Costs of warships 1900-1918
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This list reflects the results of the first organised effort to determine the costs of warships of all nations involved in World War I
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Armoured Cruisers
Light Cruisers
Dreadnoughts
Armoured Cruisers
Cruisers
Light Cruisers
Dreadnoughts
Battlecruisers 36,523,000 Marks 42,603,000 Marks 41,564,000 Marks 44,685,000 Marks 56,000,000 Marks 58,000,000 Marks 59,000,000 Marks
Armoured Cruisers
Light Cruisers
Dreadnoughts
Battlecruisers
Armoured cruisers
Light Cruisers
Monitors
Destroyers
Minesweepers
Submarines
Armoured Cruisers
Destroyers
Armoured Cruisers
Light cruisers
Gunboats
Battlecruisers
Coast Defence
Armoured Cruisers
Light cruisers
Cruisers
Pre-dreadnoughts
Coast Defence
Cruisers
Gunboats
Armoured Cruisers
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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Exchange rates in 1914
- Australian poundAustralian poundThe pound was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 13 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.- Earlier Australian currencies :...
$4.85 - Austro-Hungarian kroneAustro-Hungarian kroneThe Krone or korona was the official currency of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1892 until the dissolution of the empire in 1918...
("crown") $0.197 - Belgian francBelgian francThe franc was the currency of Belgium until 2002 when the euro was introduced into circulation. It was subdivided into centimes , 100 centiem or Centime .-History:...
$0.193 - British pound $4.85
- Bulgarian levBulgarian levThe lev is the currency of Bulgaria. It is divided in 100 stotinki . In archaic Bulgarian the word "lev" meant "lion".It is speculated that Bulgaria, as a member of the European Union will adopt the Euro in 2015 .- First lev, 1881–1952 :...
("lion") $0.193 - Canadian dollarCanadian dollarThe Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. As of 2007, the Canadian dollar is the 7th most traded currency in the world. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or C$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...
$1.00 - Chinese yuanChinese yuanThe yuan is the base unit of a number of modern Chinese currencies. The yuan is the primary unit of account of the Renminbi.A yuán is also known colloquially as a kuài . One yuán is divided into 10 jiǎo or colloquially máo...
$1.00 - Cuban pesoCuban pesoThe peso is one of two official currencies in use in Cuba, the other being the convertible peso...
$1.00 - Danish kroneDanish kroneThe krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...
("crown") $0.268 - Dutch gulden $0.40
- Egyptian LiraEgyptian poundThe Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....
$5.054 - Finnish markka (Russian) $0.193
- French FrancFrench francThe franc was a currency of France. Along with the Spanish peseta, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra . Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money...
$0.192 (1914) - German markGerman markThe Deutsche Mark |mark]], abbreviated "DM") was the official currency of West Germany and Germany until the adoption of the euro in 2002. It is commonly called the "Deutschmark" in English but not in German. Germans often say "Mark" or "D-Mark"...
$0.236 - Greek DrachmaGreek drachmaDrachma, pl. drachmas or drachmae was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history:...
$0.192 (1914). - Indian rupeeIndian rupeeThe Indian rupee is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India....
(British) $0.444 - Italian liraItalian liraThe lira was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a “national subunit” of the euro...
$0.193 - Japanese yenJapanese yenThe is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...
(silver) $1.00, (gold) $0.50 - Mexican pesoMexican pesoThe peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...
(silver) $1.00 - Montenegrin perperMontenegrin PerperThe perper was the currency of Montenegro between 1906 and 1918. The name was adopted in accordance to the earlier Serbian perper, the currency of the Serbian Empire, which the Princedom, later Kingdom of Montenegro, consider itself a successor...
$0.193 - Norwegian kroneNorwegian kroneThe krone is the currency of Norway and its dependent territories. The plural form is kroner . It is subdivided into 100 øre. The ISO 4217 code is NOK, although the common local abbreviation is kr. The name translates into English as "crown"...
("crown") $0.268 - Peruvian solPeruvian solThe sol, was the currency of Peru between 1863 and 1985. It had the ISO 4217 currency code PEH. It was subdivided into 10 dineros or 100 centavos.-History:...
(silver) $1.00 - Romanian leuRomanian leuThe leu is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani . The name of the currency means "lion". On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu to a new leu . 1 RON is equal to 10,000 ROL...
$0.193 - Russian rubleRussian rubleThe ruble or rouble is the currency of the Russian Federation and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union prior to their breakups. Belarus and Transnistria also use currencies with...
$0.507 - Serbian dinarSerbian dinarThe dinar is the currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was used in Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The earliest use of the dinar date to 1214. Today's Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar...
$0.193 - Spanish pesetaSpanish pesetaThe peseta was the currency of Spain between 1869 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra .- Etymology :...
$0.193 - Swedish kronaSwedish kronaThe krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...
("crown") $0.268 - Swiss francSwiss francThe franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...
$0.193
Austria-Hungary
Pre-dreadnoughts- SMS Erzherzog KarlSMS Erzherzog KarlSMS Erzherzog Karl was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Austro-Hungarian navy in 1902. The lead ship of the , she was launched on 3 October 1903. They were assigned to the III Battleship Division....
£912,500
Armoured Cruisers
- SMS Kaiser Karl VI £429,000
- SMS Sankt GeorgSMS Sankt GeorgSMS Sankt Georg was an armored cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy.The Sankt Georg was selected as main motif of a very recent Austrian coin: the S.M.S. Sankt Georg commemorative coin, minted in 14 September 2005. The obverse shows the armored cruiser sailing into New York Harbor on 17 May 1907;...
£581,585
Light Cruisers
- SMS ZentaSMS ZentaSMS Zenta was a small light cruiser built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy, lead ship of her class, named after the town of Senta. and were her sister ships...
