superdreadnought

Any story where a space-pirate wielding a space-axe could chop through a ray-shielded space-airlock, kidnap a beautiful space-princess and escape in a space-superdreadnought over a mile long, destroying at least one or perhaps two planets during the resulting space-battle, without this seeming in any particular out of place with the scale, scope, drive or moral code portrayed in the rest of the story, then the story is a Space Opera.

SF Tidbits for 10/2/06 2006

Any story where a space-pirate wielding a space-axe could chop through a ray-shielded space-airlock, kidnap a beautiful space-princess and escape in a space-superdreadnought over a mile long, destroying at least one or perhaps two planets during the resulting space-battle, without this seeming in any particular out of place with the scale, scope, drive or moral code portrayed in the rest of the story, then the story is a Space Opera.

SF Tidbits for 10/3/06 2006

Queen Elizabeth might do it, but how likely was it that the Admiralty would permit the prize superdreadnought to be exposed to the dangers involved in entering the Sea of Marmara?

Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

To calm the First Sea Lord, Churchill immediately agreed to bring the superdreadnought home and to replace her at the Dardanelles with new monitors carrying 14-inch guns.

Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

Nevertheless, for the moment, Fisher had won: the superdreadnought sailed for Malta and home and all thought of another naval offensive at the Dardanelles was suspended.

Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

Admiral Carden was given the new superdreadnought Queen Elizabeth with eight 15-inch guns, the battle cruiser Inflexible with eight 12-inch guns, and twelve British and four French predreadnought battleships carrying a total of fifty-six 12-inch and eight 10-inch guns.

Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

Even in an age of outsize literary biographies, Irvin Ehrenpreis's life of Jonathan Swift counts as a superdreadnought.

Animated Paradox Adams, Robert M. 1984

The boneheads, after being taken through a superdreadnought and through a library by Lensmen as telepathic as themselves, capitulated to Civilization immediately and whole-heartedly.

Masters Of The Vortex Smith, E. E. 1972

The pirate - a first-class superdreadnought-flashed up and a visual beam drove in.

Masters Of The Vortex Smith, E. E. 1972

The superdreadnought Chicago, as she approached the imaginary but nevertheless sharply defined boundary, which no other ship had been allowed to pang, went inert and crept forward, mile by mile.

First Lensman Smith, E. E. 1950