1906
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BRITAIN -
First all big-gunned
battleship
DREADNOUGHT
completed for the Royal Navy led to
a rapid building race between
Britain and Germany, in which other
major powers joined. |
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21,845t deep load
21 knots
11in max belt armour
10-12in main armament
695-773 crew |
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1908
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Britain
- 3 Invincible class battlecruisers:
INVINCIBLE (right),
INDOMITABLE, INFLEXIBLE |
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20,078t
deep load
25 knots
6in max belt armour
8-12in
784 crew |
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1909 |
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Britain
- 3 Bellerophon class:
BELLEROPHON (right), SUPERB,
TEMERAIRE |
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22,102t
deep load
21 knots
10in max belt armour
10-12in
733 crew |
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GERMANY - First German
dreadnoughts, 4 Westfalen class:
WESTFALEN (right), NASSAU,
POSEN, RHEINLAND |
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21,000t deep load
19 knots
12in max belt armour
12-11in
1008 crew (1124-1139 at Jutland) |
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large armoured
cruiser/battlecruiser BLUCHER
(right). |
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17,250t deep load
24 knots
7in max belt armour
12-8.2in
847 crew (1026 at Dogger Bank) |
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1910 |
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Austria
- 3 Radetzky class pre-Dreadnought
battleships, ERZHERZOG FRANZ
FERDINAND, with RADETZKY
(right) and ZRINYI completed
1911 |
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15,845t
deep load
20 knots
9in max belt armour
4-12in and 8-9.4in
876 crew |
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Britain
- 3 St Vincent class: ST
VINCENT, COLLINGWOOD (right),
VANGUARD
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23,030t
deep load
21 knots
10in max belt armour
10-12in
718 crew |
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Germany
- battlecruiser VON
DER TANN |
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21,700t
deep load
24 knots
10in max belt armour
8-11in
923 crew (1174 at Jutland) |
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JAPAN
- First Dreadnoughts, 2
Satsuma class: SATSUMA, AKI (right) |
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19,700t deep load
20 knots
9in max belt armour
4-12in and 12-10in (shortage of
12in guns)
887 crew |
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U.S.A. - First 4 Dreadnoughts
- 2 South Carolina class, SOUTH
CAROLINA, MICHIGAN (right -
Photo Ships) |
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17,617t full load
18 knots
10in max belt armour
8-12in
869 crew
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2 Delaware
class, DELAWARE (right - Photo
Ships), NORTH DAKOTA |
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22,060t
full load
21 knots
11 in max belt armour 10-12in
933 crew |
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1911
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Britain
- NEPTUNE (Photo Ships) |
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22,720t
deep load
21 knots
10in max belt armour
10-12in
759 crew |
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2
Colossus class: COLOSSUS (right),
HERCULES |
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23,050t
deep load
21 knots
11in max belt armour
10-12in
755 crew |
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First of 3 Indefatigable class battlecruisers:
INDEFATIGABLE (right), NEW
ZEALAND completed in 1912, AUSTRALIA
in 1913. |
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22,110t deep load
25 knots
6in max belt armour
8-12in
800 crew |
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France
- 6 Danton class pre-Dreadnought
battleships, CONDORCET (right -
Photo Ships), DANTON, DIDEROT,
MIRABEAU, VERGNIAUD, VOLTAIRE |
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19,763t
full load
19 knots
10in max belt armour
4-12in and 12-9.4in
681 crew, later 921 |
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Germany - 4 Helgoland class:
THURINGEN, HELGOLAND, OSTFRIESLAND (right),
OLDENBURG |
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25,200t deep load
20 knots
12in max armour
12-12in
1113 crew (1284-1390 at Jutland) |
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2
Moltke class battlecruisers:
MOLTKE (right), GOEBEN
(transferred to Turkey 1914). |
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25,300t
deep load
25 knots
10.7in max belt armour
10-11in
1053 crew (1355 at Jutland) |
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U.S.A.
- 2 Florida class Dreadnoughts,
FLORIDA (right - US Naval
Historical Center), UTAH |
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23,033t
full load
20 knots
11in max belt armour
10-12in
1001 crew |
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1912 |
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AUSTRIA - First Austro-Hungarian
Dreadnoughts, 4 Tegetthoff class:
VIRIBUS UNITIS (right, believed
firing a forward turret - Photo
Ships), TEGETTHOFF completed
in 1913, PRINZ EUGEN in 1914, SZENT
ISTVAN in 1915.
