Meet the next-generation HMS Dreadnought. The British Ministry of Defence and Royal Navy challenged young scientists and engineers to design a future warship and the results may surprise you.

On the morning of June 21, 1967, HMS Dreadnought S101 sat in Gibraltar undergoing maintenance, her crew enjoying shore leave, when Commander Peter Cobb suddenly received orders: he had just 24 ...

HMS Dreadnought, circa 1906. Image source: U.S. Navy Historical Center. It's been more than 55 years since the British navy boasted a true "line of battle" ship. But now, the drought is ended.

Dreadnought became Fisher’s political cause. Fisher began stockpiling material for Dreadnought before finalizing the design, and delayed all other construction to accelerate its completion.

The UK has awarded contracts worth more than £2 billion ($2.47 billion) for BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce to kick off the third phase of the Dreadnought future submarine nuclear deterrent programme.

The huge section of HMS Dreadnought is seen protected against the elements by what the Royal Navy described as 'what must be the world’s largest black bin bag' (Image: BAE Systems PLC/SWNS) A ...

Inspired by this revolutionary design, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) think-tank project Startpoint has unveiled its vision of a Navy vessel 35 years from now with the Dreadnought 2050 ...

HMS Dreadnought will also contain 42.5 kilometres of piping, 13,000 electrical items and over 347 kilometres of cables on board.

Commissioned in 1906, Dreadnought VII set the standard for battleship design for the next forty years. At 20,730 tons fully loaded, she was twice as large as VI.