List of battleships and battle cruisers

This list of battleships and battle cruisers includes all of 1905 until the end of World War II on the model of HMS Dreadnought as "all-big-gun" Schiff built battleships and battle cruisers and comparable ships the same time period.

The list contains the following types of ships:

• D - Dreadnought : Battleships with eight to fourteen heavy guns and strong armor protection, but comparatively moderate speed.
• BC - Battlecruiser: Battlecruiser with six to twelve heavy guns, with less armor protection, but higher speed than battleships.
• B - Battleship: Fast battleships with eight to ten heavy guns, strong armor protection and high speed; with this type of ship battleship and battle cruiser were merged.
• C - Coastal defense ship: the Scandinavian and Thai coastal armored ships , which can be viewed as battleships scaled down for use near the coast.
• AC - Armored cruiser: the German "armored ships" of the 1930s , which arose due to the restrictions of the Versailles Treaty , and heavy cruisers with an artillery equivalent to an older battleship.
• LC - Large cruiser: the ships of the American Alaska class ; very large cruisers with the armament of a battleship.

Notes on the list

Ships that were not completed or not put into service are not included in the list.

• The "ship's name" is the one that was used for the respective owner country when the ship was commissioned. Later name changes or names used before the commissioning are listed under "Comments".
• The year of launch is indicated. The year of the first commissioning usually differs from this.
• The year in which the ship ended its active service for the respective owner country is referred to as "end of service".
• The "type of ship" results from the above list.
• The “fate” of the ship describes the reason for the termination of active duty or its further fate. This can be:
  • A - scrapped or sold for scrapping
  • B - destroyed by aerial bomb
  • G - destroyed by gunfire
  • K - passed to a foreign power as spoils of war
  • M - on mine run
  • Mus - exhibited as a museum ship
  • S - of own forces scuttled
  • T - destroyed by torpedo hit
  • U - destroyed in a ship accident
  • V - sold for re-use
  • Z - sunk as a target ship
• "Country" refers to the state whose flag the ship was flying. Ships that were in service for different countries in the course of their existence are listed several times.

