Significance
Her design so thoroughly eclipsed earlier types that subsequent battleships of all nations were generically known as "dreadnoughts" and older battleships disparaged as "pre-dreadnoughts". Her very short construction time was intended to demonstrate that Britain could build an unassailable lead in the new type of battleships. Her construction sparked off a naval arms race, and soon all major fleets were adding Dreadnought-like ships.
The modern acoustic guitar developed with square shoulders was named the Dreadnought shape after this iconic ship.
The first Royal Navy operational nuclear submarine was named HMS Dreadnought after her.
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