The HMS Dreadnought was one of the first class of dreadnoughts produced. (PROSE: Just War [+]Lance Parkin, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1996).) It was a warship developed by the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy in 1906. It was launched in February of that year, sparking an arms race with Germany, contributing to the outbreak of the First World War. (AUDIO: Peace in Our Time [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
During the Last Great Time War, the Sixth Tamasan commissioned a unique TARDIS she dubbed the Dreadnought in honour of the HMS Dreadnought. An appalled War Doctor noted that Tamasan had only a surface level understanding of the original Dreadnought's history. (AUDIO: Fear Nothing [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)