List of ships

Ship name	image	Stack run	End of service	Ship type	of fate sal	country	Ship class	Remarks
Admiral Graf Spee		1934	1939	AC	S.	DE	Germany- class (1931)
Admiral Scheer		1933	1945	AC	B.	DE	Germany- class (1931)
HMS Agincourt		1913	1919	D.	A.	UK previously: TUR originally: BRA	Single ship	started for Brazil as Rio de Janeiro ; Bought by Turkey in 1913, renamed Sultan I. Osman ; Confiscated in 1914
HMS Ajax		1912	1924	D.	A.	UK	King George V Class (1911)
USS Alabama		1942	1947	B.	Mus	US	South Dakota class	since 1965 museum ship in Mobile , Alabama
USS Alaska		1943	1947	LC	A.	US	Alaska- class
Alfonso XIII		1913	1937	D.	M.	ESP	España class	Renamed España in 1931
Almirante Latorre		1913	1958	D.	A.	CHL	Almirante Latorre class	ex British HMS Canada , purchased in 1920
Andrea Doria		1913	1956	D.	A.	IT	Caio Duilio class
HMS Anson		1940	1951	B.	A.	UK	King George V Class (1939)
Arkhangelsk		1915	1949	D.	A.	SU	Revenge class	ex British HMS Royal Sovereign , loaned in 1944; Returned in 1949
USS Arizona		1915	1941	D.	B.	US	Pennsylvania- class
USS Arkansas		1911	1946	D.	Z	US	Wyoming- class
HMS Audacious		1912	1914	D.	M.	UK	King George V Class (1911)
HMAS Australia		1911	1921	BC	A.	OUT	Indefatigable class
SMS Baden		1915	1919	D.	S.	DE	Bavaria class
HMS Barham		1914	1941	D.	T	UK	Queen Elizabeth class
SMS Bayern		1915	1919	D.	S.	DE	Bavaria class
HMS Bellerophon		1907	1921	D.	A.	UK	Bellerophon class
HMS Benbow		1913	1929	D.	A.	UK	Iron Duke class
Bismarck		1939	1941	B.	S.	DE	Bismarck class (1939)
Borodino		1915	-	BC	A.	RU	Borodino- class (1913)	not completed
Brittany		1913	1940	D.	G	FR	Brittany class
Caio Duilio		1913	1956	D.	A.	IT	Caio Duilio class
USS California		1919	1947	D.	A.	US	Tennessee class
HMS Canada		1913	1920	D.	A.	UK originally: CHL	Almirante Latorre class	started for Chile as Almirante Latorre ; Bought in 1914; Sold back to Chile in 1920
HMS Centurion		1911	1944	D.	S.	UK	King George V Class (1911)
HMS Collingwood		1908	1919	D.	A.	UK	St. Vincent class
USS Colorado		1921	1947	D.	A.	US	Colorado class
HMS Colossus		1910	1922	D.	A.	UK	Colossus class
HMS Conqueror		1911	1921	D.	A.	UK	Orion class
Conte di Cavour		1911	1945	D.	B.	IT	Conte di Cavour class
HMS Courageous		1916	1939	BC	T	UK	Courageous class	1924–1928 converted into an aircraft carrier
Courbet		1911	1944	D.	S.	FR	Courbet class
RN Dante Alighieri		1910	1928	D.	A.	IT	Single ship
USS Delaware		1909	1923	D.	A.	US	Delaware class
SMS Derfflinger		1913	1919	BC	S.	DE	Derfflinger class
Germany		1931	1945	AC	B.	DE	Germany class (1931)	Renamed Lützow in 1939
HMS Dreadnought		1906	1923	D.	A.	UK	Single ship	first modern battleship
HMS Drottning Victoria		1917	1957	C.	A.	SWE	Sverige class
HMS Duke of York		1940	1949	B.	A.	UK	King George V Class (1939)
Dunkerque		1935	1942	B.	S.	FR	Dunkerque class
HMS Emperor of India		1913	1931	D.	Z	UK	Iron Duke class
HMS Erin		1913	1919	D.	A.	UK originally: TUR	Single ship	started as Reşadiye for Turkey ; Confiscated in 1914
España		1912	1923	D.	U	ESP	España class
USS Florida		1910	1931	D.	A.	US	Florida class
France		1912	1922	D.	U	FR	Courbet class
SMS Friedrich the Great		1911	1919	D.	S.	DE	Kaiser class (1911)
