List of battleships of the Royal Navy

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Ships of the Royal Navy
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H - I - J - K - L - M - N
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aircraft carriers
amphibious assault shipping
battlecruisers
battleships
corvettes and sloops
cruisers
destroyers
escort carriers
fast patrol boats
frigates
minesweepers
monitors
submarines
submarine depot ships
survey vessels
fleet bases
shore establishments
hospitals and hospital ships
air stations
aircraft wings
fleets and major commands
squadrons and flotillas
This is a list of battleships of the Royal Navy of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.

Great ships/Carracks/Galleons

Trinity de la Tour (Trinity of the Tower) - Dismantled c. 1409, materials used for Trinity Royal
"Le Carake" (ex-Genovese Sancta Maria & Sancta Brigida, captured 1409)
Trinity Royal (c. 1412)
Holyghost de la Tour (ex-Spanish Santa Clara, captured c. 1413)
Jesus (c. 1416)
George (ex-Genovese ?, captured 1416) - To Venice 1424
Marie Hampton (ex-Genovese ?, captured 1416)
Marie Sandwich (ex-Genovese ?, captured 1416)
Andrew (ex-Genovese Galeas Negre, captured 1417)
Christopher (ex-Genovese Pynele, captured c. 1417) - Sold 1423
Peter (ex-Genovese ?, captured 1417)
Paul (ex-Genovese Vivande, captured 1417)
Agase (ex-Genovese ?, captured c. 1417) - Wrecked on mudflats c. 1418
Grace Dieu (c. 1417/18) - Lightning and fire, 1439
Grace Dieu (c. 1437) - BU c. 1487
Peter - Abandoned 1462
Mary de la Tour (Mary of the Tower) 48
George
Edward Howard (c. 1466, ex-Portuguese ?, captured 1479)
Sovereign 141 (c. 1488)
Regent 225 (c. 1489/90) - Burnt in battle, 1512
Margaret (1505; Scottish)
Gabriel Royal (captured 1509)
Peter Pomegranate (c. 1510)
Mary Rose 78 (1510) - Sank 1545, refloated 1982 and preserved at Portsmouth
Michael 27 (1511; Scottish) - Sold to France 1514
Great Bark 63 (c. 1512)
Katherine Forteleza (captured 1512)
Great Nicholas (captured 1512)
John Baptist (captured 1512)
Christ (captured 1512)
Henri Grâce à Dieu ("Great Harry") 186 (1512) - Accidentally burned 1553
Great Barbara (captured 1513)
Great Elizabeth (captured 1514)
Jesus of Lubeck (ex-Hanseatic League Jesus von Lubeck, purchased 1544) - Sunk by Spanish 1568
Grand Mistress (c. 1545)
Anne Gallant (c. 1545)
Mary Gonson
Minion
Elizabeth (c. 1559)
Triumph (c. 1561)
Victory (c. 1562)
Foresight 37 (c. 1570)
Dreadnought (c. 1573)
Swiftsure (c. 1573)
Revenge (c. 1577)
Swallow (c. 1580)
Elizabeth Bonaventure (c. 1581)
Ark Raleigh 44 - Renamed Ark Royal, renamed Anne Royal, sank 1636, refloated and BU
Bear 40 - Sold 1629
Bonaventure
Repulse 40 - BU c. 1645
Merhonour 44 - Sold 1650
Hope 38 - Renamed Assurance
Philip and Mary 38 - Renamed Nonpareil, renamed Nonsuch
Red Lion/Golden Lion 38 - Renamed Lion
Hart 56
Antelope 34
Rainbow 40 (c. 1586)
Tramontana (c. 1586)
Vanguard 40 (1586)
? (ex-Spanish San Felipe, captured 1587)
Mercury - Sold 1611
Madre de Dios (ex-Portuguese Madre de Dios, captured 1592)
Adventure (c. 1594) - BU c. 1645
Scourge of Malice (c. 1595)
Warspite 29 (c. 1596) - Converted to lighter 1635
St Andrew (captured 1596)
St Matthew (captured 1596)
Royal Prince 55 (1610)
Defiance 40 (c. 1612) - Sold 1650
Dreadnought 32 (c. 1612) - BU c. 1645
Destiny 34 (c. 1616) - Renamed Convertine
Constant Reformation 42 (c. 1619)
Happy Entrance (c. 1619)
Garland 34 (c. 1620) - Captured by the Netherlands 1652
Victory 42 (c. 1620)
Bonaventure 34 (c. 1621) - Captured by the Netherlands 1652
Swiftsure 42 (c. 1621) - Renamed Speedwell, sank 1624
St George 42 (c. 1622) - Renamed George
St Andrew 42 (c. 1622) - Renamed Andrew
Mary Rose 26 (c. 1623)- Wrecked 1650
Triumph 42 (c. 1623)
St Esprit 42
Vanguard 40
Vanguard 56 (1631)
Victory (1631)
Charles 44 (c. 1632)
James 48 (c. 1633)
Henrietta Maria 42 (1633)
Unicorn 46 (1633)
Leopard (c. 1634)
Swallow 34 (c. 1634)
Providence (c. 1637)
Sovereign of the Seas 102 (1637) - Burnt 1696

