List of battleship classes

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The list of battleship classes includes all Ironclad battleship classes listed in chronological order by first commission.

Classes which did not enter service (such as Montana-class battleship) as battleships are not included. Unique battleships not part of a class (such as HMS Vanguard) are found separately under List of battleships, which also includes individual battleships within the classes listed below.

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Battleship classes

19th century

Gloire

Gloire class

  • Country:  France
  • Displacement: 5,630 tons
  • Armament: 36 × 163 mm guns
  • Armor: 110 mm
  • Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 3: Gloire, Normandie, and Invincible
  • Launched: 1859

Warrior class

  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 9,140 tons
  • Armament: after 1867- 4 × 8 in (203 mm), 28 × 7 in (178 mm) RBL, 4 × 20 pdr
  • Armor: 4.5 in (114 mm) armor on 18 in (457 mm) wood.
  • Speed: 14 knots (26 km/h) under steam
  • Ships in class: 2: HMS Warrior and HMS Black Prince
  • Launched: 1860

Magenta class

Terribile class

Provence class

Principe di Carignano class

Re d'Italia class

Regina Maria Pia class

Pervenets class

Roma class

Océan class

Cerberus class

Audacious class

HMS Vanguard

Swiftsure class

HMS Devastation

Devastation class

  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 9,188 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns
  • Armor: 300 mm belt, 380 mm turret
  • Performance: Speed 13 knots (24 km/h); Range 4,700 nautical miles (8,700 km)
  • Ships in class: 2: HMS Devastation, HMS Thunderer
  • Launched: 1871
  • Fate: Decommissioned by 1909 and scrapped

Principe Amedeo class

Superb class

Colbert class

Caio Duilio class

Belleisle class

Ajax class

Dévastation class

Italia class

Conqueror class

Terrible class

Dingyuan class

  • Country: Flag of the Qing dynasty (1889-1912).svg Imperial China
  • Displacement: 7,220 tons 7,670 tons full load
  • Armament: 4 × 305 mm
  • Armor: 355 mm belt
  • Speed: 15.4 knots (28.5 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: Dingyuan, Zhenyuan
  • Launched: 1882

Admiral class

HMS Anson (circa 1897)

Amiral Baudin class

Ruggiero di Lauria class

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HMS Colossus

Colossus class

  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 9,520 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 12.5-inch (318 mm) guns, 5 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
  • Speed: 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: HMS Colossus and HMS Edinburgh
  • Launched: 1882
  • Fate: Both scrapped by 1910

Ekaterina II class

Victoria class

  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 11,020 tons
  • Armament: 2 × 16.25 inch guns, 1 × 10 in (254 mm) gun, 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 6 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 18 inch belt
  • Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: HMS Victoria and HMS Sans Pareil
  • Launched: 9 June 1887
  • Fate: Victoria sunk in collision in 1893

Marceau class

Imperator Aleksandr II class

Re Umberto class

Trafalgar class

  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 11,940 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns, 6 × 4.7 inch QF guns
  • Armor: 20 inch belt
  • Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: HMS Trafalgar and HMS Nile
  • Commissioned: 2 April 1891
  • Fate: Scrapped
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HMS Resolution

Royal Sovereign class

Centurion class

Brandenburg class

  • Country:  Germany
  • Displacement: 10,670 tonnes max
  • Armament: 6 × 28 cm (11") guns (4 × 40cal, in dual turrets fore & aft; 2 × 35cal., in sgl turret amidships); 6 × 10.5 cm 35 cal QF guns (later increased to 8); 8 × 8.8 cm 30 cal QF guns; 12 × machineguns; 6 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 300–400 mm belt; 300 mm barbette; 60 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed 16.5 knots (31 km/h); Range 4,300 nautical miles (7,960 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 4: SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, SMS Brandenburg, SMS Weissenburg, and SMS Wörth
  • Service: Commissioned 1893-4

Evertsen class

Petropavlovsk class

Monarch class

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SMS Monarch

Indiana class

USS Oregon
  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 10,288 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 13 in (330 mm) guns, 8 × 8 in (203 mm) guns, 4 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 20 × 6-pounders, 6 × 1-pounders, 6 × 18 in (457 mm) surface torpedo tubes
  • Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 3: USS Indiana, USS Massachusetts, and USS Oregon
  • Commissioned: 20 November 1895
  • Fate: Decommissioned 17 July 1920
HMS Majestic

