THE DAY IN HISTORY · FEBRUARY 10
February 10 in history
What happened on February 10: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1906, each linked to the map that shows it.
— HMS Dreadnought
10 Feb 1906 — Portsmouth launches a battleship with ten 12-inch guns and turbine engines, so superior that every older battleship, Britain’s own included, is outclassed at a stroke. The naval race restarts from almost level, the opening Tirpitz thought he had.
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