List of battleships
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The list of battleships includes all battleship
s since 1859, listed alphabetically. The list also contains battlecruiser
s which share most of the characteristics of a battleship or have otherwise been referred to as battleships.
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Battleship
A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
s since 1859, listed alphabetically. The list also contains battlecruiser
Battlecruiser
Battlecruisers were large capital ships built in the first half of the 20th century. They were developed in the first decade of the century as the successor to the armoured cruiser, but their evolution was more closely linked to that of the dreadnought battleship...
s which share most of the characteristics of a battleship or have otherwise been referred to as battleships.
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- AffondatoreItalian battleship AffondatoreAffondatore was a ironclad warship of the Regia Marina , built in the 1860s. Her name translates as "Sinker".She was an armoured turret-ship built by Harrison, Millwall, London for the Italian navy...
(Italy, 1865) - AfricaHMS Africa (1905)HMS Africa was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. She was the penultimate ship of the King Edward VII class. Like all ships of the class , she was named after an important part of the British Empire, namely Africa....
(United Kingdom, 1904): King Edward VII classKing Edward VII class battleshipThe King Edward VII class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships launched by the Royal Navy between 1903 and 1905.-Armament:By 1901, the 29 British battleships of the Majestic, Canopus, Formidable, London, Queen, and Duncan classes then in service or under construction, all following the same... - AgamemnonHMS Agamemnon (1879)HMS Agamemnon was a Victorian Royal Navy Ajax class ironclad turret battleship, the sister-ship of .Agamemnon and Ajax were built to the same design, and were smaller and less expensive versions of Inflexible...
(United Kingdom, 1879): Ajax classAjax class battleshipThe Ajax class of battleships consisted of two ships, and . They were ironclad ships serving in the Victorian Royal Navy, armed with turret-mounted main armament.... - AgamemnonHMS Agamemnon (1906)HMS Agamemnon was one of two pre-dreadnought battleships launched in 1906 and completed in 1908. She was the Royal Navy's second-to-last pre-dreadnought battleship to be built, followed by her sister ship, . She was assigned to the Channel Fleet when World War I began in 1914...
(United Kingdom, 1906): Lord Nelson classLord Nelson class battleshipThe Lord Nelson class was a two-ship class of pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Royal Navy between 1905 and 1908. Although they were the last British pre-dreadnoughts, both were completed and commissioned after HMS Dreadnought had entered service. and were serving in the Channel Fleet when... - AgincourtHMS Agincourt (1913)HMS Agincourt was a dreadnought built in the early 1910s. The ship was originally ordered by Brazil, but the collapse of the rubber boom plus a lessening of the rivalry with Argentina led to her resale while still under construction to the Ottoman Empire who renamed her as Sultan Osman I...
(United Kingdom, 1914): Seized Turkish Sultan Osman I - AjaxHMS Ajax (1880)HMS Ajax was the first of the two Royal Navy Ajax class ironclad battleships to be laid down, but was completed one day later than her sister,...
(United Kingdom, 1880): Ajax classAjax class battleshipThe Ajax class of battleships consisted of two ships, and . They were ironclad ships serving in the Victorian Royal Navy, armed with turret-mounted main armament.... - AjaxHMS Ajax (1912)HMS Ajax was a King George V-class battleship , built at Scotts' shipyard at Greenock on the River Clyde...
(United Kingdom, 1912): King George V classKing George V class battleship (1911)The King George V class battleships were a series of four Royal Navy super-dreadnought battleships built just prior to and serving in the First World War.The King George V class immediately followed the Orion class upon which they were based.... - AkagiJapanese aircraft carrier AkagiAkagi was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy , originally begun as an . She was converted while still under construction to an aircraft carrier under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty...
(Japan, 1927): Amagi classAmagi class battlecruiserThe was a series of four battlecruisers planned for the Imperial Japanese Navy as part of the so-called Eight-eight fleet. The ships were to be named Amagi, , Atago, and Takao; the first three were named for mountains , while the fourth was named for the town of Takao, Formosa...
(converted to aircraft carrier) - AkiJapanese battleship Aki|-External links:*...
(Japan, 1905): Satsuma classSatsuma class battleship-External links:*http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0117.htm Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy]*... - AlabamaUSS Alabama (BB-8)USS Alabama was an pre-dreadnought style battleship in the United States Navy. She was the second ship to carry her name.Alabama was laid down on 1 December 1896 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company. She was launched on 18 May 1898...
(United States, 1900): Illinois classIllinois class battleshipThe Illinois-class battleships were pre-dreadnought battleships of the United States Navy commissioned at the beginning of the 20th century. The first ship of its class, the , was commissioned in 1901... - AlabamaUSS Alabama (BB-60)USS Alabama , a South Dakota-class battleship, was the sixth completed ship of the United States Navy named for the U.S. state of Alabama, however she was only the third commissioned ship with that name. Alabama was commissioned in 1942 and served in World War II in the Atlantic and Pacific...
(United States, 1942): South Dakota classSouth Dakota class battleshipSouth Dakota class battleship may refer to either of two battleship classes of the United States Navy:*South Dakota class battleship , a class of six ships authorized but never completed... - AlbemarleHMS Albemarle (1901)HMS Albemarle was a pre-Dreadnought Duncan-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle.-Technical Description:...
(United Kingdom, 1901): Duncan classDuncan class battleshipThe Duncan class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy. From 1889, Britain's “rank as a first-class power was bound up with its Mediterranean position” and these lightly armoured fast ships were intended to help meet combined Russian and French threats. Their period of... - AlbionHMS Albion (1898)HMS Albion was a British Canopus-class predreadnought battleship.-Technical Description:HMS Albion was laid down by Thames Iron Works at Leamouth, London on 3 December 1896...
(United Kingdom, 1898): Canopus classCanopus class battleshipThe Canopus class was a group of six pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy which were designed by Sir William White for use in the Far East and entered service between 1899 and 1902. The lead ship was which was followed by , , , and... - Alexandra (United Kingdom, 1877)
- Alexandria (United Kingdom, 1875)
- Alfonso XIIISpanish battleship Alfonso XIIIAlfonso XIII was an España-class dreadnought battleship of the Spanish Navy which served in the Spanish fleet from 1915 to 1937. She was renamed España in 1931 for her sister ship, an earlier battleship España that served in the Spanish fleet from 1913 to 1923.-Technical...
(Spain, 1912): España classEspaña class battleshipThe España class was a series of three dreadnought battleships. They were the first and last dreadnoughts built in Spain, the only dreadnoughts ever operated by the Spanish Navy, and the smallest dreadnoughts ever built.- Description :... - Almirante LatorreChilean battleship Almirante LatorreAlmirante Latorre, named after Juan José Latorre, was a super-dreadnought battleship built for the Chilean Navy . She was the first of a planned two-ship class that would respond to earlier warship purchases by other South American countries...
(Chile, 1920): ex-HMS Canada - Amagi (Japan, 1920s): Amagi classAmagi class battlecruiserThe was a series of four battlecruisers planned for the Imperial Japanese Navy as part of the so-called Eight-eight fleet. The ships were to be named Amagi, , Atago, and Takao; the first three were named for mountains , while the fourth was named for the town of Takao, Formosa...
- Amiral BaudinFrench battleship Amiral Baudin (1883)The Amiral Baudin was an early battleship of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.-External links:*...
(France, 1885): Amiral Baudin classAmiral Baudin class battleshipThe Amiral Baudin class was a type of ironclad battleships of the French Navy.-Design and history:They were built on a design similar to that of Amiral Duperré, enlarged and designed from the start to use steam propulsion only.... - Amiral Duperre (France, 1879)
- Ammiraglio di Saint Bon (Italy, 1897): Ammiraglio di Saint Bon classAmmiraglio di Saint Bon class battleshipThe Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class were a pair of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Italian Navy during the 1890s.-Service:Ammiraglio di Saint Bon was built by the Venice Naval Shipyard. She was laid down on 18 July 1893, launched on 29 April 1897, and completed on 24 May 1901, although she...
- Ancona (Italy, 1864): Regina Maria Pia class
- Andrea DoriaItalian battleship Andrea Doria (1885)The Andrea Doria was an Italian battleship, the first named after Andrea Doria, launched in 1885. She was the third and final ship of the Ruggiero di Lauria-class pre-dreadnoughts, and served in the Regia Marina during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.-Design:The Ruggiero di Lauria class was...
(Italy, 1885): Ruggiero di Lauria classRuggiero di Lauria class battleshipThe Ruggiero di Lauria class was a class of Italian battleships which served in the Regia Marina during the late 19th and early 20th centuries... - Andrea Doria (Italy, 1913): Andrea Doria classAndrea Doria class battleshipThe Andrea Doria class was a class of dreadnought battleships of the Regia Marina . Only two were built, in the La Spezia and Castellammare shipyards, in Italy, between 1912 and 1915....
- AnsonHMS Anson (1886)HMS Anson was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy, and was the last member of the Admiral-class to be laid down....
(United Kingdom, 1886): Admiral classAdmiral class battleshipThe British Royal Navy's pre-dreadnought Admiral class battleships of the 1880s followed the pattern of the Devastation class in having the main armament on centre-line mounts with the superstructure in between. This pattern was followed by most following British designs until in 1906... - AnsonHMS Anson (1940)HMS Anson was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Admiral George Anson. She was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Shipyard and launched on 24 February 1940, being completed on 22 June 1942. Her completion was delayed because of the inclusion of fire-control...
(United Kingdom, 1940): King George V classKing George V class battleship (1939)The King George V-class battleships were the most modern British battleships used during World War II. Five ships of this class were built and commissioned: King George V , Prince of Wales , Duke of York , Howe , and Anson .The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 limiting all of the number,... - ArpadSMS ÁrpádSMS Árpád was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the early 20th century. She was launched on 11 September 1901 as the second of three battleships. Along with her sisterships, she participated at the bombardment of Ancona during World War I...
(Austria-Hungary, 1901): Habsburg classHabsburg class battleshipThe Habsburg class was a group of pre-dreadnought battleships built by Austria-Hungary at the turn of the 20th century. They were the first sea-going battleship built by Austria-Hungary since the center-battery ship Tegetthoff in 1876. The class was composed of three ships: , , and... - ArizonaUSS Arizona (BB-39)USS Arizona, a , was built for the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the 48th state's recent admission into the union, the ship was the second and last of the Pennsylvania class of "super-dreadnought" battleships. Although commissioned in 1916, the ship remained stateside...
(United States, 1916): Pennsylvania classPennsylvania class battleshipThe Pennsylvania-class battleships, of the United States Navy, were an enlargement of the Nevada class; having two additional 45-caliber main battery guns, greater length and displacement, four propellers and slightly higher speed... - ArkansasUSS Arkansas (BB-33)USS Arkansas , a was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 25th state.A dreadnought battleship, Arkansas was laid down on 25 January 1910 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on 14 January 1911 sponsored by Miss Nancy Louise...
(United States, 1912): Wyoming classWyoming class battleshipThe Wyoming class battleship was the fourth series of two battleships built for the United States Navy. The class comprised two ships: and . At the time of the design of this pair of dreadnoughts, not a single one of the previous designs had yet gone to sea... - ÁrpádSMS ÁrpádSMS Árpád was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the early 20th century. She was launched on 11 September 1901 as the second of three battleships. Along with her sisterships, she participated at the bombardment of Ancona during World War I...
(Austria-Hungary, 1901): Habsburg classHabsburg class battleshipThe Habsburg class was a group of pre-dreadnought battleships built by Austria-Hungary at the turn of the 20th century. They were the first sea-going battleship built by Austria-Hungary since the center-battery ship Tegetthoff in 1876. The class was composed of three ships: , , and... - AsahiJapanese battleship Asahi|-External links:***...
(Japan, 1896) - Atago (Japan, 1920s): Amagi classAmagi class battlecruiserThe was a series of four battlecruisers planned for the Imperial Japanese Navy as part of the so-called Eight-eight fleet. The ships were to be named Amagi, , Atago, and Takao; the first three were named for mountains , while the fourth was named for the town of Takao, Formosa...
- AudaciousHMS Audacious (1869)HMS Audacious was the lead ship of the s built for the Royal Navy in the late 1860s. They were designed as second-class ironclads suitable for use on foreign stations and the ship spent the bulk of her career on the China Station. She was decommissioned in 1894 and hulked in 1902 for use as a...
(United Kingdom, 1869): Audacious classAudacious class battleshipThe Audacious class battleships were designed by Sir Edward Reed at the request of the Board of Admiralty to serve as second-class battleships on distant foreign stations.-Background and design:... - AudaciousHMS Audacious (1912)HMS Audacious was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy. The vessel did not see any combat in the First World War, being sunk by a German naval mine off the northern coast of Donegal, Ireland in 1914.- Design :...
(United Kingdom, 1912): King George V classKing George V class battleship (1911)The King George V class battleships were a series of four Royal Navy super-dreadnought battleships built just prior to and serving in the First World War.The King George V class immediately followed the Orion class upon which they were based.... - AustraliaHMAS Australia (1911)HMAS Australia was one of three s built for the defence of the British Empire. Ordered by the Australian government in 1909, she was launched in 1911, and commissioned as flagship of the fledgling Royal Australian Navy in 1913...
(Australia, 1911): Indefatigable classIndefatigable class battlecruiserThe Indefatigable class were the second class built of British battlecruisersThe Indefatigable-class ships were formally known as armoured cruisers until 1911 when they were redesignated as battlecruisers by an Admiralty order of 24 November 1911. Unofficially a number of designations were used...
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- BabenburgSMS BabenburgSMS Babenburg was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1899. She was launched on 4 October 1902 as the last of three battleships. Along with her sisterships, she participated at the bombardment of Ancona during World War I. At the end of the war, she was ceded to...
(Austria-Hungary, 1902): Habsburg classHabsburg class battleshipThe Habsburg class was a group of pre-dreadnought battleships built by Austria-Hungary at the turn of the 20th century. They were the first sea-going battleship built by Austria-Hungary since the center-battery ship Tegetthoff in 1876. The class was composed of three ships: , , and... - BadenSMS Baden (1915)SMS Baden "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was a dreadnought battleship of the German Imperial Navy built during World War I...
(Germany, 1916): Bayern classBayern class battleshipThe Bayern class was a class of four super-dreadnought battleships built by the German Kaiserliche Marine . The class comprised , , Sachsen, and Württemberg. Construction started on the ships shortly before World War I; Baden was laid down in 1913, Bayern and Sachsen followed in 1914, and... - Barbaros HayreddinSMS Kurfürst Friedrich WilhelmSMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was one of the first ocean-going battleshipsAt the time she was laid down, the German navy referred to the ship as an "armored ship" , instead of "battleship" , see Gröner, p13. of the German...
(Ottoman Empire, 1910) ex SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, Brandenburg classBrandenburg class battleshipThe four Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships were Germany's first ocean-going battleships. They were also the first German warship, of any type, to be fitted with wireless communications. The class comprised , , , and . All were laid down in 1890 and completed by 1893, except for... - BarfleurHMS Barfleur (1892)HMS Barfleur was a predreadnought second-class battleship of the Royal Navy. She was part of the three-ship Centurion class, designed for long-range patrolling of the United Kingdom's far-flung empire. She mainly saw service in the Mediterranean and Home Fleet, along with Service at China Station,...
(United Kingdom, 1892): Centurion classCenturion class battleshipThe Centurion class battleships were second-class pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy designed for service on distant stations.-Description:... - Barham (United Kingdom, 1914): Queen Elizabeth classQueen Elizabeth class battleshipThe Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were a class of five super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy. The lead ship was named after Elizabeth I of England...
- BayernSMS Bayern (1915)SMS Bayern "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was the lead ship of the class of battleships in the German Imperial Navy. The vessel was launched in February 1915 and entered service in July 1916, too late to take part in the Battle of Jutland...
(Germany, 1916): Bayern classBayern class battleshipThe Bayern class was a class of four super-dreadnought battleships built by the German Kaiserliche Marine . The class comprised , , Sachsen, and Württemberg. Construction started on the ships shortly before World War I; Baden was laid down in 1913, Bayern and Sachsen followed in 1914, and... - BéarnFrench aircraft carrier BéarnBéarn was a unique aircraft carrier which served with the Marine nationale in World War II and beyond.Béarn was commissioned in 1927 and was the only aircraft carrier produced by France until after World War II. She was to be an experimental ship and should have been replaced in the 1930s by two...
(France, 1920): Normandie classNormandie class battleshipThe Normandie-class dreadnought battleships were ordered for the French Navy before the First World War. They were named after provinces of France. These ships were never completed as battleships because the war stopped their construction... - BelleisleHMS Belleisle (1876)HMS Belleisle was one of the four ships currently under construction for foreign navies in British shipyards which were purchased by the British government for the Royal Navy in 1878, at the time of the Russian war scare....
(United Kingdom, 1876): bought Ottoman ironclad frigate Peyk-i Şeref - BellerophonHMS Bellerophon (1907)HMS Bellerophon was a dreadnought of the Royal Navy. She was the lead ship of the Bellerophon class, and the fourth Royal Navy vessel to bear the name of the mythic Greek hero...
(United Kingdom, 1908): Bellerophon classBellerophon class battleshipThe Bellerophon class was a class of three dreadnought battleships that were built in the United Kingdom prior to World War I, and served in the Royal Navy during the war. The Bellerophons were near carbon copies of the previous , with the exception of a second tripod mast... - BenbowHMS Benbow (1885)HMS Benbow was a Victorian era Admiral-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named for Admiral John Benbow.With the exception of her armament she was a repeat of HMS Anson and HMS Camperdown. The contract for her construction was awarded to Thames Ironworks, and stipulated delivery within...
(United Kingdom, 1885): Admiral classAdmiral class battleshipThe British Royal Navy's pre-dreadnought Admiral class battleships of the 1880s followed the pattern of the Devastation class in having the main armament on centre-line mounts with the superstructure in between. This pattern was followed by most following British designs until in 1906... - BenbowHMS Benbow (1913)HMS Benbow was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, the third ship of the class and the third ship to be named in honour of Admiral John Benbow....
(United Kingdom, 1914): Iron Duke classIron Duke class battleshipThe Iron Duke-class was a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the British Royal Navy before the First World War. The class comprised four ships: , , , and... - Benedetto BrinItalian battleship Benedetto BrinBenedetto Brin was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1899 and 1905. She was destroyed by an explosion during World War I.-Service:...
(Italy, 1901): Regina Margherita classRegina Margherita class battleshipThe Regina Margherita was a class of battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1898 and 1905. The class comprised two ships: Regina Margherita and Benedetto Brin.... - BismarckGerman battleship BismarckBismarck was the first of two s built for the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the primary force behind the German unification in 1871, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched nearly three years later...
(Germany, 1940): Bismarck classBismarck class battleshipThe Bismarck class was a pair of battleships built by the German Kriegsmarine shortly before the outbreak of World War II. The ships were the largest warships built by the German Navy and the heaviest capital ships ever completed in Europe... - Büruç-u ZaferHMS Orion (1879)HMS Orion was a of the Victorian Royal Navy. Originally constructed for the Ottoman Empire, and called Bourdjou-Zaffer, she was purchased by the British Government before completion....
(Ottoman Empire, 1879. Ironclad frigate): Belleisle classBelleisle class battleshipThe two ships of the Belleisle class, and , originally built in Britain for the Turkish Navy, were taken over by the Royal Navy in 1878.In 1878 Russia and Turkey were at war, and it was perceived by the British Government that Britain might be drawn into the conflict. This perception has become...
, sold as HMS Orion - BorodinoRussian battleship BorodinoThe Borodino was the class leader of the , and the second ship of her class to be completed. The ship was named after the 1812 Battle of Borodino. Borodino was lost at the Battle of Tsushima on 27 May 1905 due to explosions set off by a Japanese shell hitting a 6-inch magazine...
(Russia, 1901): Borodino classBorodino class battleshipThe five Borodino-class battleships were pre-dreadnoughts built between 1899 and 1905 for the Imperial Russian Navy... - BouvetFrench battleship BouvetThe Bouvet was a French pre-dreadnought battleship, launched in 1896 and sunk by a mine in 1915 during World War I.Bouvet, named for the maritime family of Bouvet de Lozier, the most famous being French Admiral François Joseph Bouvet, belonged to the Jauréguiberry quasi-class which comprised...
(France, 1896) - BrandenburgSMS BrandenburgSMS Brandenburg was the lead ship of the Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships, which included , , and built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the early 1890s. She was the first pre-dreadnought built for the German Navy; earlier, the Navy had only built coastal defense ships and...
