--HMS Iron Duke and the Battle of Jutland--
At the height of the First World War in 1916, HMS Iron Duke was the flagship of the British "Grand Fleet" at the time and was under the command of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. During the battle of Jutland, Iron Duke is credited with dealing significant damage to the German Battleship SMS König.
The building of the replica Iron Duke took about 28 hours in total. Having used over 30 photographs for reference, the replica is one of, if not the most visually accurate replica ships in the server. The dreadnought had to be almost entirely hollow for the ship to reach its large size, and in actual combat, it has proven... lackluster. Because of this, an actual militarized version was constructed and combat tests proved it was quite effective. A statement to the real ship's capabilities, perhaps.
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