£143,780
France
Pre-dreadnoughts- BouvetFrench battleship BouvetThe Bouvet was a French pre-dreadnought battleship, launched in 1896 and sunk by a mine in 1915 during World War I.Bouvet, named for the maritime family of Bouvet de Lozier, the most famous being French Admiral François Joseph Bouvet, belonged to the Jauréguiberry quasi-class which comprised...
£1,100,770 - BrennusFrench battleship Brennus (1891)The Brennus was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy.She was built after the Jeune École trend of thought fell out of favour. She pioneered the armoured masts fitted with electrical elevators to the tops which became a trademark of French battleships.-Construction:The decision to fit Brennus...
£991,767 - CarnotFrench battleship Carnot (1894)The Carnot was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy. She was laid down in 1891, launched in 1894 and completed in 1897. She was refitted once in the early 1900s.-Design:...
£1,070,088 - CharlemagneCharlemagne class battleshipThe Charlemagne class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the French Navy. It consisted of three ships, the Charlemagne, the St Louis and the Gaulois. Several other single ship classes were based on the Charlemagne class...
£1,096,432 - Charles MartelFrench battleship Charles Martel (1893)The Charles Martel was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy. She was designed before the era of the dreadnought, and at a time when battleship design theory in terms of armour and armament was changing continually...
(1883) £1,092,830 - CondorcetFrench battleship Condorcet (1909)Condorcet was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy; the nature of her armament, which included an intermediate calibre between the main and anti-torpedo armament, has usually meant that, in common with , and the Japanese ships of the Aki class, she is regarded as a semi-dreadnought...
£2,165,200 - DantonFrench battleship Danton (1909)Danton was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy and the lead ship of her class. She was a technological leap in battleship development for the French Navy, as she was the first ship in the fleet with turbine engines...
£2,068,000 - DemocratieFrench battleship Démocratie (1904)The Démocratie was a Liberté class pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy. She served in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I, and was scrapped in 1922.-Design:...
£1,173,180 - DiderotFrench battleship Diderot (1909)The Diderot was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy.-Service History:She participated in the Battle of Antivari in 1914 when a French squadron sortied into the Adriatic and attempted to draw the Austro-Hungarian Navy into a fleet action....
£2,167,000 - Gaulois £1,093,925
- Henri IVFrench battleship Henri IVHenri IV was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy built to test some of the ideas of the prominent naval architect Louis-Émile Bertin. She began World War I as guardship at Bizerte. She was sent to reinforce the Allied naval force in the Dardanelles campaign of 1915, although some of her...
£801,248 - JaureguiberryFrench battleship JauréguiberryJauréguiberry was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy , launched in 1893. She was one of the class of five roughly similar battleships built in the 1890s, including Masséna, Bouvet, Carnot, and Charles Martel; Jauréguiberry and the latter two are sometimes erroneously referenced as a...
£1,069,536 - Justice £1,670,385
- Massena £1,100,400
- MirabeauFrench battleship Mirabeau (1909)The Mirabeau was a battleship of the French Navy which served during World War I. She belonged to the Danton-class of batteleships, among the last of the pre-dreadnought vessels. The Mirabeau was first commissioned in 1911, and served until she was badly damaged in the Black Sea in 1919...
£2,032,000 - Patrie £1,674,870
- RepubliqueRépublique class battleshipThe République class was a class of two pre-Dreadnought ironclads of the French Navy.-Design:The République marked a significant evolution in the design of French ironclads, with less significant tumblehome than her predecessors, better sailing qualities, larger size, and more firepower...
£1,523,136 - Saint Louis £1,080,997
- SuffrenFrench battleship SuffrenSuffren was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy, launched in July 1899. She was named after French Vice Admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez. The ship was originally intended to be a modified version of the design with more firepower and better armour...
£1,195,564 - VergniaudFrench battleship Vergniaud (1910)-Design and production:The Vergniaud was commissioned on 22 September 1911 and served throughout World War I. The ship was the last of the Danton-class of battleships to be commissioned, and as such she was the last pre-dreadnought naval vessel to be produced by France...
£2,165,200 - Verite £1,661,409
- Voltaire £2,169,200
Dreadnoughts
- BretagneFrench battleship BretagneThe Bretagne was a battleship of the French Navy, and the lead ship of her class. She was named in honour of the French region of Brittany, and was built by Arsenal de Brest...
£2,580,430 - CourbetFrench battleship Courbet (1911)Courbet was the lead ship of her class, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed before World War I and named in honour of Admiral Amédée Courbet. She spent the war in the Mediterranean, helping to sink the Austro-Hungarian protected cruiser in August 1914...
£2,508,388 - Flandre £2,589,439
- FranceFrench battleship FranceFrance was the last ship of the s, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed just before World War I as part of the 1911 naval building programme. She spent the war in the Mediterranean, covering the Otranto Barrage in the Adriatic...
£2,603,920 - GascogneRichelieu class battleshipThe Richelieu class battleships were the last and largest battleships of the French Navy, staying in service into the 1960s. They still remain to this day the largest warships ever built by France...
£2,589,439 - Jean BartFrench battleship Jean Bart (1911)Jean Bart was the second ship of the s, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed before World War I as part of the 1910 naval building programme. She spent the war in the Mediterranean and helped to sink the Austro-Hungarian protected cruiser on 16 August 1914...
£2,528,888 - Languedoc £2,642,439
- LorraineFrench battleship LorraineThe Lorraine was a French Navy battleship of the Bretagne class named in honour of the region of Lorraine in France.- Construction :...
£2,642,439 - NormandieNormandie class battleshipThe Normandie-class dreadnought battleships were ordered for the French Navy before the First World War. They were named after provinces of France. These ships were never completed as battleships because the war stopped their construction...
£2,612,139 - ParisFrench battleship ParisParis was the third ship of the s, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed before World War I as part of the 1911 naval building programme. She spent the war in the Mediterranean, spending most of 1914 providing gunfire support for the Montenegrin Army until her sister...
