List of battleship classes
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.
Battleship classes
19th century
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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
Formidabile class
- Country:
Italy
- Ships in class: 2: Terribile and Formidabile
- Launched: 1861
Provence class
- Country:
France
- Ships in class: 10: Provence, Héroine, Savoie, Flandre, Magnanime, Surveillante, Valeureuse, Gauloise, Guyenne, and Revanche
- Launched: 1863
Principe di Carignano class
- Country:
Italy
- Ships in class: 3: Principe di Carignano, Messina, and Conte Verde
- Launched: 1863
Re d'Italia class
- Country:
Italy
- Ships in class: 2: Re d'Italia and Re di Portogallo
- Launched: 1863
Regina Maria Pia class
- Country:
Italy
- Ships in class: 4: Regina Maria Pia, San Martino, Castelfidardo, and Ancona
- Launched: 1863
Pervenets class
- Country:
Russian Empire
- Ships in class: 3: Pervenets, Ne Tron Menia, and Kreml
- Launched: 1863
Roma class
Océan class
Cerberus class
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Ships in class: 2: HMVS Cerberus, HMS Magdala
- Launched: 1868
Audacious class
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Displacement: 6,034 tons
- Armament: 10 × 9 in (229 mm) guns, 4 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 6 × 20 pounder guns, ram
- Armor: 200 mm belt, 150 mm battery
- Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h)
- Ships in class: 4: HMS Audacious, HMS Invincible, HMS Iron Duke, and HMS Vanguard
- Launched: 1869
Swiftsure class
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Displacement: 6,910 tons
- Armament: 10 × 9 in (229 mm) guns, 4 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
- Ships in class: 2: HMS Swiftsure, HMS Triumph
- Launched: 1870
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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
- Country:
Italy
- Ships in class: 2: Palestro and Principe Amedeo
- Launched: 1871
Superb class
- Country:
United Kingdom (for
Turkey)
- Ships in class: 2: HMS Superb (United Kingdom) and Mesûdiye (Ottoman Empire)
- Launched: 1875
Colbert class
Caio Duilio class
- Country:
Italy
- Ships in class: 2: Caio Duilio and Enrico Dandolo
- Launched: 1876
Belleisle class
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Ships in class: 2: HMS Belleisle and HMS Orion
- Launched: 1876
Ajax class
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Ships in class: 2: HMS Ajax and HMS Agamemnon
- Launched: 1879
Dévastation class
- Country:
France
- Ships in class: 2: Courbet and Dévastation
- Launched: 1879
Italia class
Conqueror class
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Ships in class: 2: HMS Conqueror and HMS Hero
- Launched: 1881
Terrible class
- Country:
France
- Ships in class: 4: Terrible, Indomptable, Caïman, and Requin
- Launched: 1881
Dingyuan class
- Country:
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
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HMS Anson (circa 1897)
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Displacement: 10,600 tons
- Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm)es, or 4 × 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns or 2 × 16.25 inch guns, 4 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 12 × 6 pounder guns, 10 × 3 pounder guns
- Armor: 18 inch belt
- Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h)
- Ships in class: 6: HMS Collingwood, HMS Rodney, HMS Howe, HMS Camperdown, HMS Anson, and HMS Benbow
- Launched: 1882 - 1886
Amiral Baudin class
- Country:
France
- Ships in class: 2: French ironclad Amiral Baudin (1883) and Formidable
- Launched: 1883
Ruggiero di Lauria class
- Country:
Italy
- Ships in class: 3: Ruggiero di Lauria, Francesco Morosini, and Andrea Doria
- Launched: 1884
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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
- Country:
Russia
- Ships in class: 4: Ekaterina II, Chesma, Sinop, and Georgii Pobedonosets
- Launched: 1886
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
- Country:
Russia
- Ships in class: 2: Imperator Aleksandr II and Imperator Nikolai I
- Launched: 1887
Re Umberto class
- Country:
Italy
- Ships in class: 3: Re Umberto, Sardegna, and Sicilia
- Launched: 1888
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
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Displacement: 14,150 tons
- Armament: 4 × 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns, 10 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 16 × 6 pounder guns, 12 × 3 pounder guns, 7 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor: 18 inch belt
- Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h)
- Ships in class: 8: HMS Royal Sovereign, HMS Hood, HMS Empress of India, HMS Ramillies, Repulse, HMS Resolution, HMS Revenge, and HMS Royal Oak
- Commissioned: 1891
Centurion class
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Ships in class: 3: HMS Centurion, HMS Barfleur, and HMS Renown
- Launched: 1891
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
- Country:
Netherlands
- Ships in class: 3: HNLMS Evertsen, HNLMS Piet Hein, and HNLMS Kortenaer
- Launched: 1894
Petropavlovsk class
- Country:
Russia
- Ships in class: 3: Petropavlovsk, Poltava, and Sevastopol
- Launched: 1894
Monarch class
