Enough dreadnoughts for two full squadrons were completed by the outbreak of war in mid 1914; the eight most modern pre-dreadnoughts were used to constitute a third squadron.
Suficientes dreadnoughts para encher dous escuadróns foron completados para o estoupido da guerra a mediados de 1914; os oito pre-dreadnoughts máis modernos foron usados para constituír un terceiro.