A MODEL maker has finally finished his replica of HMS Dreadnought – which took nine times as long to complete as the original warship. Tony Ansell, 63, began working on the five-and-a-half foot ...

The slower Americans didn’t lay down South Carolina (which would carry eight twelve-inch guns in four twin turrets) until December 1906, about the time that HMS Dreadnought entered service.

The HMS Dreadnought is as long as 14 buses (153 meters/502 feet), and it will be capable of housing a crew of 130, for the first time on such a vessel, in separate quarters for men and women ...

The HMS Dreadnought set the standard for what a dreadnought should be. For the next four decades, similar battleships would strive to embody its style and presence.

A MODEL maker has finally finished his replica of HMS Dreadnought – which took nine times as long to complete as the original warship.