Majestic class

Charlemagne class

Fuji class

Ammiraglio di Saint Bon class

Kaiser Friedrich III class

Shikishima class

Peresvet class

  • Country:  Russia
  • Displacement: 12,683 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 10 inchguns; 11 × 6 ich guns; 20 × 75 mm guns ; 5 × 15 inchtorpedo tubes
  • Armor: 9 inch belt; 10 inch turret; 2.5 inch deck
  • Performance: Speed 18 knots (33 km/h); Range 3,500 nautical miles (6,480 km)
  • Ships in class: 3: Peresvet, Oslyabya, and Pobeda
  • Launched: 1898
HMS Ocean

Canopus class

20th century

Kearsarge class

USS Kentucky
  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 11,540 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 13 in (330 mm) guns, 4 × 8 in (203 mm) guns, 14 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 20 × 6-pounders, 8 × 1-pounders, 4 × 30-caliber machineguns
  • Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: USS Kearsarge and USS Kentucky
  • Commissioned: 20 February 1900
  • Fate: Decommissioned 29 May 1920

Illinois class

USS Alabama
  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 11,565 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 13 in (330 mm) guns, 14 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 16 × 6 pounders (2.7 kg), 6 × 1 pounders (454 g), 4 torpedo tubes
  • Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 3: USS Illinois, USS Alabama, and USS Wisconsin
  • Commissioned: 16 October 1900
  • Fate: Decommissioned 17 July 1920

Habsburg class

Borodino class

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Oryol
  • Country:  Russia
  • Displacement: 14,000 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 305 mm guns, 12 × 152 mm guns, 20 × 75 mm guns, 20 × 47 mm guns, 4 × 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 190 mm belt, 50 mm deck, 250 mm turret
  • Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
  • Range: 2,590 nautical miles (4,800 km)
  • Ships in class: 5: Borodino, Imperator Aleksandr III, Oryol, Knyaz Suvorov, and Slava
  • Launched: September 1901
  • Fate: All but Slava lost at the battle of Tsushima in 1905, Slava scuttled 1917

Regina Margherita class

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Benedetto Brin
  • Country:  Italy
  • Displacement: 14,574 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 305 mm guns; 4 × 203 mm guns; 12 × 152 mm guns; 20 × 76 mm guns; 4 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Performance: Speed 20 knots (37 km/h); Range 10,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: Regina Margherita and Benedetto Brin
  • Launched: 1901
  • Fate: Both ships sunk in 1915.

Virginia class

USS New Jersey
  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 15,000 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 8 × 8 in (203 mm) guns, 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 24 1-pounders, 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor: Belt 11 inches; Turret 12 inches; Deck 3 inches
  • Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 5: USS Virginia, USS Nebraska, USS Georgia, USS New Jersey, and USS Rhode Island
  • Commissioned: 19 February 1902
  • Fate: Decommissioned 13 August 1920

Formidable class

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HMS Implacable

Maine class

USS Maine
  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 12,500 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 16 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 6 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 8 × 3-pounders, 6 × 1-pounders, 3 × .30-caliber machine guns, 2 × 18 in (457 mm) submerged torpedo tubes
  • Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 3: USS Maine, USS Missouri, and USS Ohio
  • Commissioned: 29 December 1902
  • Fate: Decommissioned 31 May 1922

Wittelsbach class

  • Country:  Germany
  • Displacement: 12,800 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 24 cm (9.4 in) guns; 18 × 15 cm guns; 12 × 8.8 cm guns; 12 × machineguns; 6 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 225 mm belt; 250 mm turret; 50 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed 17 knots (31 km/h); Range 5,000 nautical miles (9,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 5: SMS Wittelsbach, SMS Wettin, SMS Zähringen, SMS Schwaben, and SMS Mecklenburg
  • Commissioned: 1902

République class

King Edward VII class

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HMS Hibernia

Duncan class

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HMS Albemarle

Swiftsure class

  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 11,900 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 10 in (254 mm) guns, 14 × 7.5-inch (191 mm) guns, 14 × 2 pounder guns, 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: HMS Swiftsure and HMS Triumph
  • Launched: 1903

