List of battleships of the Royal Navy
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[edit] List of battleships of the Royal Navy (1882-1945)
[edit] Pre-Dreadnoughts (1882-1906)
- Colossus class battleship (1882) central citadel turret-ships the first RN ships rated as battleships
- HMS Colossus (1882) (1882) - Sold for BU 1908
- HMS Edinburgh (1882) (1882) (ex-Majestic) - Sold for BU 1910
- Admiral class battleship
- HMS Collingwood (1882) (1882) - Sold for BU 1909
- HMS Rodney (1884) (1884) - Sold for BU 1909
- HMS Howe (1885) (1885) - Sold for BU 1910
- HMS Camperdown (1885) (1885) - Sold for BU 1911
- HMS Anson (1886) (1886) - Sold for BU 1909
- HMS Benbow (1885) (1885) - Sold for BU 1909
- Victoria class battleship
- HMS Victoria (1887) (1887) (ex-Renown) - Sunk by accidental ramming 1893
- HMS Sans Pareil (1887) (1887) - Sold for BU 1907
- Trafalgar class battleship
- HMS Trafalgar (1887) (1887) - Sold for BU 1912
- HMS Nile (1888) (1888) - Sold for BU 1912
- Royal Sovereign class battleship
- HMS Royal Sovereign (1891) (1891) - Sold for BU 1913
- HMS Empress of India (1891) (1891) - Sunk as target 1913
- HMS Repulse (1892) (1892) - Sold for BU 1911
- HMS Ramillies (1892) (1892) - Sold for BU 1913
- HMS Resolution (1892) (1892) - Sold for BU 1914
- HMS Revenge (1892) (1892) - Renamed Redoubtable 1915, sold for BU 1919
- HMS Royal Oak (1892) (1892) - Sold for BU 1914
- HMS Hood (1891) (1891) (near-sister to Royal Sovereign class) - Scuttled 1914
- Centurion class battleship
- HMS Centurion (1892) (1892) - Sold for BU 1910
- HMS Barfleur (1892) (1892) - Sold for BU 1910
- HMS Renown (1895) (1895) - Sold for BU 1914
- Majestic class
- HMS Magnificent (1894) (1894) Sold for BU 1921
- HMS Majestic (1895) (1895) - Torpedoed 1915
- HMS Prince George (1895) (1895) - Renamed Victorious II 1918-1919; sold for BU; 1921; wrecked en route scrapyard 1921
- HMS Victorious (1895) (1895) - Renamed Indus II 1920; sold for BU 1922
- HMS Jupiter (1895) (1895) - Sold for BU 1920
- HMS Mars (1897) (1896) - Sold for BU 1921
- HMS Hannibal (1898) (1896) - Sold for BU 1920
- HMS Caesar (1896) (1896) - Sold for BU 1921
- HMS Illustrious (1896) (1896) - Sold for BU 1920
- Canopus class battleship
- HMS Canopus (1897) (1897) - Sold for BU 1920
- HMS Goliath (1898) (1898) - Torpedoed 1915
- HMS Albion (1898) (1898) - Sold for BU 1919
- HMS Ocean (1898) (1898) - Mined 1915
- HMS Glory (1899) (1899) - Renamed Crescent 1920; sold for BU 1922
- HMS Vengeance (1899) (1899) - Sold for BU 1921
- Formidable class battleship
- HMS Formidable (1898) (1898) - Torpedoed 1915
- HMS Irresistible (1898) (1898) - Mined 1915
- HMS Implacable (1899) (1899)- Sold for BU 1921
- London class battleship (modified Formidable class)
- HMS London (1899) (1899) - Sold for BU 1920
- HMS Bulwark (1899) (1899) - Destroyed by internal explosion 1914
- HMS Venerable (1899) (1899) - Sold for BU 1920
- HMS Queen (1902) (1902) - Sold for BU 1920
- HMS Prince of Wales (1902) (1902) - Sold for BU 1920
- Duncan class battleship
- HMS Russell (1901) (1901) - Mined 1916
- HMS Albemarle (1901) (1901) - Sold for BU 1919
- HMS Montagu (1901) (1901) - Wrecked 1906
- HMS Duncan (1901) (1901) - Sold for BU 1920
- HMS Cornwallis (1901) (1901) - Torpedoed 1917
- HMS Exmouth (1901) (1901) - Sold for BU 1920