£2,603,920 - ProvenceFrench battleship ProvenceThe Provence was a French Navy battleship of the Bretagne class named in honour of the French region of Provence.- Construction :She was built by Arsenal de Lorient, and her keel was laid on 1 May 1912...
£2,600,195
Armoured Cruisers
- Aube (Amiral Aube?) £973,410
- Bruix £409,622
- Charner (Amiral Charner) £353,200
- Conde £863,799
- Desaix £762,759
- Dupetit-Thouars £831,839
- DupleixDupleix class cruiserThe Dupleix class was a class of three armoured cruisers of the French Navy built between 1903-1904, which served in World War I.-Ships: was launched on 28 April 1900, and served in the Far East from 1910 and in the Mediterranean during World War I. She was decommissioned in 1919 and broken up in...
£652,354 - Edgard QuinetEdgar Quinet class cruiserThe Edgar Quinet class was the last type of armoured cruiser in service in the French Navy.The Edgar Quinet class stems from improvements over the design of the Ernest Renan.- Ships :* Edgar Quinet - struck 1930...
£1,307,536 - Ernest RenanFrench cruiser Ernest RenanErnest Renan was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of philosopher Ernest Renan.-Design and history:- External links :* *...
£1,410,000 - GloireGloire class cruiserThe Gloire class was a class of armoured cruiser of the French Navy which were commissioned in 1904.-Description and history:They were an improvement of the Gueydon class, with changed layout of the 163 mm guns.-Ships:...
£883,269 - GueydonGueydon class cruiserThe Gueydon class was a class of armoured cruiser of the French Navy which were commissioned in 1902.-Description and History:Dupetit-Thouars was torpedoed and sunk in 1918. Gueydon was decommissioned in 1935 and used as accommodation at Brest, and was finally scrapped in 1942...
(Amiral Gueydon) £817,994 - Jeanne d'Arc £875,847
- Jules Ferry £1,169,940
- Jules Michelet £1,204,107
- Kleber £770,320
- Leon GambettaLéon Gambetta class cruiserThe Léon Gambetta class was a class of armoured cruiser of the French Navy which were commissioned in 1903. They were named after notable French Republican statesmen...
£1,169,640 - Marseillaise £881,270
- Montcalm £902,809
- Victor Hugo £1,229,932
- Waldeck-Rousseau £1,301,380
Cruisers
- ChateaurenaultFrench protected cruiser ChâteaurenaultThe Châteaurenault was a protected cruiser of the French Navy intended for commerce raiding. She was the first ship of the French Navy named in honour of François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault....
£606,656 - D'Entrecasteaux £667,740
- Guichen £611,945
- Jurien de la GraviereFrench cruiser Jurien de la GravièreThe Jurien de la Gravière was the last protected cruiser built for the French Navy, named in honour of Edmond Jurien de la Gravière and his father, Pierre Roch Jurien de La Gravière....
£475,979
Light Cruisers
- Cassard £318,712
- Descartes £334,725
- D'EstreesFrench cruiser DestréesThe Destrées was a protected cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of Victor-Marie d'Estrées, and lead ship of her class.After her trials in 1900, Destrées was sent to Brest, where she was used for training....
£208,200 - Du Chayla £315,835
- Friant £308,750
- Lavoisier £202,024
Germany
Pre-Dreadnoughts- SMS BrandenburgSMS BrandenburgSMS Brandenburg was the lead ship of the Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships, which included , , and built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the early 1890s. She was the first pre-dreadnought built for the German Navy; earlier, the Navy had only built coastal defense ships and...
15,832,000 Marks - SMS WörthSMS WörthSMS Wörth was one of four German pre-dreadnought battleships of the Brandenburg class, built in the early 1890s. The ships were the first ocean-going battleships built by the Kaiserliche Marine . Wörth was laid down at the Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel in May 1890. The ship was launched on 6...
16,054,000 Marks - SMS Kaiser Friedrich IIISMS Kaiser Friedrich IIISMS Kaiser Friedrich III was the lead ship of the Kaiser Friedrich III class of pre-dreadnought battleships. She was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft in Wilhelmshaven in 1895, and finished in October 1898...
21,472,000 Marks - SMS Kaiser Wilhelm IISMS Kaiser Wilhelm IISMS Kaiser Wilhelm II was the second ship of the of pre-dreadnought battleships. She was built at the Imperial Dockyard in Wilhelmshaven and launched 14 September 1897. The ship was completed 7 October 1898 and commissioned into the fleet as flagship on 4 February 1902...
20,387,000 Marks - SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der GroßeSMS Kaiser Wilhelm der GroßeFor the liner of the same name, see SS Kaiser Wilhelm der GrosseSMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the , built around the turn of the 20th Century. The ship was one of the first battleships built by the German Imperial Navy as part of a program of naval...
20,254,000 Marks - SMS Kaiser Karl der GroßeSMS Kaiser Karl der GroßeSMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the , built around the turn of the 20th Century for the German Imperial Navy.In German, the ship's name was rendered with an eszett, as Kaiser Karl der Große. Most English-language sources replace the eszett...
20,385,000 Marks - SMS Kaiser BarbarossaSMS Kaiser BarbarossaSMS Kaiser Barbarossa was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the . The ship was built for the Imperial Navy, which had begun a program of expansion at the direction of Kaiser Wilhelm II. She was constructed at Schichau, in Danzig...
20,301,000 Marks - SMS WittelsbachSMS WittelsbachSMS Wittelsbach was the lead ship of the Wittelsbach-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Kaiserliche Marine. Wittelsbach was built at Wilhelmshaven Navy Dockyard. She was laid down in 1899 and completed in October 1902, at the cost of 22,740,000 marks...
22,740,000 Marks - SMS WettinSMS WettinSMS Wettin was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the Wittelsbach class of the Kaiserliche Marine. She was built in Schichau, in Danzig. Wettin was laid down in November 1899, and completed October 1902, at the cost of 22,597,000 marks...
