Picture No | 10547124 |
Date | 1911 |
Description | State of German dreadnoughts in 1911 |
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A drawing in The Sphere, showing the exact status of the fleet of dreadnought battleships belonging to Germany in 1911. The picture shows 8 in commission, 1 on trials, 3 completed and 4 on slips, a total of 16 compared to Britain's 25 at the time. There was a huge growth in the building of dreadnoughts (all-big-gun battleships) since the first built by Britain in 1905 - the trigger for a naval arms race among the major powers in the years leading up to World War I.
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Source | Illustration by A. B. Cull in The Sphere magazine, 25 November 1911 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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