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 are listed by the date of cancellation or last work on the project.

Unique battleships not part of a class (such as HMS Vanguard (23)) are found separately under List of battleships, which also includes individual battleships within the classes listed below.

See also:
 * List of battleships for individual ships
 * List of battleships by country


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Displacement: 5,630 tons
 * Armament: 36 x 163 mm guns
 * Armor: 110 mm
 * Speed: 13 knot
 * Ships in class: 3: FRENCH IRONCLAD Gloire, FRENCH IRONCLAD Normandie, and FRENCH IRONCLAD Invincible
 * Launched: 1859


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 9,140 tons
 * Armament: after 1867- 4 × 8 in (203 mm), 28 × 7 in (178 mm) RBL, 4 x 20 pdr
 * Armor: 4.5 in (114 mm) armor on 18 in (457 mm) wood.
 * Speed: 14 knot under steam
 * Ships in class: 2: HMS Warrior (1860) and HMS Black Prince (1861)
 * Launched: 1860


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Ships in class: 2: FRENCH IRONCLAD Magenta and FRENCH IRONCLAD Solferino
 * Launched: 1861
 * Fate: Magenta exploded 1875


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Ships in class: 2: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Terribile and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Formidabile
 * Launched: 1861


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Ships in class: 10: FRENCH IRONCLAD Provence, FRENCH IRONCLAD Héroine, FRENCH IRONCLAD Savoie, FRENCH IRONCLAD Flandre, FRENCH IRONCLAD Magnanime, FRENCH IRONCLAD Surveillante, FRENCH IRONCLAD Valeureuse, FRENCH IRONCLAD Gauloise, FRENCH IRONCLAD Guyenne, and FRENCH IRONCLAD Revanche
 * Launched: 1863


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Ships in class: 3: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Principe di Carignano, ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Messina, and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Conte Verde
 * Launched: 1863


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Ships in class: 2: ITALIAN IRONCLAD Re d'Italia and ITALIAN IRONCLAD Re di Portogallo
 * Launched: 1863


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Ships in class: 4: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Regina Maria Pia, ITALIAN BATTLESHIP San Martino, ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Castelfidardo, and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Ancona
 * Launched: 1863


 * Country: Russian Empire
 * Ships in class: 3: RUSSIAN IRONCLAD Pervenets, RUSSIAN IRONCLAD Ne Tron Menia, and RUSSIAN IRONCLAD Kreml
 * Launched: 1863


 * Country: 🇪🇸 Spain
 * Ships in class: 1: SPANISH IRONCLAD Numancia
 * Launched: 1863


 * Country: 🇪🇸 Spain
 * Ships in class: 1: SPANISH IRONCLAD Vitoria
 * Launched: 1865


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Ships in class: 2: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Roma and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Venezia
 * Launched: 1865


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Ships in class: 3: FRENCH IRONCLAD Océan, FRENCH IRONCLAD Marengo, and FRENCH IRONCLAD Suffren
 * Launched: 1868


 * Country:
 * Ships in class: 2: HMVS Cerberus, HMS Magdala
 * Launched: 1868


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 6,034 tons
 * Armament: 10 × 9 in (229 mm) guns, 4 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 6 x 20 pounder guns, ram
 * Armor: 200 mm belt, 150 mm battery
 * Speed: 13 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: HMS Audacious (1869), HMS Invincible (1869), HMS Iron Duke (1870), and HMS Vanguard (1870)
 * Launched: 1869


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 6,910 tons
 * Armament: 10 × 9 in (229 mm) guns, 4 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
 * Ships in class: 2: HMS Swiftsure (1870), HMS Triumph (1870)
 * Launched: 1870




 * Country:
 * Displacement: 9,188 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns
 * Armor: 300 mm belt, 380 mm turret
 * Performance: Speed 13 knot; Range 4700 nmi
 * Ships in class: 2: HMS Devastation (1871), HMS Thunderer (1872)
 * Launched: 1871
 * Fate: Decommissioned by 1909 and scrapped


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Ships in class: 2: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Palestro and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Principe Amedeo
 * Launched: 1871


 * Country: (for 🇹🇷)
 * Ships in class: 2: HMS Superb (1875) (United Kingdom) and OTTOMAN IRONCLAD Mesûdiye (Ottoman Empire)
 * Launched: 1875


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Ships in class: 2: FRENCH IRONCLAD Colbert and FRENCH IRONCLAD Trident
 * Launched: 1875


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Ships in class: 2: ITALIAN IRONCLAD Caio Duilio and ITALIAN IRONCLAD Enrico Dandolo
 * Launched: 1876


 * Country:
 * Ships in class: 2: HMS Belleisle (1876) and HMS Orion (1879)
 * Launched: 1876


 * Country:
 * Ships in class: 2: HMS Ajax (1880) and HMS Agamemnon (1879)
 * Launched: 1879


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Ships in class: 2: FRENCH IRONCLAD Courbet and FRENCH IRONCLAD Dévastation
 * Launched: 1879


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Ships in class: 2: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Italia and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Lepanto
 * Launched: 1880


 * Country:
 * Ships in class: 2: HMS Conqueror (1881) and HMS Hero (1885)
 * Launched: 1881


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Ships in class: 4: FRENCH BATTLESHIP Terrible, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Indomptable, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Caïman, and FRENCH BATTLESHIP Requin
 * Launched: 1881


 * Country: China Qing Dynasty Flag 1889.svg Imperial China
 * Displacement: 7,220 tons 7,670 tons full load
 * Armament: 4 × 305 mm
 * Armor: 355 mm belt
 * Speed: 15.4 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: CHINESE TURRET SHIP Dingyuan, CHINESE TURRET SHIP Zhenyuan
 * Launched: 1882