22,597,000 Marks - SMS ZahringenSMS ZähringenSMS Zähringen was third ship of the Wittelsbach-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Laid down in 1899 at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, she was launched on 12 June 1901 and commissioned on 25 October 1902...
22,275,000 Marks - SMS SchwabenSMS SchwabenSMS Schwaben was the fourth ship of the Wittelsbach-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Schwaben was built at Wilhelmshaven Navy Dockyard. She was laid down in 1900, and completed in April 1904, at the cost of 21,678,000 marks...
21,678,000 Marks - SMS MecklenburgSMS MecklenburgSMS Mecklenburg was fifth ship of the Wittelsbach-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Laid down in 1899 at the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin, she was finished in May 1903...
22,329,000 Marks - SMS BraunschweigSMS BraunschweigSMS Braunschweig"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the first of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class in the German Kaiserliche Marine . She was laid down in 1901 and commissioned in October 1904, at a cost of 23,983,000 marks. She was named after the then Duchy of...
23,893,000 Marks - SMS ElsaßSMS ElsaßSMS Elsass."SMS" stands for Seiner Majestät Schiff was the second of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class in the German Imperial Navy laid down in 1901 and commissioned 1904...
23,983,000 Marks - SMS HessenSMS HessenSMS Hessen"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the third of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class. She was laid down in 1902, launched the following year, and commissioned into the German Imperial Navy in 1905. She was named after the state of Hesse. Her sister ships...
23,867,000 Marks - SMS Preussen 23,990,000 Marks
- SMS LothringenSMS LothringenSMS Lothringen"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the fifth of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class in the German Imperial Navy laid down in 1902 and commissioned 1906. She was named for the then German province of Lothringen, now Lorraine, a region of France...
23,801,000 Marks - SMS DeutschlandSMS Deutschland (1904)SMS Deutschland was the first of five Deutschland class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Kaiserliche Marine between 1903 and 1906. She was named after the German name for Germany, and built at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, where she was launched on 20 November 1904...
24,481,000 Marks - SMS PommernSMS PommernSMS Pommern was one of five Deutschland class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Kaiserliche Marine between 1904 and 1906. Named after the Prussian province of Pomerania, she was built at the AG Vulcan yard at Stettin, where she was laid down on 22 March 1904 and launched on 2 December...
24,624,000 Marks - SMS HannoverSMS HannoverSMS Hannover was the second of five Deutschland-class pre-dreadnoughts of the German Imperial Navy . Hannover and the three subsequently constructed ships differed slightly in both design and construction from the lead ship in their propulsion systems and slightly thicker armor...
24,253,000 Marks - SMS Schlesien 24,920,000 Marks
- SMS Schleswig-Holstein 24,972,000 Marks
Dreadnoughts
- SMS NassauSMS NassauSMS Nassau"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was the first dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial German Navy, a response to the launching of the British battleship HMS Dreadnought in 1906...
37,399,000 Marks - SMS PosenSMS PosenSMS Posen "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was one of four battleships in the , the first dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy...
36,920,000 Marks - SMS RheinlandSMS RheinlandSMS Rheinland "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was one of four Nassau-class battleships, the first dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy . Rheinland mounted twelve main guns in six twin turrets in an unusual hexagonal arrangement...
36,916,000 Marks - SMS WestfalenSMS WestfalenSMS Westfalen "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was one of the s, the first four dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy. Westfalen was laid down at AG Weser in Bremen on 12 August 1907, launched nearly a year later on 1 July 1908, and commissioned into the...
37,615,000 Marks - SMS HelgolandSMS HelgolandSMS Helgoland ,"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" the lead ship of her class, was a dreadnought battleship of the German Imperial Navy. Helgolands design represented an incremental improvement over the preceding , including an increase in the bore diameter of the main guns, from 28 cm ...
46,196,000 Marks - SMS OstfrieslandSMS OstfrieslandSMS Ostfriesland "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the second vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Named for the region of East Frisia, Ostfrieslands keel was laid in October 1908 at the Kaiserliche Werft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven...
43,579,000 Marks - SMS ThüringenSMS ThüringenSMS Thüringen "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the third vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Thüringens keel was laid in November 1908 at the AG Weser dockyard in Bremen. She was launched on 27 November 1909 and was commissioned into the fleet on 1 July 1911...
46,314,000 Marks - SMS OldenburgSMS OldenburgThere were two ships in the German Imperial Navy with the name SMS Oldenburg, both named after the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg:*SMS Oldenburg *SMS Oldenburg...
45,801,000 Marks - SMS KaiserSMS KaiserSMS Kaiser has been the name of two ships of the German Imperial Navy:* SMS Kaiser , a Kaiser class armored frigate* SMS Kaiser , a Kaiser-class battleship which served through World War I...
44,997,000 Marks - SMS Friedrich der GrosseSMS Friedrich der GrosseThere were several German ships named SMS Friedrich der Große:*SMS Friedrich der Grosse , an armored frigate;*SMS Friedrich der Grosse , a battleship.There also was a civilian ship named after the Prussian king Frederick the Great:...
45,802,000 Marks - SMS KaiserinSMS KaiserinSMS Kaiserin "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the third vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Kaiserins keel was laid in November 1910 at the Howaldtswerke dockyard in Kiel. She was launched on 11 November 1911 and was commissioned into the fleet on 15 May 1913...
45,173,000 Marks - SMS König AlbertSMS König AlbertSMS König Albert "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the fourth vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. König Alberts keel was laid on 17 July 1910 at the Schichau-Werke dockyard in Danzig. She was launched on 27 April 1912 and was commissioned into the fleet on 31...
45,761,000 Marks - SMS Prinzregent LuitpoldSMS Prinzregent LuitpoldSMS Prinzregent Luitpold "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the fifth and final vessel of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Prinzregent Luitpolds keel was laid in October 1910 at the Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel...