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SMS Monarch
- Country:
Austria-Hungary
- Ships in class: 3: SMS Monarch, SMS Wien, SMS Budapest
- Commissioned: 1895
- Fate: Wien torpedoed in 1917, others scrapped
Indiana class
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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
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HMS Majestic
Majestic class
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Displacement: 14,900 tons
- Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 16 × 12 pounder guns, 12 × 3 pounder guns, 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor: 9 inch belt, 3 inch deck, 10 inch turret
- Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h)
- Ships in class: 9: HMS Majestic, HMS Magnificent, HMS Prince George, HMS Victorious, HMS Jupiter, HMS Mars, HMS Hannibal, HMS Caesar, and HMS Illustrious
- Launched: 1895
Charlemagne class
- Country:
France
- Ships in class: 3: Charlemagne, Gaulois, and Saint Louis
- Launched: 1895
Fuji class
Ammiraglio di Saint Bon class
- Country:
Italy
- Ships in class: 2: Emanuele Filiberto and Ammiraglio di Saint Bon
- Launched: 1897
Kaiser Friedrich III class
- Country:
Germany
- Displacement: 11,785 tons
- Armament: 4 × 24 cm (9.4") 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 3,420 nautical miles (6,330 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
- Ships in class: 5: SMS Kaiser Friedrich III, SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II, SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, SMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse, and SMS Kaiser Barbarossa
- Commissioned: 1898
Shikishima class
- Country:
Japan
- Ships in class: 2: Shikishima and Hatsuse
- Launched: 1898
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
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HMS Ocean
Canopus class
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Displacement: 12,950 tons
- Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 10 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
- Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
- Ships in class: 6: HMS Canopus, HMS Goliath, HMS Albion, HMS Ocean, HMS Glory, and HMS Vengeance
- Commissioned: December 1899
20th century
Kearsarge class
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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
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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
- Country:
Austria-Hungary
- Ships in class: 3: SMS Habsburg, SMS Árpád, SMS Babenberg
- Commissioned: 1900
- Fate: Scrapped 1921
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
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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
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Displacement: 15,000 tons
- Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 16 × 12 pounder guns, 6 × 3 pounder guns, 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
- Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
- Ships in class: 8: HMS Formidable, HMS Irresistible, HMS Implacable, HMS London, HMS Bulwark, HMS Venerable, HMS Queen, and HMS Prince of Wales
- Commissioned: February 1902
- Fate: 2 war losses, 1 accident, rest scrapped
Maine class
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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
- Country:
France
- Ships in class: 2: République and Patrie
- Launched: 1902
King Edward VII class
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HMS Hibernia
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Displacement: 17,500 tons
- Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 4 × 9.2-inch (234 mm) guns, 10 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 14 × 12 pounder guns, 14 × 3 pounder guns, 2 × machineguns, 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
- Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
- Ships in class: 8: HMS King Edward VII, HMS Commonwealth, HMS Dominion, HMS Hindustan, HMS New Zealand, HMS Britannia, HMS Africa, and HMS Hibernia
- Commissioned: July 1905 onwards
- Fate: 2 war losses, remainder scrapped 1920/1921
Duncan class
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HMS Albemarle
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Displacement: 14,000 tons
- Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 12 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
- Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h)
- Ships in class: 6: HMS Duncan, HMS Albemarle, HMS Russell, HMS Montagu, HMS Cornwallis, and HMS Exmouth
- Commissioned: 12 November 1903
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
- Country:
Austria-Hungary
- Ships in class: 3: SMS Erzherzog Karl, SMS Erzherzog Friedrich, SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max
- Commissioned: 1903
- Fate: Scrapped
Liberté class
- Country:
France
- Ships in class: 4: Démocratie, Justice, Liberté, and Vérité
- Launched: 1904
Braunschweig class
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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
- Country:
Italy
- Ships in class: 4: Vittorio Emanuele, Regina Elena, Napoli, and Roma
- Launched: 1904
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
- Country:
