List of battleships by country
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This table lists all main naval vessels(ships of the line, battleships) throughout history, from approximately 1399 onward.
The lists will include all galleons, carracks, ships of the line, turret/barbette ships, pre-dreadnoughts, dreadnoughts, pocket battleships and coastal battleships. It's for reference, to link individual ship/class articles from.
It is divided into 4 eras:
1) 1399-1639 - First galleon-like ships with side-mounted cannons pointing through the sides of the ship
2) 1640-1858 - The advent of the "line-of-battle" tactic where ships would support each other with broadsides rather than meléeing
3) 1859-1905 - Iron and steam replace wood and sail power
4) 1906-1944 - The advent of Dreadnought-type ("all-big-gun") battleships
| Early ships of the line (1399-1639) | Sail ships of the line (1640-1858) | Steam battleships (1859-1905) | Dreadnoughts (1906-44) | |
| Austria | ||||
| Denmark | Denmark | |||
| France | France | France | ||
| Germany | ||||
| Greece | ||||
| Italian states | Italy | |||
| Japan | Japan | Japan | Japan | |
| Malta | ||||
| Netherlands | Netherlands | |||
| Portugal | ||||
| Russia | Russia and USSR | |||
| Spain | Spain | Spain | ||
| Sweden | Sweden | |||
| Turkey/African states | Turkey | |||
| England and Scotland | England and later United Kingdom | UK Ironclads and UK pre dreadnoughts | United Kingdom | |
| United States | ||||
| Other | ||||
