Sea-going ironclads (1860–1882)
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- Warrior class broadside ironclads
- Warrior (1860) - Preserved Portsmouth
- Black Prince (1861) - Renamed Emerald 1903, renamed Impregnable III 1910, sold for BU 1923
- Defence class broadside ironclads
- Defence (1861) - Renamed Indus 1898; hulked 1922; sold for BU 1935
- Resistance (1861) - Sold 1898; foundered 1899; raised and BU
- Hector class broadside ironclads
- Hector (1862) - Sold for BU 1905
- Valiant (1863) - Renamed Indus 1898, Valiant (Old) 1916, and Valiant III 1919; became floating oil tank 1924; BU 1957
- Achilles (1863) broadside ironclad - Renamed Hibernia 1902, Egmont 1904, Egremont 1918, and Pembroke 1919; sold for BU 1925
- Minotaur class broadside ironclads
- Minotaur (1863) - Renamed Boscawen 1904, Ganges 1906, and Ganges II 1908; sold for BU 1922
- Agincourt (1865) - Renamed Boscawen III 1904 and Ganges II 1906; became coal hulk C109 1908; sold for BU 1960
- Northumberland (1866) - Renamed Acheron 1904; became coal hulk C 1909, renamed C68 1926; sold 1927; became hulk Stedmound
- Prince Consort class broadside ironclads (converted from Bulwark class 2-deckers)
- Royal Oak (1862) broadside ironclad (converted from Bulwark class 2-decker) - Laid up 1871; sold for BU 1885
- Royal Alfred (1864) central-battery ironclad (converted from Bulwark class 2-decker)- Sold for BU 1885
- Research (1863) central-battery ironclad - Sold for BU 1884
- Enterprise (1864) central-battery ironclad - Sold for BU 1886
- Favorite (1864) central-battery ironclad - Sold for BU 1886
- Zealous (1864) central-battery ironclad (converted from Bulwark class 2-decker) - Laid up 1875; sold for BU 1886
- Repulse (1868) central-battery ironclad (converted from Bulwark class 2-decker) - Sold for BU 1889
- Lord Clyde class broadside ironclads
- Pallas (1865) central-battery ironclad - Sold for BU 1886
- Bellerophon (1865) central-battery ironclad - Renamed Indus III 1904; sold for BU 1922
- Penelope (1867) central-battery ironclad - Hulked 1897; sold for BU 1912
- Hercules (1868) central-battery ironclad - Renamed Calcutta 1909 and Fisgard II 1915; sold for BU 1932
- Monarch (1868) masted turret-ship - Renamed Simoom 1904; sold for BU 1905
- Captain class masted turret-ship
- Audacious class central-battery ironclads
- Audacious (1869) - Renamed Fisgard 1904 and Imperieuse 1914; sold for BU 1922
- Invincible (1869) - Renamed Erebus 1904 and Fisgard II 1906; foundered under tow 1914
- Iron Duke (1870) - Hulked 1900; sold for BU 1906
- Vanguard (1870) - Sunk in collision 1875
- Swiftsure class central-battery ironclads
- Swiftsure (1870) - Hulked 1901; renamed Orontes 1904; sold for BU 1908
- Triumph (1870) - Renamed Tenedos 1904, Indus IV 1912, and Algiers 1912; sold for BU 1921
- Sultan (1870) central-battery ironclad - Named Fisgard IV 1906-1931; sold for BU 1946
- Devastation class mastless turret-ship
- Alexandra (1875) central-battery ironclad - Sold for BU 1908
- Temeraire (1876) central-battery ironclad with barbettes - Renamed Indus II 1904 and Akbar 1915; sold for BU 1921
- Superb class (intended for Ottoman Empire) central-battery ironclads
- Superb (launched as Hamidieh, renamed) (1875) - Sold for BU 1906
- (Ottoman Messudieh)
- Neptune (1874) (ex-Independencia) masted turret-ship - Sold for BU 1903
- Dreadnought (1875) mastless turret-ship - Sold for BU 1908
- Inflexible (1876) central citadel turret-ship - Sold for BU 1903
- Ajax class central citadel turret-ships
Coastal service ironclads
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- Royal Sovereign (1862) turret-ship (converted from Duke of Wellington class 3-decker) - Sold for BU 1885
- Prince Albert (1864) turret-ship - Sold for BU 1899
- Scorpion class masted turret-ships
- Scorpion (1863) - Sunk as target 1901; raised and sold for BU 1903; foundered en route scrapyard 1903
- Wivern (1863) - Sold for BU 1922
- Cyclops class turret-ships
- Cyclops (1871) - Sold for BU 1903
- Gorgon (1871) - Sold for BU 1903
- Hecate (1871) - Sold for BU 1903
- Hydra (1871) - Sold for BU 1903
- Cerberus class turret-ships
- Cerberus (1868) (Victoria) - Renamed Platypus II 1918; sunk as breakwater 1926
- Magdala (1870) (India) - Sold for BU 1904
- Abyssinia (1870) (India) turret-ship - Sold for BU 1903
- Glatton (1871) turret-ship - Sold for BU 1903
- Hotspur (1870) turret-ship - Sold for BU 1904
- Rupert (1872) turret-ship - Sold for BU 1907
- Belleisle class (intended for Ottoman Empire) central battery ships
- Belleisle (launched as Peki-Shereef, renamed) (1876) -Sold for BU 1904
- Orion (planned name: Boordhi-Zaffer) (1879) - Renamed Orontes 1909; sold for BU 1913
- Conqueror class turret-ships
- Conqueror (1881) - Sold for BU 1907
- Hero (1885) - Sunk as target 1908; raised and BU
List of battleships of the Royal Navy (1882-1945)
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Pre-Dreadnoughts (1882-1906)
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Dreadnoughts (1906-1910)
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Super-Dreadnoughts (1910-1945)
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- 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
- 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
- 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 - order suspended 1914; not completed, build restarted to a different design
- Repulse - order suspended 1914; not completed, build restarted to a different design
- Resistance - Cancelled 1914
- (planned N3 battleships - never built)
- Nelson class
- King George V class
- Temeraire or Lion class
- Lion (not completed)
- Temeraire (not completed)
- Conqueror (planned)
- Thunderer (planned)
- Vanguard (1944) - the last battleship completed for the Royal Navy; BU 1960