![]() ![]() ![]() The forward turret, or "A" turret, was positioned on the forecastle. The main armament consisted of ten 12-inch (305mm) 45 calibre Mark X guns, with Mark VIII mountings, arranged in five double turrets. As this mast was placed forward of the after funnel, however, the spotting position it carried was itself likely to be rendered unusable by funnel exhaust. There were minor design improvements the tripod foremast was placed forward of the forefunnel, to reduce the likelihood of the topmast spotting position being smoked out and the mainmast became a full-size tripod, unlike the diminutive mainmast carried by Dreadnought. The same main armament was retained, in the same distribution the same machinery was installed. In order to capitalise on this pause the succeeding class of ships, the Bellerophon-class battleships were built to a design only marginally modified from that of Dreadnought. The advent of HMS Dreadnought produced a significant pause in the battleship building programmes of France, Germany and The United States of America, caused by the realisation that new ships would have to match her capabilities. She was only the fourth dreadnought-type battleship to be completed anywhere in the world, being preceded only by HMS Dreadnought and by her two sister ships HMS Bellerophon and HMS Temeraire. She was built in Elswick at a cost of £1,744,287, and was completed on 19 June 1909. ![]() HMS Superb was a Bellerophon-class battleship of the British Royal Navy. ![]()
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