<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngenkathi ama-pre-dreadnoughts asetshenziswa emhlabeni wonke, kwakungekho ukushayisana phakathi kwama-pre-dreadnought battleships kuze kube sekupheleni kwesikhathi sabo sokubusa. Impi Yokuqala YamaShayina namaJapane ngo-1894-95 yathonya ukuthuthukiswa kwe-pre-dreadnought, kodwa lokhu kwakuwumzabalazo phakathi kwemikhumbi yempi yaseChina nomkhumbi waseJapane owawunamakhilomitha amaningi. Impi yaseSpain neMelika ka-1898 nayo yayingahambelani, njengoba imikhumbi yaseMelika yangaphambi kwe-dreadnought yayibhekene namabhethri aseSpain ogwini eSan Juan bese kuba nebutho laseSpain lama-cruisers ahlomile kanye nabahlaseli eMpini yaseSantiago de Cuba. Kwaze kwaba yiMpi yaseRussia neJapane ka-1904-1905 lapho ama-pre-dreadnoughts ahlangana khona ngokulinganayo. Lokhu kwenzeka ezimpini ezintathu: ukunqoba kwamaRashiya ngesikhathi seMpi yasePort Arthur ngomhlaka 8-9 kuFebhuwari 1904, iMpi engaqondakali yoLwandle Oluphuzi  <response>: ngo-10 Agasti 1904, kanye nokunqoba okunqumayo kweJapane eMpini yaseTsushima ngo-27 Meyi 1905. Lezi zimpi zachitha imibono eyayikhona yokuthi izimpi zasolwandle zaziyolwa kanjani, njengoba imikhumbi yaqala ukudubula komunye nomunye ebangeni elikhulu kakhulu kunangaphambili; abaklami bemikhumbi baqaphela ukuthi ukudubula amagobolondo aqhumayo awela emigomeni yawo ikakhulukazi avela phezulu, esikhundleni sokuvela emzileni oseduze nokuvundlile kwakuyingozi enkulu kakhulu kunalokho obekucatshangwa. 