Sail battleships

Dragon (c. 1647)
Foresight 40 (1650)
Worcester 50 - Burnt 1653
Essex 48 (1653)
Hampshire 46 (1653)
Gloucester 50 (1654) - Rearmed to 54
Culloden 74
Alexander 74
Victory (c. 1665)
Falcon 42 (1666)
St Andrew 96 (c. 1670) - Renamed Royal Anne 1703, BU 1757
Grafton 70 (1670)
Royal Charles 100 (c. 1673) - Renamed Queen 1693, renamed Royal George, renamed Royal Anne 1756, BU 1767
Vanguard 90 (1678)
Greyhound 42 (ex-Algerine, captured 1679)
Essex 70 (1679) - BU 1736 ("rebuilt"; see below)
Expedition 70 (1679) - Renamed Prince Frederick 1715, sold 1784
Kent 70 (1679)
Albemarle (c. 1680) - Renamed Union 1709, BU 1749
Suffolk (c. 1680) - BU by 1765
Britannia (c. 1682) - BU 1715
Boyne 80 (1692) - BU by 1763
Gloucester 60 (1694)
Guernsey (c. 1696) - BU 1736 ("rebuilt"; see below)
Hampshire 50 (1698)
Assurance 70 (1697; ex-French L'Assure 60, captured 1702) - BU 1712
Hazardous 52 (ex-French Hasard, captured 1703)
Nottingham 60 (1703) - Scuttled as breakwater 1773
Elizabeth 70 (1706) - Rebuilt 1737, BU 1766
Grafton 70 (1709) - BU 1744
Cumberland 80 (1710)
Superb 64 (c. 1708; ex-French Le Superbe, captured 1710) - BU 1732
Gloucester/Gloster 50 (1711)
Buckingham (c. 1731) - BU 1745
Dragon 60 (c. 1736) - Scuttled as breakwater 1757
Eltham (c. 1736) - BU 1763
Gloucester 50 (1737) - Burnt to avoid capture 1742
Essex 64 (1740; officially a "rebuild" of previous Essex) - Sunk 1759
Guernsey (1740; officially a "rebuild" of previous Guernsey) - Sold 1786
Hampshire 50 (1741)
Gloucester 50 (1744)
Kent 70 (1746)
Isis 50 (ex-French Diamant 56, captured 1747)
Glory 74 (ex-Spanish Glorioso, captured 1747)
Jason 50 (ex-French Jason, captured 1747)
Vanguard 70 (1748)
Formidable 80 (ex-French, captured 1759)
Hercules 74 (1759)
Essex 64 (1760) - Sold 1779
Kent 74 (1762)
Britannia 100 (1762)
Defence 74 (1763)
Ajax 74 (1765)
Europa/Europe 64 (1765)
Hibernia 74 (1765)
Invincible 74 (1765)
Victory (1765)
Grafton 74 (1772)
Formidable 98 (1777)
Lion 64 (1777)
Jupiter 50 (1778) - Wrecked 1808
Hannibal 50 (1779)
Gibraltar 80 (1749, ex-Spanish Fenix, captured 1780) - BU 1836
Inflexible 64 (1780)
Leander 53 (1780) - Captured by France 1798, captured by Russia/Turkey 1799
Goliath/Goliah 74 (1781)
Ganges 74 (1782) - Ex-East Indiaman
Glory 74 (ex-French Glorieux, captured 1782)
Irresistable 74 (1782)
Argonaut 64 (ex-French Jason, captured 1782)
Europa 50 (1783)
Indefatigable 64 (1784)
Audacious 74 (1785)
Majestic 74 (1785)
Bellerophon 74 (1786)
Hannibal 74 (1786)
Impregnable 98 (1786)
Theseus 74 (1786)
Excellent 74 (1787)
Vanguard 74 (1787)
Orion 74 (1787)
Glory 98 (1788)
Formidable 74 (ex-French, captured 1795)
Camperdown 70 (ex-Dutch Jupiter, captured 1797)
Achille 74 (1798)
Foudroyant 80 (1798) - Wrecked 1897
Kent 74 (1798)
Minotaur 74
Swiftsure 74 - Captured by France 1801, same name, recaptured at Battle of Trafalgar 1805, renamed Irresistable, BU 1816
Goliath 74
Queen Charlotte 100 - Burned 1800
Tigre 80
Northumberland 74
Foudroyant 80
Haarlem 64
Hector 64
Dragon 74
Renown 74
Dreadnought 98 (1801)
? 74 (ex-French Duquesne, captured 1803)
Hercules 74 (ex-French Hercule)
Hibernia 120 (1804)
Fame 74 (1805)
Formidable 80 (ex-French, captured 1805)
Implacable 74 (ex-French Duguay-Trouin, captured 1805) - Scuttled 1949
Maida 74 (ex-French Jupiter, captured 1806)
Invincible 74 (1808)
Ajax 74 (1809) - Laid down as 74-gunner. BU 1864
Boyne 98 (1810) - Renamed Excellent 1834, BU 1861
Hannibal 74 (1810)
Impregnable 98 (1810)
Minden 74 (1810)
