At first, many in Great Britain were opposed to a completely new type of battleship. Their construction required great expenditures, and after their construction, most of the battle fleet of the most powerful naval power in the world would immediately become obsolete. Nevertheless, the decision was made very quickly, especially thanks to Admiral John Fisher, who took every care to ensure that what No other state was ahead of Great Britain in any innovations introduced in the navy. In record time, a design was drawn up and construction began on the battleship Dreadnought (Neustrashimiy). This ship, launched on February 10, 1906, had characteristics inherent in all later battleships, which became known as “dreadnoughts.” With a displacement of 18,000 tons, with the help of steam turbines, it developed a speed of 21 knots and had a unified armament of ten 305-mm guns. To repel attacks by destroyers at short distances, 12-pound guns were added to them.