HMS Furious		1916	1948	BC	A.	UK	Courageous class (modified)	Commissioned as a semi- aircraft carrier, converted into an aircraft carrier in 1917/18
Fuso		1914	1944	D.	T	JP	Fusō class
Gangut		1911	1956	D.	A.	RU	Gangut class	Renamed Oktyabrskaya Revolyuziya in 1928
Giulio Cesare		1911	1947	D.	U	IT	Conte di Cavour class	1949 as reparations to the Soviet Union passed in Novorossiysk renamed
HMS Glatton		1914	1918	C.	U	UK originally: NOR	Bjørgvin class	started for Norway as Bjørgvin ; Bought in 1914
HMS Glorious		1916	1940	BC	G	UK	Courageous class	1924–1930 converted into an aircraft carrier
HMS Gorgon		1914	1919	C.	A.	UK originally: NOR	Bjørgvin class	started for Norway as Nidaros ; Bought in 1914
Gneisenau		1936	1945	B.	B.	DE	Scharnhorst class (1936)
SMS Goeben		1911	1973	BC	A.	DE	Moltke class	To the 1914 Turkey passed in Yavuz Sultan Selim renamed
SMS Great Elector		1913	1919	D.	S.	DE	King class
USS Guam		1943	1947	LC	A.	US	Alaska class
HMS Gustav V		1918	1957	C.	A.	SWE	Sverige class
Haruna		1913	1945	BC	B.	JP	Kongō- class
USS Hawaii		1945	-	LC	A.	US	Alaska- class	not completed
SMS Helgoland		1909	1924	D.	A.	DE	Helgoland class (1909)
HMS Hercules		1910	1922	D.	A.	UK	Colossus class
Here		1912	1942	BC	G	JP	Kongō- class
SMS Hindenburg		1915	1919	BC	S.	DE	Derfflinger class
HMS Hood		1918	1941	BC	G	UK	Admiral class (1918)
HMS Howe		1940	1958	B.	A.	UK	King George V Class (1939)
Hyūga		1917	1945	D.	B.	JP	Ise class	Converted to a semi- aircraft carrier in 1943
USS Idaho		1917	1947	D.	A.	US	New Mexico class
Ilmarinen		1931	1941	C.	M.	FIN	Väinämöinen- class
Emperor Alexander III		1914	1936	D.	A.	RU	Imperatriza Marija class	Black Sea Fleet; Renamed Volja in 1917 and General Alexejew in 1919
Emperor Nikolai I		1916	1927	D.	A.	RU	Imperatriza Marija class (modified)	Black Sea Fleet; Renamed in 1917 in Demokratieija , not completed
Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya		1913	1918	D.	S.	RU	Imperatriza Marija class	Black Sea Fleet; Renamed Svobodnaya Rossiya in 1917
Imperatriza Marija		1914	1916	D.	U	RU	Imperatriza Marija class	Black Sea Fleet
RN Impero		1939	-	B.	A.	IT	Littorio class	not completed
HMS Indefatigable		1909	1916	BC	G	UK	Indefatigable class
USS Indiana		1941	1947	B.	A.	US	South Dakota class
HMS Indomitable		1907	1921	BC	A.	UK	Invincible class
HMS Inflexible		1907	1922	BC	A.	UK	Invincible class
HMS Invincible		1907	1916	BC	G	UK	Invincible class
USS Iowa		1942	1990	B.	Mus	US	Iowa- class	since 2012 museum ship in San Pedro , California
HMS Iron Duke		1912	1946	D.	A.	UK	Iron Duke class
Ise		1916	1945	D.	B.	JP	Ise class	Converted to a semi- aircraft carrier in 1943
Ismail		1915	-	BC	A.	RU	Borodino- class (1913)	not completed
Jaime I		1914	1939	D.	A.	ESP	España class
Jean Bart		1911	1946	D.	A.	FR	Courbet class	Renamed Ocean in 1937
Jean Bart		1940	1969	B.	A.	FR	Richelieu class
SMS Kaiser		1911	1919	D.	A.	DE	Kaiser class (1911)
SMS Empress		1911	1919	D.	S.	DE	Kaiser class (1911)
Kawachi		1910	1918	D.	U	JP	Kawachi- class
USS Kentucky		1950	-	B.	A.	US	Iowa- class	not completed
Kinburn		1915	-	BC	A.	RU	Borodino- class (1913)	not completed
HMS King George V		1911	1926	D.	A.	UK	King George V Class (1911)
HMS King George V		1939	1958	B.	A.	UK	King George V Class (1939)
Kirishima		1913	1942	BC	G	JP	Kongō- class
