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ONI and HMS Dreadnaught

I've read just recently where the Office of Naval Intelligence were following the building, trials and commissioning of HMS Dreadnaught. I was previously under the impression that Dreadnaught was...

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I heard that ONI provided the UK engineers some technical suggestions to correct some of the design flaws.............

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HMS Dreadnought and security? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought_hoax

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ChrisPat wrote:HMS Dreadnought and security?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought_hoaxreminds me of a story that RADM Dan Gallery published some years later.  It is clear where he got the...

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According to Anthony Preston in his book Warships of the World, Dreadnaught was designed in total secrecy. Also, according to wiki (granted albeit, not reputed to always be the most reliable info...

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It was in fact a point of considerable discomfort in British naval circles that their industrial security was so lax while the German's kept tight control over their construction information.

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Denno wrote:According to Anthony Preston in his book Warships of the World, Dreadnaught was designed in total secrecy. Also, according to wiki (granted albeit, not reputed to always be the most...

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Indeed. South Carolina and Michigan, which could easily be seen as a direct response to Dreadnaught, were well into detail design before Dreadnaught's keel was laid.

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Just how large an organisation was ONI at the time? I know that the US Army's intelligence branch more than doubled in size between the 1890 and WWI. It went from 2 officers and 2 clerks to 4 officers...

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Caden2248 wrote:Denno wrote:According to Anthony Preston in his book Warships of the World, Dreadnaught was designed in total secrecy. Also, according to wiki (granted albeit, not reputed to always be...

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Caden2248 wrote:=1em I know it is very vogue among proponents of the Royal navy, but the US was designing and building their battleships in a vacuum. While they had access to foreign ideas and one has...

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I thought that Wiki locked pages such pages until the new content is reviewed.

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Condottiere wrote:I thought that Wiki locked pages such pages until the new content is reviewed. Since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of the largest reference websites,...

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Hockeygoon wrote:Condottiere wrote:I thought that Wiki locked pages such pages until the new content is reviewed. Since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of the largest...

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