List of battleships of minor navies
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This is a list of battleships of minor battleship navies:
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[edit] Argentina
- La Plata class
- La Plata (1874)
- Los Andes (1874)
- Independencia class
- Independencia (1891)
- Nueve de Julio (1890) - Renamed Libertad 1892
- Rividavia class
- Rivadavia (1911) - BU 1950s
- Moreno (1911) - BU 1950s
[edit] Australia (Victoria)
- Nelson (1814, ex-British Nelson, transferred 1867 to Victoria) - Cut down to frigate, BU 1928
- Cerberus (1868) - Scuttled as breakwater 1926
[edit] Brazil
Coast defence ships
- Barrozo (c. 1864)
- Brasil (c. 1864) - BU c. 1905
- Tamandare (c. 1865)
- Lima Barros (1865) - Intended as Paraguayan Bellona, renamed 1865. BU c. 1905
- Rio de Janeiro (c. 1865) - Mined 1866
- Bahia (1865) - Intended as Paraguayan Minerva, renamed 1865
- Silvado (c. 1866) - Intended as Paraguayan Nemesis, renamed 1865. Discarded c. 1885
- Mariz e Barros class
- Mariz e Barros (c. 1866) - Discarded c. 1890
- Herval (c. 1866) - Discarded c. 1885
- Cabral class
- Cabral (c. 1866) - Discarded c. 1885
- Colombo (c. 1866) - Discarded c. 1885
- Sete de Setembro (c. 1874) - Discarded c. 1895
- Javary class
- Javary (c. 1873) - Sank 1893
- Solimoes (c. 1873)
- Independencia - Confiscated by Britain before delivery, renamed Neptune
- Riachuelo (1883) - BU 1910
- Aquidaban (1885) - Renamed Vinte Quatro de Mayo 1894, renamed Aquidaban 1900, sunk 1906
- Marshal Deodoro class
- Marshal Deodoro (1898) - To Mexico 1924, renamed Anahuac
- Marshal Floriano (1899) - Discarded 1936
Dreadnoughts
- Minas Gerais class
- Minas Gerais (1910) - BU 1954
- São Paulo (1910) - Sank in storm 1951
[edit] Chile
- Almirante Cochrane class
- Almirante Cochrane (1874) - BU c. 1935
- Valparaiso (1875), renamed as Blanco Encalada in 1877 - Torpedoed 1891
- Huáscar (1865, ex-Peruvian Huáscar, captured 1879) - Preserved at Talcahuano
- Capitan Prat (1890)
- Constitucion class (not handed over)
- Constitucion (1903) - Confiscated by Britain 1903, renamed Swiftsure, sold for BU 1920
- Libertad (1903) - Confiscated by Britain 1903, renamed Triumph, torpedoed 1915
- Almirante Latorre (1913) - Purchased by Britain 1914 and renamed Canada, repurchased 1920, BU 1959
[edit] China
- Dingyuan class
- Dingyuan (1881) - Sunk 1895
- Zhenyuan (1882) - Captured by Japan 1895, BU 1910
[edit] Colombia
- ? (1785, ex-Swedish Tapperheten 60, transferred 1825) - To Portugal by 1848
[edit] Finland
- Ilmarinen class
- Ilmarinen (1931) - Mined 1941
- Väinämöinen - Taken by Russia after WWII, renamed Vyborg
[edit] India (British colony)
- Magdala (1870)
[edit] Mexico
- Asia 64 (1789, ex-Spanish Asia, mutinied and handed over 1825) - BU 1830
- Anahuac (1898, ex-Brazilian Marshal Deodoro, obtained 1924)
[edit] Norway
These are Norwegian battleships after Norway got its own navy in 1814. Earlier battleships are listed under Denmark
- Tordenskjold class
- Tordenskjold (1897) - Captured by Germany 1940 and renamed Nymphe, reverted 1945, BU 1948
- Harald Haarfagre (1897) - Captured by Germany 1940 and renamed Thetis, reverted 1945, BU 1948
- Eidsvold class
- Bjørgvin class
- Bjørgvin (1912) - Confiscated by the British Navy and renamed HMS Glatton, blew up
- Nidaros (1912) - Confiscated by the British Navy and renamed HMS Gorgon
[edit] Peru
- Independencia (1865) - Wrecked 1879
- Huáscar (1865) - Captured by Chile 1879, preserved at Talcahuano