Erzherzog Karl class

Liberté class

Braunschweig class

SMS Braunschweig
  • Country:  Germany
  • Displacement: 14,400 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 28 cm (11") guns; 14 × 17 cm guns; 18 × 8.8 cm guns; 4 × machineguns; 6 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 225 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 40 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed 18 knots (33 km/h); Range 5,200 nautical miles (9,600 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 5: SMS Braunschweig, SMS Elsass, SMS Hessen, SMS Preussen, and SMS Lothringen
  • Commissioned: 1904

Regina Elena class

Katori class

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Katori
  • Country:  Japan
  • Displacement: 15,590 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 305 mm guns, 4 × 250 mm guns, 12 × 150 mm guns, 16 × 80 mm guns, 5 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 230 mm belt; 230 mm turret; 50 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h); Range 10,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
  • Ships in class: Katori and Kashima
  • Launched: 1905

Connecticut class

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USS Connecticut

Deutschland class

  • Country:  Germany
  • Displacement: 14,200 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 28 cm (11") guns; 14 × 17 cm guns; 20 × 8.8 cm guns; 4 × machineguns; 6 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 240 mm belt; 280 mm turret; 40 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed 18 knots (33 km/h); Range 4,800 nautical miles (8,900 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 5: SMS Deutschland, SMS Hannover, SMS Pommern, SMS Schleswig-Holstein, and SMS Schlesien
  • Commissioned: 1906
  • Fate: one WWI war loss, one scrapped 1921, 1 war loss 1944, 1 scuttled, one scrapped 1946

Evstafi class

  • Country:  Russia
  • Displacement: 12,810 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 12 inchguns; 4 × 8 inchguns; 12 × 6 inchguns; 2 × 64 mm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 8 inch max belt; 10 inch turret
  • Performance: Speed 16 knots (30 km/h); Range 1,884 nautical miles (3,489 km)
  • Ships in class: 2: Evstafi and Ioann Zlatoust
  • Launched: 1906

Andrei Pervozvanny class

  • Country:  Russia
  • Displacement: 17,400 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 305 mm (12") guns; 14 × 203 mm (8") guns; 12 × 120 mm guns; 4 × 18 inchtorpedo tubes
  • Armor: 8.5 inch belt; 10 inch turret; 3.1 inch max deck
  • Performance: Speed 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h); Range 2,100 nautical miles (3,890 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: Andrei Pervozvanny and Imperator Pavel I
  • Launched: 1906

Mississippi class

USS Mississippi
  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 13,000 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 8 × 8 in (203 mm) guns, 8 × 7 in (178 mm) guns, 12 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 6 × 3 pounder guns, 2 × 1 pounder guns, 6 × .30-caliber machineguns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: USS Mississippi and USS Idaho
  • Commissioned: 1 February 1908
  • Fate: Decommissioned 30 July 1914 and sold to Greece

Nassau class

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SMS Posen
  • Country:  Germany
  • Displacement: 20,535 tons
  • Armament: 12 × 28 cm (11") guns; 12 × 15 cm guns; 16 × 8.8 cm guns; 6 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 270 mm belt; 280 mm turret; 58 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed 20 knots (37 km/h); Range 9,400 nautical miles (17,400 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 4: SMS Nassau, SMS Westfalen, SMS Rheinland, and SMS Posen
  • Commissioned: 1908

Lord Nelson class

  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 16,500 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 10 × 9.2-inch (234 mm) guns, 15 × 12 pounder guns, 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: HMS Lord Nelson and HMS Agamemnon
  • Commissioned: 1908

Bellerophon class

  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 18,596 t,
  • Armament: 10 × 12 in (305 mm), 16 × 4 in, 4 × 3-pounder, 3 × 18 in torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 10 inch belt, 3 inch deck, 11 inch turret
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 3: HMS Bellerophon, HMS Superb, HMS Temeraire
  • Commissioned: 1909

