List of battleships of minor navies

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This is a list of battleships of minor battleship navies:

Contents

[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
  • HMAS Australia (1913) - Scuttled in 1924

[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

[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

[edit] Peru

  • Independencia (1865) - Wrecked 1879
  • Huáscar (1865) - Captured by Chile 1879, preserved at Talcahuano