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 10,600 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm)es, or 4 x 13.5 in guns or 2 x 16.25 inch guns, 4 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 12 x 6 pounder guns, 10 x 3 pounder guns
 * Armor: 18 inch belt
 * Speed: 17 knot
 * Ships in class: 6: HMS Collingwood (1882), HMS Rodney (1884), HMS Howe (1885), HMS Camperdown (1885), HMS Anson (1886), and HMS Benbow (1885)
 * Launched: 1882 - 1886


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Ships in class: 2: FRENCH IRONCLAD Amiral Baudin and FRENCH IRONCLAD Formidable
 * Launched: 1883


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Ships in class: 3: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Ruggiero di Lauria, ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Francesco Morosini, and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Andrea Doria
 * Launched: 1884




 * Country:
 * Displacement: 9,520 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 12.5 in guns, 5 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
 * Speed: 15.5 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: HMS Colossus (1882) and HMS Edinburgh (1882)
 * Launched: 1882
 * Fate: Both scrapped by 1910


 * Country: 🇷🇺
 * Ships in class: 4: RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Ekaterina II, RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Chesma, RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Sinop, and RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Georgii Pobedonosets
 * Launched: 1886


 * Country: 🇪🇸
 * Displacement: 9,745 tons
 * Armament: 2 × 12.6 in (320 mm) Hontoria guns, 2 × 11 in (280 mm) Hontoria guns, 1 × 6.3 in (160 mm) gun, 3 × 2.24 in (57 mm) Hotchkiss guns, 13 × 1.45 in (37 mm) guns, 4 machine guns, 7 bow torpedo tubes.
 * Speed: 16.7 knot
 * Ships in class: 1: SPANISH BATTLESHIP Pelayo
 * Launched: June 3, 1888
 * Fate: Scrapped by 1925


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 11,020 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: HMS Victoria (1887) and HMS Sans Pareil (1887)
 * Launched: 9 June 1887
 * Fate: Victoria sunk in collision in 1893


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Ships in class: 3: FRENCH BATTLESHIP Marceau, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Neptune, and FRENCH BATTLESHIP Magenta
 * Launched: 1887


 * Country: 🇷🇺
 * Ships in class: 2: RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Imperator Aleksandr II and RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Imperator Nikolai I
 * Launched: 1887


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Ships in class: 3: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Re Umberto, ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Sardegna, and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Sicilia
 * Launched: 1888


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 11,940 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 13.5 in guns, 6 x 4.7 inch QF guns
 * Armor: 20 inch belt
 * Speed: 17 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: HMS Trafalgar (1887) and HMS Nile (1888)
 * Commissioned: 2 April 1891
 * Fate: Scrapped




 * Country:
 * Displacement: 14,150 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 13.5 in guns, 10 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 16 x 6 pounder guns, 12 x 3 pounder guns, 7 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 18 inch belt
 * Speed: 17 knot
 * Ships in class: 8: HMS Royal Sovereign (1891), HMS Hood (1891), HMS Empress of India (1891), HMS Ramillies (1892), HMS Repulse (1892), HMS Resolution (1892), HMS Revenge (1892), and HMS Royal Oak (1892)
 * Commissioned: 1891


 * Country:
 * Ships in class: 3: HMS Centurion (1892), HMS Barfleur (1892), and HMS Renown (1895)
 * Launched: 1891


 * Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Displacement: 10,670 tonnes max
 * Armament: 6 x 28 cm (11") guns (4 x 40cal, in dual turrets fore & aft; 2 x 35cal., in sgl turret amidships); 6 x 10.5 cm 35 cal QF guns (later increased to 8); 8 x 8.8 cm 30 cal QF guns; 12 x machineguns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 300–400 mm belt; 300 mm barbette; 60 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 16.5 knot; Range 4300 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, SMS Brandenburg, SMS Weissenburg, and SMS Wörth
 * Service: Commissioned 1893-4


 * Country: 🇳🇱
 * Ships in class: 3: HNLMS Evertsen, HNLMS Piet Hein, and HNLMS Kortenaer
 * Launched: 1894


 * Country: 🇷🇺
 * Ships in class: 3: RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Petropavlovsk, RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Poltava, and RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Sevastopol
 * Launched: 1894


 * Country: Austria-Hungary
 * Ships in class: 3: SMS Monarch, SMS Wien, SMS Budapest
 * Commissioned: 1895
 * Fate: Wien torpedoed in 1917, others scrapped


 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * Displacement: 10,288 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 13 in (330 mm) guns, 8 × 8 in (203 mm) guns, 4 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 20 x 6-pounders, 6 x 1-pounders, 6 × 18 in (457 mm) surface torpedo tubes
 * Speed: 15 knot
 * Ships in class: 3: USS Indiana (BB-1), USS Massachusetts (BB-2), and USS Oregon (BB-3)
 * Commissioned: 20 November 1895
 * Fate: Decommissioned 17 July 1920




 * Country:
 * Displacement: 14,900 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 16 x 12 pounder guns, 12 x 3 pounder guns, 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 9 inch belt, 3 inch deck, 10 inch turret
 * Speed: 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 9: HMS Majestic (1895), HMS Magnificent (1894), HMS Prince George (1895), HMS Victorious (1895), HMS Jupiter (1895), HMS Mars (1896), HMS Hannibal (1896), HMS Caesar (1896), and HMS Illustrious (1896)
 * Launched: 1895


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Ships in class: 3: FRENCH BATTLESHIP Charlemagne, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Gaulois, and FRENCH BATTLESHIP Saint Louis
 * Launched: 1895


