The new machinery supports a 22-knot dreadnought armed with ten 11-inch guns and a five-inch secondary battery. Torpedo tubes, citadel protection, reinforced bulkheads, and anti-flooding measures fit within the remaining displacement. The result becomes a fleet type rather than an isolated experiment, with eighteen ships ordered across several yards and bases. A workable technological threshold and standardized armament allow the industrial base to transform the battle line in one building program.
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Standardizing the first dreadnought battle line
A 22-knot battleship with ten 11-inch guns becomes the standardized design for an eighteen-ship building program.