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1. Many of the last pre-dreadnoughts built were top-heavy, resulting in poor handling and seakeeping qualities. What was the main reason for this design flaw?
2. The "Swiftsure" class of pre-dreadnoughts were built in Britain and were originally designed for a South American navy. They were purchased by the Royal Navy before their completion in 1903. For which country were they built?
3. These last British pre-dreadnoughts were obsolete before they were even finished, as the "Dreadnought" was laid down in 1906. What was the name of the lead ship in this class?
4. The last German pre-dreadnoughts were the "Deutschland" class of 1903. All five ships fought at Jutland in 1916. Which ship was sunk in this battle?
5. The French "Liberte" class, authorized in 1902, consisted of how many ships?
6. The last French pre-dreadnoughts were the "Danton" class, which were begun after the "Dreadnought" was launched in 1906. What caliber gun was carried as secondary armament in these ships?
7. The first two classes of pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy were armed with the relatively light 9.4-inch gun as main armament. What gun did the third and last class, the three "Radetskys" of 1907, carry as their main armament?
8. What feature set the last class of Italian pre-dreadnoughts, the "Regina Elena" and her three sisters, apart from the ships of other navies?
9. The ships of the Russian Navy were captured by various powers during the Russian Civil War. The Allies, the Germans, the Whites, and the Reds took possession of the ships and used them as artillery batteries. Which faction captured the two ships of the "Evstafi" class in the Black Sea in 1919?
10. The last Russian pre-dreadnoughts that were built, the "Andrei Pervozvanny" and the "Imperator Pavel I" went over to the Bolsheviks after their crews mutinied in 1917. What was their fate?
11. This class of pre-dreadnoughts were the last capital ships built in Britain for the Japanese Navy. The "Katori" and "Kashima" had the standard main battery of four 12-inch guns. What caliber weapon did they carry as a secondary battery?
12. This class of Japanese battleships were the first capital ships to be built in Japan. They are sometimes called "semi-dreadnoughts" due to their heavy armament and large displacement. What was the name-ship of this class?
13. The American "Connecticut" class of 1903 were the most heavily armed of the pre-dreadnoughts built by the U.S. Navy. They carried four 12-inch, eight 8-inch, and twelve 7-inch guns on a displacement of 17,700 tons. How many ships of this class were built?
14. The large size and cost of the previous class of American pre-dreadnoughts, the "Connecticuts", led the U.S. Navy to opt for smaller ships for their last class of the type. What was the name of the lead ship in this class?
15. The last U.S. pre-dreadnoughts, the "Mississippi" and "Idaho", were sold to the Greek Navy in 1914. The ships were renamed "Kilkis" and "Lemnos", respectively. The U.S. used the funds from the sale to build a third ship of the "New Mexico" class of dreadnoughts, which were authorized in 1915. What was this ship's name?
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