46,374,000 Marks - SMS KönigSMS KönigSMS König"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the first of four König class dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy during World War I. König was named in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, who was the king of Prussia as well as the German Emperor...
, SMS Grosser Kurfürst, SMS MarkgrafSMS MarkgrafSMS Markgraf"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was the third battleship of the four-ship . She served in the German Imperial Navy during World War I. The battleship was laid down in November 1911 and launched on 4 June 1913...
, SMS KronprinzSMS KronprinzTwo ships of the German Navy have been named SMS Kronprinz:*SMS Kronprinz - Armored frigate built for the Prussian Navy in 1867*SMS Kronprinz - König class battleship built for the German Imperial Navy shortly before World War I, later renamed Kronprinz Wilhelm....
approx. 45,000,000 Marks average - SMS BayernSMS BayernThere have been two ships in the German Imperial Navy named SMS Bayern:*SMS Bayern - A Sachsen class armored frigate launched in 1878.*SMS Bayern - A Bayern class battleship completed in 1916....
, SMS Baden approx. 50,000,000 Marks average
Battlecruisers 36,523,000 Marks 42,603,000 Marks 41,564,000 Marks 44,685,000 Marks 56,000,000 Marks 58,000,000 Marks 59,000,000 Marks
Armoured Cruisers
- SMS Kaiserin AugustaSMS Kaiserin AugustaSMS Kaiserin Augusta was a unique protected cruiser, built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the early 1890s. She was laid down in 1890, launched in January 1892, and completed in November of that year. Owing to budgetary restrictions, Kaiserin Augusta was designed to fill both fleet scout and...
8,697,000 Marks - SMS Victoria LouiseSMS Victoria LouiseSeiner Majestät Schiff Victoria Louise was the lead ship of her class of protected cruisers, built for the Kaiserliche Marine before the turn of the 20th Century....
10,714,000 Marks - SMS HerthaSMS HerthaSeiner Majestät Schiff Hertha was a protected cruiser of the Victoria Louise class, built for the Kaiserliche Marine before the turn of the 20th Century. Hertha was the first ship of the class laid down, in October 1895, and also the first completed, in July 1898...
9,932,000 Marks - SMS FreyaSMS FreyaSeiner Majestät Schiff Freya was a protected cruiser of the Victoria Louise class, built for the Kaiserliche Marine before the turn of the 20th Century. Freya was built at the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig...
11,094,000 Marks - SMS VinetaSMS VinetaSeiner Majestät Schiff Vineta was a German Victoria Louise class protected cruiser built for the Kaiserliche Marine in the late 1890s. Vineta was built in the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig. She was laid down in 1895, and completed in Sept...
10,714,000 Marks - SMS Hansa 10,270,000 Marks
- SMS Fürst BismarckSMS Fürst Bismarck (1896)SMS Fürst Bismarck"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was Germany's first armored cruiser, built for the Kaiserliche Marine before the turn of the 20th century. She was named for the German statesman Otto von Bismarck...
18,945,000 Marks - SMS Prinz HeinrichSMS Prinz HeinrichSMS Prinz Heinrich was a unique German armored cruiser built at the turn of the 20th century for the Imperial German Navy, named after Kaiser Wilhelm II's younger brother Prince Henry. Prinz Heinrich was built at the Imperial Dockyard in Kiel. She was laid down in 1898 and completed in March 1902,...
16,588,000 Marks - SMS Prinz AdalbertSMS Prinz AdalbertSMS Prinz Adalbert was a German armored cruiser built in the early 1900s for the Imperial German Navy, named after Kaiser Wilhelm II's third son Prince Adalbert of Prussia. She was the lead ship of her class, which included a second ship, . Prinz Adalbert was built at the Imperial Dockyard in Kiel...
16,371,000 Marks - SMS Friedrich CarlSMS Friedrich CarlSMS Friedrich Carl was a German armored cruiser built in the early 1900s for the Kaiserliche Marine. She was the second ship of the Prinz Adalbert class. Friedrich Carl was built in Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg. She was laid down in 1901, and completed in December 1903, at the cost of...
15,665,000 Marks - SMS RoonSMS RoonSMS Roon"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was the lead ship of her class of armored cruisers of the Imperial German Navy. The ship was authorized under the second Naval Law in 1902, and built at the Imperial Dockyard in Kiel at the cost of 15.3 million...
15,345,000 Marks - SMS YorckSMS YorckSMS Yorck"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was the second and final ship of the Roon-class of armored cruisers built for the German Imperial Navy. Yorck was named for Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, a Prussian field marshal...
16,241,000 Marks - SMS ScharnhorstSMS ScharnhorstSMS Scharnhorst was an armored cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. She was the lead ship of her class, which also included her sister . Scharnhorst and her sister were enlarged versions of the preceding ; they were equipped with a greater...
20,319,000 Marks - SMS GneisenauSMS GneisenauSMS Gneisenau was an armored cruiser of the German navy, part of the two-ship . She was named after August von Gneisenau, a Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars. The ship was laid down in 1904 at the AG Weser dockyard in Bremen, launched in June 1906, and completed in March 1908, at a cost of...
19,243,000 Marks - SMS BlücherSMS BlücherSMS Blücher was the last armored cruiser to be built by the German Imperial Navy . She was designed to match what German intelligence incorrectly believed to be the specifications of the British s...
28,532,000 Marks
Light Cruisers
- SMS Gazelle 4,611,000 Marks
- SMS NiobeSMS NiobeSMS Niobe was a Gazelle-class light cruiser that served with the Kaiserliche Marine during First World War, and the Kriegsmarine during Second World War in a long career that also involved sailing with the Yugoslavian and Italian navies...
4,534,000 Marks - SMS Nymphe 4,647,000 Marks
- SMS ThetisSMS ThetisThree ships of the Imperial German Navy bore the name SMS Thetis, named after the sea-nymph in Greek mythology:*SMS Thetis was a 36-gun fifth-rate acquired from the Royal Navy in 1855....