- King Edward VII class battleship
- HMS Commonwealth (1903) (1903) - Sold for BU 1921
- HMS King Edward VII (1903) (1903) - Mined 1916
- HMS Dominion (1903) (1903) - Sold for BU 1921
- HMS Hindustan (1903) (1903) - Sold for BU 1921
- HMS New Zealand (1904) (1904) - Renamed Zealandia 1911, sold for BU 1921
- HMS Britannia (1904) (1904) - Torpedoed 1918
- HMS Africa (1905) (1905) - Sold for BU 1920
- HMS Hibernia (1905) (1905) - Sold for BU 1921
- Swiftsure class battleship
- HMS Swiftsure (1903) (1903) (ex-Chilean Constitucion, taken over 1903) - Sold for BU 1920
- HMS Triumph (1903) (1903) (ex-Chilean Libertad, taken over 1903) - Torpedoed 1915
- Lord Nelson class battleship
- HMS Agamemnon (1906) (1906) - Sold for BU 1927
- HMS Lord Nelson (1906) (1906) - Sold for BU 1920
[edit] Dreadnoughts (1906-1910)
- HMS Dreadnought (1906) (1906) -Sold for BU 1921
- Bellerophon class battleship
- HMS Bellerophon (1907) (1907) - Sold for BU 1921
- HMS Superb (1907) (1907) - Sold for BU 1923
- HMS Temeraire (1907) (1907) - Sold for BU 1921
- St. Vincent class battleship
- HMS St. Vincent (1908) (1908) - Sold for BU 1921
- HMS Collingwood (1908) (1908) - Sold for BU 1922
- HMS Vanguard (1909) (1909) - Sunk by internal explosion 1917
- Neptune class battleship
- HMS Neptune (1909) (1909) - Sold for BU 1922
- Colossus class battleship (1910)
- HMS Colossus (1910) (1910) - - Sold for BU 1928
- HMS Hercules (1910) (1910) - Sold for BU 1921
[edit] Super-Dreadnoughts (1910-1945)
- Orion class
- King George V class
- King George V (ex-Royal George) (1911) - Sold for BU 1926
- Centurion (1911) - Became target ship 1926; became decoy ship 1941; sunk as blockship 1944
- Audacious (1912) - Mined 1914
- Ajax (1912) - Sold for BU 1926
- Iron Duke class
- Iron Duke (1912) - Disarmed 1929; sold for BU 1946
- Marlborough (1912) - Sold for BU 1932
- Benbow (1913) - Sold for BU 1931
- Emperor of India (ex-Delhi) (1913) - Sunk as target 1931; raised and sold for BU 1932
- Agincourt (ex-Sultan Osman I) (1913) - Sold for BU 1922
- Erin (ex-Reshadieh) (1913) - Sold for BU 1922
- Canada (ex-Almirante Lattore) (1913) - Sold to Chile 1920 (became Almirante Lattore)
- Queen Elizabeth class
- Queen Elizabeth (1913) - Sold for BU 1948
- Warspite (1913) - Sold for BU 1946
- Barham (1914) - Torpedoed 1941
- Valiant (1914) - Sold for BU 1948
- Malaya (1915) - Sold for BU 1948
- Agincourt - Cancelled 1914
- Revenge class (originally Royal Sovereign class)
- Royal Oak (1914) - Torpedoed 1939
- Royal Sovereign (1915) - Loaned to Soviet Union (as Arkhangelsk) 1944-1949; returned and sold for BU 1949.
- Revenge (ex-Renown) (1915) - Sold for BU 1948
- Resolution (1915) - Sold for BU 1948
- Ramillies (1916) - Sold for BU 1948
- Renown - Suspended 1914; not completed
- Repulse - Suspended 1914; not completed
- Resistance - Cancelled 1914
- (planned N3 battleships - never built)
- Nelson class
- King George V class
- King George V (1939) - BU 1957
- Prince of Wales (1939) - Sunk 1941
- Duke of York (ex-Anson) (1940) - BU 1957
- Anson (ex-Jellicoe) (1940) - BU 1957
- Howe (ex-Beatty) (1940) - BU 1957
- Temeraire or Lion class
- Lion (not completed)
- Temeraire (not completed)
- Conqueror (planned)
- Thunderer (planned)
- HMS Vanguard (1944) (1944) - the last battleship completed for the Royal Navy; BU 1960
