Mutemo wekuti pre-dreadnoughts inogona kushandiswa apo pasina ngarava yemazuva ano inogona kuiswa pangozi yakasimbiswa neBritish, French neGermany navy mumasangano ehondo. Mauto eGermany akashandisa pre-dreadnoughts ayo kazhinji muBaltic campaign. Zvisinei, nhamba huru ye pre-dreadnoughts yakashandiswa paGallipoli campaign. Makumi maviri eBritish neFrance pre-dreadnoughts akaumba chikamu chikuru chesimba rakaedza 'kumanikidza Dardanelles' muna March 1915. Basa re pre-dreadnoughts raive rekutsigira HMS Queen Elizabeth mutsva mutsva unodzivirira mahombekombe eTurkey. Vatatu ve pre-dreadnoughts vakanyudzwa nemamines, uye vakawanda vakakuvadzwa zvakanyanya. Zvisinei, yakanga isiri iyo pre-dreadnoughts yakakonzera kukundikana kunzi HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Hondo yeGallipoli