Danton class

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Danton
  • Country:  France
  • Displacement: 18,318 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 305 mm (12") guns; 12 × 240 mm (9.4") guns; 16 × 75 mm guns; 10 × 47 mm guns; 2 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 270 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 45–48 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed 19.2 knots (35.6 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 6: Danton, Voltaire, Diderot, Condorcet, Mirabeau, and Vergniaud
  • Launched: 1909

Radetzky class

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SMS Zrínyi
  • Country:  Austria-Hungary
  • Displacement: 14,500 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 30.5 cm (12") guns; 8 × 24 cm guns; 20 × 10 cm guns; 6 × 11 pounder guns; 3 × 24 cm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed 20 knots (37 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 3: SMS Radetzky, SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand, SMS Zrínyi
  • Commissioned: 1909
  • Fate: Surrendered to Allies and scrapped

Kawachi class

Settsu
  • Country:  Japan
  • Displacement: 20,823 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 305 mm / 50 cal guns, 8 × 305 mm / 45 cal guns, 10 × 152 mm guns, 8 × 120 mm guns, 4 × 80 mm guns, 5 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 102–300 mm belt, 30 mm deck, 280 mm turret
  • Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: Kawachi and Settsu
  • Launched: 1910

St. Vincent class

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HMS Vanguard
  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 19,500 tons
  • Armament: 10 × 12 in (305 mm) guns; 20 × 4 in (102 mm) guns; 3 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 10 inch belt; 11 inch turret; 3 inch deck
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 3: HMS St. Vincent, HMS Collingwood, and HMS Vanguard
  • Commissioned: October 1910

South Carolina class

USS Michigan
  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 16,000 tons
  • Armament: 8 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 22 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 2 × 3 pounder guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: USS South Carolina and USS Michigan
  • Commissioned: 4 January 1910
  • Fate: Scrapped 1921 and 1922 respectively

Reşadiye class

  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 23,000 tons
  • Armament: 10 × 13.5 in (340 mm) Mk VI guns, 16 × 6 in (150 mm) guns,6 × 6-pounder 57 mm (2.2 in) guns, 2 × 3 in (76 mm) 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns, 4 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubess
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 3: Reşadiye, Reshad-I-Hamiss and Fatih
  • Commissioned: 4 January 1910
  • Fate: Seized by the Royal Navy and impressed as HMS Erin, scrapped and scrapped in 1914 respectively

Minas Geraes class

Minas Geraes
  • Country:  Brazil
  • Displacement: 19,821 tons
  • Armament: 8 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 22 × 4.7 in (120 mm) guns, 8 × 3 pounder guns
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: Minas Geraes and São Paulo
  • Completed: 4 January 1910
  • Commissioned:
  • Fate: São Paulo lost 1951, Minas Geraes scrapped 1954

Satsuma class

Satsuma
  • Country:  Japan
  • Displacement: 20,000 tons
  • Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 12 × 10 in (254 mm) guns, 12 × 4.7-inch (119 mm) guns, 4 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: Satsuma and Aki
  • Commissioned: 25 March 1910
  • Fate: Sunk as targets in 1924

Delaware class

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USS Delaware
  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 16,000 tons
  • Armament: 10 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 14 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 22 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 2 × 3 pounder guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: USS Delaware and USS North Dakota
  • Commissioned: 1910
  • Fate: Scrapped

Neptune class

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HMS Neptune
  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 19,900 tons
  • Armament: 10 × 12 in (305 mm) guns; 12 × 4 in (102 mm) guns; 3 18-inch TT
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 3: HMS Neptune, HMS Colossus, HMS Hercules
  • Commissioned: January 1911
  • Fate: Last two finished to different specification as the Colussus class. Neptune scrapped 1922

Colossus class

  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 23,000 tons
  • Armament: 10 × 12 in (305 mm) guns; 16 × 4 in (102 mm) guns; 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: HMS Colossus and HMS Hercules
  • Commissioned: 31 July 1911
  • Fate: Scrapped by 1928

Florida class

USS Utah
  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 21,800 tons
  • Armament: 10 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 16 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: USS Florida and USS Utah
  • Commissioned: 15 September 1911
  • Fate: Florida scrapped, Utah sunk at Pearl Harbor

