pre-dreadnought

Signification (Anglais)

A late 19th-century or early 20th-century battleship with a small number of big guns (typically no more than four) and a large number of quick-firing medium-caliber guns. It was made largely obsolete in 1906 by the dreadnought type of battleship.

Concepts

cuirassé

Synonymes

battleship

Traductions

عربة مدرعة

cuirassat

Schlachtschiff

Panzerkreuzer

corazzata

nave corazzata

pantserschip

slagschip

couraçado

acorazado

savaş gemisi

zırhlı gemi

Étymologie (Anglais)

From pre- + dreadnought.