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21,595t deep load
20 knots
11in max belt armour
12-12in
1087 crew |
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Britain
- 4 Orion class: ORION (right
- Photo Ships), MONARCH,
THUNDERER, CONQUEROR |
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25,870t
deep load
21 knots
12in max belt armour
10-13.5in
752 crew |
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4
King George V class: KING GEORGE V (right
- Photo Ships), CENTURION,
AUDACIOUS, AJAX
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25,700t
deep load
21 knots
12in max belt armour
10-13.5in
782 crew |
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2
Lion class battlecruisers:
LION, PRINCESS ROYAL (right -
Photo Ships).
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29,680t
deep load
27 knots
9in max belt armour
8-13.5in
997 crew |
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Germany
- 5 Kaiser class: KAISER, FRIEDRICH
DER GROSSE, KAISERIN, PRINZ REGENT
LUITPOLD, KOENIG ALBERT (right). |
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27,400t
deep load
21 knots
14in max belt armour
10-12in
1084 crew (1249-1278 at Jutland) |
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Japan
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2 Settsu class: SETTSU (right
- Photo Ships), KAWACHI
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21,443t
normal
20 knots
12in max belt armour
12-12in
986 crew |
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U.S.A.
- 2 Wyoming class, WYOMING (right
- Photo Ships), ARKANSAS |
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27,234t
full load
20 knots
11 in max belt armour
12-12in
1063 crew |
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1913 |
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Britain
- battlecruiser
QUEEN MARY (Photo Ships) |
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31,650t
deep load
27 knots
9in max belt armour
8-13.5in
997 crew |
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FRANCE - First Dreadnoughts, 4
Courbet class completed in 1913 and
1914: JEAN BART (right - Photo
Ships), COURBET, PARIS, FRANCE |
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25,000t deep load
20 knots
10in max belt armour
12-12in
1085-1108 crew |
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Germany
- battlecruiser SEYDLITZ |
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28,100t
deep load
26 knots
12in max belt armour
10-11in
1068 crew (1425 at Jutland)
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ITALY - First
Dreadnought - DANTE ALIGHIERI
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21,600t deep load
22 knots
10in max belt armour
12-12in
981 crew |
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Japan - 4 Kongo class battlecruisers
completed through to 1915:
KONGO, HIEI, HARUNA (right),
KIRISHIMA |
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32,200t full load
27 knots
8in max belt armour
8-14in (max calibre)
1221 crew |
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1914
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Britain - 4 Iron Duke class:
IRON DUKE (right),
MARLBOROUGH, BENBOW, EMPEROR OF
INDIA |
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29,560t deep load
21 knots
12in max belt armour
10-13.5in
995-1022 (war) crew |
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ERIN
(ex-Turkish Reshadieh). |
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25,250t
deep load
21 knots
12in max belt armour
10-13.5in
1070 crew |
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AGINCOURT
(ex-Turkish
Sultan Osman I). |
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30,250t
deep load
22 knots
9in max belt armour
14-12in (max number of main
guns)
1115 crew |
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battlecruiser
TIGER |
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35,710t deep load
28 knots
9in max belt armour
8-13.5in
1121 crew |
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Germany
- 4 Konig class: GROSSER KURFURST (right),
KONIG, MARKGRAF, KRONPRINZ WILHELM |
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29,200t
deep load
21 knots
14in max belt armour 10-12in
1136 crew (1284-1315 at Jutland) |
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First
of 3 Derfflinger class battlecruisers:
DERFFLINGER (right)
completed in 1914, LUTZOW in 1915,
HINDENBURG in 1917. |
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30,700t
deep load
26 knots
12in max belt armour
8-12in
1112 crew (1391 at Jutland) |
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Italy
- 3 Cavour class: GIULIO CESARE (right
- Photo Ships), LEONARDO DA
VINCI completed, CONTE DI CAVOUR in
1915. |
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24,250t
deep load
22 knots
10in max belt armour 12-12in
1232 crew |
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RUSSIA (Baltic Fleet) - First
Dreadnoughts, 4 Gangut class: GANGUT
(right - Photo Ships),
PETROPAVLOSK, POLTAVA, SEVASTOPOL
(Black Sea Fleet, included
IMPERATRITSA MARIYA launched but not
completed until 1915) |
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25,850t full load
23 knots (battleship)
9in max belt armour
12-12in
1126 crew |
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TURKEY - Two Dreadnoughts
building in Britain, but seized on
outbreak of war |
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see
HMS Erin and Agincourt above
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U.S.A. - 2 New York class:
NEW YORK, TEXAS (right - US Naval
Historical Center) |
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28,367t full load
21 knots
12in max belt armour
10-14in (max calibre)
1042 crew |
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