Could Dreadnought have gas turbines by 1904?

Could research funding from 1900 put gas turbines into Dreadnought by 1904?

No. That timetable asks too much of the available technology and the British development system, even with additional funding.

The suggested 1904 date would allow only four years from the start of the research programme. That is too short for the proposed gas-turbine leap. The counterfactual has to remain within the period's practical development possibilities.