Britain copied the torpedo boat, developed the destroyer, and adapted its battleships. HMS Dreadnought is famous for ten 12-inch guns in five twin turrets, the feature that defined the all-big-gun battleship. She also carried twenty-seven single 12-pounders, three-inch weapons distributed around the ship to engage small attackers. That anti-torpedo-boat battery illustrates how quickly an offset threat can be absorbed into mainstream warship design without displacing the capital ship.
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HMS Dreadnought carries the counter in her 12-pounder battery
Dreadnought's twenty-seven 12-pounders show how capital ships incorporated defenses against the small craft meant to make them obsolete.