Queen Charlotte 100 (1810) - Renamed Excellent 1860, BU 1892
Edinburgh 74 (1811) - Laid down as 74-gunner. Sold 1866
Hogue 74 (1811) - Rearmed to 60. BU 1865
Gloucester 74 (1812)
Indus 74 (1812) - Renamed Bellona 1830
Pembroke 60 (1812) - Laid down as 74-gunner. Renamed Forte. Sold 1905
Blenheim 74 (1813) - Laid down as 74-gunner. BU 1865
Cornwallis 74 (1813) - Laid down as 74-gunner. BU 1957
Jupiter 50 (1813)
Nelson 90 (1814) - Laid down as 120-gunner. Sold to Victoria 1867, cut down to 2-decker, then to frigate, BU 1928
Hercules 80 (1815)
Wellesley 74 (1815) - Renamed Cornwall
Minotaur 74 (1816) - Renamed Hermes
Melville 74 (1817)
Malabar 74 (1818)
Hastings 74 (1819) - Converted to East Indiaman, converted to 60-gunner. Sold 1886
Isis 50 (1819)
Hawke 74 (1820) - Laid down as 74-gunner. BU 1865
Ganges 84 (1821) - Sold 1929
Russell 60 (1822) - Laid down as 74-gunner. BU 1865
Asia 84 (1824) - Flagship at the Battle of Navarino, 1827, sold 1908
Formidable 84 (1825)
Liverpool 74 (1826)
Clarence 84 (1827) - Renamed Goliath
Neptune 102 (1827) - Renamed Royal George, sold 1875
Bombay 84 (1828) - Burnt 1864
Calcutta 84 (1831) - Sold 1908
Thunderer 84 (1831) - Sold 1901
Monarch 84 (1832) - BU 1862-66
Neptune 72 (1832) - Laid down as 120-gunner. Sold 1875
Rodney 70 (1833) - Laid down as 92-gunner. BU 1882
Royal William 72 (1833) - Laid down as 120-gunner. Burnt 1899
Waterloo 120 (1833) - Burnt 1918
Vanguard 78 (1835) - BU 1875
Indus 78 (1839)
Nile 92 (1839) - Burnt 1956
Royal Frederick 86 (1839) - Laid down as 110-gunner. Renamed Queen, BU 1871
London 72 (1840) - Laid down as 92-gunner. Sold 1884
St George 91 (1840) - Sold 1883
Hindustan 80 (1841) - Renamed Fisgard 1905
Trafalgar 91 (1841) - Laid down as 106-gunner. Sold 1906
Cumberland 70 (1842) - Burnt and BU 1889
Goliath 80 (1842) - Burnt 1875
Boscawen 70 (1844) - Was to be named Indefatigable. Burnt and BU 1914
Centurion 80 (1844) - Sold 1870
Lion 80 (1847) - Sold 1905
Aboukir 90 (1848) - Sold 1878
Colossus 80 (1848) - Sold 1867
Mars 80 (1848) - Sold 1929
Meeanee 60 (1848) - Laid down as Madras 80. BU 1906
Sans Pareil 81 (1851) - Sold 1867
Agamemnon 91 (1852) - Sold 1870
Duke of Wellington class
*Duke of Wellington 131 (1852) (ex-Windsor Castle) - Sold 1904
*Marlborough 131 (1855) - Sank 1924
*Royal Sovereign 121 (1857) - Sold 1885
*Prince of Wales 121 (1860) - BU 1916
Caesar 90 (1853) - Sold 1870
Cressy 80 (1853) - Sold 1867
James Watt 80 (1853) - Sold 1875
Majestic 80 (1853) - BU 1868
Princess Royal 91 (1853) - Sold 1872
St Jean d'Acre 101 (1853) - Sold 1875
Algiers 90 (1854) - Sold 1870
Exmouth 90 (1854) - Sold 1905
Hannibal 91 (1854) - Sold 1904
Orion 91 (1854) - BU 1867
Royal Albert 121 (1854) - Sold 1883
Brunswick 80 (1855) - Sold 1867
Conqueror 101 (1855) - Wrecked 1861
Repulse 91 (1855) - Renamed Victor Emanuel. Sold 1899
Renown 91 (1857) - Sold 1870
Donegal 101 (1858) - Sold 1925
Edgar 91 (1858/59) - Ex-80. Renamed ''Hood' 1848/60. Sold 1888/1904 (this record needs to be checked!)
Hero 91 (1858) - Sold 1871
Windsor Castle 100 (1858) - Sold 1908
Duncan 101 (1859) - Sold 1910
Irresistable 60/80 (1859) - Sold 1894
Revenge 91 (1859) - BU 1923
Victoria 121 (1859) - Sold 1892
Anson 91 (1860) - BU 1904
Atlas 91 (1860) - BU 1904
Royal Frederick 110 (1860) - Renamed Frederick William, BU 1953
Howe 110 (1860) - Renamed Impregnable. Sold 1921
Gibraltar 101 (1860) - Renamed Grampian 1888, sold 1899
Defiance 81 (c. 1861) - Sold 1931
Bulwark 91 (-) - BU 1873

