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Dreadnought-building consumed vast resources in the early 20th century, but there was only one battle between large dreadnought fleets, the Battle of Jutland in 1916 where the British and German navies clashed with no decisive result. The term dreadnought gradually dropped from use after World War I, especially after the Washington Naval Treaty, as virtually all remaining battleships shared dreadnought characteristics; it can also be used to describe battlecruisers,

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