List of battleships

The list of battleships includes all battleships built between c. 1890 and 1946, arranged alphabetically by country. The initial dates of the ships correspond to the launch time, followed by a separation that indicates their retirement or final date.

The boundary between ironclads and the first battleships, the so-called 'pre-dreadnought battleship', is not obvious, as the characteristics of the pre-dreadnought evolved in the period from 1875 to 1895. For the sake of this article a line is drawn around 1890, differing from country to country.

As they can be considered as reduced versions of battleships, coastal defence ships (sometimes also referred to as coastal defence battleships) are included in the list.

Austria-Hungary

Argentine dreadnought Rivadavia (1911).

Main article: List of battleships of Austria-Hungary

Argentina

Dreadnought

• Rivadavia class
  • Rivadavia (1911) - stricken in 1957
  • Moreno (1911) - retired in 1951

Brazil

Brazilian dreadnought São Paulo (1909).

Coastal defence battleship

• Deodoro class
  • Deodoro (1898) - sold to Mexico in 1924
  • Floriano (1898) - retired in 1924

Dreadnought

• Minas Geraes class
  • Minas Geraes (1908) - retired in 1952
  • São Paulo (1909) - retired in 1956
• Rio de Janeiro (1913) - sold during construction to the Ottoman Empire, but was seized in 1914 by the UK
• Riachuelo - ordered in 1914 and construction canceled in 1915

Chile

Chilean dreadnought Almirante Latorre (1913).

Pre-dreadnought

• Capitán Prat (1890) - sold for scrap in 1942
• Constitución class
  • Constitución (1903) - sold to the UK in 1903
  • Libertad (1903) - sold to the UK in 1903

Dreadnought

• Almirante Latorre class
  • Almirante Latorre (1913) - bought by the UK due to World War I, reacquired by Chile in 1920 and retired in 1958
  • Almirante Cochrane - bought during construction by the UK in 1918

Denmark

Danish coastal battleship Peder Skram (1908).

Coastal defence battleship

• Skjold (1897) - retired in 1929
• Herluf Trolle class
  • Herluf Trolle (1899) - stricken in 1932
  • Olfert Fischer (1903) - stricken in 1936
  • Peder Skram (1908) - scuttled in the Operation Safari in 1943, during World War II

France

Main article: List of battleships of France

Finland

Finnish coastal battleship Väinämöinen (1932).

Coastal defence battleship

• Ilmarinen class
  • Ilmarinen (1931) - sunk by mines in the Operation Nordwind in 1941, during World War II
  • Väinämöinen (1932) - transferred to USSR in 1947

Germany

Main article: List of battleships of Germany

Greece

Main article: List of battleships of Greece

Italy

Main article: List of battleships of Italy

Japan

Main article: List of battleships of Japan

Netherlands

Main article: List of battleships of the Netherlands

Norway

Norwegian coastal battleship Eidsvold (1900).

Coastal defence battleship

• Tordenskjold class
  • Tordenskjold (1897) - scrapped in 1948
  • Harald Haarfagre (1897) - scrapped in 1948
• Eidsvold class
  • Eidsvold (1900) - sunk by German torpedoes in Operation Weserübung, during the World War II
  • Norge (1900) - sunk by German torpedoes in Operación Weserübung, during the World War II
• Bjørgvin class
  • Bjørgvin - ordered in 1913 and requisitioned by the UK due to the World War I
  • Nidaros - ordered in 1913 and requisitioned by the UK due to the World War I

Russia/USSR

Main article: List of battleships of Russia and the Soviet Union

Spain

Main article: List of battleships of Spain

Swedish

Swedish coastal battleship Gustav V (1918).

Coastal defence battleship

• Oden class
  • Oden (1896) - retired in 1937
  • Thor (1898) - retired in 1937
  • Niord (1898) - retired in 1922
• Dristigheten (1900) - stricken in 1947 and broken up 1961
• Äran class
  • Äran (1901) - stricken in 1947 and broken up 1961
  • Wasa (1901) - stricken in 1940 and broken up 1961
  • Tapperheten (1901) - stricken in 1947 and broken up 1952
  • Manligheten (1903) - stricken in 1950 and pontoon in 1956
• Oscar II (1905) - stricken in 1950 and broken up 1974
• Sverige class
  • Sverige (1915) - stricken in 1953 and broken up 1958
  • Drottning Victoria (1917) - stricken in 1957 and broken up 1960
  • Gustav V (1918) - stricken in 1957 and broken up 1970

Turkey/Ottoman Empire

Main article: List of battleships of the Ottoman Empire

United Kingdom

Main articles: List of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy and List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy

United States

Main article: List of battleships of the United States

See also

• List of ironclads
• List of cruisers
• List of battlecruisers
• List of battleships of World War II

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