(Germany, 1893): Brandenburg classBrandenburg class battleshipThe four Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships were Germany's first ocean-going battleships. They were also the first German warship, of any type, to be fitted with wireless communications. The class comprised , , , and . All were laid down in 1890 and completed by 1893, except for... - BraunschweigSMS BraunschweigSMS Braunschweig"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the first of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class in the German Kaiserliche Marine . She was laid down in 1901 and commissioned in October 1904, at a cost of 23,983,000 marks. She was named after the then Duchy of...
(Germany, 1904): Braunschweig classBraunschweig class battleshipThe Braunschweig class battleships were pre-dreadnought battleships of the Kaiserliche Marine . The class comprised five ships: , , , , and... - Brennus (France, 1891)
- BretagneFrench battleship BretagneThe Bretagne was a battleship of the French Navy, and the lead ship of her class. She was named in honour of the French region of Brittany, and was built by Arsenal de Brest...
(France, 1913): Bretagne classBretagne class battleshipThe Bretagne class battleships were the first "super-dreadnoughts" built for the French Navy during the First World War. The class comprised three vessels: Bretagne, the lead ship, Provence, and Lorraine. They were an improvement of the previous , and mounted ten guns instead of twelve guns as on... - BritanniaHMS Britannia (1904)The sixth HMS Britannia of the British Royal Navy was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the King Edward VII class. She was named after Britannia, the Latin name of Great Britain under Roman rule.-Technical characteristics:...
(United Kingdom, 1904): King Edward VII classKing Edward VII class battleshipThe King Edward VII class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships launched by the Royal Navy between 1903 and 1905.-Armament:By 1901, the 29 British battleships of the Majestic, Canopus, Formidable, London, Queen, and Duncan classes then in service or under construction, all following the same... - Budapest (Austria-Hungary, 1896): Monarch classMonarch class battleshipThe Monarch class was a class of battleships, although resembling coastal defence ships, built by Austria-Hungary at the end of the 19th century. The Monarchs were the first ships of their type to utilize turrets. The class comprised three ships: , , and , each armed with two L/40 guns in two...
- BulwarkHMS Bulwark (1899)HMS Bulwark belonged to a sub-class of the Formidable-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy known as the London-class.-Technical description:...
(United Kingdom, 1899): Formidable classFormidable class battleshipThe Royal Navy's Formidable class battleships was an eight-ship class of pre-dreadnoughts designed by Sir William White and built in the late 1890s...
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- Caïman (France, 1885): Terrible class
- CaliforniaUSS California (BB-44)USS California , a Tennessee-class battleship, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 31st state. Beginning as the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, she served in the Pacific her entire career. She was sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor at her moorings in Battleship Row,...
(United States, 1915): Tennessee classTennessee class battleshipThe Tennessee class was a class of battleships of the United States Navy. The class comprised two ships: and the . They were modified versions of the featuring improved underwater armor for better torpedo protection and 30 degree elevation on their main batteries, as opposed to 15 degrees for... - CamperdownHMS Camperdown (1885)HMS Camperdown was an Admiral-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown.She was a full sister to , and was an improved version of the earlier and . In comparison to these earlier ships, she had an increased thickness of barbette armour, and a...
(United Kingdom, 1885): Admiral classAdmiral class battleshipThe British Royal Navy's pre-dreadnought Admiral class battleships of the 1880s followed the pattern of the Devastation class in having the main armament on centre-line mounts with the superstructure in between. This pattern was followed by most following British designs until in 1906... - Canada (United Kingdom, 1915): Seized Chilean Almirante Latorre
- Canopus (United Kingdom, 1897): Canopus classCanopus class battleshipThe Canopus class was a group of six pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy which were designed by Sir William White for use in the Far East and entered service between 1899 and 1902. The lead ship was which was followed by , , , and...
- CaptainHMS Captain (1869)HMS Captain was an unsuccessful warship built for the Royal Navy due to public pressure. She was a masted turret ship, designed and built by a private contractor against the wishes of the Controller's department...
(United Kingdom, 1869) - Carnot (France, 1890s)
- Castelfidardo (Italy, 1863): Regina Maria Pia class
- CenturionHMS Centurion (1892)HMS Centurion was a predreadnought second-class battleship of the Royal Navy. She was part of the three-ship Centurion class, designed for long-range patrolling of the United Kingdom's far-flung empire.-Technical characteristics:...
(United Kingdom, 1892): Centurion classCenturion class battleshipThe Centurion class battleships were second-class pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy designed for service on distant stations.-Description:... - CenturionHMS Centurion (1911)HMS Centurion was the second battleship of the King George V class, built at HM Dockyard, Devonport.The Battleships of the King George V class had been designed as Dreadnought Battleship....
(United Kingdom, 1912): King George V classKing George V class battleship (1911)The King George V class battleships were a series of four Royal Navy super-dreadnought battleships built just prior to and serving in the First World War.The King George V class immediately followed the Orion class upon which they were based.... - Charlemagne (France, 1895): Charlemagne classCharlemagne class battleshipThe Charlemagne class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the French Navy. It consisted of three ships, the Charlemagne, the St Louis and the Gaulois. Several other single ship classes were based on the Charlemagne class...
- Charles Martel (France, 1893)
- Caio DuilioItalian battleship Caio DuilioCaio Duilio was an Italian that served in the Regia Marina during World War I and World War II. She was named after the Roman fleet commander Gaius Duilius. Caio Duilio was laid down on 24 February 1912 and after a year and two months of construction, she was launched on 24 April 1913...
(Italy, 1913): Andrea Doria classAndrea Doria class battleshipThe Andrea Doria class was a class of dreadnought battleships of the Regia Marina . Only two were built, in the La Spezia and Castellammare shipyards, in Italy, between 1912 and 1915.... - Clémenceau (France, 1943): Richelieu classRichelieu class battleshipThe Richelieu class battleships were the last and largest battleships of the French Navy, staying in service into the 1960s. They still remain to this day the largest warships ever built by France...
- Colbert (France, 1875): Colbert class
- CollingwoodHMS Collingwood (1882)HMS Collingwood was an ironclad battleship of the Royal Navy. She was the first example of the Admiral-class and was named after Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, Horatio Nelson's second-in-command in the British victory at the Battle of Trafalgar....
(United Kingdom, 1882): Admiral classAdmiral class battleshipThe British Royal Navy's pre-dreadnought Admiral class battleships of the 1880s followed the pattern of the Devastation class in having the main armament on centre-line mounts with the superstructure in between. This pattern was followed by most following British designs until in 1906... - CollingwoodHMS Collingwood (1908)HMS Collingwood was a dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy. Her design was essentially similar to the design of the previous ships, the . The Admiralty perceived in the planned building of German dreadnoughts a potential threat to the naval security of Great Britain, and saw the need...
(United Kingdom, 1910): St. Vincent classSt. Vincent class battleshipThe St. Vincent class battleships consisted of three ships of the Royal Navy laid down in 1908, and completed between May 1909 and April 1910. They were St. Vincent, Collingwood, and Vanguard. Vanguard was destroyed in an ammunition explosion, probably due to bagged cordite.Visually, they were very... - ColoradoUSS Colorado (BB-45)USS Colorado , the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 38th state, was the lead ship of her class of battleships. Her keel was laid down on 29 May 1919 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey. She was launched on 22 March 1921 sponsored by Mrs. Max...
(United States, 1921): Colorado classColorado class battleshipThe Colorado class battleships was a group of four battleships built by the United States Navy after World War I. However, only three of the ships were completed: , , and . The fourth, , was over 75% completed when she was canceled under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922... - ColossusHMS Colossus (1882)The second HMS Colossus was a Colossus class second-class British battleship, launched in 1882 and commissioned in 1886. She had a displacement of 9,520 tons, and an armament of 4 × 12-inch breechloaders, 5 × 6-inch guns and had a respectable speed of 15.5 knots. She served in the Mediterranean...
(United Kingdom, 1882): Colossus classColossus class battleship (1882)The Colossus class battleships were ironclad warships, carrying their main armament in turrets, which served in the Victorian Royal Navy from 1882... - ColossusHMS Colossus (1910)HMS Colossus of the British Royal Navy was the nameship of her class of dreadnought battleships.She was launched on 9 April 1910 and commissioned in 1911. Although very similar to Neptune she was not part of Neptunes class as Colossus and her sister-ship, Hercules, had greater armour...
(United Kingdom, 1910): Colossus classColossus class battleship (1910)The Colossus class of two battleships - Colossus and Hercules of the British Royal Navy were among the first battleships following the original of 1906. Originally intended to be part of the Neptune class, the two ships had thicker armour and other differences from , and so Neptune is... - CommonwealthHMS Commonwealth (1903)HMS Commonwealth, was a of the British Royal Navy. Like all ships of the class she was named after an important part of the British Empire, namely the Commonwealth of Australia.-Technical characteristics:...
(United Kingdom, 1903): King Edward VII classKing Edward VII class battleshipThe King Edward VII class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships launched by the Royal Navy between 1903 and 1905.-Armament:By 1901, the 29 British battleships of the Majestic, Canopus, Formidable, London, Queen, and Duncan classes then in service or under construction, all following the same... - Condorcet (France, 1909): Danton classDanton class battleshipThe Danton class was a class of French battleships built between 1907–1911, which served in World War I. The six ships in the class were all pre-dreadnought battleships, the last of their kind produced in the French Navy.-Design and production:...
- ConnecticutUSS Connecticut (BB-18)USS Connecticut , the fourth United States Navy ship to be named after the state of Connecticut, was the lead ship of her class of six. Her keel was laid on 10 March 1903; launched on 29 September 1904, Connecticut was commissioned on 29 September 1906 as the most advanced ship in the U.S...
(United States, 1906): Connecticut classConnecticut class battleship- External links :... - ConquerorHMS Conqueror (1911)HMS Conqueror was an Orion class battleship of the Royal Navy. She served in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet in World War I, and fought at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, suffering no damage....
(United Kingdom, 1912): Orion classOrion class battleshipThe Orion class battleships were four super-dreadnoughts — the first ships of that type — of the Royal Navy. The lead ship, , was launched in 1910. They were the first Royal Navy dreadnoughts to have all their main guns in the centreline, although the U.S. South Carolina class had this advanced... - Conte di CavourItalian battleship Conte di CavourConte di Cavour was an Conte di Cavour class battleship, that served in the Regia Marina during World War I and World War II. It was named after the Italian statesman Count Camillo Benso di Cavour.-Construction and first years:...
(Italy, 1911): Conte di Cavour classConte di Cavour class battleshipThe Conte di Cavour class was a battleship class of the Regia Marina in World War I and World War II.-Design:This class was the second group of dreadnoughts in the Regia Marina. The ships were designed by Admiral Edoardo Masdea.... - Conte Verde (Italy, 1867): Principe di Carignano class
- CornwallisHMS Cornwallis (1901)HMS Cornwallis was a Duncan-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical Description:HMS Cornwallis was laid down by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company at Leamouth, London on 19 July 1899 and launched on 13 July 1901...
(United Kingdom, 1901): Duncan classDuncan class battleshipThe Duncan class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy. From 1889, Britain's “rank as a first-class power was bound up with its Mediterranean position” and these lightly armoured fast ships were intended to help meet combined Russian and French threats. Their period of... - CourbetFrench battleship Courbet (1882)The Courbet was an ironclad first-rank battleship of the French Navy.She served in the Mediterranean squadron, and later in the Northern squadron. She had a sister ship, the Dévastation.- See also :* French ship Courbet for eponymous ships...
(France, 1882): Courbet class - CourbetFrench battleship Courbet (1911)Courbet was the lead ship of her class, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed before World War I and named in honour of Admiral Amédée Courbet. She spent the war in the Mediterranean, helping to sink the Austro-Hungarian protected cruiser in August 1914...
(France, 1911): Courbet class - Couronne (France, 1861)
- Cristoforo Colombo (Italy, 1920): Francesco Caracciolo class
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- Dandolo (Italy, 1878): Duilio class
- Dante AlighieriItalian battleship Dante AlighieriDante Alighieri was the first dreadnought battleship built for the Regia Marina . Named after the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri, she was the first ship built with triple gun turrets for the main armament...
(Italy, 1910) - Danton (France, 1909): Danton classDanton class battleshipThe Danton class was a class of French battleships built between 1907–1911, which served in World War I. The six ships in the class were all pre-dreadnought battleships, the last of their kind produced in the French Navy.-Design and production:...
- DerfflingerSMS DerfflingerSMS Derfflinger"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine built just before the outbreak of World War I. She was the lead vessel of her class of three ships; her sister ships were and...
(Germany, 1914): Derfflinger classDerfflinger class battlecruiserThe Derfflinger class was a class of three battlecruisers of the German Imperial Navy. The ships were ordered for the 1912 to 1913 Naval Building Program of the German Imperial Navy as a reply to the Royal Navy's three new s that had been launched a few years earlier... - De RuyterHNLMS De RuyterHNLMS De Ruyter may refer to one of seven ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy named after Admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter :...
(Netherlands, 1901): Koningen Regentes classKoningin Regentes classThe Koningin Regentes class was a class of coastal defence ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The class comprised Koningin Regentes, De Ruyter and Hertog Hendrik.-Dimensions and machinery:... - De Zeven ProvincienHNLMS De Zeven ProvinciënEight ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy have been named HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën or similar, after the original seven provinces of the Netherlands forming the Union of Utrecht:*Zeven Provinciën , ship of the line of the Amsterdam Admiralty;...
(Netherlands, 1906) - DelawareUSS Delaware (BB-28)USS Delaware of the United States Navy was a battleship launched in 1909 and scrapped in 1924, the lead ship of the Delaware class. She was part of the U.S...
(United States, 1910): Delaware classDelaware class battleshipThe Delaware-class battleships of the United States Navy were the second class of American dreadnoughts. They carried a battery of ten 12"/45 caliber Mark 5 guns in five turrets, an increase of two guns over the preceding . They were also larger, displacing 25% more than the South Carolinas... - DémocratieFrench battleship Démocratie (1904)The Démocratie was a Liberté class pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy. She served in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I, and was scrapped in 1922.-Design:...
(France, 1904): Liberté classLiberté class battleshipThe Liberté class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the French Navy, an improvement of the République-class battleship of a similar design.-Design and History:... - DeutschlandSMS Deutschland (1904)SMS Deutschland was the first of five Deutschland class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Kaiserliche Marine between 1903 and 1906. She was named after the German name for Germany, and built at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, where she was launched on 20 November 1904...
(Germany, 1906): Deutschland classDeutschland class battleshipThe Deutschland class was a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine. The class comprised , , , , and . Built between 1903 and 1908, the ships closely resembled those of the preceding , though they had stronger armor protection... - Dévastation (France, 1879): Courbet class
- DevastationHMS Devastation (1871)HMS Devastation was the first of two Devastation-class mastless turret ships built for the British Royal Navy. This was the first class of ocean-going capital ship that did not carry sails, and the first whose entire main armament was mounted on top of the hull rather than inside it...
(United Kingdom, 1871): Devastation classDevastation class battleshipThe two British Devastation-class battleships of the 1870s were the first class of ocean-going capital ship that did not carry sails, and the first which mounted the entire main armament on top of the hull rather than inside it... - Diderot (France, 1909): Danton classDanton class battleshipThe Danton class was a class of French battleships built between 1907–1911, which served in World War I. The six ships in the class were all pre-dreadnought battleships, the last of their kind produced in the French Navy.-Design and production:...
- Dominion (United Kingdom, 1903): King Edward VII classKing Edward VII class battleshipThe King Edward VII class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships launched by the Royal Navy between 1903 and 1905.-Armament:By 1901, the 29 British battleships of the Majestic, Canopus, Formidable, London, Queen, and Duncan classes then in service or under construction, all following the same...
- DreadnoughtHMS Dreadnought (1875)The fifth HMS Dreadnought of the British Royal Navy was a turret ironclad battleship built at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales.-Construction:Begun as Fury in 1870, the original design was recast for heavier armour and higher speed. The renamed ship was laid down in 1872 at Pembroke Dockyard and was...
(United Kingdom, 1875) - DreadnoughtHMS Dreadnought (1906)HMS Dreadnought was a battleship of the British Royal Navy that revolutionised naval power. Her entry into service in 1906 represented such a marked advance in naval technology that her name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships, the "dreadnoughts", as well as the class of...
(United Kingdom, 1906) - Duilio (Italy, 1876): Duilio class
- Duquesne (France, 1910s): Lyon classLyon class battleshipThe Lyon was a class of battleship which was planned for the French Navy, beginning in 1914. However, construction was halted and then cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I. No ship of the Lyon type was laid down.-Design:...
- DuncanHMS Duncan (1901)HMS Duncan was the lead ship of the six-ship Duncan class of Royal Navy predreadnought battleships.-Technical Description:HMS Duncan was laid down by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth, on 10 July 1899, launched on 21 March 1901, and completed in October 1903.Duncan and her five...
(United Kingdom, 1901): Duncan classDuncan class battleshipThe Duncan class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy. From 1889, Britain's “rank as a first-class power was bound up with its Mediterranean position” and these lightly armoured fast ships were intended to help meet combined Russian and French threats. Their period of... - DunkerqueFrench battleship DunkerqueThe Dunkerque was the first unit of a new class of warships of the French Navy built in the 1930s, officially rated as battleships, or even «navires de ligne» , as Dunkerque and Strasbourg constituted, from the commissionig of Strasbourg to some days after Mers-el Kebir, the «1ère Division de Ligne»...
(France, 1935): Dunkerque classDunkerque class battleshipThe Dunkerque class was a new type of warship of the French Navy built during the 1930s, labeled as 'fast battleships'. Not as large as other contemporary battleships, they were designed to counter the threat of the German pocket battleships of the Deutschland class. They had a specific main...
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- EdinburghHMS Edinburgh (1882)HMS Edinburgh was an ironclad battleship of the Colossus class which served in the Royal Navy of the Victorian era. She was the sister ship of HMS Colossus, being started before her but being completed after....
(United Kingdom, 1882): Colossus classColossus class battleship (1882)The Colossus class battleships were ironclad warships, carrying their main armament in turrets, which served in the Victorian Royal Navy from 1882... - Elsass (Germany, 1904): Braunschweig classBraunschweig class battleshipThe Braunschweig class battleships were pre-dreadnought battleships of the Kaiserliche Marine . The class comprised five ships: , , , , and...
- Emanuele FilibertoItalian battleship Emanuele FilibertoThe Emanuele Filiberto was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Navy during the 1890s.-Service:Emanuele Filiberto was named after Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta. She was built by the Castellammare Naval Shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia, Naples...
(Italy, 1897): Ammiraglio di Saint Bon classAmmiraglio di Saint Bon class battleshipThe Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class were a pair of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Italian Navy during the 1890s.-Service:Ammiraglio di Saint Bon was built by the Venice Naval Shipyard. She was laid down on 18 July 1893, launched on 29 April 1897, and completed on 24 May 1901, although she... - Emperor of IndiaHMS Emperor of India (1913)HMS Emperor of India was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy. She was originally to have been named Delhi but was renamed just a month before launching after King George V, who was also Emperor of India....
(United Kingdom, 1914): Iron Duke classIron Duke class battleshipThe Iron Duke-class was a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the British Royal Navy before the First World War. The class comprised four ships: , , , and... - Empress of IndiaHMS Empress of India (1891)HMS Empress of India was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy and part of the eight-ship Royal Sovereign class. She was laid down at Pembroke Dockyard on 9 July 1889 and launched by the Duchess of Connaught on 7 May 1891. Initially known as HMS Renown, her name was changed before...
(United Kingdom, 1891): Royal Sovereign classRoyal Sovereign class battleshipThe Royal Sovereign class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the British Royal Navy. The class comprised seven ships built to the same design: HMS Royal Sovereign, , HMS Ramilles, HMS Repulse, HMS Resolution, HMS Revenge, and HMS Royal Oak, and a half-sister built to a modified design: .... - ErinHMS ErinHMS Erin was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy which was originally built in response to an order placed by the Ottoman government with the British Vickers company. She was intended, when accepted for service in the Ottoman Navy, to be named Reshadieh...
(United Kingdom, 1914): Seized Turkish Resadiye - Erzherzog Ferdinand MaxSMS Erzherzog Ferdinand MaxSMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Austro-Hungarian navy in 1902. The second ship of the , she was launched on 3 October 1903. She was assigned to the III Battleship Division....
