Vittorio Cuniberti publicized an influential all-big-gun design in 1903, but the concept was not exclusively Italian or the product of one article. Benedetto Brin had explored related ideas, while British, Japanese, and American thinkers were also considering all-big-gun ships. Jacky Fisher had discussed the concept before commanding the Mediterranean Fleet, and Pakenham's report on Admiral Togo at Tsushima influenced British design thinking. Charles Algernon Parsons supplied the turbine technology that made a fast battleship practical. HMS Dreadnought consequently emerged from international design ideas, combat observation, and engineering development rather than a single inventor's blueprint.
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The international origins of the all-big-gun ship
Italian, British, Japanese, and American work all fed the all-big-gun idea, while Tsushima reports and Parsons turbines shaped the British result.