battleship

A battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of large guns, designed to serve as a capital ship. From their advent in the late 1880s, battleships were among the largest and most formidable warship types ever built, until they were surpassed by aircraft carriers beginning in the 1940s. The modern battleship traces its origin to the sailing ship of the line, which was developed into the steam ship of the line and soon thereafter the ironclad warship. After a period of extensive experimentation in the 1870s and 1880s, ironclad design was largely standardized by the British Royal Sovereign class, which are usually referred to as the first "pre-dreadnought battleships". These ships carried an armament that usually included four large guns and several medium-caliber guns that were to be used against enemy battleships, and numerous small guns for self-defense.

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	class		HMS Conqueror	Lion-class fast battleship, battleship, abandoned entity	Wikidata
class	class		HMS Temeraire	abandoned entity, Lion-class fast battleship, battleship	Wikidata
class	class		HMS Thunderer	abandoned entity, Lion-class fast battleship, battleship	Wikidata
class	class		Riachuelo	abandoned entity, battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft		Alsace-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft		Design A-150 battleship	battleship, super battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft		Ersatz Kongō-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft		Ersatz Monarch-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft		Francesco Caracciolo-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft		Kii-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft		L 20 α-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft		Lyon-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft		République-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft		Ruggiero-class ironclad battleship	battleship, ironclad warship	Wikidata
class	watercraft		Standard-type battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1862	Bulwark-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1863	Pia-class ironclad	pirofrigate, battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1864	Re d'Italia-class ironclad	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1876	Caio Duilio-class ironclad	turret ship, battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1880	Italia-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1882	Vauban-class ironclad	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1886	Ekaterina II-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1887	Imperator Aleksandr II-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1887	Victoria-class ironclad battleship	ironclad warship, battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1895	Charlemagne-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1897	Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1900	Habsburg-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1901	Borodino-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1901	Regina Margherita-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1903	Erzherzog Karl-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1909	Radetzky-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1910	Florida-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1911	Kaiser-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1912	New York-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1912	Tegetthoff-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1913	Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1913	König-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1913	Queen Elizabeth-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1914	Nevada-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1917	New Mexico-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1919	Tennessee-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1920	Reina Victoria Eugenia-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1921	Colorado-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1925	Nelson-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1935	Dunkerque-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1936	Scharnhorst-class battleship	battleship, battlecruiser	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1937	Littorio-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1939	Bismarck-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1939	King George V-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1939	Richelieu-class battleship	battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Admiral Ushakov	Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Alfonso XIII	España-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		ARA Moreno	Rivadavia-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		ARA Rivadavia	Rivadavia-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Âsâr-ı Tevfik	battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Bretagne	Bretagne-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Clemenceau	Richelieu-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Courbet	Courbet-class battleship, dreadnought, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Deodoro	battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Duilio	Andrea Doria-class battleship, dreadnought, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Francesco Caracciolo	Francesco Caracciolo-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Fusō	Fusō-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Gangut	Gangut-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Gascogne	Richelieu-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Gaulois	Charlemagne-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Giulio Cesare	Conte di Cavour-class battleship, dreadnought, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Gneisenau	Scharnhorst-class battleship, battlecruiser, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Haruna	Kongō-class battlecruiser, battleship, battlecruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Hyūga	battleship, Ise-class battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Imperator Aleksandr II	Imperator Aleksandr II-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Imperator Aleksandr III	Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Imperator Aleksandr III	Borodino-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Imperator Nikolai I	Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Imperator Nikolai I	Imperator Aleksandr II-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya	Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Imperatritsa Mariya	Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Impero	Littorio-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Ise	Ise-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Jean Bart	Richelieu-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Kawachi	Kawachi-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Knyaz Suvorov	Borodino-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Leonardo da Vinci	Conte di Cavour-class battleship, dreadnought, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Littorio	Littorio-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Nagato	Nagato-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Oryol	Borodino-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Paris	dreadnought, Courbet-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Petropavlovsk	Gangut-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Potemkin	battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Provence	Bretagne-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Regina Elena	pre-dreadnought battleship, battleship, Regina Elena-class battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Richelieu	Richelieu-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Ammiraglio di Saint Bon	Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Andrea Doria	battleship, Ruggiero-class ironclad battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Benedetto Brin	Regina Margherita-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Caio Duilio	Caio Duilio-class ironclad, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Dante Alighieri	battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Emanuele Filiberto	battleship, Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Enrico Dandolo	Caio