pre-dreadnought battleship

A pre-dreadnought battleship is a late-19th to early-20th-century capital warship characterized by a mixed-caliber armament, heavy armor, and relatively low speed, preceding the revolutionary all-big-gun dreadnought design.

Instances (5)

• German battleship Schleswig-Holstein
• Russian battleship Tsesarevich
• Russian battleship Retvizan
• Japanese battleship Mikasa
• Japanese battleship Shikishima