Royal Navy Dreadnoughts

Name the post HMS Dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy. HMS Dreadnought represented a major breakthrough in naval design as she was the first battleship of her era to have a uniform main battery and the first capital ship to be powered by steam turbines. At the time of her completion she was the fastest battleship in the world. However, the arms race that her creation touched off ensured that she would not hold that title for very long.

Does not include the G3 or N3 class ships because they were never officially named

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Class	Date Commissioned	Service Tenure	Fate	Answer
Dreadnought	December 2, 1906	1906-1919	Scrapped in 1921	Dreadnought
Bellerophon	February 20, 1909	1909-1921	Scrapped in 1921	Bellerophon
Bellerophon	May 15, 1909	1909-1921	Scrapped in 1921	Temeraire
Bellerophon	June 9, 1909	1909-1920	Scrapped in 1922	Superb
St Vincent	May 3, 1910	1910-1921	Scrapped in 1921	St Vincent
St Vincent	April 19, 1910	1910-1921	Scrapped in 1922	Collingwood
St Vincent	March 1, 1910	1910-1917	Exploded due to an internal explosion while at anchor in Scapa Flow on July 9, 1917	Vanguard
Neptune	January 11, 1911	1911-1921	Scrapped in 1922	Neptune
Colossus	August 8, 1911	1911-1923	Scrapped in 1928	Colossus
Colossus	July 31, 1911	1911-1921	Scrapped in 1921	Hercules
Orion	January 2, 1912	1912-1922	Scrapped in 1922	Orion
Orion	April 27, 1912	1912-1923	Sunk as a target in 1925	Monarch
Orion	December 1, 1912	1912-1922	Scrapped in 1922	Conqueror
Orion	June 15, 1912	1912-1921	Scrapped in 1926	Thunderer
King George V	November 16, 1912	1912-1926	Scrapped in 1926	King George V
King George V	May 22, 1913	1913-1924	Sunk as blockship on June 7, 1944	Centurion
King George V	October 31, 1913	1913-1924	Scrapped in 1926	Ajax
King George V	October 15, 1913	1913-1914	Sunk by a mine, October 27, 1914	Audacious
Iron Duke	March 10, 1914	1914-1946	Scrapped in 1946	Iron Duke
Iron Duke	June 2, 1914	1914-1932	Scrapped in 1932	Marlborough
Iron Duke	October 7, 1914	1914-1929	Scrapped in 1929	Benbow
Iron Duke	November 10, 1914	1914-1931	Sunk as a target ship in 1931	Emperor of India
Agincourt	August 7, 1914	1914-1922	Scrapped in 1922	Agincourt
Canada	October 15, 1915	1915-1958	Resold to Chile as Almirante Latorre, scrapped in 1959	Canada
Erin	July 31, 1914 (Date of Seizure from Turkey)	1914-1922	Scrapped in 1922	Erin
Queen Elizabeth	December 22, 1914	1914-1948	Scrapped in 1948	Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth	March 8, 1915	1915-1945	Scrapped in 1947	Warspite
Queen Elizabeth	January 13, 1916	1916-1948	Scrapped in 1948	Valiant
Queen Elizabeth	October 19, 1915	1915-1941	Sunk by U-331 on November 25, 1941	Barham
Queen Elizabeth	February 1, 1916	1916-1944	Scrapped in 1948	Malaya
Queen Elizabeth	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	Agincourt
Revenge	February 1, 1916	1916-1948	Scrapped in 1948	Revenge
Revenge	December 30, 1916	1916-1948	Scrapped in 1948	Resolution
Revenge	May 1, 1916	1914-1939	Sunk by U-47 while at anchorage in Scapa Flow on October 14, 1939	Royal Oak
Revenge	April 18, 1916	1916-1944	Transferred to the USSR as Arkhangelsk, returned in dreadful condition in 1949 and promptly scrapped the same year	Royal Sovereign
Revenge	September 1, 1917	1917-1948	Scrapped in 1948	Ramillies
Revenge	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	Resistance
Nelson	August 15, 1927	1927-1949	Scrapped in 1949	Nelson
Nelson	December 7, 1927	1927-1948	Scrapped in 1948	Rodney
King George V	October 1, 1940	1940-1959	Scrapped in 1959	King George V
King George V	January 19, 1941	1941-1941	Sunk by Japanese aircraft in the South China Sea on December 10, 1941	Prince of Wales
King George V	August 19, 1941	1941-1958	Scrapped in 1958	Duke of York
King George V	April 14, 1942	1942-1958	Scrapped in 1958	Anson
King George V	June 17, 1942	1942-1958	Scrapped in 1958	Howe
Lion	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	Lion
Lion	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	Temeraire
Lion	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	Conqueror
Lion	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	Thunderer
Vanguard	May 12, 1946	1946-1960	Scrapped in 1960	Vanguard

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