(Austria-Hungary, 1905): Erzherzog Karl classErzherzog Karl class battleshipThe Erzherzog Karl class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy built before World War I. All of the battleships of the Erzherzog Karl-class were built in the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyards in Trieste. The first battleship, was laid down in 1902.... - Erzherzog Franz FerdinandSMS Erzherzog Franz FerdinandSMS* Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand was an Austro-Hungarian Radetzky class pre-dreadnought battleship commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Navy on 5 June 1910.Although SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand was laid down and commissioned after the launching of HMS Dreadnought in 1906, her design was begun...
(Austria-Hungary, 1908): Radetzky classRadetzky class battleshipThe Radetzky class were a group of three semi-dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy between 1907 and 1910. All ships were built by the STT shipyard in Trieste. They were the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarians, and the penultimate class of any type of... - Erzherzog FriedrichSMS Erzherzog FriedrichSMS Erzherzog Friedrich was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Austro-Hungarian navy in 1902. The second ship of the , she was launched on 30 April 1904...
(Austria-Hungary, 1904): Erzherzog Karl classErzherzog Karl class battleshipThe Erzherzog Karl class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy built before World War I. All of the battleships of the Erzherzog Karl-class were built in the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyards in Trieste. The first battleship, was laid down in 1902.... - Erzherzog KarlSMS Erzherzog KarlSMS Erzherzog Karl was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Austro-Hungarian navy in 1902. The lead ship of the , she was launched on 3 October 1903. They were assigned to the III Battleship Division....
(Austria-Hungary, 1903): Erzherzog Karl classErzherzog Karl class battleshipThe Erzherzog Karl class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy built before World War I. All of the battleships of the Erzherzog Karl-class were built in the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyards in Trieste. The first battleship, was laid down in 1902.... - EspañaSpanish battleship España (1912)España was a Spanish dreadnought-type battleship, lead ship of the España-class, in service from 1913 until she was broken up after running aground in 1924...
(Spain, 1912): España classEspaña class battleshipThe España class was a series of three dreadnought battleships. They were the first and last dreadnoughts built in Spain, the only dreadnoughts ever operated by the Spanish Navy, and the smallest dreadnoughts ever built.- Description :... - Evertsen (Netherlands, 1894): Evertsen classEvertsen class coastal defence shipThe Evertsen class was a class of coastal defense ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The class comprised Evertsen, Piet Hein and Kortenaer.-Dimensions and machinery:...
- ExmouthHMS Exmouth (1901)HMS Exmouth was a Duncan class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. HMS Exmouth was laid down by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in August 1899, launched in August 1901 and finally completed in May 1903...
(United Kingdom, 1901): Duncan classDuncan class battleshipThe Duncan class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy. From 1889, Britain's “rank as a first-class power was bound up with its Mediterranean position” and these lightly armoured fast ships were intended to help meet combined Russian and French threats. Their period of...
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- Flandre (France, 1864): Provence class
- Flandre (France, 1914): Normandie classNormandie class battleshipThe Normandie-class dreadnought battleships were ordered for the French Navy before the First World War. They were named after provinces of France. These ships were never completed as battleships because the war stopped their construction...
- FloridaUSS Florida (BB-30)-External links:***...
(United States, 1911): Florida classFlorida class battleshipThe Florida-class battleships of the United States Navy comprised two ships: and . They were, in general, similar to the preceding Delaware-class design, but were slightly larger. The two ships of this class were launched in 1910 and 1909, respectively, and both were commissioned in 1911. This was... - Formidabile (Italy, 1861): Terribile class
- FormidableFrench battleship Formidable (1885)The Formidable was an Amiral Baudin-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Marine nationale .In 1890, Formidable was used to experiment captive balloons usage in the Navy. In May 1891, she became the flagship of the Mediterranean squadron. In 1898, she was transferred to the Atlantic squadron,...
(France, 1885): Amiral Baudin classAmiral Baudin class battleshipThe Amiral Baudin class was a type of ironclad battleships of the French Navy.-Design and history:They were built on a design similar to that of Amiral Duperré, enlarged and designed from the start to use steam propulsion only.... - FormidableHMS Formidable (1898)HMS Formidable —the third of four ships of that name to serve in the Royal Navy—was the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships. She was the second British battleship to be sunk by enemy action during the First World War...
(United Kingdom, 1898): Formidable classFormidable class battleshipThe Royal Navy's Formidable class battleships was an eight-ship class of pre-dreadnoughts designed by Sir William White and built in the late 1890s... - FranceFrench battleship FranceFrance was the last ship of the s, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed just before World War I as part of the 1911 naval building programme. She spent the war in the Mediterranean, covering the Otranto Barrage in the Adriatic...
(France, 1912): Courbet classCourbet class battleshipThe Courbet class battleships were the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy before World War I. The class comprised four ships: , , , and . All four ships were deployed to the Mediterranean Sea for the entirety of World War I, spending most of their time escorting French troop convoys from... - Francesco Caracciolo (Italy, 1920): Francesco Caracciolo class
- Francesco Morosini (Italy, 1885): Ruggiero di Lauria classRuggiero di Lauria class battleshipThe Ruggiero di Lauria class was a class of Italian battleships which served in the Regia Marina during the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
- Francesco Morosini (Italy, 1920): Francesco Caracciolo class
- Friedland (France, 1873)
- Friedrich der Große (Germany, 1911): Kaiser class
- FujiJapanese battleship Fuji-External links:*...
(Japan, 1896): Fuji classFuji class battleship-External links:**... - Fürst Bismarck (Germany): Mackensen classMackensen class battlecruiserThe Mackensen class was the last class of battlecruisers to be built by Germany in World War I. The class was to have comprised four ships: Mackensen, the name ship, Graf Spee, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, and Fürst Bismarck. None of the vessels were completed, as shipbuilding priorities were redirected...
- FusōJapanese battleship FusoThe Japanese battleship Fusō , was a part of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of the Fusō-class. She was laid down by the Kure Kaigun Koshō on 11 March 1912, launched on 28 March 1914 and completed on 18 November 1915...
(Japan, 1914): Fusō classFuso class battleshipThe Fusō-class battleships were two battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy constructed during World War I. Displacing upon completion, and , the vessels of this class, were the first super-dreadnoughts of the IJN. They were completed from 1915 to 1917, both in Japanese shipyards...
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- Gascogne (France, 1940s): Richelieu classRichelieu class battleshipThe Richelieu class battleships were the last and largest battleships of the French Navy, staying in service into the 1960s. They still remain to this day the largest warships ever built by France...
- Gascogne (France, 1914): Normandie classNormandie class battleshipThe Normandie-class dreadnought battleships were ordered for the French Navy before the First World War. They were named after provinces of France. These ships were never completed as battleships because the war stopped their construction...
- Gauloise (France, 1865): Provence class
- GauloisFrench battleship Gaulois (1896)The Gaulois was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy.In 1915, along with her sister-ship Charlemagne, she took part in the Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign, under admiral Guépratte. The French squadron was leading the assault, and the Gaulois suffered hits from the Turkish...
(France, 1896): Charlemagne classCharlemagne class battleshipThe Charlemagne class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the French Navy. It consisted of three ships, the Charlemagne, the St Louis and the Gaulois. Several other single ship classes were based on the Charlemagne class... - GeorgiaUSS Georgia (BB-15)USS Georgia was a United States Navy . She was the first ship to carry her name.Georgia was launched by the Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine on 11 October 1904, sponsored by Miss Stella Tate, sister of Georgia Congressman Farish Carter Tate and commissioned at Boston Navy Yard on 24 September 1906,...
(United States, 1902): Virginia classVirginia class battleshipThe Virginia class battleship was designed to be the first truly seagoing U.S. battleships. Five ships were commissioned between 1906 and 1907. The ships participated in the round-the-world cruise of the Great White Fleet. For the second and last time, the U.S... - Giulio CesareItalian battleship Giulio CesareGiulio Cesare , motto Caesar Adest was a Conte di Cavour-class battleship that served in the Regia Marina in both World Wars before joining the Soviet Navy as the Novorossiysk. Her keel was laid down on 24 June 1910 at Cantieri Ansaldo, Genoa...
(Italy, 1911): Conte di Cavour classConte di Cavour class battleshipThe Conte di Cavour class was a battleship class of the Regia Marina in World War I and World War II.-Design:This class was the second group of dreadnoughts in the Regia Marina. The ships were designed by Admiral Edoardo Masdea.... - GlattonHMS Glatton (1871)HMS Glatton was a breastwork monitor which served in the Victorian Royal Navy.-Design:She was designed by Sir Edward Reed to a specific formula determined by the Board of Admiralty, and her purpose was never made wholly clear. Reed himself said "there is no vessel with the objects of which I am...
(United Kingdom, 1871) - GloryHMS Glory (1899)HMS Glory was a Royal Navy battleship of the Canopus class.-Technical Characteristics:HMS Glory and her five sister ships were designed for service in the Far East, where the new rising power Japan was beginning to build a powerful and dangerous navy, and to able to transit the Suez Canal...
(United Kingdom, 1899): Canopus classCanopus class battleshipThe Canopus class was a group of six pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy which were designed by Sir William White for use in the Far East and entered service between 1899 and 1902. The lead ship was which was followed by , , , and... - GoebenSMS GoebenSMS Goeben was the second of two Moltke-class battlecruisers of the Imperial German Navy, launched in 1911 and named after the German Franco-Prussian War veteran General August Karl von Goeben...
(Germany, 1912): Moltke classMoltke class battlecruiserThe Moltke class was a class of two "all-big-gun" battlecruisersThe German navy classified the ships as Großen Kreuzer . These ships differed from older Großen Kreuzer, such as the Roon class, in that they carried a uniform main battery, instead of four large guns and a mixed array of smaller weapons... - GoliathHMS Goliath (1898)HMS Goliath was one of the six Canopus-class pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Royal Navy in the late 19th century. In the First World War Goliath took part in the blockade of the German light cruiser in the Rufiji River but unsuccessful to bombard the cruiser in the delta.On 13 May 1915...
(United Kingdom, 1898): Canopus classCanopus class battleshipThe Canopus class was a group of six pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy which were designed by Sir William White for use in the Far East and entered service between 1899 and 1902. The lead ship was which was followed by , , , and... - Gorm (Denmark, 1870)
- Graf Spee (Germany): Mackensen classMackensen class battlecruiserThe Mackensen class was the last class of battlecruisers to be built by Germany in World War I. The class was to have comprised four ships: Mackensen, the name ship, Graf Spee, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, and Fürst Bismarck. None of the vessels were completed, as shipbuilding priorities were redirected...
- Großer Kurfürst (Germany, 1914): König classKönig class battleshipThe König class was a group of four battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine on the eve of World War I. The class was composed of , , , and . The most powerful warships of the German High Seas Fleet at the outbreak of war in 1914, the class operated as a unit throughout World War...
- Guyenne (France, 1865): Provence class
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- HabsburgSMS HabsburgSMS Habsburg was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Austro-Hungarian navy in 1899. The lead ship of the , she was launched on 9 September 1900. In 1903 and 1904, Habsburg and her sister ship Árpád conducted training exercises in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1906 and 1907, Habsburg was...
(Austria-Hungary, 1900): Habsburg classHabsburg class battleshipThe Habsburg class was a group of pre-dreadnought battleships built by Austria-Hungary at the turn of the 20th century. They were the first sea-going battleship built by Austria-Hungary since the center-battery ship Tegetthoff in 1876. The class was composed of three ships: , , and... - Hamidiye (Ottoman Empre, 1885, ironclad frigate)
- HannoverSMS HannoverSMS Hannover was the second of five Deutschland-class pre-dreadnoughts of the German Imperial Navy . Hannover and the three subsequently constructed ships differed slightly in both design and construction from the lead ship in their propulsion systems and slightly thicker armor...
(Germany, 1906): Deutschland classDeutschland class battleshipThe Deutschland class was a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine. The class comprised , , , , and . Built between 1903 and 1908, the ships closely resembled those of the preceding , though they had stronger armor protection... - HarunaJapanese battleship Haruna, named after Mount Haruna, was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during :World War I and :World War II. Designed by the British naval engineer George Thurston, she was the fourth and last battlecruiser of the , among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built...
(Japan, 1913): Kongo class - HatsuseJapanese battleship Hatsuse|-External links:**...
(Japan, 1899): Fuji classFuji class battleship-External links:**... - HectorHMS Hector (1862)HMS Hector was the lead ship of the armoured frigates ordered by the Royal Navy in 1861. Upon completion in 1864 she was assigned to the Channel Fleet. The ship was paid off in 1867 to refit and be re-armed. Upon recommissioning in 1868 she was assigned as the guard ship of the Fleet Reserve in...
(United Kingdom, 1862): Hector classHector class battleshipThe Hector class battleships, and , laid down in 1861, were the class which immediately followed the Defence class into service with the Royal Navy.... - Helgoland (Denmark, 1878)
- HelgolandSMS HelgolandSMS Helgoland ,"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" the lead ship of her class, was a dreadnought battleship of the German Imperial Navy. Helgolands design represented an incremental improvement over the preceding , including an increase in the bore diameter of the main guns, from 28 cm ...
(Germany, 1911): Helgoland classHelgoland class battleshipThe Helgoland class was the second class of German dreadnought battleships. Constructed from 1908 to 1912, the class comprised four ships: , the lead ship; ; ; and . The design was a significant improvement over the previous ships; they had a larger main battery— main guns instead of the weapons... - Henri IVFrench battleship Henri IVHenri IV was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy built to test some of the ideas of the prominent naval architect Louis-Émile Bertin. She began World War I as guardship at Bizerte. She was sent to reinforce the Allied naval force in the Dardanelles campaign of 1915, although some of her...
(France, 1899) - HerculesHMS Hercules (1910)HMS Hercules was a Colossus-class battleship built by Palmers, launched on 10 May 1910, and commissioned on 31 July 1911 at Portsmouth. She was a 20,000-ton dreadnought, mounting ten 12 inch guns in five twin gun turrets, sixteen 4 inch , four 3 pounders, and three 21 inch ...
(United Kingdom, 1910): Colossus classColossus class battleship (1910)The Colossus class of two battleships - Colossus and Hercules of the British Royal Navy were among the first battleships following the original of 1906. Originally intended to be part of the Neptune class, the two ships had thicker armour and other differences from , and so Neptune is... - Herluf Trolle (Denmark, 1899): Herluf Trolle class
- HeroHMS Hero (1885)HMS Hero was the second and final Conqueror-class battleship. She was an ironclad who served in the Victorian Royal Navy.Hero was — like her sister-ship — designed to be an improved version of with a ram as her main armament...
(United Kingdom, 1885): Conqueror classConqueror class battleshipThe Conqueror class battleships were ironclad warships which served in the Victorian Royal Navy, and whose main weapon was designed to be the Ram.The class consisted of two ships, and... - Héroine (France, 1863): Provence class
- Hertog Hendrik (Netherlands, 1902): Koningen Regentes classKoningin Regentes classThe Koningin Regentes class was a class of coastal defence ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The class comprised Koningin Regentes, De Ruyter and Hertog Hendrik.-Dimensions and machinery:...
- HessenSMS HessenSMS Hessen"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the third of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class. She was laid down in 1902, launched the following year, and commissioned into the German Imperial Navy in 1905. She was named after the state of Hesse. Her sister ships...
(Germany, 1904): Braunschweig classBraunschweig class battleshipThe Braunschweig class battleships were pre-dreadnought battleships of the Kaiserliche Marine . The class comprised five ships: , , , , and... - HiberniaHMS Hibernia (1905)HMS Hibernia was a King Edward VII-class predreadnought battleship of Britain's Royal Navy. Like all ships of the class she was named after an important part of the British Empire, namely Ireland....
(United Kingdom, 1905): King Edward VII classKing Edward VII class battleshipThe King Edward VII class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships launched by the Royal Navy between 1903 and 1905.-Armament:By 1901, the 29 British battleships of the Majestic, Canopus, Formidable, London, Queen, and Duncan classes then in service or under construction, all following the same... - HindenburgSMS HindenburgSMS Hindenburg"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine and the third ship of the . She was named in honor of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, the victor of the Battle of Tannenberg and the Battle of the...
(Germany, 1917): Derfflinger classDerfflinger class battlecruiserThe Derfflinger class was a class of three battlecruisers of the German Imperial Navy. The ships were ordered for the 1912 to 1913 Naval Building Program of the German Imperial Navy as a reply to the Royal Navy's three new s that had been launched a few years earlier... - HindustanHMS Hindustan (1903)HMS Hindustan was a King Edward VII class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy . Like all ships of the class she was named after an important part of the British Empire, namely the Indian Empire.-Technical characteristics:...
(United Kingdom, 1903): King Edward VII classKing Edward VII class battleshipThe King Edward VII class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships launched by the Royal Navy between 1903 and 1905.-Armament:By 1901, the 29 British battleships of the Majestic, Canopus, Formidable, London, Queen, and Duncan classes then in service or under construction, all following the same... - Hizen (Japan, 1905): ex-Russian Retvizan
- Hoche (France, 1886)
- HoodHMS Hood (1891)The second warship to be named HMS Hood was a modified Royal Sovereign-class battleship of the Royal Navy, and the last of the eight built. She differed from the Royal Sovereign class in that she had cylindrical gun turrets instead of barbettes, a lower freeboard and a higher metacentric height...
(United Kingdom, 1893): Modified Royal Sovereign classRoyal Sovereign class battleshipThe Royal Sovereign class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the British Royal Navy. The class comprised seven ships built to the same design: HMS Royal Sovereign, , HMS Ramilles, HMS Repulse, HMS Resolution, HMS Revenge, and HMS Royal Oak, and a half-sister built to a modified design: .... - HoodHMS Hood (51)HMS Hood was the last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy. One of four s ordered in mid-1916, her design—although drastically revised after the Battle of Jutland and improved while she was under construction—still had serious limitations. For this reason she was the only ship of her class to be...
(United Kingdom, 1920): Admiral classAdmiral class battlecruiserThe Admiral-class battlecruisers were a class of four British Royal Navy battlecruisers designed near the end of World War I. Their design began as a improved version of the s, but it was recast as a battlecruiser after Admiral John Jellicoe, commander of the Grand Fleet, pointed out that there was... - HotspurHMS Hotspur (1870)HMS Hotspur was a Victorian Royal Navy ironclad ram – a warship armed with guns but whose primary weapon was a ram.-Background:It had been recognised since the time of the Roman Empire or before that a ship, while it might carry weaponry, was itself a potent weapon if used as a missile...
(United Kingdom, 1870) - HoweHMS Howe (1885)HMS Howe was an Admiral-class battleship of the Royal Navy, the last of the Admiral-class to be completed.Along with her sisters, , and , she was a progressive development of the design of . She carried a main armament of four guns, compared to the guns carried in the earlier ship...
(United Kingdom, 1885): Admiral classAdmiral class battleshipThe British Royal Navy's pre-dreadnought Admiral class battleships of the 1880s followed the pattern of the Devastation class in having the main armament on centre-line mounts with the superstructure in between. This pattern was followed by most following British designs until in 1906... - Howe (United Kingdom, 1940): King George V classKing George V class battleship (1939)The King George V-class battleships were the most modern British battleships used during World War II. Five ships of this class were built and commissioned: King George V , Prince of Wales , Duke of York , Howe , and Anson .The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 limiting all of the number,...
- HyūgaJapanese battleship HyugaHyūga , named for Hyūga Province in Kyūshū, was an of the Imperial Japanese Navy laid down by Mitsubishi on 6 May 1915, launched on 27 January 1917 and completed on 30 April 1918. She was initially designed as the fourth ship of the , but was heavily redesigned to fix shortcomings...
(Japan, 1917): Ise classIse class battleshipOriginally intended as sister ships of the preceding Fusō class, the of the Imperial Japanese Navy were considered sufficiently different to warrant separate classification....
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- IdahoUSS Idaho (BB-24)USS Idaho , the second ship of her class of battleships, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Idaho. After her career in the USN, she was sold to Greece and renamed Limnos in 1914. Limnos was sunk by German bombers in April 1941...
(United States, 1908): Mississippi classMississippi class battleshipThe Mississippi class of battleships comprised two ships which were authorized in the 1903 naval budget: and . They were the last pre-dreadnought battleships to be designed for the United States Navy; however, they were not the last to be built as one more ship of a prior design was completed... - IdahoUSS Idaho (BB-42)USS Idaho , a , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 43rd state. Her keel was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey...
