This set is most attractive, but by the time it was issued our Dreadnought was no more. Despite her importance to the evolution of the Battleship, she had only been involved in one event, when she sank a German submarine, and that was not done by superior fire power but by ramming it.
She missed out on the Battle of Jutland because it occurred whilst she was out of action, being refitted, and after that she found herself patrolling the English Channel. She did eventually get out into the action again, but not until 1918. The following year she was demoted to being a reserve, and renamed Hercules.
in 1921 she was sold for scrap, at just over £2 a ton. And they either failed to feel her importance, or just did not care, for they kept no artefacts for posterity. According to Wikipedia/Dreadnought1906 all that remains is one of the decorative plugs that sealed her guns against the waters and the rains.
There never was a Cartophilic Reference Book to R. J. Lea but we know that they were founded in 1865 in Manchester. Later on they moved to Stockport. Their most popular brands were "Chairman", "Golden Knight", "Honeydew", "Navy Cut", "Tournament", and "Vice Chairman". The cards in our set measure 66 x 35 m/m, and are numbered 1 - 25