creates vibrations. At high speed, a piston steam engine could effecively shake itself appart.
A reasonably well balaced turbine in comparison can maintain it's nominal maximum power for as long as there's coal to feed the boilers.

The issue of fire controll was coverd in the video, but I think it deserved a bit more attention.
Previously, a naval gun's effective range was far, far lower than its maximum range due to the inability to actually hit a target at long range. The use of smaller callibre secondary and tertiary batteries was basically a case of "throw as much shit at the wall as you can and hope some of it will stick".
The advent of new technology like the coincidence rangefinder and the electromechanical fire controll computer - mentioned in the video - made it possible to actually use the great range heavy guns of the time were capable off. Thus the "all big guns, one calibre" battleship concept became viable.

Bird_Dog
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"The Royal Navy has always been pretty good at choosing awesome names"

HMS Fancy, HMS Broke, HMS Cockchafer, HMS Black Joke and HMS Pansy would like a word

thestonedabbot
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For weeks I've been wondering why HMS Dreadnought specifically became a gamechanger in naval history compared to literally any other warship. And I've read how she was essentially better at everything compared to pre-dreadnaught ships but for some reason I wasn't satisfied with the answer.

Thank you Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs. You are truly a great friend and a great teacher in your expertise

testingphaze
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It's our friend, Mike BrA.I.dy, from Oceanliner Designs.

DreadArkive
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It’s interesting how short the life of dreadnoughts was. Dreadnought commissioned in 1906 and the last one, HMS Vanguard in 1946.

DoubleMrE
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Bunga bunga!!! Our friend Mike Brady is truly rocking his new stache!!!❤❤❤

brendah.
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Master and Commander is very much one of the greatest films ever made. Shame it didn't get widespread acclaim and it definitely deserved better at the box office.

Aikurisu
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Unopposed under crimson skies,
Immortalized, over time, their legend will rise.
And their foes can’t believe their eyes, believe their size, as they fall,
And the Dreadnoughts dread nothing at all. ~ Dreadnought, Sabaton

LoneManProductions
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Michael Brady! I cancelled my cable and now watch YouTube exclusively. I have been a wargame designer and amateur historian for the past 65 years. I guess military history is my primary venue, but I maintain wide interests in my dotage. I simply want to convey to you my deep respect and admiration for your work. EVERY presentation of yours is so above the average that I have NEVER found a presentation of yours that is anywhere below excellent. I dislike getting gooey-eyed and gushing like a school girl, but you wholly deserve to be acknowledge for your insight and craftmanship. Simply excellent. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

randallreed
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Okay who wants a Mike Brady-Drachinifel collaboration?!!

arrow
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I knew Dreadnought was revolutionary, but never why. You explained it very nicely, friend Mike! Thank you.

stevenkarnisky
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"Swarms of fast, cheap torpedo boats could encircle lumbering, expensive battleships and cruisers, send field of torpedoes toward them, and cause all kinds of havoc."

Kamchatka: "do you see torpedo boats?" 😧

emanwe
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One thing that your animation shows quite well, was dreadnought’s biggest flaw to her design, her main spotting top was most of the time covered in smoke from the first funnel.

keiranallcott
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Thank you for making this members first and not members only! Now everyone can learn about HMS Dreadnought!

JPOP
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What a ship? You can only admire the R.N. for putting all this new tech in one ship. The father of all battleships. BUNGA BUNGA.
Great vid Mike.

geoffburrill
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"Ladies and gentlemen it's your friend Michael Algernon Brady from Ocean Liner Designs"

You're right, it is an awesome name.

ArchangelSteve
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The way Dreadnought made nearly all naval combatants in-adequate mimics what happend when HMS WARRIOR took to the seas.
If my memory foam is correct

HrLBolle
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Fun fact: the last dreadnought type battleship is the USS Texas.

afallencheetah
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Eyyy, it's our friend Mike Brady from Moustachio Designs!

Uncle_Roadkill