 * Country: 🇯🇵
 * Ships in class: 2: JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Fuji and JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Yashima
 * Launched: 1896


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Ships in class: 2: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Emanuele Filiberto and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Ammiraglio di Saint Bon
 * Launched: 1897


 * Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Displacement: 11,785 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 24 cm (9.4") guns; 18 x 15 cm guns; 12 x 8.8 cm guns; 12 x machineguns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 225 mm belt; 250 mm turret; 50 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 17 knot; Range 3420 nmi at 10 knot
 * 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


 * Country: 🇯🇵
 * Ships in class: 2: JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Shikishima and JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Hatsuse
 * Launched: 1898


 * Country: 🇷🇺
 * Displacement: 12,683 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 10 inchguns; 11 x 6 ich guns; 20 x 75 mm guns ; 5 × 15 inchtorpedo tubes
 * Armor: 9 inch belt; 10 inch turret; 2.5 inch deck
 * Performance: Speed 18 knot; Range 3500 nmi
 * Ships in class: 3: RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Peresvet, RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Oslyabya, and RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Pobeda
 * Launched: 1898




 * Country:
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 6: HMS Canopus (1897), HMS Goliath (1898), HMS Albion (1898), HMS Ocean (1898), HMS Glory (1899), and HMS Vengeance (1899)
 * Commissioned: December 1899


 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * Displacement: 11,540 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 13 in (330 mm) guns, 4 × 8 in (203 mm) guns, 14 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 20 x 6-pounders, 8 x 1-pounders, 4 x 30-caliber machineguns
 * Speed: 15 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: USS Kearsarge (BB-5) and USS Kentucky (BB-6)
 * Commissioned: 20 February 1900
 * Fate: Decommissioned 29 May 1920


 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * Displacement: 11,565 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 13 in (330 mm) guns, 14 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 16 x 6 pounders (2.7 kg), 6 x 1 pounders (454 g), 4 torpedo tubes
 * Speed: 17 knot
 * Ships in class: 3: USS Illinois (BB-7), USS Alabama (BB-8), and USS Wisconsin (BB-9)
 * Commissioned: 16 October 1900
 * Fate: Decommissioned 17 July 1920


 * Country: Austria-Hungary
 * Ships in class: 3: SMS Habsburg, SMS Árpád, SMS Babenberg
 * Commissioned: 1900
 * Fate: Scrapped 1921


 * Country: 🇷🇺
 * Displacement: 14,000 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 305 mm guns, 12 x 152 mm guns, 20 x 75 mm guns, 20 x 47 mm guns, 4 × 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 190 mm belt, 50 mm deck, 250 mm turret
 * Speed: 18 knot
 * Range: 2590 nmi
 * Ships in class: 5: RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Borodino, RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Imperator Aleksandr III, RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Oryol, RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Knyaz Suvorov, and RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Slava
 * Launched: September 1901
 * Fate: All but Slava lost at the battle of Tsushima in 1905, Slava scuttled 1917


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Displacement: 14,574 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 305 mm guns; 4 x 203 mm guns; 12 x 152 mm guns; 20 x 76 mm guns; 4 x 450 mm torpedo tubes
 * Armor:
 * Performance: Speed 20 knot; Range 10000 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Regina Margherita and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Benedetto Brin
 * Launched: 1901
 * Fate: Both ships sunk in 1915.


 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 5: USS Virginia (BB-13), USS Nebraska (BB-14), USS Georgia (BB-15), USS New Jersey (BB-16), and USS Rhode Island (BB-17)
 * Commissioned: 19 February 1902
 * Fate: Decommissioned 13 August 1920


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 15,000 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 16 x 12 pounder guns, 6 x 3 pounder guns, 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Speed: 18 knot
 * Ships in class: HMS Formidable (1898), HMS Irresistible (1898), HMS Implacable (1899), HMS London (1899), HMS Bulwark (1899), HMS Venerable (1899), HMS Queen (1902), and HMS Prince of Wales (1902)
 * Commissioned: February 1902
 * Fate: 2 war losses, 1 accident, rest scrapped


 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * Displacement: 12,500 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 16 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 6 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 8 x 3-pounders, 6 x 1-pounders, 3 x .30-caliber machine guns, 2 × 18 in (457 mm) submerged torpedo tubes
 * Speed: 18 knot
 * Ships in class: 3: USS Maine (BB-10), USS Missouri (BB-11), and USS Ohio (BB-12)
 * Commissioned: 29 December 1902
 * Fate: Decommissioned 31 May 1922


 * Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Displacement: 12,800 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 24 cm (9.4 in) guns; 18 x 15 cm guns; 12 x 8.8 cm guns; 12 x machineguns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 225 mm belt; 250 mm turret; 50 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 17 knot; Range 5000 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 5: SMS Wittelsbach, SMS Wettin, SMS Zähringen, SMS Schwaben, and SMS Mecklenburg
 * Commissioned: 1902


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Ships in class: 2: FRENCH BATTLESHIP République and FRENCH BATTLESHIP Patrie
 * Launched: 1902


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 17,500 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 4 x 9.2 in guns, 10 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 14 x 12 pounder guns, 14 x 3 pounder guns, 2 x machineguns, 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Speed: 18 knot
 * Ships in class: 8: HMS King Edward VII, HMS Commonwealth (1903), HMS Dominion (1903), HMS Hindustan (1903), HMS New Zealand (1904), HMS Britannia (1904), HMS Africa (1905), and HMS Hibernia (1905)
 * Commissioned: July 1905 onwards
 * Fate: 2 war losses, remainder scrapped 1920/1921


