Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duk da yake an yi amfani da pre-dreadnoughts a duk duniya, babu wani rikice-rikice tsakanin pre-dreadnought battleships har zuwa ƙarshen zamanin mulkin su. Yakin farko na kasar Sin da Japan a cikin 1894-95 ya rinjayi ci gaban pre-dreadnought, amma wannan ya kasance rikici tsakanin jiragen ruwa na kasar Sin da jiragen ruwa na kasar Japan da suka hada da mafi yawan jiragen ruwa. Har ila yau, yakin Spain da Amurka na 1898 ya kasance rashin daidaituwa, tare da rundunar jiragen ruwa na Amurka da ke fuskantar batutuwan bakin teku na Spain a San Juan sannan kuma wani rukuni na Mutanen Espanya na jiragen ruwa da masu hallaka a yakin Santiago de Cuba. Ba har sai da Russo-Japan War na 1904 <unk> 05 ba pre-dreadnoughts shiga a kan daidai da kafa. Wannan ya faru ne a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe uku: nasarar da Rasha ta yi a lokacin yakin Port Arthur a ranar 8 zuwa 9 ga Fabrairu, 1904, yakin da ba a yanke shawara ba na Tekun Yellow
a ranar 10 ga Agusta, 1904, da kuma nasarar da Japan ta yi a yakin Tsushima a ranar 27 ga Mayu, 1905. Wadannan yaƙe-yaƙe sun tayar da ra'ayoyin da suka fi dacewa game da yadda za a yi yaƙe-yaƙe na teku, yayin da jiragen ruwa suka fara harbi juna a nesa da nisa fiye da baya; masu gine-ginen jiragen ruwa sun fahimci cewa fashewar wuta (maduba masu fashewa da suka fadi a kan manufofin su da yawa daga sama, maimakon daga hanyar da ke kusa da kwance) ya kasance babbar barazana fiye da yadda aka yi tunani.