(United States, 1917): New Mexico classNew Mexico class battleshipThe New Mexico class battleships of the United States Navy, all three of whose construction began in 1915, were improvements on the design introduced three years earlier with the Nevada class.... - Iéna (France, 1898)
- Iki (Japan, 1905): ex-Russian Imperator Nikolai I
- IllinoisUSS Illinois (BB-7)USS Illinois , the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 21st state, was a battleship, the lead ship of her class....
(United States, 1901): Illinois classIllinois class battleshipThe Illinois-class battleships were pre-dreadnought battleships of the United States Navy commissioned at the beginning of the 20th century. The first ship of its class, the , was commissioned in 1901... - ImperoItalian battleship ImperoThe Impero was an Italian battleship built for Italy's Regia Marina during the Second World War. She was the fourth ship of her class and was named after the Italian word for "empire," in this case referring to the newly conquered Italian Empire in East Africa as a result of the Second...
(Italy, 1939): Littorio classLittorio class battleshipThe Littorio class, also known as the Vittorio Veneto class,Vittorio Veneto and Littorio were laid down on the same date, so ambiguity exists in the naming of the class. was a class of battleship of the Regia Marina, the Italian navy. The class was composed of four ships: Littorio, Vittorio Veneto,... - ImplacableHMS Implacable (1899)HMS Implacable was a Formidable-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, the second ship of the name.-Technical Description:HMS Implacable was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 13 July 1898 and launched on 11 March 1899 in a very incomplete state to clear the building way for construction of...
(United Kingdom, 1899): Formidable classFormidable class battleshipThe Royal Navy's Formidable class battleships was an eight-ship class of pre-dreadnoughts designed by Sir William White and built in the late 1890s... - IndefatigableHMS Indefatigable (1909)HMS Indefatigable was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy and the lead ship of her class. Her keel was laid down in 1909 and she was commissioned in 1911...
(United Kingdom, 1911): Indefatigable classIndefatigable class battlecruiserThe Indefatigable class were the second class built of British battlecruisersThe Indefatigable-class ships were formally known as armoured cruisers until 1911 when they were redesignated as battlecruisers by an Admiralty order of 24 November 1911. Unofficially a number of designations were used... - IndianaUSS Indiana (BB-1)USS Indiana was the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time. Authorized in 1890 and commissioned five years later, she was a small battleship, though with heavy armor and ordnance. The ship also pioneered the use of an...
(United States, 1895): Indiana classIndiana class battleshipThe three Indiana-class battleships were the first battleships to be built by the United States Navy comparable to contemporary European ships, such as the British . Authorized in 1890 and commissioned between November 1895 and April 1896, they were relatively small battleships with heavy armor and... - IndianaUSS Indiana (BB-58)USS Indiana , a South Dakota-class battleship, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 19th state. Her keel was laid down on 20 November 1939 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 21 November 1941 sponsored by...
(United States, 1942): South Dakota classSouth Dakota class battleshipSouth Dakota class battleship may refer to either of two battleship classes of the United States Navy:*South Dakota class battleship , a class of six ships authorized but never completed... - IndomitableHMS Indomitable (1907)HMS Indomitable was an of the British Royal Navy. She was built before World War I and had an active career during the war. She tried to hunt down the German ships Goeben and Breslau in the Mediterranean when war broke out and bombarded Turkish fortifications protecting the Dardanelles even...
(United Kingdom, 1908): Invincible classInvincible class battlecruiserThe three Invincible class battlecruisers were built for the Royal Navy and entered service in 1908 as the world's first battlecruisers. They were the brainchild of Admiral Sir John Fisher, the man who had sponsored the construction of the world's first "all big gun" warship,... - Indomptable (France, 1883): Terrible class
- Inflexible (United Kingdom, 1908): Invincible classInvincible class battlecruiserThe three Invincible class battlecruisers were built for the Royal Navy and entered service in 1908 as the world's first battlecruisers. They were the brainchild of Admiral Sir John Fisher, the man who had sponsored the construction of the world's first "all big gun" warship,...
- Invincible (France, 1861): Gloire class
- Invincible (United Kingdom, 1907): Invincible classInvincible class battlecruiserThe three Invincible class battlecruisers were built for the Royal Navy and entered service in 1908 as the world's first battlecruisers. They were the brainchild of Admiral Sir John Fisher, the man who had sponsored the construction of the world's first "all big gun" warship,...
- IowaUSS Iowa (BB-4)| The second half of the 19th century saw radical changes in shipbuilding design. Wood-built sailing ships with cannons were replaced by steam-powered warships armored with steel...
(United States, 1897) - IowaUSS Iowa (BB-61)USS Iowa was the lead ship of her class of battleship and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 29th state...
(United States, 1943): Iowa classIowa class battleshipThe Iowa-class battleships were a class of fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940 to escort the Fast Carrier Task Forces which would operate in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Six were ordered during the course of World War II, but only four were completed in... - Iron DukeHMS Iron Duke (1912)HMS Iron Duke was a battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, named in honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. She served as the flagship of the Grand Fleet during the First World War, including at the Battle of Jutland...
(United Kingdom, 1914): Iron Duke classIron Duke class battleshipThe Iron Duke-class was a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the British Royal Navy before the First World War. The class comprised four ships: , , , and... - IrresistibleHMS Irresistible (1898)HMS Irresistible—the fourth British Royal Navy ship of the name—was a pre-dreadnought battleship.-Technical characteristics:HMS Irresistible was laid down at Chatham Dockyard on 11 April 1898 and launched on 15 December 1898 in a very incomplete state to clear the building ways for the...
(United Kingdom, 1899): Formidable classFormidable class battleshipThe Royal Navy's Formidable class battleships was an eight-ship class of pre-dreadnoughts designed by Sir William White and built in the late 1890s... - IseJapanese battleship Ise, was the lead ship of the two-vessel Ise-class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which saw combat service during the Pacific War. Ise was named after Ise Province, one of the traditional provinces of Japan, now part of Mie Prefecture....
(Japan, 1916): Ise classIse class battleshipOriginally intended as sister ships of the preceding Fusō class, the of the Imperial Japanese Navy were considered sufficiently different to warrant separate classification.... - ItaliaItalian battleship Italia (1880)Italia was an Italian battleship launched in 1880, the lead ship of the Italia class. She served in the Regia Marina during the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
(Italy, 1880): Italia classItalia class battleshipThe Italia-class battleships were a class of two Italian battleships which served in the Regia Marina during the late 19th and early 20th centuries... - Iver Hvitfeldt (Denmark, 1886)
- IwamiJapanese battleship IwamiJapanese battleship Iwami was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. It was built as the Russian battleship Oryol , and was commissioned into the Imperial Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet...
(Japan, 1905): ex-Russian Orel
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- Jacob Van Heemskerck (Netherlands, 1906)
- Jaime ISpanish battleship Jaime IJaime I was an España-class dreadnought battleship of the Spanish Navy which served in the Spanish fleet from 1921 to 1937.-Technical Characteristics:...
(Spain, 1919): España classEspaña class battleshipThe España class was a series of three dreadnought battleships. They were the first and last dreadnoughts built in Spain, the only dreadnoughts ever operated by the Spanish Navy, and the smallest dreadnoughts ever built.- Description :... - JaureguiberryFrench battleship JauréguiberryJauréguiberry was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy , launched in 1893. She was one of the class of five roughly similar battleships built in the 1890s, including Masséna, Bouvet, Carnot, and Charles Martel; Jauréguiberry and the latter two are sometimes erroneously referenced as a...
(France, 1893) - Jean BartFrench battleship Jean Bart (1911)Jean Bart was the second ship of the s, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed before World War I as part of the 1910 naval building programme. She spent the war in the Mediterranean and helped to sink the Austro-Hungarian protected cruiser on 16 August 1914...
(France, 1911): Courbet classCourbet class battleshipThe Courbet class battleships were the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy before World War I. The class comprised four ships: , , , and . All four ships were deployed to the Mediterranean Sea for the entirety of World War I, spending most of their time escorting French troop convoys from... - Jean BartFrench battleship Jean Bart (1940)The Jean Bart was a French battleship of World War II named for the seventeenth-century seaman, privateer, and corsair Jean Bart.Derived from the Dunkerque class, Jean Bart were designed to counter the threat of the heavy ships of the Italian Navy...
(France, 1940): Richelieu classRichelieu class battleshipThe Richelieu class battleships were the last and largest battleships of the French Navy, staying in service into the 1960s. They still remain to this day the largest warships ever built by France... - JusticeFrench battleship Justice (1904)The Justice was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy of the Liberté class.During her career, she nearly exploded like her sistership, Liberte did, but survived after the captain ordered the magazines to be flooded...
(France, 1904): Liberté classLiberté class battleshipThe Liberté class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the French Navy, an improvement of the République-class battleship of a similar design.-Design and History:...
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- KagaJapanese aircraft carrier KagaKaga was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy , named after the former Kaga Province in present-day Ishikawa Prefecture...
(Japan, 1921): Tosa classTosa class battleshipThe The ships are sometimes referred to as the Kaga class, after the ship that was planned to have been completed first. battleships, known as Design A-127 during early planning, was an Imperial Japanese Navy dreadnought class planned as part of the "Eight-Eight" fleet...
(completed as an aircraft carrier) - KaiserSMS Kaiser (1911)SMS Kaiser "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the lead ship of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Kaiser was built by the Imperial Dockyard at Kiel, launched on 22 March 1911 and commissioned on 1 August 1912. The ship was equipped with ten guns in five twin turrets, and...
(Germany, 1911): Kaiser class - Kaiser BarbarossaSMS Kaiser BarbarossaSMS Kaiser Barbarossa was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the . The ship was built for the Imperial Navy, which had begun a program of expansion at the direction of Kaiser Wilhelm II. She was constructed at Schichau, in Danzig...
(Germany, 1898): Kaiser Friedrich III classKaiser Friedrich III class battleshipKaiser Friedrich III class battleships were a class of pre–World War I, pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Kaiserliche Marine. The class was made up of five ships, all of which were named for German emperors... - Kaiser Franz Joseph ISMS Kaiser Franz Joseph ISMS Kaiser Franz Josef I was a protected cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy , the lead ship of the Kaiser Franz Josef class. Named in honor of the Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary, the cruiser and its sister ship, Kaiserin Elisabeth, were built as a reply to the Italian cruisers...
(Austria-Hungary, 1889) - Kaiser Friedrich IIISMS Kaiser Friedrich IIISMS Kaiser Friedrich III was the lead ship of the Kaiser Friedrich III class of pre-dreadnought battleships. She was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft in Wilhelmshaven in 1895, and finished in October 1898...
(Germany, 1898): Kaiser Friedrich III classKaiser Friedrich III class battleshipKaiser Friedrich III class battleships were a class of pre–World War I, pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Kaiserliche Marine. The class was made up of five ships, all of which were named for German emperors... - Kaiser Karl der GroßeSMS Kaiser Karl der GroßeSMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the , built around the turn of the 20th Century for the German Imperial Navy.In German, the ship's name was rendered with an eszett, as Kaiser Karl der Große. Most English-language sources replace the eszett...
(Germany, 1898): Kaiser Friedrich III classKaiser Friedrich III class battleshipKaiser Friedrich III class battleships were a class of pre–World War I, pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Kaiserliche Marine. The class was made up of five ships, all of which were named for German emperors... - Kaiser Wilhelm IISMS Kaiser Wilhelm IISMS Kaiser Wilhelm II was the second ship of the of pre-dreadnought battleships. She was built at the Imperial Dockyard in Wilhelmshaven and launched 14 September 1897. The ship was completed 7 October 1898 and commissioned into the fleet as flagship on 4 February 1902...
(Germany, 1898): Kaiser Friedrich III classKaiser Friedrich III class battleshipKaiser Friedrich III class battleships were a class of pre–World War I, pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Kaiserliche Marine. The class was made up of five ships, all of which were named for German emperors... - Kaiser Wilhelm der GroßeSMS Kaiser Wilhelm der GroßeFor the liner of the same name, see SS Kaiser Wilhelm der GrosseSMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the , built around the turn of the 20th Century. The ship was one of the first battleships built by the German Imperial Navy as part of a program of naval...
(Germany, 1898): Kaiser Friedrich III classKaiser Friedrich III class battleshipKaiser Friedrich III class battleships were a class of pre–World War I, pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Kaiserliche Marine. The class was made up of five ships, all of which were named for German emperors... - KaiserinSMS KaiserinSMS Kaiserin "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the third vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Kaiserins keel was laid in November 1910 at the Howaldtswerke dockyard in Kiel. She was launched on 11 November 1911 and was commissioned into the fleet on 15 May 1913...
(Germany, 1911): Kaiser class - KansasUSS Kansas (BB-21)USS Kansas was a US commissioned in 1907 and decommissioned in 1921. She was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of Kansas.-Pre-World War I:...
(United States, 1906): Connecticut classConnecticut class battleship- External links :... - KashimaJapanese battleship Kashimawas a Katori class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by Armstrong Whitworth at the Elswick Yard, in the United Kingdom. The name Kashima comes from the famous Kashima Shrine Shinto shrine in Ibaraki prefecture, located to the northeast of Tokyo...
(Japan, 1905): Katori classKatori class battleshipThe was a two-ship class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Katori class ships were the last battleships to be built for Japan at overseas shipyards, and the last to be equipped with a ram.-Background:... - KatoriJapanese battleship Katoriwas the lead ship in the Katori class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by Vickers shipyards, in the United Kingdom. The name Katori comes from a famous Shinto...
(Japan, 1905): Katori classKatori class battleshipThe was a two-ship class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Katori class ships were the last battleships to be built for Japan at overseas shipyards, and the last to be equipped with a ram.-Background:... - KawachiJapanese battleship KawachiThe was the lead ship of the two-ship Kawachi-class of semi-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was built at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal and launched in 1910...
(Japan, 1904): Kawachi classKawachi class battleship-External links:**... - KearsargeUSS Kearsarge (BB-5)USS Kearsarge , the lead ship of her class of battleships, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named, by act of Congress, in honor of the famous American Civil War sloop-of-war . Her keel was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Newport News, Virginia on 30 June...
(United States, 1900): Kearsarge classKearsarge class battleshipThe Kearsarge class was a two-ship class of battleships built for the United States Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. Its first ship, the , was commissioned in 1900. The lead ship of this class, USS Kearsarge, was the only United States battleship not named for a state.- Ship history :This... - KentuckyUSS Kentucky (BB-6)USS Kentucky , a Kearsarge-class battleship, was launched on 24 March 1898 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Miss Christine Bradley, daughter of Governor William O'Connell Bradley of Kentucky, and commissioned on 15 May 1900, Captain Colby M...
(United States, 1900): Kearsarge classKearsarge class battleshipThe Kearsarge class was a two-ship class of battleships built for the United States Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. Its first ship, the , was commissioned in 1900. The lead ship of this class, USS Kearsarge, was the only United States battleship not named for a state.- Ship history :This... - Kii (Japan, 1920s): Kii classKii class battleshipThe Kii class was a planned battleship design of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Designed by Yuzuru Hiraga, the class was to have been armed with ten guns and would bring Japan closer to its goal of an "Eight-eight fleet"...
- King Edward VIIHMS King Edward VIIHMS King Edward VII, named after King Edward VII, was the lead ship of her class of Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleships.-Technical characteristics:HMS King Edward VII was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 8 March 1902...
(United Kingdom, 1903): King Edward VII classKing Edward VII class battleshipThe King Edward VII class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships launched by the Royal Navy between 1903 and 1905.-Armament:By 1901, the 29 British battleships of the Majestic, Canopus, Formidable, London, Queen, and Duncan classes then in service or under construction, all following the same... - King George VHMS King George V (1911)The first HMS King George V was a King George V-class of 1911 dreadnought, with a displacement of 23,400 tonnes and an armament of ten 13.5 inch guns in twin gun turrets and a secondary armament of sixteen 4 inch guns and had a crew complement of 870, though this increased...
(United Kingdom, 1911): King George V class (1911)King George V class battleship (1911)The King George V class battleships were a series of four Royal Navy super-dreadnought battleships built just prior to and serving in the First World War.The King George V class immediately followed the Orion class upon which they were based.... - King George VHMS King George V (41)HMS King George V was the lead ship of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy. Laid down in 1937 and commissioned in 1940, King George V operated during the Second World War as part of the British Home and Pacific Fleets...
(United Kingdom, 1939): King George V class (1939)King George V class battleship (1939)The King George V-class battleships were the most modern British battleships used during World War II. Five ships of this class were built and commissioned: King George V , Prince of Wales , Duke of York , Howe , and Anson .The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 limiting all of the number,... - KönigSMS KönigSMS König"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the first of four König class dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy during World War I. König was named in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, who was the king of Prussia as well as the German Emperor...
(Germany, 1914): König classKönig class battleshipThe König class was a group of four battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine on the eve of World War I. The class was composed of , , , and . The most powerful warships of the German High Seas Fleet at the outbreak of war in 1914, the class operated as a unit throughout World War... - König AlbertSMS König AlbertSMS König Albert "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the fourth vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. König Alberts keel was laid on 17 July 1910 at the Schichau-Werke dockyard in Danzig. She was launched on 27 April 1912 and was commissioned into the fleet on 31...
(Germany, 1911): Kaiser class - Koning der NederlandenHNLMS Koning der NederlandenHNLMS Koning der Nederlanden was an iron-hulled ironclad turret ship built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the early 1870s. She was the largest ship to serve in the Dutch Navy during the 19th century. The ship was converted to a barracks ship in the late 1890s and stationed in Surabaya in the...
(Netherlands, 1874) - Koningen Regentes (Netherlands, 1900): Koningen Regentes classKoningin Regentes classThe Koningin Regentes class was a class of coastal defence ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The class comprised Koningin Regentes, De Ruyter and Hertog Hendrik.-Dimensions and machinery:...
- Kortenaer (Netherlands, 1894): Evertsen classEvertsen class coastal defence shipThe Evertsen class was a class of coastal defense ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The class comprised Evertsen, Piet Hein and Kortenaer.-Dimensions and machinery:...
- Kronprinz WilhelmSMS Kronprinz WilhelmSMS Kronprinz"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the last battleship of the four-ship of the German Imperial Navy. The battleship was laid down in November 1911 and launched on 21 February 1914. She was formally commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 8 November 1914, just over 4...
(Germany, 1914): König classKönig class battleshipThe König class was a group of four battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine on the eve of World War I. The class was composed of , , , and . The most powerful warships of the German High Seas Fleet at the outbreak of war in 1914, the class operated as a unit throughout World War... - Kurfürst Friedrich WilhelmSMS Kurfürst Friedrich WilhelmSMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was one of the first ocean-going battleshipsAt the time she was laid down, the German navy referred to the ship as an "armored ship" , instead of "battleship" , see Gröner, p13. of the German...
(Germany, 1893): Brandenburg classBrandenburg class battleshipThe four Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships were Germany's first ocean-going battleships. They were also the first German warship, of any type, to be fitted with wireless communications. The class comprised , , , and . All were laid down in 1890 and completed by 1893, except for...
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- La GloireFrench battleship La GloireThe French Navy's La Gloire was the first ocean-going ironclad battleship in history.She was developed following the Crimean War, in response to new developments in naval gun technology, especially the Paixhans guns and rifled guns, which used explosive shells with increased destructive power...
(France, 1859): Gloire class - Languedoc (France, 1914): Normandie classNormandie class battleshipThe Normandie-class dreadnought battleships were ordered for the French Navy before the First World War. They were named after provinces of France. These ships were never completed as battleships because the war stopped their construction...
- Leonardo da VinciItalian battleship Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci was a Conte di Cavour class battleship of the Regia Marina . She was 170 metres long, small for a battleship. Her twenty boilers and four shafts generated 24MW and gave a top speed of 11 m/s . She was crewed by about 1,000 men.Leonardo da Vinci was built between 18 July 1910...
(Italy, 1911): Conte di Cavour classConte di Cavour class battleshipThe Conte di Cavour class was a battleship class of the Regia Marina in World War I and World War II.-Design:This class was the second group of dreadnoughts in the Regia Marina. The ships were designed by Admiral Edoardo Masdea.... - LepantoItalian battleship LepantoLepanto was an Italian battleship launched in 1883, the second and last ship of the Italia class. She served in the Regia Marina during the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
(Italy, 1883): Italia classItalia class battleshipThe Italia-class battleships were a class of two Italian battleships which served in the Regia Marina during the late 19th and early 20th centuries... - LibertéFrench battleship Liberté (1905)The Liberté was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy, and the lead ship of her class. Commanded by capitaine de vaisseau Louis Jaurès, She sailed to the United States after her commissioning...
