Show a n ILA n n SHIPS WITH W arh A RID e 5 the word dreadnought has passed into the cur rent coin of the langhage langi age in a manner that th nane of no other warship ever did the dunlee courier says the statesman and the man in the street alike talk glibly of dreadnoughts in referring to the latest type of battleship when the or the king edward depre dented the last N word ord in naval construction their names did not become household words in the same way of course there was then no naval scare no g general demand for a fleet to cope with ger man it Is interesting to recall the fact that the pres ent dreadnought Is the seventh ship bearing that name which has served in the british navy her immediate predecessor Is at present in the hands of the breakers when she was completed 31 years ago she was as justly regarded as the perfect lien tion of naval clence relence she was never called upon to defend her country in battle but she was once to in grave peril of destruction on that teri tenable ible day in june when the victoria vic torla was rammed by the camperdown Camper down in the course of the maneuvers off tripoli and admiral arn 22 officers and men were lost the dravno with ft ath a crew of men narrowly escaped a similar fate it was only onty by the skill ot of captain moore her commander that a collision with the battleship nile was avoided after being in commission for a quarter ot of a century the dreadnought along with some hun dred and fifty other ships was struck off the ac tive list by that courageous stroke of the pen so much applauded at the time along with sev oral eral others she was sent to the kyles of bute buts to await a purchaser las year she was put up tor for auction and sold to be broken up tip and now this gallant war vessel at one time the pride of the british fleet lies in the river bubble at preston hei het being riven asunder and thrown on the scrap heap the fifth dreadnought was one of the old wood en walls that encircled our shores a century ago she fought with nelson and helped him to win the glorious glor victory at trafalgar after her was nan ed the seamen s hospital at greenwich ahe name of neison Is also associated with that of the fourth dreadnought tor for it was on board this vessel that oung horatio received his training in seaman hip but the fourth dread nought belongs b right not to nelson but to an other old sea dog whom we have every reason to admire admiral boscawen Bobc awen was nicknamed old dreadnought from the first ship be he commanded and from his fearless courage in 1744 when in command of 0 the dreadnought which was as built in A 1742 he captured the french ship medee with soo prisoners Bosca wens dreadnought fell on alvil days anu was doing harbor duty at the time of the ameri amerl can war when great britain was drinking the cup ol 01 humiliation to the dregs the third dreadnought was built in the days of william prince of orange she went through the wars of queen anne s reign and ended her life in george 11 II a time her predecessor wai built by charles II 11 and had a long career she took part in n seven fleet actions after 36 yeam arvice she foundered 61 the south foreland wren out looking for jean bart the french cor sair when the spanish armada was destroyed ft dreadnought had a hand in the fighting and fully justified her name the first dreadnought was then under command of capt george beeston beffie the armada however she had been as soc socia ted with the name of a greater naval hero than beeston drake took her with him when he be set out to singe the king of spain s beard and shu sho did her share in burning the spanish fleet at cadiz under the command ol 01 captala captain benner she was with drake again at corunna coranna after the armada had been shattered S she he saw frobisher slain in the attack on brest in la 1954 fought agali at cadiz under essex and raleigh and sailed with raleigh upon the islands voyage |