Congo		1912	1944	BC	T	JP	Kongō- class
SMS king		1913	1919	D.	S.	DE	King class
SMS King Albert		1912	1919	D.	S.	DE	Kaiser class (1911)
SMS Crown Prince		1914	1919	D.	S.	DE	King class
RN Leonardo da Vinci		1911	1916	D.	U	IT	Conte di Cavour class
HMS Lion		1910	1924	BC	A.	UK	Lion class
RN Littorio		1937	1948	B.	A.	IT	Littorio class	Renamed to RN Italia in 1943
Lorraine		1913	1954	D.	A.	FR	Brittany class
SMS Lützow		1913	1916	BC	G	DE	Derfflinger class
HMS Malaya		1915	1945	D.	A.	UK	Queen Elizabeth class
SMS Markgraf		1913	1919	D.	S.	DE	King class
HMS Marlborough		1912	1932	D.	A.	UK	Iron Duke class
USS Maryland		1920	1959	D.	A.	US	Colorado class
USS Massachusetts		1941	1947	B.	Mus	US	South Dakota class	since 1965 museum ship in Fall River , Massachusetts
USS Michigan		1908	1922	D.	A.	US	South Carolina class
Minas Geraes		1908	1952	D.	A.	BRA	Minas Geraes class
USS Mississippi		1917	1956	D.	A.	US	New Mexico class
USS Missouri		1944	1992	B.	Mus	US	Iowa- class	since 1999 museum ship in Pearl Harbor , Hawaii
SMS Moltke		1910	1919	BC	S.	DE	Moltke class
HMS Monarch		1911	1925	D.	A.	UK	Orion class
Moreno		1911	1956	D.	A.	ARG	Rivadavia- class
Musashi		1940	1944	B.	B.	JP	Yamato class
Mutsu		1920	1943	D.	U	JP	Nagato class
Nagato		1919	1946	D.	Z	JP	Nagato class
SMS Nassau		1908	1920	D.	A.	DE	Nassau class
Navarin		1916	-	BC	A.	RU	Borodino- class (1913)	not completed
HMS Nelson		1925	1948	D.	A.	UK	Nelson- class (1925)
HMS Neptune		1909	1922	D.	A.	UK	Single ship
USS Nevada		1914	1948	D.	Z	US	Nevada class
USS New Jersey		1942	1991	B.	Mus	US	Iowa- class	since 2001 museum ship in Camden , New Jersey
USS New Mexico		1917	1947	D.	A.	US	New Mexico class
USS New York		1912	1948	D.	Z	US	New York class
HMS New Zealand		1911	1921	BC	A.	UK	Indefatigable class
USS North Carolina		1940	1947	B.	Mus	US	North Carolina class	since 1962 museum ship in Wilmington , North Carolina
USS North Dakota		1908	1931	D.	A.	US	Delaware class
Novorossiysk		1911	1955	D.	M.	SU	Conte di Cavour class	ex Italian Giulio Cesare , received as reparation in 1949
USS Oklahoma		1914	1947	D.	U	US	Nevada class
SMS Oldenburg		1910	1921	D.	A.	DE	Heligoland class
HMS Orion		1910	1922	D.	A.	UK	Orion class
SMS Ostfriesland		1909	1921	D.	Z	DE	Helgoland class (1909)
Paris		1912	1956	D.	A.	FR	Courbet class
USS Pennsylvania		1915	1948	D.	Z	US	Pennsylvania class
Petropavlovsk		1911	1933	D.	A.	RU	Gangut class	Renamed Marat in 1921 , Petropavlovsk in 1943 , Volkhov in 1950
Poltava		1911	1956	D.	A.	RU	Gangut class	Renamed to Mikhail Frunze in 1926
SMS poses		1908	1922	D.	A.	DE	Nassau class
HMS Prince of Wales		1939	1941	B.	B.	UK	King George V Class (1939)
HMS Princess Royal		1911	1922	BC	A.	UK	Lion class
SMS Prinz Eugen		1912	1922	D.	Z	AT-HU	Tegetthoff class
SMS Prinzregent Luitpold		1912	1919	D.	S.	DE	Kaiser class (1911)
Provence		1913	1942	D.	S.	FR	Brittany class
HMS Queen Elizabeth		1913	1945	D.	A.	UK	Queen Elizabeth class
HMS Queen Mary		1912	1916	BC	G	UK	Lion class
HMS Ramillies		1916	1948	D.	A.	UK	Revenge class
HMS Renown		1916	1948	BC	A.	UK	Renown class
HMS Repulse		1916	1941	BC	B.	UK	Renown class
HMS resolution		1915	1948	D.	A.	UK	Revenge class
HMS Revenge		1915	1948	D.	A.	UK	Revenge class
SMS Rheinland		1908	1920	D.	A.	DE	Nassau class
