Comments on: One Dreadnought Buys 52 Dirigibles and 235 Aeroplanes https://www.isegoria.net/2011/04/one-dreadnought-buys-52-dirigibles-and-235-aeroplanes/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:43:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2011/04/one-dreadnought-buys-52-dirigibles-and-235-aeroplanes/comment-page-1/#comment-168168 Isegoria Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:18:18 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24317#comment-168168 According to Wikipedia, Dreadnought cost £1,783,000, compared to the £1,540,000 for each of the Lord Nelson class. Eight years later the Queen Elizabeth class cost £2,300,000.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2011/04/one-dreadnought-buys-52-dirigibles-and-235-aeroplanes/comment-page-1/#comment-168162 Isegoria Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:07:14 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24317#comment-168162 I can’t say I know how much a “typical” dirigible cost a century ago, but a Time magazine article from 1927 describes a potential new dirigible — the largest ever, twice the size of the Los Angeles — as costing in the neighborhood of $4,500,000.

How much did a battleship cost?

]]> By: David Foster https://www.isegoria.net/2011/04/one-dreadnought-buys-52-dirigibles-and-235-aeroplanes/comment-page-1/#comment-168151 David Foster Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:49:57 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24317#comment-168151 I’m suspicious. The airplanes, maybe, but dirigibles were custom-built, not even anywhere near being mass-produced.

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