(France, 1905): Liberté classLiberté class battleshipThe Liberté class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the French Navy, an improvement of the République-class battleship of a similar design.-Design and History:... - Lille (France, 1910s): Lyon classLyon class battleshipThe Lyon was a class of battleship which was planned for the French Navy, beginning in 1914. However, construction was halted and then cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I. No ship of the Lyon type was laid down.-Design:...
- Lindormen (Denmark, 1868)
- LionHMS Lion (1910)HMS Lion was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, which were nicknamed the "Splendid Cats". They were significant improvements over their predecessors of the in terms of speed, armament and armour...
(United Kingdom, 1910): Lion classLion class battlecruiserThe Lion class were a class of battlecruisers built by the British Royal Navy before World War I. Nicknamed the "Splendid Cats", the ships were a significant improvement over their predecessors of the in terms of speed, armament and armour... - LittorioItalian battleship Littorio|-External links:...
(Italy, 1937): Littorio classLittorio class battleshipThe Littorio class, also known as the Vittorio Veneto class,Vittorio Veneto and Littorio were laid down on the same date, so ambiguity exists in the naming of the class. was a class of battleship of the Regia Marina, the Italian navy. The class was composed of four ships: Littorio, Vittorio Veneto,... - LondonHMS London (1899)HMS London was a Formidable class battleship in the British Royal Navy, often considered to be part of the London class or subclass.-Technical Description:...
(United Kingdom, 1899): Formidable classFormidable class battleshipThe Royal Navy's Formidable class battleships was an eight-ship class of pre-dreadnoughts designed by Sir William White and built in the late 1890s... - LorraineFrench battleship LorraineThe Lorraine was a French Navy battleship of the Bretagne class named in honour of the region of Lorraine in France.- Construction :...
(France, 1913): Bretagne classBretagne class battleshipThe Bretagne class battleships were the first "super-dreadnoughts" built for the French Navy during the First World War. The class comprised three vessels: Bretagne, the lead ship, Provence, and Lorraine. They were an improvement of the previous , and mounted ten guns instead of twelve guns as on... - LothringenSMS LothringenSMS Lothringen"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the fifth of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class in the German Imperial Navy laid down in 1902 and commissioned 1906. She was named for the then German province of Lothringen, now Lorraine, a region of France...
(Germany, 1904): Braunschweig classBraunschweig class battleshipThe Braunschweig class battleships were pre-dreadnought battleships of the Kaiserliche Marine . The class comprised five ships: , , , , and... - LouisianaUSS Louisiana (BB-19)USS Louisiana was a of the United States Navy. She was the third ship to carry her name.Louisiana was laid down on 7 February 1903 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia; launched on 27 August 1904; sponsored by Miss Juanita LaLande and commissioned on 2...
(United States, 1906): Connecticut classConnecticut class battleship- External links :... - LützowSMS LützowSMS Lützow"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was the second built by the German Kaiserliche Marine before World War I. Ordered as a replacement for the old protected cruiser , Lützow was launched on 29 November 1913, but not completed until 1916...
(Germany, 1915): Derfflinger classDerfflinger class battlecruiserThe Derfflinger class was a class of three battlecruisers of the German Imperial Navy. The ships were ordered for the 1912 to 1913 Naval Building Program of the German Imperial Navy as a reply to the Royal Navy's three new s that had been launched a few years earlier... - Lyon (France, 1910s): Lyon classLyon class battleshipThe Lyon was a class of battleship which was planned for the French Navy, beginning in 1914. However, construction was halted and then cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I. No ship of the Lyon type was laid down.-Design:...
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- Mackensen (Germany): Mackensen classMackensen class battlecruiserThe Mackensen class was the last class of battlecruisers to be built by Germany in World War I. The class was to have comprised four ships: Mackensen, the name ship, Graf Spee, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, and Fürst Bismarck. None of the vessels were completed, as shipbuilding priorities were redirected...
- Magenta (France, 1861): Magenta class
- MagentaFrench battleship Magenta (1890)The Magenta was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy. The ship underwent significant changes during her construction phase including three different sets of main guns and increases in length and width. Like her sister ships she suffered from an over-large unarmoured superstructure that in...
(France, 1890): Marceau classMarceau class battleshipThe Marceau class was class of ironclad battleships of the French Navy. They were the last barbette ships built in France.* Marceau... - Magnanime (France, 1864): Provence class
- MahmudiyeHMS Superb (1875)HMS Superb was an ironclad battleship designed by Sir Edward Reed for the Ottoman Navy, and was built in Britain by Thames Ironworks under the name of Hamidieh. She had both engines and sails....
(Ottoman Empre, 1875, ironclad frigate): Superb class, bought by the United Kingdom as HMS Superb - MaineUSS Maine (ACR-1)USS Maine was the United States Navy's second commissioned pre-dreadnought battleship, although she was originally classified as an armored cruiser. She is best known for her catastrophic loss in Havana harbor. Maine had been sent to Havana, Cuba to protect U.S. interests during the Cuban revolt...
(United States, 1895) - MaineUSS Maine (BB-10)USS Maine , the lead ship of her class of battleships, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 23rd state....
(United States, 1902): Maine classMaine class battleshipThe three Maine class battleships: , , and were launched in the first several years of the 20th century. These were the first US capital ships to use smokeless powder for their main batteries, and the last to use Harvey armor. Smokeless powder allowed a decrease in gun size, with an increase in... - MalayaHMS Malaya (1915)HMS Malaya was a Queen Elizabeth class battleship of the British Royal Navy, built by Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth and Company at High Walker and launched in March 1915...
(United Kingdom, 1915): Queen Elizabeth classQueen Elizabeth class battleshipThe Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were a class of five super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy. The lead ship was named after Elizabeth I of England... - Marcantonio Colonna (Italy, 1920): Francesco Caracciolo class
- MarceauFrench battleship Marceau (1887)The Marceau was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.She served in the Mediterranean Squadron until 1900, when she was rebuilt. She returned to service in 1906 as a school ship for torpedo warfare....
(France, 1887): Marceau classMarceau class battleshipThe Marceau class was class of ironclad battleships of the French Navy. They were the last barbette ships built in France.* Marceau... - Marengo (France, 1869): Océan class
- MarkgrafSMS MarkgrafSMS Markgraf"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was the third battleship of the four-ship . She served in the German Imperial Navy during World War I. The battleship was laid down in November 1911 and launched on 4 June 1913...
(Germany, 1914): König classKönig class battleshipThe König class was a group of four battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine on the eve of World War I. The class was composed of , , , and . The most powerful warships of the German High Seas Fleet at the outbreak of war in 1914, the class operated as a unit throughout World War... - MarlboroughHMS Marlborough (1912)HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and launched in 1912. In World War I she served in the 1st Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow...
(United Kingdom, 1914): Iron Duke classIron Duke class battleshipThe Iron Duke-class was a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the British Royal Navy before the First World War. The class comprised four ships: , , , and... - Marechal Deodoro (Brazil, 1897): Marechal Deodoro class
- Marechal Floriano (Brazil, 1899): Marechal Deodoro class
- Martin Harpertzoon Tromp (Netherlands, 1904)
- MarylandUSS Maryland (BB-46)USS Maryland , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the seventh state.Her keel was laid down 24 April 1917 by Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 20 March 1920, and sponsored by Mrs. E. Brook Lee, wife of the...
(United States, 1921): Colorado classColorado class battleshipThe Colorado class battleships was a group of four battleships built by the United States Navy after World War I. However, only three of the ships were completed: , , and . The fourth, , was over 75% completed when she was canceled under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922... - MassachusettsUSS Massachusetts (BB-2)USS Massachusetts was an and the second United States Navy ship comparable to foreign battleships of the time. Authorized in 1890 and commissioned six years later, she was a small battleship, though with heavy armor and ordnance. The ship class also pioneered the use of an intermediate battery...
(United States, 1896): Indiana classIndiana class battleshipThe three Indiana-class battleships were the first battleships to be built by the United States Navy comparable to contemporary European ships, such as the British . Authorized in 1890 and commissioned between November 1895 and April 1896, they were relatively small battleships with heavy armor and... - MassachusettsUSS Massachusetts (BB-59)USS Massachusetts , known as "Big Mamie" to her crewmembers during World War II, was a battleship of the second South Dakota-class. She was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the sixth state, and one of two ships of her class to be donated for use as a museum ship...
(United States, 1942): South Dakota classSouth Dakota class battleshipSouth Dakota class battleship may refer to either of two battleship classes of the United States Navy:*South Dakota class battleship , a class of six ships authorized but never completed... - Massena (France, 1895)
- MecklenbergSMS MecklenburgSMS Mecklenburg was fifth ship of the Wittelsbach-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Laid down in 1899 at the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin, she was finished in May 1903...
(Germany, 1902): Wittelsbach classWittelsbach class battleshipThe Wittelsbach-class battleships were a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Kaiserliche Marine . They were the first battleships produced under the Navy Law of 1898. The class was composed of the lead ship, , , , and . All five ships were laid down between 1899 and 1900, and... - Messina (Italy, 1864): Principe di Carignano class
- Mesudiye (Ottoman Empire, 1875): Superb class
- MichiganUSS Michigan (BB-27)USS Michigan , a South Carolina-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 26th state. She was the first battleship in the world to be commissioned with superimposed, or Superfire type turrets....
(United States, 1908): South Carolina classSouth Carolina class battleshipThe United States Navy's South Carolina class consisted of two battleships: and , both of which were launched in 1908. These were among the first warships built with armament organized on the "all-big gun" and the first American battleships of the type... - MikasaJapanese battleship Mikasais a pre-Dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, launched in Britain in 1900. She served as the flagship of Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō during the Battle of the Yellow Sea on 10 August 1904, and the Battle of Tsushima on 27 May 1905 during the Russo-Japanese War. The ship is preserved as...
(Japan, 1900) - Minas Geraes (Brazil, 1910): Minas Gerais class
- MinnesotaUSS Minnesota (BB-22)USS Minnesota , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy in honor of the 32nd state, and the 24th battleship of the US Navy ....
(United States, 1906): Connecticut classConnecticut class battleship- External links :... - Mirabeau (France, 1909): Danton classDanton class battleshipThe Danton class was a class of French battleships built between 1907–1911, which served in World War I. The six ships in the class were all pre-dreadnought battleships, the last of their kind produced in the French Navy.-Design and production:...
- MishimaJapanese battleship MishimaAdmiral Seniavin , was a built for Imperial Russian Navy during the 1890s. She was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy from the Russians during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905...
(Japan, 1905): ex-Russian Admiral Senyavin - MississippiUSS Mississippi (BB-23)USS Mississippi , the lead ship of her class of battleships, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Mississippi. After her career in the USN, she was sold to Greece and renamed Kilkis in 1914...
(United States, 1908): Mississippi classMississippi class battleshipThe Mississippi class of battleships comprised two ships which were authorized in the 1903 naval budget: and . They were the last pre-dreadnought battleships to be designed for the United States Navy; however, they were not the last to be built as one more ship of a prior design was completed... - MississippiUSS Mississippi (BB-41)USS Mississippi , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 20th state, and the second battleship to carry the name. Commissioned in 1917, too late to serve in World War I, she served extensively in the Pacific in World War II, for which she earned eight battle stars...
(United States, 1917) New Mexico classNew Mexico class battleshipThe New Mexico class battleships of the United States Navy, all three of whose construction began in 1915, were improvements on the design introduced three years earlier with the Nevada class.... - MissouriUSS Missouri (BB-11)USS Missouri , a Maine-class battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 24th state....
(United States, 1901): Maine classMaine class battleshipThe three Maine class battleships: , , and were launched in the first several years of the 20th century. These were the first US capital ships to use smokeless powder for their main batteries, and the last to use Harvey armor. Smokeless powder allowed a decrease in gun size, with an increase in... - MissouriUSS Missouri (BB-63)|USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship, and was the fourth ship of the U.S. Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Missouri...
(United States, 1944): Iowa classIowa class battleshipThe Iowa-class battleships were a class of fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940 to escort the Fast Carrier Task Forces which would operate in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Six were ordered during the course of World War II, but only four were completed in... - Moltke (Germany, 1911) Moltke classMoltke class battlecruiserThe Moltke class was a class of two "all-big-gun" battlecruisersThe German navy classified the ships as Großen Kreuzer . These ships differed from older Großen Kreuzer, such as the Roon class, in that they carried a uniform main battery, instead of four large guns and a mixed array of smaller weapons...
- Monarch (Austria-Hungary, 1895): Monarch classMonarch class battleshipThe Monarch class was a class of battleships, although resembling coastal defence ships, built by Austria-Hungary at the end of the 19th century. The Monarchs were the first ships of their type to utilize turrets. The class comprised three ships: , , and , each armed with two L/40 guns in two...
- MonarchHMS Monarch (1868)HMS Monarch was the first sea-going warship to carry her guns in turrets, and the first British warship to carry guns of calibre.-Design:...
(United Kingdom, 1868) - MonarchHMS Monarch (1911)HMS Monarch was an Orion-class battleship of the Royal Navy. She served in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet in World War I, and fought at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, suffering no damage....
(United Kingdom, 1912): Orion classOrion class battleshipThe Orion class battleships were four super-dreadnoughts — the first ships of that type — of the Royal Navy. The lead ship, , was launched in 1910. They were the first Royal Navy dreadnoughts to have all their main guns in the centreline, although the U.S. South Carolina class had this advanced... - MontaguHMS Montagu (1901)HMS Montagu was a Pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy.In May 1906 in thick fog, she was wrecked on Lundy Island, fortunately without loss of life....
(United Kingdom, 1901): Duncan classDuncan class battleshipThe Duncan class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy. From 1889, Britain's “rank as a first-class power was bound up with its Mediterranean position” and these lightly armoured fast ships were intended to help meet combined Russian and French threats. Their period of... - MorenoARA MorenoARA Moreno was a dreadnought battleship designed by the American Fore River Shipbuilding Company for the Argentine Navy...
(Argentina, 1911): Rivadavia classRivadavia class battleshipThe Rivadavia class was a two-ship group of battleships designed by the American Fore River Shipbuilding Company for the Argentine Navy... - MusashiJapanese battleship Musashi, named after the ancient Japanese Musashi Province, was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II and flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet. She was the second ship of the...
(Japan, 1940): Yamato classYamato class battleshipThe were battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy constructed and operated during World War II. Displacing at full load, the vessels were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. The class carried the largest naval artillery ever fitted to a warship, nine naval... - MutsuJapanese battleship Mutsuthumb|right|300px|Mutsu shortly after commissioning in c. 1922Mutsu , named after Mutsu Province, as per Japanese ship naming conventions, was the Imperial Japanese Navy's second Nagato class battleship...
(Japan, 1920): Nagato classNagato class battleshipThe were two battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The name Nagato comes from the Nagato province. They were the first battleships to be built entirely in Japan...
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- NagatoJapanese battleship NagatoNagato was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy; the lead ship of her class. She was the first battleship in the world to mount 16 inch guns, her armour protection and speed made her one of the most powerful capital ships at the time of her commissioning.She was the flagship of Admiral...
(Japan, 1919): Nagato classNagato class battleshipThe were two battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The name Nagato comes from the Nagato province. They were the first battleships to be built entirely in Japan... - NapoliItalian battleship NapoliThe Regina Elena class battleship was a class of battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1904 and 1911. They were considered to be the fastest pre-dreadnought battleships in any navy at that time...
(Italy, 1905): Regina Elena classRegina Elena class battleshipThe Regina Elena class was a class of battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1904 and 1911. They were considered to be the fastest pre-dreadnought battleships in any navy at that time. Designed by Vittorio Cuniberti, they saw service during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912 with... - NassauSMS NassauSMS Nassau"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was the first dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial German Navy, a response to the launching of the British battleship HMS Dreadnought in 1906...
(Germany, 1908): Nassau classNassau class battleshipThe Nassau class were a group of four German dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Navy. They were the German response to the introduction of the "all big gun" British . The class was composed of , , , and . All four ships were laid down in mid-1907, and completed between May and September... - NebraskaUSS Nebraska (BB-14)USS Nebraska was a Virginia-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy. She was the first ship to carry her name.- History :...
(United States, 1902): Virginia classVirginia class battleshipThe Virginia class battleship was designed to be the first truly seagoing U.S. battleships. Five ships were commissioned between 1906 and 1907. The ships participated in the round-the-world cruise of the Great White Fleet. For the second and last time, the U.S... - Nelson (United Kingdom, 1925): Nelson classNelson class battleshipThe Nelson class was a class of two battleships of the British Royal Navy, built shortly after, and under the terms of, the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922...
- NeptuneFrench battleship Neptune (1887)The Neptune was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy.She served in the Mediterranean squadron until 1898, when she was used as a school ship, and as a hulk from February 1908.She was eventually sunk as target off Cherbourg.-External links:*...
(France, 1887): Marceau classMarceau class battleshipThe Marceau class was class of ironclad battleships of the French Navy. They were the last barbette ships built in France.* Marceau... - NeptuneHMS Neptune (1909)HMS Neptune was a Royal Navy dreadnought battleship, intended to be the lead ship of three Neptune-class battleships, but the subsequent two ships had slightly thicker belt armour and were reclassified as the Colossus class.-Design:...
(United Kingdom, 1911) - NevadaUSS Nevada (BB-36)USS Nevada , the second United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships; her sister ship was...
(United States, 1914): Nevada classNevada class battleshipThe Nevada class battleships were the United States Navy's first battleship design equipped with triple gun turrets , as well as introducing the so-called "all or nothing" armor scheme, in which protection of vital areas was optimized against heavy caliber guns, leaving other parts... - New JerseyUSS New Jersey (BB-16)USS New Jersey was a Virginia-class battleship of the United States Navy. She was the first ship to carry her name. New Jersey was launched on 10 November 1904 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. William B. Kenney, daughter of Governor Franklin Murphy of...
(United States, 1902): Virginia classVirginia class battleshipThe Virginia class battleship was designed to be the first truly seagoing U.S. battleships. Five ships were commissioned between 1906 and 1907. The ships participated in the round-the-world cruise of the Great White Fleet. For the second and last time, the U.S... - New JerseyUSS New Jersey (BB-62)USS New Jersey , is an , and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of New Jersey. New Jersey earned more battle stars for combat actions than the other three completed Iowa-class battleships, and is the only U.S...
(United States, 1943): Iowa classIowa class battleshipThe Iowa-class battleships were a class of fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940 to escort the Fast Carrier Task Forces which would operate in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Six were ordered during the course of World War II, but only four were completed in... - New MexicoUSS New Mexico (BB-40)USS New Mexico was a battleship in service with the United States Navy from 1918 to 1946. She was the lead ship of a class of three battleships. New Mexico was extensively modernized between 1931 and 1933 and saw service during World War II both in the Atlantic and Pacific theatres. After her...
(United States, 1917): New Mexico classNew Mexico class battleshipThe New Mexico class battleships of the United States Navy, all three of whose construction began in 1915, were improvements on the design introduced three years earlier with the Nevada class.... - New YorkUSS New York (BB-34)USS New York was a United States Navy battleship, the lead ship of her class of two . She was the fifth ship to carry her name....
(United States, 1914): New York classNew York class battleshipThe New York class battleship was the fifth series of two super-dreadnought battleships of the United States Navy which served during World War I and World War II. The class represented the first use of the 14" naval gun by the U.S. Navy... - New ZealandHMS New Zealand (1904)HMS New Zealand was a King Edward VII class battleship of the Royal Navy. Like all ships of the class she was named after an important part of the British Empire, namely New Zealand...
(United Kingdom, 1903): King Edward VII classKing Edward VII class battleshipThe King Edward VII class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships launched by the Royal Navy between 1903 and 1905.-Armament:By 1901, the 29 British battleships of the Majestic, Canopus, Formidable, London, Queen, and Duncan classes then in service or under construction, all following the same... - New ZealandHMS New Zealand (1911)HMS New Zealand was one of three s built for the defence of the British Empire. Launched in 1911, the ship's construction was funded by the government of New Zealand as a gift to Britain, and she was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1912...
