1 24 Book of Steamships 



back number! The " Bellerophon " class 

 thus succeeded the " Dreadnought," and 

 even now the race was not ended, nor will 

 it ever be until universal peace wipes out 

 the warship completely. 



In 1910 we had the " St. Vincent " 

 class, with an increased tonnage (19,250), 

 but with the same speed as the "Dread- 

 nought." More guns were carried. Then 

 came the ' Nep tunes >! of 20,000 tons, 

 followed very quickly by the " Orions " 

 and the superb " Queen Elizabeths ", 

 which were the last type to share the 

 honours of the Great War. These had a 

 fine speed with 15 -in. guns, and are con- 

 sidered to be the best all round class of 

 battleship so far built. Then came the 

 Nelson and Rodney, with a tonnage of 

 35,000 and i6-in. guns. 



That brings us to the end of battleship 

 construction, but we must now have a 

 word about the entirely new type of ship 

 which has been evolved within the last 

 few years, and which played a conspicuous 