Ironclad battleships

Warrior class
* Warrior (1860) - Preserved Portsmouth
* Black Prince (1861) - Renamed Emerald 1903, renamed Impregnable III 1910, sold for BU 1923
Defence class
* Defence (1861)
* Resistance (1861)
Hector class
* Hector (1862)
* Valiant (1863)
Achilles (1863)
Minotaur class
* Minotaur (1863)
* Agincourt (1865)
* Northumberland (1866)
Prince Consort class
* Prince Consort (1862) (ex-Triumph'')
* Caledonia (1862)
* Ocean (1862)
Royal Oak (1862)
Royal Alfred (1864)
Research (1863)
Enterprise (1864)
Favorite (1864)
Zealous (1864)
Repulse (1868)
Lord Clyde class
* Lord Clyde (1864)
* Lord Warden (1865)
Pallas (1865)
Bellerophon (1865)
Penelope (1867)
Audacious class
* Audacious (1869)
* Invincible (1869)
* Iron Duke (1870)
* Vanguard (1870)
Sultan (1870)
Swiftsure class
* Swiftsure (1870) - Sold for BU 1908
* Triumph (1870) - Sold for BU 1921
Hercules (1868) - Sold for BU 1932
Alexandra (1875) - Sold for BU 1908
Temeraire (1876)
Belleisle class (intended for Turkey)
* Belleisle (launched as Peki-Shereef, renamed) (1876)
* Orion (planned name: Boordhi-Zaffer) (1879)
Superb class (intended for Turkey)
* Superb (launched as Hamidieh, renamed) (1875)
* (Turkish Messudieh)