 * Country:
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 6: HMS Duncan (1901), HMS Albemarle (1901), HMS Russell (1901), HMS Montagu (1901), HMS Cornwallis (1901), and HMS Exmouth (1901)
 * Commissioned: 12 November 1903


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 11,900 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 10 in (254 mm) guns, 14 x 7.5 in guns, 14 x 2 pounder guns, 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Speed: 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: HMS Swiftsure (1903) and HMS Triumph (1903)
 * Launched: 1903


 * Country: Austria-Hungary
 * Ships in class: 3: SMS Erzherzog Karl, SMS Erzherzog Friedrich, SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max
 * Commissioned: 1903
 * Fate: Scrapped


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Ships in class: 4: FRENCH BATTLESHIP Démocratie, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Justice, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Liberté, and FRENCH BATTLESHIP Vérité
 * Launched: 1904


 * Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Displacement: 14,400 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 28 cm (11") guns; 14 x 17 cm guns; 18 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 225 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 40 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 18 knot; Range 5200 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 5: SMS Braunschweig, SMS Elsass, SMS Hessen, SMS Preussen (1903), and SMS Lothringen
 * Commissioned: 1904


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Ships in class: 4: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Vittorio Emanuele, ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Regina Elena, ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Napoli, and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Roma
 * Launched: 1904


 * Country: 🇯🇵
 * Displacement: 15,590 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 305 mm guns, 4 × 250 mm guns, 12 x 150 mm guns, 16 x 80 mm guns, 5 x 450 mm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 230 mm belt; 230 mm turret; 50 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 18.5 knot; Range 10000 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Katori and JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Kashima
 * Launched: 1905


 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 6: USS Connecticut (BB-18), USS Louisiana (BB-19), USS Vermont (BB-20), USS New Hampshire (BB-25), USS Kansas (BB-21), and USS Minnesota (BB-22)
 * Commissioned: 1906
 * Fate: Decommissioned 1923


 * Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Displacement: 14,200 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 28 cm (11") guns; 14 x 17 cm guns; 20 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 240 mm belt; 280 mm turret; 40 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 18 knot; Range 4800 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 5: SMS Deutschland (1904), 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


 * Country: 🇷🇺
 * Displacement: 12,810 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 12 inchguns; 4 × 8 inchguns; 12 × 6 inchguns; 2 x 64 mm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 8 inch max belt; 10 inch turret
 * Performance: Speed 16 knot; Range 1884 nmi
 * Ships in class: 2: RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Evstafi and RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Ioann Zlatoust
 * Launched: 1906


 * Country: 🇷🇺
 * Displacement: 17,400 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 305 mm (12") guns; 14 x 203 mm (8") guns; 12 x 120 mm guns; 4 × 18 inchtorpedo tubes
 * Armor: 8.5 inch belt; 10 inch turret; 3.1 inch max deck
 * Performance: Speed 18.5 knot; Range 2100 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Andrei Pervozvanny and RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Imperator Pavel I
 * Launched: 1906


 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * 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 x 3 pounder guns, 2 x 1 pounder guns, 6 x .30-caliber machineguns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Armor:
 * Speed: 17 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: USS Mississippi (BB-23) and USS Idaho (BB-24)
 * Commissioned: 1 February 1908
 * Fate: Decommissioned 30 July 1914 and sold to Greece


 * Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Displacement: 20,535 tons
 * Armament: 12 x 28 cm (11") guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 16 x 8.8 cm guns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 270 mm belt; 280 mm turret; 58 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 20 knot; Range 9400 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: SMS Nassau, SMS Westfalen, SMS Rheinland, and SMS Posen
 * Commissioned: 1908


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 16,500 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 10 x 9.2 in guns, 15 x 12 pounder guns, 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Armor:
 * Speed: 18.5 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: HMS Lord Nelson (1906) and HMS Agamemnon (1906)
 * Commissioned: 1908


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 18,596 t,
 * Armament: 10 × 12 in (305 mm), 16 x 4 in, 4 x 3-pounder, 3 x 18 in torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 10 inch belt, 3 inch deck, 11 inch turret
 * Speed: 21 knot
 * Ships in class: 3: HMS Bellerophon (1907), HMS Superb (1907), HMS Temeraire (1907)
 * Commissioned: 1909


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Displacement: 18,318 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 305 mm (12") guns; 12 × 240 mm (9.4") guns; 16 x 75 mm guns; 10 x 47 mm guns; 2 x 450 mm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 270 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 45–48 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 19.2 knot
 * Ships in class: 6: FRENCH BATTLESHIP Danton, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Voltaire, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Diderot, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Condorcet, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Mirabeau, and FRENCH BATTLESHIP Vergniaud
 * Launched: 1909


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


 * Country: 🇯🇵
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Kawachi and JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Settsu
 * Launched: 1910


 * Country:
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 3: HMS St. Vincent (1908), HMS Collingwood (1908), and HMS Vanguard (1909)
 * Commissioned: October 1910


 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * Displacement: 16,000 tons
 * Armament: 8 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 22 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 2 x 3 pounder guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Armor:
 * Speed: 17 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: USS South Carolina (BB-26) and USS Michigan (BB-27)
 * Commissioned: 4 January 1910
 * Fate: Scrapped 1921 and 1922 respectively


 * Country:
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 3: OTTOMAN BATTLESHIP Reşadiye, OTTOMAN BATTLESHIP Reshad-I-Hamiss and OTTOMAN BATTLESHIP Fatih
 * Commissioned: 4 January 1910
 * Fate: Seized by the Royal Navy and impressed as HMS Erin, scrapped and scrapped in 1914 respectively