4,487,000 Marks - SMS AriadneSMS AriadneSMS Ariadne was a light cruiser of the Gazelle class in the Imperial German Navy, with 2,700 tons displacement and 10 × 10.5 cm guns...
4,779,000 Marks - SMS AmazoneSMS AmazoneTwo German ships has been named SMS Amazone.*SMS Amazone *SMS Amazone...
4,858,000 Marks - SMS Medusa 4,739,000 Marks
- SMS FrauenlobSMS FrauenlobSMS Frauenlob was a Gazelle-class light cruiser in the German Imperial Navy. She was the second ship of that name, after a schooner launched in 1853.-History:Frauenlob was built at A.G. Weser in Bremen...
4,596,000 Marks - SMS ArconaSMS ArconaSMS Arcona was a small, unarmoured cruiser of the German Imperial Navy. It was named after Cape Arkona on the German island of Rügen.-Technical data:...
4,493,000 Marks - SMS Udine 4,653,000 Marks
- SMS BremenSMS BremenSMS Bremen was a light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine. She saw service in the Baltic Sea in the World War I and was sunk by a Russian mine near Vindava on 17 December 1915.-See also:...
4,746,000 Marks - SMS HamburgSMS HamburgThe SMS Hamburg was a Bremen class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine, named after the city of Hamburg. She was begun by AG Vulcan Stettin in Stettin in 1902, launched on 25 July 1903 and commissioned on 8 March 1904....
4,706,000 Marks - SMS BerlinSMS BerlinSMS Berlin was a of the Kaiserliche Marine, named after the city of Berlin. She was laid down at Kaiserliche Werft Danzig in August 1902, launched on 22 September 1903 and commissioned on 4 April 1905....
4,545,000 Marks - SMS LübeckSMS LübeckThe SMS Lübeck was a Bremen class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine, named after the city of Lübeck. Laid down on 12 May 1903 by AG Vulcan Stettin, launched on 26 March 1904 and commissioned on 26 April 1905 she was the first Kaiserliche Marine ship to have a steam turbine.In 1914 she was...
5,436,000 Marks - SMS MünchenSMS MünchenSMS München was a of the Kaiserliche Marine, named after the city of Munich....
5,054,000 Marks - SMS LeipzigSMS LeipzigSMS Leipzig was a Bremen class light cruiser, of the German Imperial Navy. It was named after the German city of Leipzig.The ship was stationed off the west coast of Mexico at the outbreak of war in 1914...
5,043,000 Marks - SMS Danzig 4,828,000 Marks
- SMS KönigsbergSMS KönigsbergSMS Königsberg was the lead ship of her class of light cruisers built by the Imperial German Navy. She was laid down in early 1905, launched in December 1905, and completed by June 1906. Her sisters included , , and . The ship was armed with a main battery of ten guns and had a top speed of...
5,407,000 Marks - SMS NürnbergSMS NürnbergThere have been two ships in the German Imperial Navy named SMS Nürnberg :*SMS Nürnberg *SMS Nürnberg...
5,560,000 Marks - SMS StuttgartSMS StuttgartSMS Stuttgart was a Königsberg class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine, named after the city of Stuttgart.-Design:The Stuttgart was one of the three light cruisers whose eighth funnel was 'detached', meaning the distance to the central funnel was greater than that between the middle and front...
5,488,000 Marks - SMS StettinSMS StettinSMS Stettin was a Königsberg class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine. Laid down at AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard in 1906, she was launched on 7 March 1907, and commissioned on 29 July 1907. The ship served in European waters during World War I, participating in the Battle of Heligoland Bight in...
6,398,000 Marks - SMS DresdenSMS DresdenThe SMS Dresden was a German Imperial Navy light cruiser of the Dresden class, commissioned in 1908.She was the sister ship of the famous commerce raider...
7,460,000 Marks - SMS Emden 5,960,000 Marks
- SMS KolbergSMS KolbergSMS Kolberg was a light cruiser of the German Navy during the First World War.It took part in the raid on Yarmouth and the raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby in 1914, and the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in 1915.- References :...
8,118,000 Marks - SMS MainzSMS MainzSMS Mainz was a light cruiser of the Kolberg class in the Imperial German Navy, launched in 1909, with 4,400 tons displacement. She was armed with twelve 10.5 cm guns and had a top speed of 27 knots...
8,777,000 Marks - SMS CölnSMS CölnSMS Cöln was a light cruiser of the Kolberg class in the Imperial German navy, launched on 5 June 1909 at Germania shipworks in Kiel. She was 130.5 m long, 15 m wide, and had a draught of 5.58 m. She displaced 4,350 tons and had a top speed of 26.8 knots...
8,356,000 Marks - SMS AugsburgSMS AugsburgThe SMS Augsburg was a Kolberg class light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine. Named after the city of Augsburg, she was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft Kiel in 1908, launched on 10 July 1909 and commissioned 1 November 1910....
7,593,000 Marks - SMS MagdeburgSMS MagdeburgSeiner Majestät Schiff Magdeburg was a light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy. The first of her class, she was built as part of the 1908 German naval program. Her class was notable for being the first to introduce a new hull form and replace the bow ram with a cruiser bow shape...
8,058,000 Marks - SMS BreslauSMS BreslauSMS Breslau was a Magdeburg-class light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine , built in the early 1910s. Following her commissioning, Breslau and the battlecruiser were assigned to the Mittelmeerdivision in response to the Balkan Wars...
7,961,000 Marks - SMS StrassburgSMS StrassburgSMS Strassburg was a light cruiser of the in the Imperial German navy, launched in October 1912, with 4,362 tonnes displacement. She was armed with twelve 105 mm guns and had a top speed of 28 knots...