Turret ships, barbette ships and pre-Dreadnoughts

Royal Sovereign (1857)
Prince Albert (1864)
Scorpion class
* Scorpion (1863)
* Wivern (1863)
Monarch (1868)
Captain (1869) - Sank 1870
Cerberus class
* Cerberus (1868) (Victoria)
* Magdala (1870) (India)
Abyssinia (1870)
Glatton (1871)
Hotspur (1870)
Devastation class
* Devastation (1871) - Sold for BU 1908
* Thunderer (1872) - Sold for BU 1909
Rupert (1872) - Sold for BU 1907
Dreadnought (1875) - Sold for BU 1908
Neptune (1874) (ex-Independencia) - Sold for BU 1903
Inflexible (1876) - Sold for BU 1903
Ajax class
* Agamemnon (1879) - BU 1903
* Ajax (1880) - Sold for BU 1904
Colossus class
* Colossus (1882) - Sold for BU 1908
* Edinburgh (1882) (ex-Majestic) - Sold for BU 1910
Conqueror class
* Conqueror (1881) - Sold for BU 1907
* Hero (1885) - BU
Admiral class
* Collingwood (1882) - Sold for BU 1909
* Rodney (1884) - Sold for BU 1909
* Howe (1885) - Sold for BU 1910
* Camperdown (1885) - Sold for BU 1911
* Anson (1886) - Sold for BU 1909
* Benbow (1885) - Sold for BU 1909
Victoria class
* Victoria (1887) (ex-Renown) - Rammed 1893
* Sans Pareil (1887)
Trafalgar class
* Trafalgar (1887)
* Nile (1888)
Royal Sovereign class
* Royal Sovereign (1891) - Sold for BU 1913
* Empress of India (1891) - Scuttled 1913
* Repulse (1892) - Sold for BU 1911
* Ramillies (1892) - Sold for BU 1913
* Resolution (1892) - Sold for BU 1914
* Revenge (1892) - Renamed Redoubtable 1915, sold for BU 1919
* Royal Oak (1892) - Sold for BU 1914
Hood (1891) (near-sister to Royal Sovereign class) - Scuttled 1914
Centurion class
* Centurion (1892)
* Barfleur (1892)
Renown (1895) - Sold for BU 1914
Majestic class
* Magnificent (1894) - Sold for BU 1921
* Majestic (1895) - Torpedoed 1915
* Prince George (1895) - Sank 1921
* Victorious (1895) - Sold for BU 1922
* Jupiter (1895) - Sold for BU 1920
* Mars (1896) - Sold for BU 1921
* Hannibal (1896) - Sold for BU 1920
* Caesar (1896) - Sold for BU 1921
* Illustrious (1896) - Sold for BU 1920
Canopus class
* Canopus (1897)
* Goliath (1898) - Torpedoed 1915
* Albion (1898)
* Ocean (1898) - Mined 1915
* Glory (1899)
* Vengeance (1899)
Formidable class
* Formidable (1898) - Torpedoed 1915
* Irresistible (1898)
* Implacable (1899)
London class (modified Formidable class)
* London (1899)
* Bulwark (1899)
* Venerable (1899)
* Queen (1902)
* Prince of Wales (1902) - Sold for BU 1920
Duncan class
* Russell (1901) - Mined 1916
* Albemarle (1901)
* Montagu (1901) - Aground and abandoned, 1906/07
* Duncan (1901)
* Cornwallis (1901) - Torpedoed 1917
* Exmouth (1901)
King Edward VII class
* Commonwealth (1903) - Sold for BU 1921
* King Edward VII (1903) - Mined 1916
* Dominion (1903) - Sold for BU 1921
* Hindustan (1903) - Sold for BU 1921
* New Zealand (1904) - Renamed Zealandia 1911, sold for BU 1921
* Britannia (1904) - Torpedoed 1918
* Africa (1905) - Sold for BU 1920
* Hibernia (1905) - Sold for BU 1921
Swiftsure class
* Swiftsure (1903) (ex-Chilean Constitucion, taken over 1903) - Sold for BU 1920
* Triumph (1903) (ex-Chilean Libertad, taken over 1903) - Torpedoed 1915
Lord Nelson class
* Agamemnon (1906) - Sold for BU 1927
* Lord Nelson (1906) - Sold for BU 1920

Dreadnoughts

Dreadnought (1906) - This is considered the defining modern battleship
Bellerophon class
* Bellerophon (1907)
* Superb (1907)
* Téméraire (1907)
St Vincent class
* St Vincent (1908)
* Collingwood (1908)
* Vanguard (1909)
Neptune class
* Neptune (1909)
Colossus class
* Colossus (1910)
* Hercules (1910)
Orion class
* Orion (1910)
* Monarch (1911)
* Conqueror (1911)
* Thunderer (1911)
King George V class
* King George V (1911)
* Centurion (1911)
* Audacious (1912)
* Ajax (1912)
Iron Duke class
* Iron Duke (1912)
* Marlborough (1912)
* Benbow (1913)
* Emperor of India (1913)
Agincourt (1913)
Erin (1913)
Canada (1913)
Queen Elizabeth class
* Queen Elizabeth (1913)
* Warspite (1913)
* Barham (1914)
* Valiant (1914)
* Malaya (1915)
Revenge class (originally Royal Sovereign class)
* Royal Oak (1914)
* Royal Sovereign (1915)
* Revenge (1915)
* Resolution (1915)
* Ramillies (1916)
(planned N3 battleships - never built)
Nelson class
* Nelson (1925)
* Rodney (1925)
King George V class
* King George V (1939)
* Prince of Wales (1939)
* Duke of York (1940)
* Anson (1940)
* Howe (1940)
Temeraire or Lion class
* Lion (not completed)
* Temeraire (not completed)
* Conqueror (planned)
* Thunderer (planned)
Vanguard (1944)

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