 * Country: 🇧🇷
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: BRAZILIAN BATTLESHIP Minas Geraes and BRAZILIAN BATTLESHIP São Paulo
 * Completed: 4 January 1910
 * Commissioned:
 * Fate: São Paulo lost 1951, Minas Geraes scrapped 1954


 * Country: 🇯🇵
 * Displacement: 20,000 tons
 * Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 12 × 10 in (254 mm) guns, 12 x 4.7 in guns, 4 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Armor:
 * Speed: 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Satsuma and JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Aki
 * Commissioned: 25 March 1910
 * Fate: Sunk as targets in 1924


 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * Displacement: 16,000 tons
 * Armament: 10 × 12 in (305 mm) guns, 14 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 22 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 2 x 3 pounder guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Armor:
 * Speed: 21 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: USS Delaware (BB-28) and USS North Dakota (BB-29)
 * Commissioned: 1910
 * Fate: Scrapped


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 19,900 tons
 * Armament: 10 × 12 in (305 mm) guns; 12 × 4 in (102 mm) guns; 3 18-inch TT
 * Speed: 21 knot
 * Ships in class: 3: HMS Neptune (1909), HMS Colossus, HMS Hercules
 * Commissioned: January 1911
 * Fate: Last two finished to different specification as the Colussus class. Neptune scrapped 1922


 * Country:
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: HMS Colossus (1910) and HMS Hercules (1910)
 * Commissioned: 31 July 1911
 * Fate: Scrapped by 1928


 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: USS Florida (BB-30) and USS Utah (BB-31)
 * Commissioned: 15 September 1911
 * Fate: Florida scrapped, Utah sunk at Pearl Harbor


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Displacement: 22,189 tons
 * Armament: 12 x 305 mm guns, 22 x 5.4 in guns, 4 x 47 mm guns, 4 x 450 mm torpedo tubes
 * Speed: 20 knot
 * Range: 1140 nmi at 20 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: FRENCH BATTLESHIP Jean Bart, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Courbet, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Paris, and FRENCH BATTLESHIP France
 * Launched: 1911
 * Fate: France wrecked 1922, Jean Bart and Courbet scuttled 1944, Paris scrapped 1955


 * Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Displacement: 24,700 tons
 * Armament: 12 x 30.5 cm (12") guns; 14 x 15 cm guns; 8 x 8.8 cm guns; 6 x 50 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 300 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 60 mm deck
 * Speed: 20 knot
 * Range: 5500 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: SMS Helgoland, SMS Ostfriesland, SMS Thüringen, and SMS Oldenburg
 * Commissioned: 1911


 * Country: 🇷🇺
 * Displacement: 23,000 tons
 * Armament: 12 x 305 mm guns, 16 x 120 mm guns, 6 x 76.2 mm guns, 14 x 37 mm guns, 10 x 12.7 mm machineguns, 89 x 7.62 mm machineguns, 4 x 450 mm torpedo tubes
 * Speed: 23 knot
 * Range: 2625 nmi
 * Ships in class: 4: RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Sevastopol, RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Poltava, RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Petropavlovsk, and RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP 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


 * Country: 🇷🇺
 * Displacement: 23,000 tons
 * Armament: 12 x 305 mm guns, 20 x 130 mm guns, 8 x 75 mm guns, 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 10.5 inch belt, 3 inch deck, 12 inch turret
 * Speed: 21 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya, RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Imperatritsa Mariya, and RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Imperator Aleksandr III
 * Launched: 1911
 * Fate: Imperatrista Mariya blew up 1916, Imperatrista Ekaterina Velikaya sunk 1918, Imperator Aleksandr III scrapped 1936


 * Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Displacement: 27,000 tons
 * Armament: 10 x 30.5 cm (12") guns; 14 x 15 cm guns; 8 x 8.8 cm guns; 5 x 50 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 350 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 30 mm deck
 * Speed: 23 knot
 * Range: 7900 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 5: SMS Kaiser (1911), SMS Friedrich der Grosse (1911), SMS Kaiserin, SMS König Albert, and SMS Prinzregent Luitpold
 * Commissioned: 1912
 * Fate: Scuttled at Scapa Flow 1919


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 22,000 tons
 * Armament: 10 x 13.5 in guns; 16 × 4 in (102 mm) guns
 * Armor: 12 inch belt
 * Speed: 21 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: HMS Orion (1910), HMS Conqueror (1911), HMS Thunderer (1911), and HMS Monarch (1911)
 * Commissioned: January 1912
 * Fate: Scrapped in the 1920s


 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * Displacement: 27,200 tons
 * Armament: 12 12 in guns, 21 five-inch (127 mm) guns, two three-inch (76 mm) guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Armor:
 * Speed: 21 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: USS Wyoming (BB-32) and USS Arkansas (BB-33)
 * Commissioned: 25 September 1912
 * Fate: Wyoming scrapped, Arkansas expended as a live fire target for Operation Crossroads


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 23,400 tons
 * Armament: 10 x 13.5 in guns, 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Armor:
 * Speed: 21 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: HMS King George V (1911), HMS Centurion (1911), HMS Audacious (1912), and HMS Ajax (1912)
 * Commissioned: November 1912
 * Fate: Audacious sunk 1914, Centurion sunk 1944, others scrapped in the 1920s




 * Country: Austria-Hungary
 * Displacement: 20,000 tons
 * Armament: 12 x 30.5 cm (12") guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 18 x 11 pounder guns; 4 x 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 280 mm belt and turret; 35 mm deck
 * Ships in class: 4: SMS Viribus Unitis, SMS Tegetthoff (1912), 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