7,302,000 Marks - SMS StralsundSMS StralsundSMS Stralsund was a Magdeburg class light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine.-Service history:Stralsund was assigned to the II Scouting Group, alongside her sistership Strassburg, at the start of World War I. She participated in the Battle of Dogger Bank on 24 January 1915, as part of the...
7,741,000 Marks - SMS Karlsruhe 8,126,000 Marks
- SMS RostockSMS RostockSMS Rostock was a light cruiser of the built by the German Kaiserliche Marine . She had one sister ship, ; the ships were very similar to the previous s. The ship was laid down in 1911, launched in November 1912, and completed by February 1914...
8,124,000 Marks - SMS GraudenzSMS GraudenzSMS Graudenz was the lead ship of the her class of light cruisers. The ship was built by the German Imperial Navy in the Kiel Navy Yard, laid down in 1912 and completed in August 1914, at the outbreak of World War I. It was named for the German town of Graudenz, West Prussia...
8,800,000 Marks - SMS RegensburgSMS RegensburgSMS Regensburg"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was a light cruiser built for the German Imperial Navy by AG Weser in Bremen shortly before World War I. She was laid down in 1912, launched on 25 April 1914, and completed by 3 January 1915. Regensburg...
8,800,000 Marks
Great Britain
Pre-Dreadnoughts- HMS Royal SovereignHMS Royal Sovereign (1891)HMS Royal Sovereign was a Royal Sovereign class battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of the class, and the largest warship in the world at the time of her construction. The ships were designed by Sir William White and were the most potent battleships in the world until HMS Dreadnought...
£913,986 - HMS RamilliesHMS Ramillies (1892)HMS Ramillies was a pre-dreadnought battleship of Royal Navy and part of the seven ship Royal Sovereign' class.-Technical Characteristics:...
£980,895 - HMS Royal OakHMS Royal Oak (1892)HMS Royal Oak was a pre-dreadnought Royal Navy battleship of the seven-ship Royal Sovereign class.-Technical Characteristics:Royal Oak was ordered under the Naval Defence Act Programme of 7 March 1889 and built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead at a cost of £977,996. She was launched on 5 November 1892...
£977,996 - HMS RepulseHMS Repulse (1892)HMS Repulse was a Royal Sovereign-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. She was the tenth ship to bear the name HMS Repulse.-Technical Characteristics:HMS Repulse was ordered under the Naval Defence Act Program of 1889...
£915,302 - HMS RevengeHMS Revenge (1892)HMS Revenge was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Sovereign class of the British Royal Navy. She was renamed HMS Redoubtable in 1915. HMS Revenge notably served as the flagship of the Flying Squadron and bombarding the coast of Flanders during World War I before being refitted as an...
(renamed HMS Redoubtable 1915) £954,825 - HMS ResolutionHMS Resolution (1892)HMS Resolution was a Royal Sovereign-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical characteristics:Resolution was laid down by Palmers on 14 June 1890, launched on 28 May 1892, and completed in November 1893.. She was long and had a maximum cruising speed of...
£953,817 - HMS Empress of IndiaHMS Empress of India (1891)HMS Empress of India was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy and part of the eight-ship Royal Sovereign class. She was laid down at Pembroke Dockyard on 9 July 1889 and launched by the Duchess of Connaught on 7 May 1891. Initially known as HMS Renown, her name was changed before...
£912,162 - HMS MajesticHMS Majestic (1895)HMS Majestic was a Majestic-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical characteristics:HMS Majestic was laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard on 5 February 1894 and launched on 31 January 1895...
£986,482 - HMS CaesarHMS Caesar (1896)HMS Caesar was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, named after the Roman military and political leader Julius Caesar.-Technical description:...
£936,864 - HMS IllustriousHMS Illustrious (1896)The third HMS Illustrious of the British Royal Navy was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1896. She was in front-line service during the final years of the 19th century and early 20th century...
£952,195 - HMS JupiterHMS Jupiter (1895)HMS Jupiter was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical characteristics:HMS Jupiter was laid down by J & G Thomson, Clydebank at Clydebank on 26 April 1894 and launched on 18 November 1895...
£967,651 - HMS MagnificentHMS Magnificent (1894)HMS Magnificent was one of the nine Majestic-class battleships of the Royal Navy .-Technical characteristics:HMS Magnificent was laid down on 18 December 1893 at Chatham Dockyard...
£979,889 - HMS MarsHMS Mars (1896)HMS Mars was a Royal Navy predreadnought battleship of the Majestic class.-Technical characteristics:HMS Mars was laid down by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead on 2 June 1894 and launched on 3 March 1896...
£964,352 - HMS Prince GeorgeHMS Prince George (1895)HMS Prince George was a Majestic-class predreadnought battleship launched in 1895. She was named after the future George V of the United Kingdom and was the fourth and final ship to bear that name.-Technical description:...
£965,604 - HMS VictoriousHMS Victorious (1895)HMS Victorious was one of nine Majestic-class predreadnought battleships of the British Royal Navy.-Technical characteristics:HMS Victorious was laid down at Chatham Dockyard on 28 May 1894 and launched on 19 October 1895...
£955,312 - HMS Canopus £921,316
- HMS AlbionHMS Albion (1898)HMS Albion was a British Canopus-class predreadnought battleship.-Technical Description:HMS Albion was laid down by Thames Iron Works at Leamouth, London on 3 December 1896...
£913,545 - HMS GloryHMS Glory (1899)HMS Glory was a Royal Navy battleship of the Canopus class.-Technical Characteristics:HMS Glory and her five sister ships were designed for service in the Far East, where the new rising power Japan was beginning to build a powerful and dangerous navy, and to able to transit the Suez Canal...
£895,814 - HMS GoliathHMS Goliath (1898)HMS Goliath was one of the six Canopus-class pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Royal Navy in the late 19th century. In the First World War Goliath took part in the blockade of the German light cruiser in the Rufiji River but unsuccessful to bombard the cruiser in the delta.On 13 May 1915...