Courbet class

Jean Bart
  • Country:  France
  • Displacement: 22,189 tons
  • Armament: 12 × 305 mm guns, 22 × 5.4-inch (137 mm) guns, 4 × 47 mm guns, 4 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
  • Range: 1,140 nmi (2,110 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 4: Jean Bart, Courbet, Paris, and France
  • Launched: 1911
  • Fate: France wrecked 1922, Jean Bart and Courbet scuttled 1944, Paris scrapped 1955

Helgoland class

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SMS Ostfriesland
  • Country:  Germany
  • Displacement: 24,700 tons
  • Armament: 12 × 30.5 cm (12") guns; 14 × 15 cm guns; 8 × 8.8 cm guns; 6 × 50 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 300 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 60 mm deck
  • Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
  • Range: 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 4: SMS Helgoland, SMS Ostfriesland, SMS Thüringen, and SMS Oldenburg
  • Commissioned: 1911

Gangut class

  • Country:  Russia
  • Displacement: 23,000 tons
  • Armament: 12 × 305 mm guns, 16 × 120 mm guns, 6 × 76.2 mm guns, 14 × 37 mm guns, 10 × 12.7 mm machineguns, 89 × 7.62 mm machineguns, 4 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h)
  • Range: 2,625 nmi (4,862 km)
  • Ships in class: 4: Sevastopol, Poltava, Petropavlovsk, and Gangut
  • Launched: 1911
  • Fate: Poltava was in long repair since fire accident in 1918 and scrapped by 1930. Petropavlovsk heavily damaged in 1941 (converted to non-self-propelled heavy artillery platform), all three decommissioned and scrapped 1956

Imperatritsa Mariya class

  • Country:  Russia
  • Displacement: 23,000 tons
  • Armament: 12 × 305 mm guns, 20 × 130 mm guns, 8 × 75 mm guns, 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 10.5 inch belt, 3 inch deck, 12 inch turret
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 4: Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya, Imperatritsa Mariya, and Imperator Aleksandr III
  • Launched: 1911
  • Fate: Imperatrista Mariya blew up 1916, Imperatrista Ekaterina Velikaya sunk 1918, Imperator Aleksandr III scrapped 1936

Kaiser class

Orion class

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HMS Orion

Wyoming class

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USS Wyoming
  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 27,200 tons
  • Armament: 12 12-inch (305 mm) guns, 21 five-inch (127 mm) guns, two three-inch (76 mm) guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: USS Wyoming and USS Arkansas
  • Commissioned: 25 September 1912
  • Fate: Wyoming scrapped, Arkansas expended as a live fire target for Operation Crossroads

King George V class

  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 23,400 tons
  • Armament: 10 × 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns, 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 4: HMS King George V, HMS Centurion, HMS Audacious, and HMS Ajax
  • Commissioned: November 1912
  • Fate: Audacious sunk 1914, Centurion sunk 1944, others scrapped in the 1920s
SMS Tegetthoff

Tegetthoff class

  • Country:  Austria-Hungary
  • Displacement: 20,000 tons
  • Armament: 12 × 30.5 cm (12") guns; 12 × 15 cm guns; 18 × 11 pounder guns; 4 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 280 mm belt and turret; 35 mm deck
  • Ships in class: 4: SMS Viribus Unitis, SMS Tegetthoff, SMS Prinz Eugen, and SMS Szent István
  • Commissioned: 5 December 1912
  • Fate: Viribus Unitis and Szent Istvan lost during WWI, Tegetthoff scrapped by Italy and Prinz Eugen sunk as a gunnery target in the 1920s
Caio Duilio

Andrea Doria class

  • Country:  Italy
  • Displacement: 29,861 tons
  • Armament: 13 × 305 mm guns
  • Ships in class: 2: Andrea Doria and Caio Duilio
  • Launched: 1912
  • Fate: Scrapped by 1961

España class

  • Country: 23x15px Spain
  • Displacement: 16,450 tons
  • Armament: 8 × 305 mm guns
  • Ships in class: 3: España, Alfonso XIII and Jaime I
  • Commissioned: October 1913
  • Fate: España ran aground, Alfonso XIII and Jaime I lost during Spanish Civil War