Duilio-class ironclad, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Francesco Morosini	Ruggiero di Lauria-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Italia	Italia-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Re Umberto	Re Umberto-class ironclad, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Regina Isabella	battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Regina Margherita	battleship, Regina Margherita-class battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Ruggiero di Lauria	Ruggiero-class ironclad battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Sardegna	battleship, Re Umberto-class ironclad	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Sicilia	Re Umberto-class ironclad, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Vittorio Veneto	Littorio-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Roma	Regina Elena-class battleship, pre-dreadnought battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Rostislav	battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Salamis	battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Settsu	Kawachi-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Sevastopol	Gangut-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Erzherzog Friedrich	Erzherzog Karl-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Prinz Eugen	Tegetthoff-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Szent István	Tegetthoff-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Tegetthoff	Tegetthoff-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Sovetskaya Rossiya	Sovetsky Soyuz-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Tirpitz	Bismarck-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Tosa	Tosa-class battleship, dreadnought, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS California	Tennessee-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Colorado	Colorado-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Florida	Florida-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Idaho	New Mexico-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Indiana	battleship, South Dakota-class battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Maryland	Colorado-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Michigan	South Carolina-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Mississippi	New Mexico-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Nevada	Nevada-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS New Mexico	New Mexico-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS New York	New York-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS North Carolina	North Carolina-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS North Dakota	Delaware-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Oklahoma	Nevada-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS South Carolina	South Carolina-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS South Dakota	South Dakota-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Tennessee	Tennessee-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Texas	New York-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Utah	Florida-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Washington	Colorado-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS West Virginia	Colorado-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Vauban	Vauban-class ironclad, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Vittorio Emanuele	pre-dreadnought battleship, battleship, Regina Elena-class battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Yamashiro	Fusō-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1852	HMS Agamemnon	Agamemnon-class steam ship of the line, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1864	HMS Royal Alfred	battleship, Bulwark-class battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1864	HMS Zealous	Bulwark-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1865	RN Affondatore	battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1868	HMS Repulse	battleship, Bulwark-class battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1876	NRP Vasco da Gama	ironclad warship, corvette, battleship, cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1883	RN Lepanto	Italia-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1885	HMS Hero	battleship, Conqueror-class monitor	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1891	HMS Sans Pareil	battleship, Victoria-class ironclad battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1892	Dvenadsat Apostolov	battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1899	Charlemagne	Charlemagne-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1901	HMS Albion	battleship, Canopus-class pre-dreadnought battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1904	Borodino	Borodino-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1908	Napoli	Regina Elena-class battleship, pre-dreadnought battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1910	HMS Collingwood	St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1913	España	España-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1914	HMS Benbow	Iron Duke-class dreadnought battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1914	HMS Emperor of India	Iron Duke-class dreadnought battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1916	Lorraine	Bretagne-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1921	Mutsu	Nagato-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1921	Jaime I	España-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1927	HMS Rodney	Nelson-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1936	Strasbourg	Dunkerque-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1940	HMS King George V	King George V-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1941	HMS Duke of York	King George V-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1942	HMS Anson	King George V-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1942	Roma	Littorio-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1942	HMS Howe	King George V-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	museum		USS Alabama	United States Navy, preserved watercraft, museum ship, battleship	Wikidata
site	museum		USS Iowa	preserved watercraft, museum ship, battleship, United States Navy	Wikidata
site	museum		USS Massachusetts	preserved watercraft, battleship, museum ship, United States Navy	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		Bismarck	Bismarck-class battleship, shipwreck, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		Musashi	super battleship, shipwreck, Yamato-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Friedrich der Grosse	Kaiser-class battleship, shipwreck, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Grosser Kurfürst	shipwreck, König-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Kaiser	Kaiser-class battleship, shipwreck, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Kaiserin	shipwreck, Kaiser-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS König	shipwreck, König-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS König Albert	shipwreck, Kaiser-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Kronprinz	shipwreck, König-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Markgraf	König-class battleship, shipwreck, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Prinzregent Luitpold	Kaiser-class battleship, shipwreck, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		Viribus Unitis	shipwreck, Tegetthoff-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		Yamato	super battleship, shipwreck, Yamato-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1890	HMS Victoria	shipwreck, battleship, Victoria-class ironclad battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1896	HMS Prince George	shipwreck, battleship, Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1909	HMS Vanguard	St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleship, shipwreck, dreadnought, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1916	HMS Royal Oak	shipwreck, Revenge-class super-dreadnought battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1927	HMS Nelson	shipwreck, Nelson-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1934	Ilmarinen	coastal defence ship, Väinämöinen-class coastal defence ship, shipwreck, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1941	HMS Prince of Wales	King George V-class battleship, battleship, shipwreck	Wikidata