 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Displacement: 29,861 tons
 * Armament: 13 x 305 mm guns
 * Ships in class: 2: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Andrea Doria and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Caio Duilio
 * Launched: 1912
 * Fate: Scrapped by 1961


 * Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Displacement: 28,600 tons
 * Armament: 10 x 30.5 cm (12") guns; 14 x 15 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 5 x 50 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 350 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 30 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 21 knot; Range 8000 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: SMS König, SMS Grosser Kurfürst (1913), SMS Markgraf, and SMS Kronprinz
 * Commissioned: 1914
 * Fate: Scuttled at Scapa Flow


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 25,000 tons
 * Armament: 10 x 13.5 in 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: HMS Benbow (1913), HMS Emperor of India, HMS Iron Duke (1912), and HMS Marlborough (1912)
 * Commissioned: March 1914
 * Fate: Scrapped by 1948


 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * Displacement: 27,200 tons
 * Armament: 10 14 in guns, 21 five-inch (127 mm) guns, two three-inch (76 mm) guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Armor:
 * Speed: 21 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: USS New York (BB-34) and USS Texas (BB-35)
 * Commissioned: 15 April 1914
 * Fate: New York scrapped, Texas transferred to its namesake state for use as a museum/memorial




 * Country: 🇦🇷 Argentina
 * Displacement: 27,940 tons
 * Armament: 12 x 305 mm guns; 12 x 152 mm guns; 16 x 102 mm guns; 2 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
 * Armor:
 * Performance: Speed 23 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: ARA Rivadavia and ARA Moreno
 * Commissioned: 27 August 1914
 * Fate: both decommissioned in 1957 and scrapped.




 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Displacement: 23,230 tons
 * Armament: 10 x 340 mm (13.4") guns; 22 x 138.6 mm guns; 4 x 47 mm guns; 4 x 450 mm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 270 mm belt; 340 mm turret; 40 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 20 knot; Range 4700 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 3: FRENCH BATTLESHIP Bretagne, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Provence, and FRENCH BATTLESHIP Lorraine
 * Commissioned: 1915
 * Fate: Bretagne sunk 1940, Provence scuttled 1942, Lorraine scrapped 1954


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Displacement: 25,230 tons
 * Armament: 12 x 340 mm guns; 24 x 138.6 mm guns; 6 x 47 mm guns; 6 x 450 mm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 300 mm belt, 50 mm deck, 250–350 mm turret
 * Performance: Speed 21 knot; Range 6500 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 5: FRENCH BATTLESHIP Gascogne, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Normandie, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Flandre, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Languedoc, and FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER Béarn
 * Launched: 1914
 * Fate: Béarn converted to an aircraft carrier, others scrapped by 1929




 * Country: 🇯🇵
 * Displacement: 39,154 tons
 * Armament: 12 x 360 mm guns, 16 x 200 mm guns, 8 x 100 mm DP guns, 37 x 25 mm AA guns
 * Speed: 25 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Fusō and JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Yamashiro
 * Commissioned: 18 November 1915
 * Fate: Both sunk 1944


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Displacement: 23,100 tons
 * Armament: 13 x 305 mm guns, 18 x 120 mm guns, 22 x 76 mm guns, 3 x 450 mm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 280 mm belt, 111 mm deck
 * Speed: 21.5 knot
 * Range: 4800 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 3: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Conte di Cavour, ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Giulio Cesare, and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Leonardo da Vinci
 * Commissioned: 1915
 * Fate: da Vinci blown up 1917, Cavour bombed 1940, Cesare surrendered to the Soviet Union 1945 as SOVIET BATTLESHIP Novorossiysk


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 33,000 (full load)
 * Armament: 8 × 15 inch guns; 12 × 6 inch guns; 2 × 3 inch AA guns, 4 x 37 mm saluting guns, 4 x 21 mm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed:24 knot
 * Ships in class: 6: HMS Barham (04), HMS Malaya, HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913), HMS Valiant (1914), HMS Warspite (03), and HMS Agincourt
 * Fate: Agincourt canceled at the outbreak of World War I, Barham sunk in 1941, the rest scrapped between 1948 and 1950.




 * Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Displacement: 32,200 tons
 * Armament: 8 x 38 cm (15") guns; 16 x 15 cm guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 5 x 60 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 350 mm belt; 350 mm turret; 30 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 22 knot; Range 5000 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: SMS Bayern, SMS Baden, SMS Sachsen (1916), and SMS Württemberg (1917)
 * Commissioned: 1916
 * Fate: Bayern scuttled at Scapa Flow 1919, Baden sunk as target 1921, other 2 not completed.


 * Country:
 * 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 knot; Range 5000 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: HMS Ramillies (07), HMS Resolution (09), HMS Revenge (06), HMS Royal Oak (08), and HMS Royal Sovereign (05)
 * Commissioned: 1916–1917
 * Fate: Royal Oak sunk in 1939, the rest scrapped between 1948 and 1949.