König class

  • Country:  Germany
  • Displacement: 28,600 tons
  • Armament: 10 × 30.5 cm (12") guns; 14 × 15 cm guns; 10 × 8.8 cm guns; 5 × 50 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 350 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 30 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed 21 knots (39 km/h); Range 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 4: SMS König, SMS Grosser Kurfürst, SMS Markgraf, and SMS Kronprinz
  • Commissioned: 1914
  • Fate: Scuttled at Scapa Flow

Iron Duke class

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HMS Emperor of India
  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 25,000 tons
  • Armament: 10 × 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns; 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns; 3 × 3 in (76 mm) guns; 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 12 inch belt; 11 inch turret; 2.5 inch deck
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 4: HMS Benbow, HMS Emperor of India, HMS Iron Duke, and HMS Marlborough
  • Commissioned: March 1914
  • Fate: Scrapped by 1948

New York class

USS New York
  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 27,200 tons
  • Armament: 10 14-inch (356 mm) guns, 21 five-inch (127 mm) guns, two three-inch (76 mm) guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: USS New York and USS Texas
  • Commissioned: 15 April 1914
  • Fate: New York scrapped, Texas transferred to its namesake state for use as a museum/memorial
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ARA Rivadavia

Rivadavia class

  • Country:  Argentina
  • Displacement: 27,940 tons
  • Armament: 12 × 305 mm guns; 12 × 152 mm guns; 16 × 102 mm guns; 2 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Performance: Speed 23 knots (42.6 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: ARA Rivadavia and ARA Moreno
  • Commissioned: 27 August 1914
  • Fate: both decommissioned in 1957 and scrapped.
Provence

Bretagne class

  • Country:  France
  • Displacement: 23,230 tons
  • Armament: 10 × 340 mm (13.4") guns; 22 × 138.6 mm guns; 4 × 47 mm guns; 4 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 270 mm belt; 340 mm turret; 40 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed 20 knots (37 km/h); Range 4,700 nautical miles (8,700 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 3: Bretagne, Provence, and Lorraine
  • Commissioned: 1915
  • Fate: Bretagne sunk 1940, Provence scuttled 1942, Lorraine scrapped 1954

Almirante Latorre class

  • Country:  Chile
  • Displacement: 32,120 tons
  • Armament: 10 × 355 mm (14") guns
  • Ships in class: 2: Almirante Latorre and Almirante Cochrane
  • Commissioned: October 1915
  • Fate: Almirante Latorre scrapped in 1959, Almirante Cochrane (HMS Eagle) purchased by Britain for conversion to aircraft carrier and sunk in 1942
Yamashiro and Fusō

Fusō class

  • Country:  Japan
  • Displacement: 39,154 tons
  • Armament: 12 × 360 mm guns, 16 × 200 mm guns, 8 × 100 mm DP guns, 37 × 25 mm AA guns
  • Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: Fusō and Yamashiro
  • Commissioned: 18 November 1915
  • Fate: Both sunk 1944

Conte di Cavour class

  • Country:  Italy
  • Displacement: 23,100 tons
  • Armament: 13 × 305 mm guns, 18 × 120 mm guns, 22 × 76 mm guns, 3 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 280 mm belt, 111 mm deck
  • Speed: 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h)
  • Range: 4,800 nautical miles (8,900 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 3: Conte di Cavour, Giulio Cesare, and Leonardo da Vinci
  • Commissioned: 1915
  • Fate: da Vinci blown up 1917, Cavour bombed 1940, Cesare surrendered to the Soviet Union 1945 as Novorossiysk

Queen Elizabeth class

SMS Bayern

Bayern class

  • Country:  Germany
  • Displacement: 32,200 tons
  • Armament: 8 × 38 cm (15") guns; 16 × 15 cm guns; 2 × 8.8 cm guns; 5 × 60 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 350 mm belt; 350 mm turret; 30 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed 22 knots (41 km/h); Range 5,000 nautical miles (9,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 4: SMS Bayern, SMS Baden, SMS Sachsen, and SMS Württemberg
  • Commissioned: 1916
  • Fate: Bayern scuttled at Scapa Flow 1919, Baden sunk as target 1921, other 2 not completed.

