List of battleships by country
This table lists all battleships and their predecessors from approximately 1399 onward, and includes all ships of the line, turret/barbette ships, pre-dreadnoughts, dreadnoughts, and coastal defence ships.
It is divided into 3 eras:
- 1640-1858 - The advent of the "line-of-battle" tactic where ships would support each other with broadsides rather than meléeing
- 1859-1905 - Iron replaces wood, steam replaces sail power, rotatable turrets replace fixed cannons, and explosive shells replace cannonballs.
- 1906-1944 - The advent of Dreadnought-type ("all-big-gun") battleships
| Sail ships of the line (1640-1858) | Steam battleships (1859-1905) | Dreadnoughts (1906-1944) | |
| Austria-Hungary | Austria-Hungary | ||
| Denmark | |||
| Egypt | |||
| France | France | ||
| Germany Ironclads • Pre-dreadnoughts and Dreadnoughts | |||
| Greece | Greece | ||
| Italian states | Italy | ||
| Sengoku and Edo Japan | Empire of Japan | ||
| Malta | |||
| Netherlands | Netherlands | ||
| Portugal | |||
| Russia | Russia and USSR | ||
| Spain | Spain | ||
| Sweden | Sweden Coastal Battleships |
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| Ottoman Empire | Ottoman Empire/Turkey | ||
| England and United Kingdom | United Kingdom Ironclads • Pre-Dreadnoughts |
United Kingdom | |
| United States | United States Pre-Dreadnoughts and Dreadnoughts | ||
| Other countries | |||