(United Kingdom, 1911): Indefatigable classIndefatigable class battlecruiserThe Indefatigable class were the second class built of British battlecruisersThe Indefatigable-class ships were formally known as armoured cruisers until 1911 when they were redesignated as battlecruisers by an Admiralty order of 24 November 1911. Unofficially a number of designations were used... - Niels Juel (Denmark, 1915)
- NileHMS Nile (1888)HMS Nile was a battleship of the Royal Navy of the Victorian era, a ship of the Trafalgar class, and the only sister-ship of HMS Trafalgar....
(United Kingdom, 1888): Trafalgar classTrafalgar class battleshipThe two Trafalgar-class battleships of the British Royal Navy were late nineteenth century ironclad warships. Both were named after naval battles won by the British during the Napoleonic wars under the command of Admiral Nelson.-Design:... - Normandie (France, 1860): Gloire class
- Normandie (France, 1914): Normandie classNormandie class battleshipThe Normandie-class dreadnought battleships were ordered for the French Navy before the First World War. They were named after provinces of France. These ships were never completed as battleships because the war stopped their construction...
- North CarolinaUSS North Carolina (BB-55)USS North Carolina was the lead ship of her class of battleship and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named in honor of this U.S. state. She was the first new-construction U.S. battleship to enter service during World War II, participating in every major naval offensive in the Pacific...
(United States, 1941): North Carolina classNorth Carolina class battleshipThe North Carolina class was a group of two fast battleships, North Carolina and Washington, built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s and early 1940s... - North DakotaUSS North Dakota (BB-29)USS North Dakota , a Delaware-class battleship, was the first ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of North Dakota....
(United States, 1910): Delaware classDelaware class battleshipThe Delaware-class battleships of the United States Navy were the second class of American dreadnoughts. They carried a battery of ten 12"/45 caliber Mark 5 guns in five turrets, an increase of two guns over the preceding . They were also larger, displacing 25% more than the South Carolinas... - Novorossiysk (Soviet Union, 1945): ex-Italian Giulio Cesare
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- Océan (France, 1868): Océan class
- OceanHMS Ocean (1898)The fourth HMS Ocean was a Canopus-class battleship of the British Royal Navy.-Technical Description:HMS Ocean was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 15 December 1897, launched on 5 July 1898, and completed in February 1900...
(United Kingdom, 1898): Canopus classCanopus class battleshipThe Canopus class was a group of six pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy which were designed by Sir William White for use in the Far East and entered service between 1899 and 1902. The lead ship was which was followed by , , , and... - Odin (Denmark, 1872)
- OhioUSS Ohio (BB-12)USS Ohio , a Maine-class battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named for the 17th state.Ohio was laid down on 22 April 1899 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California. She was launched on 18 May 1901 sponsored by Miss Helen Deschler, a relative of Governor George K. Nash of...
(United States, 1904): Maine classMaine class battleshipThe three Maine class battleships: , , and were launched in the first several years of the 20th century. These were the first US capital ships to use smokeless powder for their main batteries, and the last to use Harvey armor. Smokeless powder allowed a decrease in gun size, with an increase in... - OkinoshimaJapanese battleship OkinoshimaThe General Admiral Graf Apraksin , sometimes transliterated as Apraxin, was a member of the s of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was named after General Admiral Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin, the first commander of Russian Baltic Fleet. She was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships...
(Japan, 1905): ex-Russian General-Admiral Graf Apraksin - OklahomaUSS Oklahoma (BB-37)USS Oklahoma , the only ship of the United States Navy to ever be named for the 46th state, was a World War I-era battleship and the second of two ships in her class; her sister ship was . She, along with her sister, were the first two U.S...
(United States, 1914): Nevada classNevada class battleshipThe Nevada class battleships were the United States Navy's first battleship design equipped with triple gun turrets , as well as introducing the so-called "all or nothing" armor scheme, in which protection of vital areas was optimized against heavy caliber guns, leaving other parts... - OldenburgSMS Oldenburg (1910)SMS Oldenburg "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the second vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Oldenburgs keel was laid in October 1908 at the Kaiserliche Werft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven. She was launched on 30 September 1909 and was commissioned into the fleet...
(Germany, 1911): Helgoland classHelgoland class battleshipThe Helgoland class was the second class of German dreadnought battleships. Constructed from 1908 to 1912, the class comprised four ships: , the lead ship; ; ; and . The design was a significant improvement over the previous ships; they had a larger main battery— main guns instead of the weapons... - Olfert Fischer (Denmark, 1903): Herluf Trolle class
- OregonUSS Oregon (BB-3)USS Oregon was a pre-Dreadnought of the United States Navy. Her construction was authorized on 30 June 1890, and the contract to build her was awarded to Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California on 19 November 1890. Her keel was laid exactly one year later...
(United States, 1896): Indiana classIndiana class battleshipThe three Indiana-class battleships were the first battleships to be built by the United States Navy comparable to contemporary European ships, such as the British . Authorized in 1890 and commissioned between November 1895 and April 1896, they were relatively small battleships with heavy armor and... - OrionHMS Orion (1879)HMS Orion was a of the Victorian Royal Navy. Originally constructed for the Ottoman Empire, and called Bourdjou-Zaffer, she was purchased by the British Government before completion....
(United Kingdom, 1872): bought Ottoman ironclad frigate Büruç-u Zafer - OrionHMS Orion (1910)HMS Orion was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1910, she was the lead ship of her class; she was the first so-called "super-dreadnought", being the first British dreadnought to mount guns of calibre greater than twelve inches, and the first British dreadnought to have...
(United Kingdom, 1912): Orion classOrion class battleshipThe Orion class battleships were four super-dreadnoughts — the first ships of that type — of the Royal Navy. The lead ship, , was launched in 1910. They were the first Royal Navy dreadnoughts to have all their main guns in the centreline, although the U.S. South Carolina class had this advanced... - OstfrieslandSMS OstfrieslandSMS Ostfriesland "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the second vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Named for the region of East Frisia, Ostfrieslands keel was laid in October 1908 at the Kaiserliche Werft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven...
(Germany, 1911): Helgoland classHelgoland class battleshipThe Helgoland class was the second class of German dreadnought battleships. Constructed from 1908 to 1912, the class comprised four ships: , the lead ship; ; ; and . The design was a significant improvement over the previous ships; they had a larger main battery— main guns instead of the weapons... - Owari (Japan, 1920s): Kii classKii class battleshipThe Kii class was a planned battleship design of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Designed by Yuzuru Hiraga, the class was to have been armed with ten guns and would bring Japan closer to its goal of an "Eight-eight fleet"...
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- Palestro (Italy, 1871): Principe Amadeo class
- ParisFrench battleship ParisParis was the third ship of the s, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed before World War I as part of the 1911 naval building programme. She spent the war in the Mediterranean, spending most of 1914 providing gunfire support for the Montenegrin Army until her sister...
(France, 1912): Courbet classCourbet class battleshipThe Courbet class battleships were the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy before World War I. The class comprised four ships: , , , and . All four ships were deployed to the Mediterranean Sea for the entirety of World War I, spending most of their time escorting French troop convoys from... - PatrieFrench battleship Patrie (1903)The Patrie was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy. She was commissioned in December 1906 and served in the French Navy during the First World War, afterwards being converted to use as a torpedo school ship until being scrapped in 1928....
(France, 1903): République classRépublique class battleshipThe République class was a class of two pre-Dreadnought ironclads of the French Navy.-Design:The République marked a significant evolution in the design of French ironclads, with less significant tumblehome than her predecessors, better sailing qualities, larger size, and more firepower... - Peder Skram (Denmark, 1908): Herluf Trolle class
- Peyk-i ŞerefHMS Belleisle (1876)HMS Belleisle was one of the four ships currently under construction for foreign navies in British shipyards which were purchased by the British government for the Royal Navy in 1878, at the time of the Russian war scare....
(Ottoman Empire, 1876, Ironclad frigate): Belleisle classBelleisle class battleshipThe two ships of the Belleisle class, and , originally built in Britain for the Turkish Navy, were taken over by the Royal Navy in 1878.In 1878 Russia and Turkey were at war, and it was perceived by the British Government that Britain might be drawn into the conflict. This perception has become...
, bought by the United Kingdom as HMS Belleisle - PelayoSpanish battleship PelayoPelayo was a battleship of the Spanish Navy which served in the Spanish fleet from 1888 to 1925. For many years, she was the most powerful unit of the Spanish Navy.-Technical Characteristics:...
(Spain, 1887) - PennsylvaniaUSS Pennsylvania (BB-38)USS Pennsylvania was a United States Navy super-dreadnought battleship. She was the third Navy ship named for the state of Pennsylvania....
(United States, 1915): Pennsylvania classPennsylvania class battleshipThe Pennsylvania-class battleships, of the United States Navy, were an enlargement of the Nevada class; having two additional 45-caliber main battery guns, greater length and displacement, four propellers and slightly higher speed... - Piet Hein (Netherlands, 1894): Evertsen classEvertsen class coastal defence shipThe Evertsen class was a class of coastal defense ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The class comprised Evertsen, Piet Hein and Kortenaer.-Dimensions and machinery:...
- PommernSMS PommernSMS Pommern was one of five Deutschland class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Kaiserliche Marine between 1904 and 1906. Named after the Prussian province of Pomerania, she was built at the AG Vulcan yard at Stettin, where she was laid down on 22 March 1904 and launched on 2 December...
(Germany, 1906): Deutschland classDeutschland class battleshipThe Deutschland class was a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine. The class comprised , , , , and . Built between 1903 and 1908, the ships closely resembled those of the preceding , though they had stronger armor protection... - PosenSMS PosenSMS Posen "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was one of four battleships in the , the first dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy...
(Germany, 1908): Nassau classNassau class battleshipThe Nassau class were a group of four German dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Navy. They were the German response to the introduction of the "all big gun" British . The class was composed of , , , and . All four ships were laid down in mid-1907, and completed between May and September... - PotemkinRussian battleship PotemkinThe Potemkin was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. The ship was made famous by the Battleship Potemkin uprising, a rebellion of the crew against their oppressive officers in June 1905...
(Russia, 1904): Peresvet class, later renamed Panteleimon - PreußenSMS Preußen (1903)SMS Preussen"SMS" stands for Seiner Majestät Schiff was the fourth of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class in the Kaiserliche Marine laid down in 1902 and commissioned 1905...
(Germany, 1904): Braunschweig classBraunschweig class battleshipThe Braunschweig class battleships were pre-dreadnought battleships of the Kaiserliche Marine . The class comprised five ships: , , , , and... - Prince of WalesHMS Prince of Wales (1902)HMS Prince of Wales was a London- or Queen-class predreadnought battleship, a sub-class of the Formidable-class battleships of the British Royal Navy...
(United Kingdom, 1902): Formidable classFormidable class battleshipThe Royal Navy's Formidable class battleships was an eight-ship class of pre-dreadnoughts designed by Sir William White and built in the late 1890s... - Prince of Wales (United Kingdom, 1941): King George V classKing George V class battleship (1939)The King George V-class battleships were the most modern British battleships used during World War II. Five ships of this class were built and commissioned: King George V , Prince of Wales , Duke of York , Howe , and Anson .The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 limiting all of the number,...
- Princess RoyalHMS Princess Royal (1911)HMS Princess Royal was the second of two s built for the Royal Navy before World War I. Designed in response to the s of the German Navy, the ships significantly improved on the speed, armament, and armour of the preceding...
(United Kingdom, 1910): Lion classLion class battlecruiserThe Lion class were a class of battlecruisers built by the British Royal Navy before World War I. Nicknamed the "Splendid Cats", the ships were a significant improvement over their predecessors of the in terms of speed, armament and armour... - Principe Amadeo (Italy, 1872): Principe Amadeo class
- Principe di Carignano (Italy, 1863): Principe di Carignano class
- Prinz Eitel FriedrichSMS Prinz Eitel FriedrichSMS Prinz Eitel Friedrich*A German auxiliary cruiser taken over by the US and commissioned as USS DeKalb during the First World War*an unfinished Mackensen-class battlecruiser built for the German Navy during the First World War...
(Germany): Mackensen classMackensen class battlecruiserThe Mackensen class was the last class of battlecruisers to be built by Germany in World War I. The class was to have comprised four ships: Mackensen, the name ship, Graf Spee, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, and Fürst Bismarck. None of the vessels were completed, as shipbuilding priorities were redirected... - Prinz EugenSMS Prinz EugenSMS Prinz Eugen was an Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship of the . Prinz Eugen was built at the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino yard, Trieste...
(Austria-Hungary, 1913): Tegetthoff classTegetthoff class battleshipThe Tegetthoff-class was the sole class of dreadnought battleship built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Four ships were built, SMS Viribus Unitis, SMS Tegetthoff, SMS Prinz Eugen and SMS Szent Istvan... - Prinzregent LuitpoldSMS Prinzregent LuitpoldSMS Prinzregent Luitpold "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the fifth and final vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Prinzregent Luitpolds keel was laid in October 1910 at the Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel...
(Germany, 1911): Kaiser class - ProvenceFrench battleship ProvenceThe Provence was a French Navy battleship of the Bretagne class named in honour of the French region of Provence.- Construction :She was built by Arsenal de Lorient, and her keel was laid on 1 May 1912...
(France, 1863): Provence class - ProvenceFrench battleship ProvenceThe Provence was a French Navy battleship of the Bretagne class named in honour of the French region of Provence.- Construction :She was built by Arsenal de Lorient, and her keel was laid on 1 May 1912...
(France, 1913): Bretagne classBretagne class battleshipThe Bretagne class battleships were the first "super-dreadnoughts" built for the French Navy during the First World War. The class comprised three vessels: Bretagne, the lead ship, Provence, and Lorraine. They were an improvement of the previous , and mounted ten guns instead of twelve guns as on...
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- QueenHMS Queen (1902)HMS Queen was a London or Queen class battleship, a sub-class of the Formidable class battleships of the British Royal Navy, and the tenth Royal Navy ship to bear the name.-Construction and design:...
(United Kingdom, 1902): Formidable classFormidable class battleshipThe Royal Navy's Formidable class battleships was an eight-ship class of pre-dreadnoughts designed by Sir William White and built in the late 1890s... - Queen ElizabethHMS Queen Elizabeth (1913)HMS Queen Elizabeth was the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class of dreadnought battleships, named in honour of Elizabeth I of England. She saw service in both World Wars...
(United Kingdom, 1913): Queen Elizabeth classQueen Elizabeth class battleshipThe Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were a class of five super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy. The lead ship was named after Elizabeth I of England... - Queen MaryHMS Queen MaryHMS Queen Mary was a battlecruiser built by the British Royal Navy before World War I, the sole member of her class. She was similar to the s, though she differed in details from her half-sisters. She was the last battlecruiser completed before the war and participated in the Battle of Heligoland...
(United Kingdom, 1910): Lion classLion class battlecruiserThe Lion class were a class of battlecruisers built by the British Royal Navy before World War I. Nicknamed the "Splendid Cats", the ships were a significant improvement over their predecessors of the in terms of speed, armament and armour...
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- RadetzkySMS RadetzkySMS* Radetzky was the first of the three pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy . She was named for the 19th century Austrian Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz...
(Austria-Hungary, 1908): Radetzky classRadetzky class battleshipThe Radetzky class were a group of three semi-dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy between 1907 and 1910. All ships were built by the STT shipyard in Trieste. They were the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarians, and the penultimate class of any type of... - RamilliesHMS Ramillies (1892)HMS Ramillies was a pre-dreadnought battleship of Royal Navy and part of the seven ship Royal Sovereign' class.-Technical Characteristics:...
(United Kingdom, 1892): Royal Sovereign classRoyal Sovereign class battleshipThe Royal Sovereign class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the British Royal Navy. The class comprised seven ships built to the same design: HMS Royal Sovereign, , HMS Ramilles, HMS Repulse, HMS Resolution, HMS Revenge, and HMS Royal Oak, and a half-sister built to a modified design: .... - RamilliesHMS Ramillies (07)HMS Ramillies was a Revenge-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after the Battle of Ramillies. The ship is notable for having served in both the First and Second World Wars...
(United Kingdom, 1916): Revenge classRevenge class battleshipThe Revenge class battleships were five battleships of the Royal Navy, ordered as World War I loomed on the horizon, and launched in 1914–1916... - Re d'Italia (Italy, 1863): Re d'Italia class
- Re di Portogallo (Italy, 1863): Re d'Italia class
- Re UmbertoItalian battleship Re UmbertoRe Umberto was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Navy in the 1880s. She was the lead ship of her class. She was laid down in 1884; work proceeded so slowly that she was not finished until 1893....
(Italy, 1888): Re Umberto classRe Umberto class battleshipThe Umberto Re class were a group of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Italian Navy in the 1880s. All three ships of the class saw service during World War I in secondary roles.-Description:... - RedoutableFrench battleship Redoutable (1876)Redoutable was a central battery and barbette ship of the French Navy. She was the first warship in the world to use steel as the principal building material....
(France, 1876) - Regina ElenaItalian battleship Regina ElenaRegina Elena was a Regina Elena class battleship built for the Regia Marina in 1901. Designed by Vittorio Cuniberti, she was active in both the Italo-Turkish War with the Ottoman Empire in 1911-1912 and World War I, in which Italy participated from 1915 to 1918. After Italy signed the Washington...
(Italy, 1904): Regina Elena classRegina Elena class battleshipThe Regina Elena class was a class of battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1904 and 1911. They were considered to be the fastest pre-dreadnought battleships in any navy at that time. Designed by Vittorio Cuniberti, they saw service during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912 with... - Regina MargheritaItalian battleship Regina MargheritaRegina Margherita was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1898 and 1904.-Service:Regina Margherita was launched at La Spezia in 1901, and completed three years later. She was the flagship of the Italian Mediterranean Fleet until 1910...
(Italy, 1901): Regina Margherita classRegina Margherita class battleshipThe Regina Margherita was a class of battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1898 and 1905. The class comprised two ships: Regina Margherita and Benedetto Brin.... - Regina Maria Pia (Italy, 1863): Regina Maria Pia class
- RenownHMS Renown (1895)HMS Renown was a predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. Third and last of the lightly armed, long-range Centurion class, she had an upgraded design compared to her two sister ships HMS Centurion and HMS Barfleur....
(United Kingdom, 1895): Centurion classCenturion class battleshipThe Centurion class battleships were second-class pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy designed for service on distant stations.-Description:... - RenownHMS Renown (1916)HMS Renown was the lead ship of her class of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy built during the First World War. She was originally laid down as an improved version of the s. Her construction was suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds she would not be ready in a timely manner...
(United Kingdom, 1916): Renown classRenown class battlecruiserThe Renown class consisted of a pair of battlecruisers built during the First World War for the Royal Navy. They were originally laid down as improved versions of the s. Their construction was suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds they would not be ready in a timely manner... - RépubliqueFrench battleship République (1902)The République was a pre-dreadnought République class battleship of the French Navy. She served from 1906 to 1921. She was moored near the Liberté when the latter exploded accidentally in 1911, and was damaged by flying debris...
(France, 1902): République classRépublique class battleshipThe République class was a class of two pre-Dreadnought ironclads of the French Navy.-Design:The République marked a significant evolution in the design of French ironclads, with less significant tumblehome than her predecessors, better sailing qualities, larger size, and more firepower... - RepulseHMS Repulse (1892)HMS Repulse was a Royal Sovereign-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. She was the tenth ship to bear the name HMS Repulse.-Technical Characteristics:HMS Repulse was ordered under the Naval Defence Act Program of 1889...
(United Kingdom, 1892): Royal Sovereign classRoyal Sovereign class battleshipThe Royal Sovereign class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the British Royal Navy. The class comprised seven ships built to the same design: HMS Royal Sovereign, , HMS Ramilles, HMS Repulse, HMS Resolution, HMS Revenge, and HMS Royal Oak, and a half-sister built to a modified design: .... - RepulseHMS Repulse (1916)HMS Repulse was a Renown-class battlecruiser of the Royal Navy built during the First World War. She was originally laid down as an improved version of the s. Her construction was suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds she would not be ready in a timely manner...
(United Kingdom, 1916): Renown classRenown class battlecruiserThe Renown class consisted of a pair of battlecruisers built during the First World War for the Royal Navy. They were originally laid down as improved versions of the s. Their construction was suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds they would not be ready in a timely manner... - Requin (France, 1885): Terrible class
- ResolutionHMS Resolution (1892)HMS Resolution was a Royal Sovereign-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical characteristics:Resolution was laid down by Palmers on 14 June 1890, launched on 28 May 1892, and completed in November 1893.. She was long and had a maximum cruising speed of...