Revenge class

  • Country:  United Kingdom
  • Displacement: 31,000 tons
  • Armament: 8 × 15 inch guns; 14 × 6 in guns; 2 × 3 inch AA guns; 4 × 47 mm guns; 4 × 21 inch torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h); Range 5,000 nautical miles (9,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
  • Ships in class: HMS Ramillies, HMS Resolution, HMS Revenge, HMS Royal Oak, and HMS Royal Sovereign
  • Commissioned: 1916–1917
  • Fate: Royal Oak sunk in 1939, the rest scrapped between 1948 and 1949.
USS Oklahoma

Nevada class

  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 27,500 tons
  • Armament: 10 × 14 in (356 mm) guns, 21 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: USS Nevada and USS Oklahoma
  • Commissioned: 11 March 1916
  • Fate: Oklahoma damaged at Pearl Harbor & sunk in transit to US for scrapping, Nevada used as a live fire target for Operation Crossroads
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USS Arizona

Pennsylvania class

  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 31,400 tons
  • Armament: 12 × 14 in (356 mm) guns, 14 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 4 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: USS Pennsylvania and USS Arizona
  • Commissioned: 12 June 1916
  • Fate: Arizona sunk at Pearl Harbor, Pennsylvania expended as a live fire taget during Operation Crossroads
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Hyuga

Ise class

  • Country:  Japan
  • Displacement: 38,872 tons
  • Armament: 12 × 14 in (356 mm) guns, 16 × 5.5-inch (140 mm) guns, 8 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 20 × 25 mm guns
  • Armor: 12 inch belt, 3.75 inch deck, 12 in turret, 13.75 inch tower
  • Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: Ise and Hyūga
  • Commissioned: 1 December 1917
  • Fate: Both sunk 1945
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USS New Mexico

New Mexico class

  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 32,000 tons
  • Armament: 12 × 14 in (356 mm) guns, 14 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 3: USS New Mexico, USS Mississippi, and USS Idaho
  • Commissioned: 20 May 1918
  • Fate: Scrapped after WWII
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USS California

Tennessee class

  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 32,000 tons
  • Armament: 12 × 14 in (356 mm) guns, 14 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: USS Tennessee and USS California
  • Commissioned: 3 June 1920
  • Fate: Scrapped after WWII

Nagato class

  • Country:  Japan
  • Displacement: 42,850 tons
  • Armament: 8 × 16 in (406 mm) guns, 20 × 5.5-inch (140 mm) guns, 8 × 5 in (127 mm) AA guns, 98 × 25 mm AA guns
  • Aircraft: 3 × catapult-launched aircraft
  • Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h)
  • Range: 5,500 nmi (10,190 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: Nagato and Mutsu
  • Commissioned: 15 November 1920
  • Fate: Mutsu exploded 1943, Nagato expended as a live fire target for Operation Crossroads 1946
USS Maryland

Colorado class

  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 32,600 tons
  • Armament: 8 × 16 in (406 mm) guns, 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 8 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 4: USS Colorado, USS Maryland, USS Washington, and USS West Virginia
  • Commissioned: 30 August 1923
  • Fate: All but Washington---not completed, a casualty of the Washington Treaty---Scrapped after WWII
Dunkerque

Dunkerque class

  • Country:  France
  • Displacement: 36,380 tons
  • Armament: 8 × 330 mm guns, 16 × 130 mm AA guns, 10 × 37 mm AA guns, 8 × 20 mm AA guns
  • Armor: 225 mm belt, 125 mm deck, 330 mm turret
  • Aircraft: 1 × catapult with 4 × floatplanes
  • Speed: 31 knots (57 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: Dunkerque and Strasbourg
  • Commissioned: 1 May 1937
  • Fate: Strasbourg & Dunkerque scuttled 1942

Scharnhorst class

  • Country:  Germany
  • Displacement: 38,900 tons
  • Armament: 9 × 28 cm (11") guns; 12 × 15 cm guns; 14 × 10.5 cm guns; 16 × 3.7 cm AA guns; 10 × 2 cm AA guns
  • Armor: 350 mm belt; 360 mm turret; 95 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed 30 knots (56 km/h); Range 8,380 nautical miles (15,520 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: Gneisenau and Scharnhorst
  • Commissioned: 1938
  • Fate: Scharnhorst sunk in action, Gneisenau sunk as blockship in WWII

