The comparison with HMS Warrior separates a dramatic new ship from an untested gamble. Both ships combined technologies Britain had already explored elsewhere. Warrior answered French construction with a more unprecedented synthesis, while no rival was yet building Dreadnought's combination. Dreadnought could therefore transform fleet design while containing much of the technical risk.
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Dreadnought as a conservative leap forward
HMS Dreadnought's combination was bold, while its guns, armour and machinery came from ideas Britain had already tested separately.