 The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 by the Royal Navy raised the stakes , and complicated Japan 's plans . Displacing 17 @,@ 900 long tons ( 18 @,@ 200 t ) and armed with ten 12 @-@ inch ( 30 @.@ 5 cm ) guns , Dreadnought rendered all existing battleships obsolete by comparison . The launch of the battlecruiser HMS Invincible the following year was a further setback for Japan 's quest for parity . When the two new Satsuma @-@ class battleships and two Tsukuba @-@ class armoured cruisers , launched by 1911 , were outclassed by their British counterparts , the Eight @-@ Eight Fleet Program was restarted . 
 The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 by the Royal Navy raised the stakes , and complicated Japan <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>plans . Displacing 17 @,@ 900 long tons ( 18 @,@ 200 t ) and armed with ten 12 @-@ inch ( 30 @.@ 5 cm ) guns , Dreadnought rendered all existing battleships obsolete by comparison . The launch of the battlecruiser HMS Invincible the following year was a further setback for Japan <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>quest for parity . When the two new Satsuma @-@ class battleships and two Tsukuba @-@ class armoured cruisers , launched by 1911 , <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> outclassed by their British counterparts , the Eight @-@ Eight Fleet Program was restarted . 
Da launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 by tdaRoyal Navy raised the stakes , and complicated Japan  plans . Displacing 17 @,@ 900 long tons ( 18 @,@ 200 t ) and armed wid ten 12 @-@ inch ( 30 @.@ 5 cm ) guns , Dreadnought rendered all existing battleships obsolete by comparison . Thdaaunch of thedattlecruiser HMS Invincible the dalowing year was a further setback for Japan  quest for parity . When the tdanew Satsuma @-@ class battleships and 2 Tsukuba @-@ class armoured cruisers , launched by 1911 , was outclassed by their British counterparts , the Eight @-@ Eight Fleet Program was restarted .