Littorio class

  • Country:  Italy
  • Displacement: 45,000 tons
  • Armament: 9 × 380 mm guns, 12 × 155 mm guns, 12 × 90 mm AA guns, 20 × 37 mm AA guns, 30 × 20 mm AA guns
  • Aircraft: 3 × catapult-launched seaplanes
  • Armor: 350 mm belt
  • Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
  • Range: 3,920 nautical miles (7,260 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 4: Littorio, Vittorio Veneto, Impero, and Roma
  • Commissioned: 6 May 1940
  • Fate: Impero never completed, Roma sunk 1943, others surrendered to the Allies and were scrapped

Richelieu class

  • Country:  France
  • Displacement: 48,000 tons
  • Armament: 8 × 380 mm guns, 9 × 152 mm guns, 12 × 100 mm AA guns, 56 × 40 mm AA guns, 48 × 20 mm AA guns
  • Aircraft: 2 × catapults with 3 × floatplanes
  • Armor: 343 mm hull, 170 mm deck, 445 mm turret
  • Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
  • Range: 8,500 nmi (15,740 km)
  • Ships in class: 4: Richelieu, Jean Bart, Clemenceau, and Gascogne
  • Commissioned: early 1940
  • Fate: Richelieu and Jean Bart decommissioned by 1967, Clemenceau destroyed while under construction 1944, Gascogne never started.

Bismarck class

  • Country:  Germany
  • Displacement: 41,700 tons
  • Armament: 8 × 38 cm (15") guns; 12 × 15 cm guns; 16 × 10.5 cm guns; 16 × 3.7 cm AA guns; 20 × 2 cm AA guns
  • Armor: 320 mm belt; 360 mm turret; 120 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed 30 knots (56 km/h); Range 8,100 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: Bismarck and Tirpitz
  • Commissioned: 1940
  • Fate: Bismarck scuttled by her crew 1941, Tirpitz sunk 1944

King George V class

North Carolina class

  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 35,000 tons
  • Armament: 9 × 16 in (406 mm) guns, 20 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 16 × 28 mm AA guns
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 2: USS North Carolina and USS Washington
  • Commissioned: 9 April 1941
  • Fate: North Carolina is a museum ship in Wilmington, N.C., Washington scrapped
Yamato in 1941

Yamato class

  • Country:  Japan
  • Displacement: 65,000 tons
  • Armament: 9 × 460 mm (18.2 inch) guns, 12 × 155 mm guns, 12 × 127 mm guns, 24 × 25 mm AA guns, 4 × 13 mm AA guns
  • Aircraft: 2 × catapults with 7 × seaplanes
  • Armor: 410 mm belt, 200 mm deck, 650 mm turret
  • Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h)
  • Range: 11,500 km at 16 knots (30 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 3: Yamato, Musashi, and Shinano
  • Commissioned: 16 December 1941
  • Fate: Shinano converted to an aircraft carrier, Musashi sunk 1944, Yamato sunk 1945
USS Massachusetts

South Dakota class

  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 35,000 tons
  • Armament: 9 × 16 in (406 mm) guns, 16 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 68 × 40 mm AA guns, 76 × 20 mm AA guns
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 4: USS South Dakota, USS Indiana, USS Massachusetts, and USS Alabama
  • Commissioned: 20 March 1942
  • Fate: South Dakota & Indiana scrapped, Massachusetts & Alabama transferred for use as museums/memorials.
USS Missouri

Iowa class

  • Country:  United States
  • Displacement: 45,000 tons
  • Armament: 9 × 16 in (406 mm) guns, 20 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 80 × 40 mm AA guns, 49 × 20 mm AA guns (1983 modification added 32 × Tomahawk and 16 × Harpoon missiles and 4 × Phalanx CIWS)
  • Armor: 12.1 inch (307 mm) belt; 19.7 inch (500 mm) turret; 7.5 inch (191 mm) deck
  • Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h)
  • Ships in class: 6: USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri, USS Wisconsin, USS Illinois, and USS Kentucky
  • Commissioned: 22 February 1943
  • Fate: Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri & Wisconsin transferred for use as museums, Illinois & Kentucky cancelled before completion. Bow of USS Kentucky used to repair USS Wisconsin.

See also

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