(United Kingdom, 1892): Royal Sovereign classRoyal Sovereign class battleshipThe Royal Sovereign class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the British Royal Navy. The class comprised seven ships built to the same design: HMS Royal Sovereign, , HMS Ramilles, HMS Repulse, HMS Resolution, HMS Revenge, and HMS Royal Oak, and a half-sister built to a modified design: .... - Resolution (United Kingdom, 1915): Revenge classRevenge class battleshipThe Revenge class battleships were five battleships of the Royal Navy, ordered as World War I loomed on the horizon, and launched in 1914–1916...
- Revance (France, 1865): Provence class
- RevengeHMS Revenge (1892)HMS Revenge was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Sovereign class of the British Royal Navy. She was renamed HMS Redoubtable in 1915. HMS Revenge notably served as the flagship of the Flying Squadron and bombarding the coast of Flanders during World War I before being refitted as an...
(United Kingdom, 1892): Royal Sovereign classRoyal Sovereign class battleshipThe Royal Sovereign class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the British Royal Navy. The class comprised seven ships built to the same design: HMS Royal Sovereign, , HMS Ramilles, HMS Repulse, HMS Resolution, HMS Revenge, and HMS Royal Oak, and a half-sister built to a modified design: .... - RevengeHMS Revenge (06)HMS Revenge was the lead ship of the Revenge class of battleships of the Royal Navy, the ninth to bear the name. She was launched during World War I in 1915. Though the class is often referred to as the Royal Sovereign class, official documents of 1914–1918 refer to the class as the Revenge class...
(United Kingdom, 1915): Revenge classRevenge class battleshipThe Revenge class battleships were five battleships of the Royal Navy, ordered as World War I loomed on the horizon, and launched in 1914–1916... - RheinlandSMS RheinlandSMS Rheinland "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was one of four Nassau-class battleships, the first dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy . Rheinland mounted twelve main guns in six twin turrets in an unusual hexagonal arrangement...
(Germany, 1908): Nassau classNassau class battleshipThe Nassau class were a group of four German dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Navy. They were the German response to the introduction of the "all big gun" British . The class was composed of , , , and . All four ships were laid down in mid-1907, and completed between May and September... - Rhode IslandUSS Rhode Island (BB-17)USS Rhode Island was a Virginia-class battleship of the United States Navy. She was the second ship to carry her name.Rhode Island was launched on 17 May 1904 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, sponsored by Mrs. F. O...
(United States, 1902): Virginia classVirginia class battleshipThe Virginia class battleship was designed to be the first truly seagoing U.S. battleships. Five ships were commissioned between 1906 and 1907. The ships participated in the round-the-world cruise of the Great White Fleet. For the second and last time, the U.S... - Richelieu (France, 1873)
- Richelieu (France, 1939): Richelieu classRichelieu class battleshipThe Richelieu class battleships were the last and largest battleships of the French Navy, staying in service into the 1960s. They still remain to this day the largest warships ever built by France...
- RivadaviaARA RivadaviaARA Rivadavia"ARA" is an acronym for Armada de la República Argentina was a battleship of the Argentine Navy. Named after the first Argentine president, Bernardino Rivadavia, she was the lead ship of her class and the third dreadnought built during the South American dreadnought race...
(Argentina, 1911): Rivadavia classRivadavia class battleshipThe Rivadavia class was a two-ship group of battleships designed by the American Fore River Shipbuilding Company for the Argentine Navy... - RodneyHMS Rodney (1884)HMS Rodney was a battleship of the Victorian Royal Navy, a member of the Admiral class of warships designed by Nathaniel Barnaby.She was a development of the design of Collingwood, but carried 13.5 inch calibre main armament as against 12 inch in the earlier ship...
(United Kingdom, 1884): Admiral classAdmiral class battleshipThe British Royal Navy's pre-dreadnought Admiral class battleships of the 1880s followed the pattern of the Devastation class in having the main armament on centre-line mounts with the superstructure in between. This pattern was followed by most following British designs until in 1906... - Rodney (United Kingdom, 1925): Nelson classNelson class battleshipThe Nelson class was a class of two battleships of the British Royal Navy, built shortly after, and under the terms of, the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922...
- RomaItalian battleship RomaRoma was the name of three battleships of the Regia Marina , and may refer to:, a broadside ironclad, the lead ship of the Roma class, completed in 1869 and stricken in 1895, a predreadnought battleship of the Regina Elena class completed in 1908 and stricken in 1927, a dreadnought battleship of...
(Italy, 1865): Roma class - RomaItalian battleship RomaRoma was the name of three battleships of the Regia Marina , and may refer to:, a broadside ironclad, the lead ship of the Roma class, completed in 1869 and stricken in 1895, a predreadnought battleship of the Regina Elena class completed in 1908 and stricken in 1927, a dreadnought battleship of...
(Italy, 1909): Regina Elena classRegina Elena class battleshipThe Regina Elena class was a class of battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1904 and 1911. They were considered to be the fastest pre-dreadnought battleships in any navy at that time. Designed by Vittorio Cuniberti, they saw service during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912 with... - RomaItalian battleship Roma (1940)Roma, named after two previous ships and the city of Rome, was the fourth Vittorio Veneto-class battleship of Italy's Regia Marina...
(Italy, 1940): Littorio classLittorio class battleshipThe Littorio class, also known as the Vittorio Veneto class,Vittorio Veneto and Littorio were laid down on the same date, so ambiguity exists in the naming of the class. was a class of battleship of the Regia Marina, the Italian navy. The class was composed of four ships: Littorio, Vittorio Veneto,... - Royal OakHMS Royal Oak (1892)HMS Royal Oak was a pre-dreadnought Royal Navy battleship of the seven-ship Royal Sovereign class.-Technical Characteristics:Royal Oak was ordered under the Naval Defence Act Programme of 7 March 1889 and built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead at a cost of £977,996. She was launched on 5 November 1892...
(United Kingdom, 1892): Royal Sovereign classRoyal Sovereign class battleshipThe Royal Sovereign class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the British Royal Navy. The class comprised seven ships built to the same design: HMS Royal Sovereign, , HMS Ramilles, HMS Repulse, HMS Resolution, HMS Revenge, and HMS Royal Oak, and a half-sister built to a modified design: .... - Royal Oak (United Kingdom, 1914): Revenge classRevenge class battleshipThe Revenge class battleships were five battleships of the Royal Navy, ordered as World War I loomed on the horizon, and launched in 1914–1916...
- Royal SovereignHMS Royal Sovereign (1891)HMS Royal Sovereign was a Royal Sovereign class battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of the class, and the largest warship in the world at the time of her construction. The ships were designed by Sir William White and were the most potent battleships in the world until HMS Dreadnought...
(United Kingdom, 1891): Royal Sovereign classRoyal Sovereign class battleshipThe Royal Sovereign class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the British Royal Navy. The class comprised seven ships built to the same design: HMS Royal Sovereign, , HMS Ramilles, HMS Repulse, HMS Resolution, HMS Revenge, and HMS Royal Oak, and a half-sister built to a modified design: .... - Royal SovereignHMS Royal Sovereign (05)HMS Royal Sovereign was a Revenge-class battleship of the Royal Navy displacing and armed with eight guns in four twin turrets...
(United Kingdom, 1915): Revenge classRevenge class battleshipThe Revenge class battleships were five battleships of the Royal Navy, ordered as World War I loomed on the horizon, and launched in 1914–1916... - Ruggiero di LauriaItalian battleship Ruggiero di LauriaRuggiero di Lauria was an Italian battleship launched in 1884. She was the lead ship of the Ruggiero di Lauria-class pre-dreadnoughts, and served in the Regia Marina during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.-Design:...
(Italy, 1884): Ruggiero di Lauria classRuggiero di Lauria class battleshipThe Ruggiero di Lauria class was a class of Italian battleships which served in the Regia Marina during the late 19th and early 20th centuries... - RussellHMS Russell (1901)HMS Russell was a Duncan-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical Description:HMS Russell was laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company at Jarrow on 11 March 1899 and launched on 19 February 1902...
(United Kingdom, 1901): Duncan classDuncan class battleshipThe Duncan class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy. From 1889, Britain's “rank as a first-class power was bound up with its Mediterranean position” and these lightly armoured fast ships were intended to help meet combined Russian and French threats. Their period of...
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- Sachsen (Germany, 1916): Bayern classBayern class battleshipThe Bayern class was a class of four super-dreadnought battleships built by the German Kaiserliche Marine . The class comprised , , Sachsen, and Württemberg. Construction started on the ships shortly before World War I; Baden was laid down in 1913, Bayern and Sachsen followed in 1914, and...
- SagamiJapanese battleship Sagamiwas one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. It was built as the lead ship of the of battleships, with a design inspired by the British battleship...
(Japan, 1905): ex-Russian Peresviet - SalamisGreek battleship SalamisSalamis was a dreadnought battleship ordered for the Greek Navy from the AG Vulcan shipyard in Hamburg, Germany in 1912. She was ordered in response to Ottoman naval expansion begun in 1911. The ship was to have been 569 feet 11 inches long, armed with eight guns, and have had a top...
(Greece, 1914) - San Martino (Italy, 1863): Regina Maria Pia class
- Sans PareilHMS Sans Pareil (1887)HMS Sans Pareil was a Victoria Class battleship of the British Royal Navy of the Victorian era, her only sister-ship being .In deciding upon her design configuration the Board of Admiralty took what history shows was a retrograde step by requesting the reversion from barbettes to turrets for her...
(United Kingdom, 1887): Victoria classVictoria class battleshipThe Royal Navy's Victoria class battleships of the 1880s was the first class which used triple expansion steam engines, previous battleships having used compound engines.There were only two ships in this class... - São PauloBrazilian battleship Sao PauloSão Paulo was a dreadnought battleship designed for the Brazilian Navy by the British company Armstrong Whitworth. She was the second of two ships in the Minas Geraes class, and was named after the state and city of São Paulo....
(Brazil, 1910): Minas Gerais class - SardegnaItalian battleship SardegnaSardegna was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Navy in the 1880s. She was the third ship of her class laid down, but the second finished.-General characteristics:...
(Italy, 1890): Re Umberto classRe Umberto class battleshipThe Umberto Re class were a group of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Italian Navy in the 1880s. All three ships of the class saw service during World War I in secondary roles.-Description:... - SatsumaJapanese battleship Satsuma|-External links:**...
(Japan, 1904): Satsuma classSatsuma class battleship-External links:*http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0117.htm Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy]*... - Savoie (France, 1863): Provence class
- Schlesien (Germany, 1906): Deutschland classDeutschland class battleshipThe Deutschland class was a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine. The class comprised , , , , and . Built between 1903 and 1908, the ships closely resembled those of the preceding , though they had stronger armor protection...
- Schleswig-Holstein (Germany, 1906): Deutschland classDeutschland class battleshipThe Deutschland class was a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine. The class comprised , , , , and . Built between 1903 and 1908, the ships closely resembled those of the preceding , though they had stronger armor protection...
- SchwabenSMS SchwabenSMS Schwaben was the fourth ship of the Wittelsbach-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Schwaben was built at Wilhelmshaven Navy Dockyard. She was laid down in 1900, and completed in April 1904, at the cost of 21,678,000 marks...
(Germany, 1902): Wittelsbach classWittelsbach class battleshipThe Wittelsbach-class battleships were a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Kaiserliche Marine . They were the first battleships produced under the Navy Law of 1898. The class was composed of the lead ship, , , , and . All five ships were laid down between 1899 and 1900, and... - SettsuJapanese battleship SettsuThe was the second of the two-ship Kawachi-class of dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was built at Kure Naval Arsenal and launched in 1910...
(Japan, 1905): Kawachi classKawachi class battleship-External links:**... - SeydlitzSMS SeydlitzSMS Seydlitz"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was a 25,000-metric ton battlecruiserAdmiral Alfred von Tirpitz referred to the ship as a large cruiser in his annual budgets in an attempt to reduce opposition from the Reichstag; the ship was not referred...
(Germany, 1913) - ShikishimaJapanese battleship Shikishima|-External links:**...
(Japan, 1898): Shikishima classShikishima class battleship-External links:**... - ShinanoJapanese aircraft carrier Shinanonamed after the ancient Shinano Province, was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Initially laid down as the third of the battleships, Shinano′s partially complete hull was converted to an aircraft carrier in 1942, midway through construction. Over the next two...
(Japan, 1940): Yamato classYamato class battleshipThe were battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy constructed and operated during World War II. Displacing at full load, the vessels were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. The class carried the largest naval artillery ever fitted to a warship, nine naval...
(completed as an aircraft carrier) - SiciliaItalian battleship SiciliaSicilia was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Navy in the 1880s. She was the second ship of her class to be laid down, but was the last to be completed. Decommissioned before World War I she was used during the war as a depot ship at Taranto and then became a repair ship...
(Italy, 1891): Re Umberto classRe Umberto class battleshipThe Umberto Re class were a group of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Italian Navy in the 1880s. All three ships of the class saw service during World War I in secondary roles.-Description:... - Skjold (Denmark, 1896)
- Solferino (France, 1861): Magenta class
- South CarolinaUSS South Carolina (BB-26)USS South Carolina , the lead ship of her class of dreadnought battleships, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the eighth state, and was the first American dreadnought or all-big gun battleship....
(United States, 1908): South Carolina classSouth Carolina class battleshipThe United States Navy's South Carolina class consisted of two battleships: and , both of which were launched in 1908. These were among the first warships built with armament organized on the "all-big gun" and the first American battleships of the type... - South DakotaUSS South Dakota (BB-57)USS South Dakota was a battleship in the United States Navy from 1942 until 1947. The lead ship of her class, South Dakota was the third ship of the US Navy to be named in honor of the 40th state. During World War II, she first served in a fifteen-month tour in the Pacific theater, where she saw...
(United States, 1942): South Dakota classSouth Dakota class battleshipSouth Dakota class battleship may refer to either of two battleship classes of the United States Navy:*South Dakota class battleship , a class of six ships authorized but never completed... - St. Louis (France, 1896): Charlemagne classCharlemagne class battleshipThe Charlemagne class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the French Navy. It consisted of three ships, the Charlemagne, the St Louis and the Gaulois. Several other single ship classes were based on the Charlemagne class...
- St. VincentHMS St. Vincent (1908)HMS St. Vincent was the lead ship of the St. Vincent class battleships of the British Royal Navy.She was commissioned on 3 May 1910 as 2nd flagship of 1st Division Home Fleet at Portsmouth. She was commanded by Capt. Douglas R. L. Nicholson and was flagship of Rear-Admiral Richard H...
(United Kingdom, 1910): St. Vincent classSt. Vincent class battleshipThe St. Vincent class battleships consisted of three ships of the Royal Navy laid down in 1908, and completed between May 1909 and April 1910. They were St. Vincent, Collingwood, and Vanguard. Vanguard was destroyed in an ammunition explosion, probably due to bagged cordite.Visually, they were very... - StrasbourgFrench battleship StrasbourgThe Strasbourg was a more heavily armoured Dunkerque-class battleship of the French Navy, labeled as a "fast battleship". Faster than full battleships, but not as heavily armed or armoured as them, they were designed to counter the threat of the German "pocket battleships" - the Deutschland-class...
(France, 1936): Dunkerque classDunkerque class battleshipThe Dunkerque class was a new type of warship of the French Navy built during the 1930s, labeled as 'fast battleships'. Not as large as other contemporary battleships, they were designed to counter the threat of the German pocket battleships of the Deutschland class. They had a specific main... - SuffrenFrench battleship SuffrenSuffren was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy, launched in July 1899. She was named after French Vice Admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez. The ship was originally intended to be a modified version of the design with more firepower and better armour...
(France, 1870): Océan class - SuffrenFrench battleship SuffrenSuffren was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy, launched in July 1899. She was named after French Vice Admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez. The ship was originally intended to be a modified version of the design with more firepower and better armour...
(France, 1899) - SuperbHMS Superb (1875)HMS Superb was an ironclad battleship designed by Sir Edward Reed for the Ottoman Navy, and was built in Britain by Thames Ironworks under the name of Hamidieh. She had both engines and sails....
(United Kingdom, 1875): Seized Turkish Hamidieh - SuperbHMS Superb (1907)HMS Superb was a of the British Royal Navy. She was built in Elswick at a cost of £1,744,287, and was completed on 19 June 1909. She was only the fourth dreadnought-type battleship to be completed anywhere in the world, being preceded only by and by her two sister-ships and -Origin:The advent of...
(United Kingdom, 1908): Bellerophon classBellerophon class battleshipThe Bellerophon class was a class of three dreadnought battleships that were built in the United Kingdom prior to World War I, and served in the Royal Navy during the war. The Bellerophons were near carbon copies of the previous , with the exception of a second tripod mast... - SultanHMS Sultan (1870)HMS Sultan was a broadside ironclad of the Royal Navy of the Victorian era, who carried her main armament in a central box battery. She was named for Sultan Abdülâziz of the Ottoman Empire, who was visiting England when she was laid down. Abdülâziz cultivated, good relations with the Second French...
(United Kingdom, 1870) - Surveillante (France, 1864): Provence class
- SuwoJapanese battleship SuwoPobeda , was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. She was sunk during the war, and then salvaged afterwards by the Japanese and placed into service under the name .-Russian career:Pobeda was built as one...
(Japan, 1905): ex-Russian Pobieda - SwiftsureHMS Swiftsure (1870)HMS Swiftsure was the lead ship of the Swiftsure class battleships built in the late Victorian era. Her sister-ship was .-Service history:...
(United Kingdom, 1870): Swiftsure classSwiftsure class battleshipThe Swiftsure class was a class of two British pre-dreadnought battleships. Originally ordered by Chile, they were purchased by the United Kingdom prior to completion.-Background:... - Szent IstvánSMS Szent IstvánSMS Szent István was a dreadnought , the only one built in the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary. The Ganz & Company's Danubius yard in Hungarian-owned Fiume was awarded the contract to build the battleship in return for the Hungarian government agreeing to the 1910 and 1911 naval budgets...
(Austria-Hungary, 1915): Tegetthoff classTegetthoff class battleshipThe Tegetthoff-class was the sole class of dreadnought battleship built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Four ships were built, SMS Viribus Unitis, SMS Tegetthoff, SMS Prinz Eugen and SMS Szent Istvan...
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- Takao (Japan, 1920s): Amagi classAmagi class battlecruiserThe was a series of four battlecruisers planned for the Imperial Japanese Navy as part of the so-called Eight-eight fleet. The ships were to be named Amagi, , Atago, and Takao; the first three were named for mountains , while the fourth was named for the town of Takao, Formosa...
- TangoJapanese battleship TangoThe Russian battleship Poltava was a Petropavlovsk-class battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. Poltava was built at the Galernii Island shipyard, one of a...
(Japan, 1905): ex-Russian Poltava - TegetthoffSMS TegetthoffSMS Tegetthoff was an Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship of the Tegetthoff class named after Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, a 19th-century Austrian admiral most notable for defeating the Italian Navy in the Battle of Lissa....
(Austria-Hungary, 1914): Tegetthoff classTegetthoff class battleshipThe Tegetthoff-class was the sole class of dreadnought battleship built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Four ships were built, SMS Viribus Unitis, SMS Tegetthoff, SMS Prinz Eugen and SMS Szent Istvan... - TemeraireHMS Temeraire (1876)HMS Temeraire was an ironclad battleship of the Victorian Royal Navy which was unique in that she carried her main armament partly in the traditional broadside battery, and partly in barbettes on the upper deck.-Design and construction:...
(United Kingdom, 1876) - TemeraireHMS Temeraire (1907)HMS Temeraire was a Bellerophon-class battleship in the Royal Navy built at the Royal Dockyard, Devonport.She was ordered under the 1906 Naval Estimates at the cost of £1,641,114. Although not externally much different from predecessor , internally she and others of the Bellerophon-class were much...
(United Kingdom, 1907): Bellerophon classBellerophon class battleshipThe Bellerophon class was a class of three dreadnought battleships that were built in the United Kingdom prior to World War I, and served in the Royal Navy during the war. The Bellerophons were near carbon copies of the previous , with the exception of a second tripod mast... - TennesseeUSS Tennessee (BB-43)USS Tennessee , the lead ship of her class of battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 16th US state. During World War II in the Pacific Theater, she was damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 but was repaired and modernized...