United States
- Displacement: 16,000 tons
- Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 8 × 8 in (203 mm) guns, 12 × 7 in (178 mm) guns, 10 × 3 in (76 mm), 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor:
- Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
- Ships in class: 6: USS Connecticut, USS Louisiana, USS Vermont, USS New Hampshire, USS Kansas, and USS Minnesota
- Commissioned: 1906
- Fate: Decommissioned 1923
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 World War I 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
- Country:
Germany
- Displacement: 27,000 tons
- Armament: 10 × 30.5 cm (12") guns; 14 × 15 cm guns; 8 × 8.8 cm guns; 5 × 50 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 350 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 30 mm deck
- Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h)
- Range: 7,900 nautical miles (14,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
- Ships in class: 5: SMS Kaiser, SMS Friedrich der Grosse, SMS Kaiserin, SMS König Albert, and SMS Prinzregent Luitpold
- Commissioned: 1912
- Fate: Scuttled at Scapa Flow 1919
Orion class
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HMS Orion
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Displacement: 22,000 tons
- Armament: 10 × 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns; 16 × 4 in (102 mm) guns
- Armor: 12 inch belt
- Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
- Ships in class: 4: HMS Orion, HMS Conqueror, HMS Thunderer, and HMS Monarch
- Commissioned: January 1912
- Fate: Scrapped in the 1920s
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
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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 World War I, Tegetthoff scrapped by Italy and Prinz Eugen sunk as a gunnery target in the 1920s
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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:
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
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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.
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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
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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
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Displacement: 33,000 (full load)
- Armament: 8 × 15 inch guns; 12 × 6 inch guns; 2 × 3 inch AA guns, 4 × 37 mm saluting guns, 4 × 21 mm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed:24 knots (44.4 km/h)
- Ships in class: 5: HMS Barham, HMS Malaya, HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Valiant and HMS Warspite
- Fate: Barham sunk in 1941, the rest scrapped between 1948 and 1950.
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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: 5: HMS Ramillies, HMS Resolution, HMS Revenge, HMS Royal Oak, and HMS Royal Sovereign
- Commissioned: 1916–17
- Fate: Royal Oak sunk in 1939, the rest scrapped between 1948 and 1949.
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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 World War II
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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 World War II
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
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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 completed, scrapped after World War II.
Nelson class
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Displacement: 34,950 tons
- Armament: 9 × 16 inch (406 mm) guns; 12 × 6 in (133 mm) guns; 6 × QF 4.7 inch (120-mm) Mk VIII AA guns; 48 × QF 2 pdr 40 mm AA guns; 2 × 24.5-inch (622 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor: 13–14 in (330–356 mm) belt, 4.375–6.375 in (111–162 mm) deck, Barbettes: 12–15 in (305–381 mm), 9–16 in (229–406 mm) turrets, 10–14 in (254–356 mm) tower
- Performance: Speed 23 knots (42.6 km/h); Range 16,500 nautical miles (30,560 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
- Ships in class: 2: Nelson, Rodney
- Commissioned: 1927
- Fate: Scrapped 1948
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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 World War II
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
- Country:
United Kingdom
- Displacement: 38,000 tons
- Armament: 10 × 14 inch (356 mm) guns; 16 × 5.25 in (133 mm) guns; 64 × 2-pdr (40 mm) "pom-pom"
- Armor:
- Performance: Speed 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h); Range 4,750 nautical miles (8,800 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
- Ships in class: 5: HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Howe, HMS Anson, HMS King George V, HMS Duke of York
- Commissioned: 1940
- Fate: Prince of Wales Sunk December 1941. Others scrapped in 1957.
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
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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
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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
- List of battleships for individual ships
- List of battleships by country
- List of battleships of the Second World War
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