world of warships hms bellerophon review

HMS Bellerophon had her keel laid down on December 6th, 1906 by Royal Dockyard (Portsmouth) and was launched on July 27th, 1907 to undergo her requisite sea trials. The three-strong Bellepheron-class of battleships was born from this thinking and followed in 1907 with HMS Bellerophon, HMS Temeraire and HMS Superb - all based on the dimensions set forth by the Dreadnought with improvements added to make for a stronger fighting group.

HMS Dreadnought served into 1919 before being scrapped and gave rise to a whole new thinking in steel warships for the period. Indeed the Dreadnought is labeled responsible for beginning the whole naval arms race that precipitated World War 1 (1914-1918) and was so revolutionary that all previous battleships were now categorized as 'pre-Dreadnought'. In conjunction with its steam turbine power, the Dreadnought was the fastest capital battleship in the world for her time and was principally responsible for the German Empire enacting a new naval program all its own to keep pace with a potential enemy. The vessel was the first of a new generation of battleships in which all of the main battery were of the same large-caliber gun type.

The British Royal Navy revolutionized naval warfare when it introduced their HMS Dreadnought in 1906.

World of warships hms bellerophon review