 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: USS Nevada (BB-36) and USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
 * 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




 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and USS Arizona (BB-39)
 * Commissioned: 12 June 1916
 * Fate: Arizona sunk at Pearl Harbor, Pennsylvania expended as a live fire taget during Operation Crossroads




 * Country: 🇯🇵
 * Displacement: 38,872 tons
 * Armament: 12 × 14 in (356 mm) guns, 16 x 5.5 in guns, 8 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 20 x 25 mm guns
 * Armor: 12 inch belt, 3.75 inch deck, 12 in turret, 13.75 inch tower
 * Speed: 25 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Ise and JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Hyūga
 * Commissioned: 1 December 1917
 * Fate: Both sunk 1945




 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 3: USS New Mexico (BB-40), USS Mississippi (BB-41), and USS Idaho (BB-42)
 * Commissioned: 20 May 1918
 * Fate: Scrapped after WWII




 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: USS Tennessee (BB-43) and USS California (BB-44)
 * Commissioned: 3 June 1920
 * Fate: Scrapped after WWII


 * Country: 🇯🇵
 * Displacement: 42,850 tons
 * Armament: 8 × 16 in (406 mm) guns, 20 x 5.5 in guns, 8 × 5 in (127 mm) AA guns, 98 x 25 mm AA guns
 * Aircraft: 3 x catapult-launched aircraft
 * Speed: 27 knot
 * Range: 5500 nmi at 16 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Nagato and JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Mutsu
 * Commissioned: 15 November 1920
 * Fate: Mutsu exploded 1943, Nagato expended as a live fire target for Operation Crossroads 1946


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Ships in class: 5: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Francesco Caracciolo, ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Cristoforo Colombo, ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Marcantonio Colonna, and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Francesco Morosini
 * Launched: 1920
 * Fate: None completed, only Francesco Caracciolo launched


 * Country: 🇯🇵
 * Ships in class: JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Tosa and JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Kaga
 * Launched: 1921
 * Fate: Tosa cancelled, Kaga converted into an aircraft carrier




 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * 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 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: USS Colorado (BB-45), USS Maryland (BB-46), USS Washington (BB-47), and USS West Virginia (BB-48)
 * Commissioned: 30 August 1923
 * Fate: All but Washington---not completed, a casualty of the Washington Treaty---Scrapped after WWII


 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * Displacement: 43,200 tons
 * Armament: 12 × 16 in (406 mm) guns, 16 × 6 in (152 mm) guns, 8 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Armor:
 * Speed: 23 knot
 * Ships in class: 6: USS South Dakota (BB-49), USS Indiana (BB-50), USS Montana (BB-51), USS North Carolina (BB-52), USS Iowa (BB-53), and USS Massachusetts (BB-54)
 * Fate: All cancelled prior to launch in August 1923




 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Displacement: 36,380 tons
 * Armament: 8 x 330 mm guns, 16 x 130 mm AA guns, 10 x 37 mm AA guns, 8 x 20 mm AA guns
 * Armor: 225 mm belt, 125 mm deck, 330 mm turret
 * Aircraft: 1 x catapult with 4 x floatplanes
 * Speed: 31 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: FRENCH BATTLESHIP Dunkerque and FRENCH BATTLESHIP Strasbourg
 * Commissioned: 1 May 1937
 * Fate: Strasbourg & Dunkerque scuttled 1942


 * Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Displacement: 38,900 tons
 * Armament: 9 x 28 cm (11") guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 14 x 10.5 cm guns; 16 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 10 x 2 cm AA guns
 * Armor: 350 mm belt; 360 mm turret; 95 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 30 knot; Range 8380 nmi at 15 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: GERMAN BATTLESHIP Gneisenau and GERMAN BATTLESHIP Scharnhorst
 * Commissioned: 1938
 * Fate: Scharnhorst sunk in action, Gneisenau sunk as blockship in WWII


 * Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
 * Displacement: 45,000 tons
 * Armament: 9 x 380 mm guns, 12 x 155 mm guns, 12 x 90 mm AA guns, 20 x 37 mm AA guns, 30 x 20 mm AA guns
 * Aircraft: 3 x catapult-launched seaplanes
 * Armor: 350 mm belt
 * Speed: 30 knot
 * Range: 3920 nmi at 20 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Littorio, ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Vittorio Veneto, ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Impero, and ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Roma
 * Commissioned: 6 May 1940
 * Fate: Impero never completed, Roma sunk 1943, others surrendered to the Allies and were scrapped


 * Country: 🇫🇷
 * Displacement: 48,000 tons
 * Armament: 8 x 380 mm guns, 9 x 152 mm guns, 12 x 100 mm AA guns, 56 x 40 mm AA guns, 48 x 20 mm AA guns
 * Aircraft: 2 x catapults with 3 x floatplanes
 * Armor: 343 mm hull, 170 mm deck, 445 mm turret
 * Speed: 30 knot
 * Range: 8500 nmi
 * Ships in class: 4: FRENCH BATTLESHIP Richelieu, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Jean Bart, FRENCH BATTLESHIP Clemenceau, and FRENCH BATTLESHIP Gascogne
 * Commissioned: early 1940
 * Fate: Richelieu and Jean Bart decommissioned by 1967, Clemenceau destroyed while under construction 1944, Gascogne never started.


 * Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Displacement: 41,700 tons
 * Armament: 8 x 38 cm (15") guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 16 x 10.5 cm guns; 16 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 20 x 2 cm AA guns
 * Armor: 320 mm belt; 360 mm turret; 120 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 30 knot; Range 8100 nmi at 16 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: GERMAN BATTLESHIP Bismarck and GERMAN BATTLESHIP Tirpitz
 * Commissioned: 1940
 * Fate: Bismarck scuttled by her crew 1941, Tirpitz sunk 1944


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 38,000 tons
 * Armament: 10 × 14 inch (356 mm) guns; 16 x 5.25 in (133 mm) guns; 64 x 2-pdr (40 mm) "pom-pom"
 * Armor:
 * Performance: Speed 27.5 knot; Range 4750 nmi at 18 knot
 * Ships in class: 5: HMS Prince of Wales (53), HMS Howe (32), HMS Anson (79), HMS King George V (41), HMS Duke of York (17)
 * Commissioned: 1940
 * Fate: Prince of Wales Sunk Dec 1941. Others scrapped in 1957.