(United States, 1919): Tennessee classTennessee class battleshipThe Tennessee class was a class of battleships of the United States Navy. The class comprised two ships: and the . They were modified versions of the featuring improved underwater armor for better torpedo protection and 30 degree elevation on their main batteries, as opposed to 15 degrees for... - Terribile (Italy, 1861): Terribile class
- Terrible (France, 1881): Terrible class
- TexasUSS Texas (1892)USS Texas was a second-class pre-dreadnought battleship built by the United States in the early 1890s. She was the first American battleship and the first ship named in honor of the state of Texas to be built by the United States...
(United States, 1895) - TexasUSS Texas (BB-35)USS Texas , the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Texas, is a . The ship was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914....
(United States, 1914): New York classNew York class battleshipThe New York class battleship was the fifth series of two super-dreadnought battleships of the United States Navy which served during World War I and World War II. The class represented the first use of the 14" naval gun by the U.S. Navy... - ThundererHMS Thunderer (1872)HMS Thunderer was a British Royal Navy Devastation-class battleship.Thunder was an ironclad turret ship designed by Edward James Reed with revolving turrets, launched in 1872...
(United Kingdom, 1871): Devastation classDevastation class battleshipThe two British Devastation-class battleships of the 1870s were the first class of ocean-going capital ship that did not carry sails, and the first which mounted the entire main armament on top of the hull rather than inside it... - ThundererHMS Thunderer (1911)HMS Thunderer was the third Orion class battleship built for the Royal Navy and was the last vessel to be constructed by Thames Iron Works. She was the last and largest warship ever built on the River Thames, and after her completion her builders declared bankruptcy.By a margin of £1000, she was...
(United Kingdom, 1912): Orion classOrion class battleshipThe Orion class battleships were four super-dreadnoughts — the first ships of that type — of the Royal Navy. The lead ship, , was launched in 1910. They were the first Royal Navy dreadnoughts to have all their main guns in the centreline, although the U.S. South Carolina class had this advanced... - ThüringenSMS ThüringenSMS Thüringen "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the third vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Thüringens keel was laid in November 1908 at the AG Weser dockyard in Bremen. She was launched on 27 November 1909 and was commissioned into the fleet on 1 July 1911...
(Germany, 1911): Helgoland classHelgoland class battleshipThe Helgoland class was the second class of German dreadnought battleships. Constructed from 1908 to 1912, the class comprised four ships: , the lead ship; ; ; and . The design was a significant improvement over the previous ships; they had a larger main battery— main guns instead of the weapons... - TirpitzGerman battleship TirpitzTirpitz was the second of two s built for the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Named after Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the architect of the Imperial Navy, the ship was laid down at the Kriegsmarinewerft in Wilhelmshaven in November 1936 and launched two and a half years later in April...
(Germany, 1941): Bismarck classBismarck class battleshipThe Bismarck class was a pair of battleships built by the German Kriegsmarine shortly before the outbreak of World War II. The ships were the largest warships built by the German Navy and the heaviest capital ships ever completed in Europe... - TosaJapanese battleship Tosawas a planned battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Designed by Yuzuru Hiraga, she was envisioned as the lead ship of the Tosa class of two ships. The battleships would have been armed with ten guns and bring Japan closer to its goal of an "Eight-four" fleet...
(Japan, 1921): Tosa classTosa class battleshipThe The ships are sometimes referred to as the Kaga class, after the ship that was planned to have been completed first. battleships, known as Design A-127 during early planning, was an Imperial Japanese Navy dreadnought class planned as part of the "Eight-Eight" fleet... - Tourville (France, 1910s): Lyon classLyon class battleshipThe Lyon was a class of battleship which was planned for the French Navy, beginning in 1914. However, construction was halted and then cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I. No ship of the Lyon type was laid down.-Design:...
- TrafalgarHMS Trafalgar (1887)HMS Trafalgar was one of two Trafalgar class battleships commissioned in 1890 and 1891, the other being HMS Nile.-Design:They were designed to be improved versions of the Admiral and Victoria classes, having a greater displacement to allow for improved protection...
(United Kingdom, 1887): Trafalgar classTrafalgar class battleshipThe two Trafalgar-class battleships of the British Royal Navy were late nineteenth century ironclad warships. Both were named after naval battles won by the British during the Napoleonic wars under the command of Admiral Nelson.-Design:... - Trident (France, 1876): Colbert class
- TriumphHMS Triumph (1870)HMS Triumph was a broadside ironclad battleship of the Victorian era, the sister-ship of . These two ships comprise the Swiftsure class of 1870....
(United Kingdom, 1870): Swiftsure classSwiftsure class battleshipThe Swiftsure class was a class of two British pre-dreadnought battleships. Originally ordered by Chile, they were purchased by the United Kingdom prior to completion.-Background:... - Turgut ReisSMS WeißenburgSMS Weissenburg"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was one of the first ocean-going battleshipsAt the time, the German navy referred to the ship as a "ship of the line" , instead of "battleship" . of the German Imperial Navy...
(Ottoman Empire, 1910) ex SMS Weißenburg, Brandenburg classBrandenburg class battleshipThe four Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships were Germany's first ocean-going battleships. They were also the first German warship, of any type, to be fitted with wireless communications. The class comprised , , , and . All were laid down in 1890 and completed by 1893, except for...
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- UtahUSS Utah (BB-31)USS Utah was a battleship that was attacked and sunk in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. A Florida-class battleship, she was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the U.S. state of Utah...
(United States, 1911): Florida classFlorida class battleshipThe Florida-class battleships of the United States Navy comprised two ships: and . They were, in general, similar to the preceding Delaware-class design, but were slightly larger. The two ships of this class were launched in 1910 and 1909, respectively, and both were commissioned in 1911. This was...
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- Valeureuse (France, 1864): Provence class
- ValiantHMS Valiant (1863)HMS Valiant was the second ship of the armoured frigates ordered by the Royal Navy in 1861. Her builders went bankrupt shortly after she was laid down, which significantly delayed her completion. After being launched in 1863, she waited a further five years to receive her guns due to supply issues...
(United Kingdom, 1863): Hector classHector class battleshipThe Hector class battleships, and , laid down in 1861, were the class which immediately followed the Defence class into service with the Royal Navy.... - ValiantHMS Valiant (1914)HMS Valiant was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the British Royal Navy. She was laid down at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan on 31 January 1913 and launched on 4 November 1914...
(United Kingdom, 1914): Queen Elizabeth classQueen Elizabeth class battleshipThe Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were a class of five super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy. The lead ship was named after Elizabeth I of England... - VanguardHMS Vanguard (1909)The eighth HMS Vanguard of the British Royal Navy was a St Vincent-class battleship, an enhancement of the "" design built by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness...
(United Kingdom, 1910): St. Vincent classSt. Vincent class battleshipThe St. Vincent class battleships consisted of three ships of the Royal Navy laid down in 1908, and completed between May 1909 and April 1910. They were St. Vincent, Collingwood, and Vanguard. Vanguard was destroyed in an ammunition explosion, probably due to bagged cordite.Visually, they were very... - VanguardHMS Vanguard (23)HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during World War II and commissioned after the end of the war. She was the only ship of her class and was the biggest, fastest and last of the Royal Navy's dreadnoughts, and the final battleship to be launched in the world...
(United Kingdom, 1946) - VenerableHMS Venerable (1899)HMS Venerable was a London class predreadnought battleship, a sub-class of the Formidable class battleships, and the third ship of the British Royal Navy to bear the name.-Technical Description:...
(United Kingdom, 1899): Formidable classFormidable class battleshipThe Royal Navy's Formidable class battleships was an eight-ship class of pre-dreadnoughts designed by Sir William White and built in the late 1890s... - VengeanceHMS Vengeance (1899)HMS Vengeance was a Royal Navy predreadnought battleship of the Canopus class.-Technical Characteristics:HMS Vengeance was laid down by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness on 23 August 1898 and launched on 25 July 1899. Her completion was delayed by damage to the fitting-out dock, and she was not...
(United Kingdom, 1899): Canopus classCanopus class battleshipThe Canopus class was a group of six pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy which were designed by Sir William White for use in the Far East and entered service between 1899 and 1902. The lead ship was which was followed by , , , and... - Venezia (Italy, 1869): Roma class
- Vergniaud French battleship Vergniaud (1910)-Design and production:The Vergniaud was commissioned on 22 September 1911 and served throughout World War I. The ship was the last of the Danton-class of battleships to be commissioned, and as such she was the last pre-dreadnought naval vessel to be produced by France...
(France, 1910): Danton classDanton class battleshipThe Danton class was a class of French battleships built between 1907–1911, which served in World War I. The six ships in the class were all pre-dreadnought battleships, the last of their kind produced in the French Navy.-Design and production:... - VéritéFrench battleship Vérité (1907)The Vérité was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy.After her trails in June 1908, Vérité departed in 18 August, ferrying President Armand Fallières bound for officials visits to Denmark, Sweden, Russia and Norway....
(France, 1907): Liberté classLiberté class battleshipThe Liberté class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the French Navy, an improvement of the République-class battleship of a similar design.-Design and History:... - VermontUSS Vermont (BB-20)USS Vermont , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy named for the 14th state.Vermont was laid down on 21 May 1904 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company. She was launched on 31 August 1905 sponsored by Miss Jennie Bell, the daughter of Governor Charles J...
(United States, 1906): Connecticut classConnecticut class battleship- External links :... - VictoriaHMS Victoria (1887)HMS Victoria was the lead ship in her class of two battleships of the Royal Navy. On 22 June 1893, she collided with near Tripoli, Lebanon during manoeuvres and quickly sank, taking 358 crew with her, including the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon...
(United Kingdom, 1887): Victoria classVictoria class battleshipThe Royal Navy's Victoria class battleships of the 1880s was the first class which used triple expansion steam engines, previous battleships having used compound engines.There were only two ships in this class... - VirginiaUSS Virginia (BB-13)USS Virginia was a United States Navy battleship, the lead ship of her class of five. She was the fifth ship to carry her name.Virginia was laid down on 21 May 1902 Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia; launched on 6 April 1904; sponsored by Miss Gay Montague,...
(United States, 1902): Virginia classVirginia class battleshipThe Virginia class battleship was designed to be the first truly seagoing U.S. battleships. Five ships were commissioned between 1906 and 1907. The ships participated in the round-the-world cruise of the Great White Fleet. For the second and last time, the U.S... - Viribus UnitisSMS Viribus UnitisSMS Viribus Unitis was the first Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship of the . Its name, meaning "With United Forces", was the personal motto of Emperor Franz Joseph I.Viribus Unitis was ordered by the Austro-Hungarian navy in 1908...
(Austria-Hungary, 1912): Tegetthoff classTegetthoff class battleshipThe Tegetthoff-class was the sole class of dreadnought battleship built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Four ships were built, SMS Viribus Unitis, SMS Tegetthoff, SMS Prinz Eugen and SMS Szent Istvan... - Vittorio EmanueleItalian battleship Vittorio EmanueleThe Vittorio Emanuele was an Italian battleship, laid down in 1901, launched in 1904 and completed in 1908. It fought in the Italo-Turkish War and the First World War and served until 1923....
(Italy, 1904): Regina Elena classRegina Elena class battleshipThe Regina Elena class was a class of battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1904 and 1911. They were considered to be the fastest pre-dreadnought battleships in any navy at that time. Designed by Vittorio Cuniberti, they saw service during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912 with... - Vittorio VenetoItalian battleship Vittorio VenetoVittorio Veneto was the lead ship of her class of battleships that served in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was named after the Italian victory at Vittorio Veneto, during World War I.-Construction:...
(Italy, 1937): Littorio classLittorio class battleshipThe Littorio class, also known as the Vittorio Veneto class,Vittorio Veneto and Littorio were laid down on the same date, so ambiguity exists in the naming of the class. was a class of battleship of the Regia Marina, the Italian navy. The class was composed of four ships: Littorio, Vittorio Veneto,... - Voltaire (France, 1909): Danton classDanton class battleshipThe Danton class was a class of French battleships built between 1907–1911, which served in World War I. The six ships in the class were all pre-dreadnought battleships, the last of their kind produced in the French Navy.-Design and production:...
- Von der TannSMS Von der TannSMS Von der Tann"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was the first battlecruiser built for the German Kaiserliche Marine, as well as Germany's first major turbine-powered warship. At the time of her construction, Von der Tann was the fastest dreadnought-type...
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- Warspite (United Kingdom, 1913): Queen Elizabeth classQueen Elizabeth class battleshipThe Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were a class of five super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy. The lead ship was named after Elizabeth I of England...
- WashingtonUSS Washington (BB-47)USS Washington , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 42nd state. Her keel was laid down on 30 June 1919 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on 1 September 1921, sponsored by Miss Jean Summers, the daughter of...
(United States, 1921): Colorado classColorado class battleshipThe Colorado class battleships was a group of four battleships built by the United States Navy after World War I. However, only three of the ships were completed: , , and . The fourth, , was over 75% completed when she was canceled under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922... - WashingtonUSS Washington (BB-56)USS Washington , the second of two battleships in the North Carolina class, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 42nd state. Her keel was laid down on 14 June 1938 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Launched on 1 June 1940, Washington went through fitting-out before...
(United States, 1941): North Carolina classNorth Carolina class battleshipThe North Carolina class was a group of two fast battleships, North Carolina and Washington, built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s and early 1940s... - Wein (Austria-Hungary, 1895): Monarch classMonarch class battleshipThe Monarch class was a class of battleships, although resembling coastal defence ships, built by Austria-Hungary at the end of the 19th century. The Monarchs were the first ships of their type to utilize turrets. The class comprised three ships: , , and , each armed with two L/40 guns in two...
- WeißenburgSMS WeißenburgSMS Weissenburg"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was one of the first ocean-going battleshipsAt the time, the German navy referred to the ship as a "ship of the line" , instead of "battleship" . of the German Imperial Navy...
(Germany, 1893): Brandenburg classBrandenburg class battleshipThe four Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships were Germany's first ocean-going battleships. They were also the first German warship, of any type, to be fitted with wireless communications. The class comprised , , , and . All were laid down in 1890 and completed by 1893, except for... - West VirginiaUSS West Virginia (BB-48)USS West Virginia , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 35th state.Her keel was laid down on 12 April 1920 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 17 November 1921 sponsored by Miss Alice Wright Mann,...
(United States, 1921): Colorado classColorado class battleshipThe Colorado class battleships was a group of four battleships built by the United States Navy after World War I. However, only three of the ships were completed: , , and . The fourth, , was over 75% completed when she was canceled under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922... - WestfalenSMS WestfalenSMS Westfalen "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was one of the s, the first four dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy. Westfalen was laid down at AG Weser in Bremen on 12 August 1907, launched nearly a year later on 1 July 1908, and commissioned into the...
(Germany, 1908): Nassau classNassau class battleshipThe Nassau class were a group of four German dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Navy. They were the German response to the introduction of the "all big gun" British . The class was composed of , , , and . All four ships were laid down in mid-1907, and completed between May and September... - WettinSMS WettinSMS Wettin was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the Wittelsbach class of the Kaiserliche Marine. She was built in Schichau, in Danzig. Wettin was laid down in November 1899, and completed October 1902, at the cost of 22,597,000 marks...
(Germany, 1900): Wittelsbach classWittelsbach class battleshipThe Wittelsbach-class battleships were a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Kaiserliche Marine . They were the first battleships produced under the Navy Law of 1898. The class was composed of the lead ship, , , , and . All five ships were laid down between 1899 and 1900, and... - WisconsinUSS Wisconsin (BB-9)USS Wisconsin , an Illinois-class battleship, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 30th state.The keel of Battleship No. 9 was laid down on 9 February 1897 at San Francisco, California, by the Union Iron Works...
(United States, 1901): Illinois classIllinois class battleshipThe Illinois-class battleships were pre-dreadnought battleships of the United States Navy commissioned at the beginning of the 20th century. The first ship of its class, the , was commissioned in 1901... - WisconsinUSS Wisconsin (BB-64)USS Wisconsin , "Wisky" or "WisKy", is an , the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin...
(United States, 1943): Iowa classIowa class battleshipThe Iowa-class battleships were a class of fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940 to escort the Fast Carrier Task Forces which would operate in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Six were ordered during the course of World War II, but only four were completed in... - WittelsbachSMS WittelsbachSMS Wittelsbach was the lead ship of the Wittelsbach-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Kaiserliche Marine. Wittelsbach was built at Wilhelmshaven Navy Dockyard. She was laid down in 1899 and completed in October 1902, at the cost of 22,740,000 marks...
(Germany, 1902): Wittelsbach classWittelsbach class battleshipThe Wittelsbach-class battleships were a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Kaiserliche Marine . They were the first battleships produced under the Navy Law of 1898. The class was composed of the lead ship, , , , and . All five ships were laid down between 1899 and 1900, and... - WörthSMS WörthSMS Wörth was one of four German pre-dreadnought battleships of the Brandenburg class, built in the early 1890s. The ships were the first ocean-going battleships built by the Kaiserliche Marine . Wörth was laid down at the Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel in May 1890. The ship was launched on 6...
(Germany, 1893): Brandenburg classBrandenburg class battleshipThe four Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships were Germany's first ocean-going battleships. They were also the first German warship, of any type, to be fitted with wireless communications. The class comprised , , , and . All were laid down in 1890 and completed by 1893, except for... - Württemberg (Germany, 1916): Bayern classBayern class battleshipThe Bayern class was a class of four super-dreadnought battleships built by the German Kaiserliche Marine . The class comprised , , Sachsen, and Württemberg. Construction started on the ships shortly before World War I; Baden was laid down in 1913, Bayern and Sachsen followed in 1914, and...
- WyomingUSS Wyoming (BB-32)USS Wyoming , the lead ship of her class of battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named Wyoming, although it was only the second named in honor of the 44th state....
(United States, 1912): Wyoming classWyoming class battleshipThe Wyoming class battleship was the fourth series of two battleships built for the United States Navy. The class comprised two ships: and . At the time of the design of this pair of dreadnoughts, not a single one of the previous designs had yet gone to sea...
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- YamashiroJapanese battleship YamashiroYamashiro was the Imperial Japanese Navy's second Fusō-class battleship, and was laid down at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on November 20, 1913, launched on November 3, 1915, and commissioned on March 31, 1917. She was the first Japanese vessel equipped with aircraft catapults...
(Japan, 1915): Fusō classFuso class battleshipThe Fusō-class battleships were two battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy constructed during World War I. Displacing upon completion, and , the vessels of this class, were the first super-dreadnoughts of the IJN. They were completed from 1915 to 1917, both in Japanese shipyards... - YamatoJapanese battleship Yamato, named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, was the lead ship of the Yamato class of battleships that served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing...
(Japan, 1940): Yamato classYamato class battleshipThe were battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy constructed and operated during World War II. Displacing at full load, the vessels were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. The class carried the largest naval artillery ever fitted to a warship, nine naval... - YashimaJapanese battleship Yashima|-External links:** The New York Times, June 2, 1905....
(Japan, 1896): Fuji classFuji class battleship-External links:**... - Yavuz Sultan SelimSMS GoebenSMS Goeben was the second of two Moltke-class battlecruisers of the Imperial German Navy, launched in 1911 and named after the German Franco-Prussian War veteran General August Karl von Goeben...
(Ottoman Empire, 1914, Turkey, 1930; Yavuz Selim, 1936; Yavuz): ex SMS Goeben, Moltke classMoltke class battlecruiserThe Moltke class was a class of two "all-big-gun" battlecruisersThe German navy classified the ships as Großen Kreuzer . These ships differed from older Großen Kreuzer, such as the Roon class, in that they carried a uniform main battery, instead of four large guns and a mixed array of smaller weapons...
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- ZähringenSMS ZähringenSMS Zähringen was third ship of the Wittelsbach-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Laid down in 1899 at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, she was launched on 12 June 1901 and commissioned on 25 October 1902...
(Germany, 1902): Wittelsbach classWittelsbach class battleshipThe Wittelsbach-class battleships were a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Kaiserliche Marine . They were the first battleships produced under the Navy Law of 1898. The class was composed of the lead ship, , , , and . All five ships were laid down between 1899 and 1900, and... - ZrinyiSMS ZrinyiSMS Zrínyi was a Radetzky-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy , named for the Zrinski, a noble Croatian family...
(Austria-Hungary, 1908): Radetzky classRadetzky class battleshipThe Radetzky class were a group of three semi-dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy between 1907 and 1910. All ships were built by the STT shipyard in Trieste. They were the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarians, and the penultimate class of any type of...