Richelieu		1939	1958	B.	A.	FR	Richelieu class
Rivadavia		1911	1957	D.	A.	ARG	Rivadavia- class
HMS Rodney		1925	1948	D.	A.	UK	Nelson- class (1925)
RN Roma		1940	1943	B.	B.	IT	Littorio class
HMS Royal Oak		1914	1939	D.	T	UK	Revenge class
HMS Royal Sovereign		1915	1949	D.	A.	UK	Revenge class	Awarded to the Soviet Union in 1944 , renamed Arkhangelsk ; Received back in 1949
SMS Saxony		1916	-	D.	A.	DE	Bavaria class	not completed
São Paulo		1909	1947	D.	A.	BRA	Minas Geraes class
Scharnhorst		1936	1943	B.	G	DE	Scharnhorst class (1936)
Settsu		1911	1946	D.	A.	JP	Kawachi- class
Sevastopol		1911	1949	D.	A.	RU	Gangut class	In 1921 Parishskaya Kommuna , renamed Sevastopol in 1943
SMS Seydlitz		1912	1919	BC	S.	DE	Single ship
Shinano		1944	1944	B.	T	JP	Yamato class	Completed as an aircraft carrier
USS South Carolina		1908	1924	D.	A.	US	South Carolina class
USS South Dakota		1941	1962	B.	A.	US	South Dakota class
HTMS Sri Ayudhya		1938	1951	C.	B.	THA	Thonburi- class
HMS St. Vincent		1908	1922	D.	A.	UK	St. Vincent class
Strasbourg		1936	1955	B.	A.	FR	Dunkerque class
HMS Superb		1907	1921	D.	A.	UK	Bellerophon class
Sverige		1912	1958	C.	A.	SWE	Sverige class
SMS Szent István		1914	1918	D.	T	AT-HU	Tegetthoff class
SMS Tegetthoff		1912	1925	D.	A.	AT-HU	Tegetthoff class
HMS Temeraire		1907	1921	D.	A.	UK	Bellerophon class
USS Tennessee		1919	1962	D.	A.	US	Tennessee- class
USS Texas		1912	1948	D.	Mus	US	New York class	since 1948 museum ship in La Porte , Texas
HTMS Thonburi		1937	1941	C.	T	THA	Thonburi- class
HMS Thunderer		1911	1925	D.	A.	UK	Orion class
SMS Thuringia		1909	1922	D.	Z	DE	Helgoland class (1909)
HMS Tiger		1913	1932	BC	A.	UK	Tiger class
Tirpitz		1939	1944	B.	B.	DE	Bismarck class (1939)
USS Utah		1909	1941	D.	T	US	Florida class
Väinämöinen		1932	1947	C.	V	FIN	Väinämöinen- class	1947 as reparations to the Soviet Union passed in Vyborg renamed
HMS Valiant		1914	1944	D.	A.	UK	Queen Elizabeth class
HMS Vanguard		1909	1917	D.	U	UK	St. Vincent class
HMS Vanguard		1944	1960	B.	A.	UK	Single ship
SMS Viribus Unitis		1911	1918	D.	T	AT-HU	Tegetthoff class
RN Vittorio Veneto		1937	1948	B.	A.	IT	Littorio class
SMS Von der Tann		1909	1919	BC	S.	DE	Single ship
HMS Warspite		1913	1956	D.	A.	UK	Queen Elizabeth class
USS Washington		1921	-	D.	Z	US	Colorado class	not completed
USS Washington		1940	1961	B.	A.	US	North Carolina class
USS West Virginia		1921	1959	D.	A.	US	Colorado class
SMS Westphalia		1908	1924	D.	A.	DE	Nassau class
USS Wisconsin		1943	1991	B.	Mus	US	Iowa- class	since 2009 museum ship in Norfolk , Virginia
SMS Württemberg		1917	-	D.	S.	DE	Bavaria class	not completed
Vyborg		1932	circa 1958	C.	A.	SU	Väinämöinen- class	ex Finnish Väinämöinen , received as reparation in 1947
USS Wyoming		1911	1947	D.	A.	US	Wyoming class
Yamashiro		1915	1944	D.	T	JP	Fusō class
Yamato		1940	1945	B.	B.	JP	Yamato class
Yavuz Sultan Selim		1911	1973	BC	A.	DOOR	Moltke class	ex German SMS Goeben , taken over in 1914; In 1930 Yavuz Selim , renamed Yavuz in 1936

See also : List of armored ships and monitors  and List of ships of the line and armored cruisers

Web links

Commons : Battleships  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• German website with information on various battleships