Dreadnought

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Dreadnought may refer to:

• Battleships were called Dreadnoughts, following the launch of the HMS Dreadnought in 1906. The term persists in some military science fiction, referring to warships larger than battleships.
• HMS Dreadnought, the name of several warships of the Royal Navy
• Dreadnought (book), a book by Robert K. Massie
• Workers' Dreadnought, a newspaper of the suffragettes
• Dreadnought acoustic guitar invented by C.F. Martin & Company
• Some types of trams in the British Empire, particularly those built just after the introduction of the HMS Dreadnought in 1906.
• KV-2 Soviet heavy artillery tank, called "Dreadnought" by its crews
• Dreadnought Supertrousers Canvas work trousers manufactured by Cactus Climbing Equipment in New Zealand
• A Dreadnought is a Space marine walking vehicle in Warhammer 40,000 universe

[edit] Dreadnoughts in pop culture

• Tactical Dreadnought Armour in the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop game (see also Vehicles of the Imperium for the larger Dreadnought vehicle variant)
• The imperial airship used as a weapon in the game Final Fantasy II
• Phyrexian Dreadnought, an artifact creature from the card game Magic: The Gathering
• "Dreadnought", an episode in the second season of Star Trek: Voyager
• Villainous robot featured in Marvel Comics' Iron Man series
• Main ship used by Scarrans in the Farscape series
• Dreadnought (battleship), heavy Soviet battleship capable of firing devastating long range missiles in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 PC game.

[edit] Dreadnaughts in pop culture, music, and film

• Dreadnaught, award-winning U.S.-based rock performance/recording artists and house band for Writers On A New England Stage (featuring John Updike, Alan Alda, Dan Brown, Mitch Albom)
• Dreadnaught (heavy metal band) based in Melbourne, Australia
• Dreadnaught, a 1981 Hong Kong kungfu film directed by Yuen Woo-ping
• Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser, a type of starship in the Star Wars universe
• The Dreadnaught Factor, an Activision game for Atari 5200 and Mattel Intellivision