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 40,500 tons standard
 * Armament: 9 × 16 in (406 mm) guns; 16 x 5.25 inch guns; 48 x 2 pounder
 * Armor: 15 inch belt; 15 inch turret
 * Performance: Speed 30 knot;
 * Ships in class: 4: HMS Conqueror, HMS Temeraire, HMS Thunderer, and HMS Lion
 * Commissioned: laid down 1939, work stopped in 1940




 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * Displacement: 35,000 tons
 * Armament: 9 × 16 in (406 mm) guns, 20 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 16 x 28 mm AA guns
 * Armor:
 * Speed: 27 knot
 * Ships in class: 2: USS North Carolina (BB-55) and USS Washington (BB-56)
 * Commissioned: 9 April 1941
 * Fate: North Carolina is a museum ship in Wilmington, N.C., Washington scrapped




 * Country: 🇯🇵
 * Displacement: 65,000 tons
 * Armament: 9 x 460 mm (18.2 inch) guns, 12 x 155 mm guns, 12 x 127 mm guns, 24 x 25 mm AA guns, 4 x 13 mm AA guns
 * Aircraft: 2 x catapults with 7 x seaplanes
 * Armor: 410 mm belt, 200 mm deck, 650 mm turret
 * Speed: 27 knot
 * Range: 11,500 km at 16 knot
 * Ships in class: 3: JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Yamato, JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Musashi, and JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Shinano
 * Commissioned: 16 December 1941
 * Fate: Shinano converted to an aircraft carrier, Musashi sunk 1944, Yamato sunk 1945




 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * Displacement: 35,000 tons
 * Armament: 9 × 16 in (406 mm) guns, 16 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 68 x 40 mm AA guns, 76 x 20 mm AA guns
 * Armor:
 * Speed: 28 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: USS South Dakota (BB-57), USS Indiana (BB-58), USS Massachusetts (BB-59), and USS Alabama (BB-60)
 * Commissioned: 20 March 1942
 * Fate: South Dakota & Indiana scrapped, Massachusetts & Alabama transferred for use as museums/memorials.




 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * Displacement: 45,000 tons
 * Armament: 9 × 16 in (406 mm) guns, 20 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 80 x 40 mm AA guns, 49 x 20 mm AA guns (1983 modification added 32 x Tomahawk and 16 x Harpoon missiles and 4 x Phalanx CIWS)
 * Armor: 12.1 inch (307 mm) belt; 19.7 inch (500 mm) turret; 7.5 inch (191 mm) deck
 * Speed: 33 knot
 * Ships in class: 6: USS Iowa (BB-61), USS New Jersey (BB-62), USS Missouri (BB-63), USS Wisconsin (BB-64), USS Illinois (BB-65), and USS Kentucky (BB-66)
 * 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.

1939 H class

 * Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Displacement: 56,200 tons
 * Armament: 8 × 16 in (406 mm) guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 16 x 10.5 cm guns; 6 x 21 cm torpedo tubes
 * Aircraft: 6 x catapult-launched float-planes
 * Armor:
 * Speed: 29 knot
 * Ships in class: 6
 * Fate: Production cancelled 1941




 * Country: 🇺🇸
 * Displacement: 65,000 tons
 * Armament: 12 × 16 in (406 mm) guns, 20 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
 * Armor:
 * Speed: 28 knot
 * Ships in class: 5: USS Montana (BB-67), USS Ohio (BB-68), USS Maine (BB-69), USS New Hampshire (BB-70), and USS Louisiana (BB-71)
 * Commissioned: None commissioned
 * Fate: All cancelled by 23 July 1943 before being laid down

1944 H class

 * Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Displacement: 131,088 tons
 * Armament: 8 × 20 in (508 mm) guns, 12 × 5.91 in (150 mm) guns, 16 × 4.13 in (105 mm) guns, 28 × 1.46 in (37 mm) guns, 40 × 0.79 in (20 mm) guns, 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
 * Aircraft: 9 × catapult launcher seaplanes
 * Armor: 15 in (380 mm) belt, 2.4 in (60 mm)top deck, 5.5 in (140 mm) upper AD, 5.1 in (130 mm) lower AD, 1.8 in (45 mm) outer torpedo bulkheads, 1.2 in (30 mm) inner torpedo bulkheads
 * Speed: 55.7 km/h
 * Ships in class: 0
 * Fate: Never started


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 59,150 tons
 * Armament: 9 x 406 mm guns; 12 x 152 mm guns; 12 x 100 mm AA guns; 40 x 37 mm AA guns
 * Armor: 375–420 mm belt; 495 mm turret; 100–150 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 28 knot; Range 5580 nmi at 14 knot
 * Ships in class: 4: SOVIET BATTLESHIP Sovetsky Soyuz, SOVIET BATTLESHIP Sovetskaya Ukraina, SOVIET BATTLESHIP Sovetskaya Belorussiya, and SOVIET BATTLESHIP Sovetskaya Rossiya
 * Launched: None
 * Fate: Construction cancelled and all scrapped by 1949


 * Country:
 * Displacement: 46,000 tons standard
 * Armament: 8 × 15 in (381 mm) guns; 16 x 5.25 inch guns; 16 x 3 pounder, 60 x 40 mm AA
 * Armor: 14 inch belt; 13 inch turret
 * Performance: Speed 30 knot;
 * Ships in class: 1: HMS Vanguard (23)
 * Commissioned: 9 August 1946
 * Fate: Scrapped at Faslane in 1960