Dreadnought's ram bow survived from an earlier design age. The ship used it to sink a German submarine and also collided with friendly vessels during her career. This gave an all-big-gun battleship an anti-submarine warfare distinction far outside the role emphasized by its heavy battery. Older tactical features could persist inside a warship celebrated for combining the era's most effective modern technologies.
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Dreadnought's ram bow claims a German submarine
Dreadnought used an old-style ram bow to sink a German submarine, giving the battleship an unlikely anti-submarine distinction.