£920,806 - HMS OceanHMS Ocean (1898)The fourth HMS Ocean was a Canopus-class battleship of the British Royal Navy.-Technical Description:HMS Ocean was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 15 December 1897, launched on 5 July 1898, and completed in February 1900...
£938,578 - HMS VengeanceHMS Vengeance (1899)HMS Vengeance was a Royal Navy predreadnought battleship of the Canopus class.-Technical Characteristics:HMS Vengeance was laid down by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness on 23 August 1898 and launched on 25 July 1899. Her completion was delayed by damage to the fitting-out dock, and she was not...
£891,417 - HMS FormidableHMS Formidable (1898)HMS Formidable —the third of four ships of that name to serve in the Royal Navy—was the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships. She was the second British battleship to be sunk by enemy action during the First World War...
£1,097,245 - HMS IrresistibleHMS Irresistible (1898)HMS Irresistible—the fourth British Royal Navy ship of the name—was a pre-dreadnought battleship.-Technical characteristics:HMS Irresistible was laid down at Chatham Dockyard on 11 April 1898 and launched on 15 December 1898 in a very incomplete state to clear the building ways for the...
£1,122,636 - HMS ImplacableHMS Implacable (1899)HMS Implacable was a Formidable-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, the second ship of the name.-Technical Description:HMS Implacable was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 13 July 1898 and launched on 11 March 1899 in a very incomplete state to clear the building way for construction of...
£1,063,616 - HMS BulwarkHMS Bulwark (1899)HMS Bulwark belonged to a sub-class of the Formidable-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy known as the London-class.-Technical description:...
£1,056,816 - HMS LondonHMS London (1899)HMS London was a Formidable class battleship in the British Royal Navy, often considered to be part of the London class or subclass.-Technical Description:...
£1,103,453 - HMS VenerableHMS Venerable (1899)HMS Venerable was a London class predreadnought battleship, a sub-class of the Formidable class battleships, and the third ship of the British Royal Navy to bear the name.-Technical Description:...
£1,159,853 - HMS DuncanHMS DuncanSeven Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Duncan, after Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, hero of the Battle of Camperdown....
£1,088,897 - HMS AlbemarleHMS AlbemarleFive ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Albemarle after George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle ....
£1,078,395 - HMS CornwallisHMS Cornwallis (1901)HMS Cornwallis was a Duncan-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical Description:HMS Cornwallis was laid down by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company at Leamouth, London on 19 July 1899 and launched on 13 July 1901...
£1,098,159 - HMS ExmouthHMS Exmouth (1901)HMS Exmouth was a Duncan class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. HMS Exmouth was laid down by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in August 1899, launched in August 1901 and finally completed in May 1903...
£1,098,159 - HMS RussellHMS Russell (1901)HMS Russell was a Duncan-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical Description:HMS Russell was laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company at Jarrow on 11 March 1899 and launched on 19 February 1902...
£1,104,051 - HMS QueenHMS Queen (1902)HMS Queen was a London or Queen class battleship, a sub-class of the Formidable class battleships of the British Royal Navy, and the tenth Royal Navy ship to bear the name.-Construction and design:...
£1,146,669 - HMS Prince of WalesHMS Prince of Wales (1902)HMS Prince of Wales was a London- or Queen-class predreadnought battleship, a sub-class of the Formidable-class battleships of the British Royal Navy...
£1,185,744 - HMS King Edward VII £1,472,075
- HMS AfricaHMS AfricaSeven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Africa, after the continent of Africa. Two others were planned: was a 46-gun ship in service from 1694 to 1696. was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1761 and sold in 1774. was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1781 and broken up 1814.*HMS Africa was a...
£1,420,040 - HMS BritanniaHMS BritanniaSix ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Britannia, after Britannia, the goddess and personification of Britain....
£1,408,053 - HMS Commonwealth £1,471,527
- HMS Dominion £1,453,718
- HMS HiberniaHMS HiberniaFour ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hibernia after the Latin name of Ireland.* HMS Hibernia was to have been a 74-gun third rate. She was renamed in 1763 and launched in 1765. was a 110-gun first rate launched in 1804...
£1,438,690 - HMS HindustanHMS HindustanFive ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hindustan or Hindostan, after the old name for the Indian subcontinent:*HMS Hindostan was a former East Indiaman by the same name. The Admiralty purchased her in 1795 and classed as a 54-gun fifth rate...
£1,450,652 - HMS New ZealandHMS New ZealandTwo ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS New Zealand, after the country of New Zealand, a British Dominion, whilst a third was planned:...
£1,424,643 (renamed Zealandia 1 December 1911) - HMS SwiftsureHMS SwiftsureThe Royal Navy has had ships named HMS Swiftsure since 1573, including:*Swiftsure, a galleon launched in 1573, renamed Speedwell and rebuilt in 1607, and lost in 1624., a 42-gun great ship launched in 1621, and captured by the Dutch in 1666., a 70-gun ship built in 1673 and later renamed Revenge., ...
£957,520, purchased from Chile (amount not certain) - HMS TriumphHMS Triumph (1903)HMS Triumph was a Swiftsure class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical characteristics:HMS Triumph was ordered by Chile as Libertad, laid down by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness on 26 February 1902, and launched on 12 January 1903...
£956,596, purchased from Chile (amount not certain) - HMS Lord NelsonHMS Lord Nelson (1906)HMS Lord Nelson was a predreadnought battleship launched in 1906 and completed in 1908. She was the Royal Navy's last predreadnought. The ship was flagship of the Channel Fleet when World War I began in 1914. Lord Nelson was transferred to the Mediterranean Sea in early 1915 to participate in the...
£1,651,339 - HMS AgamemnonHMS Agamemnon (1906)HMS Agamemnon was one of two pre-dreadnought battleships launched in 1906 and completed in 1908. She was the Royal Navy's second-to-last pre-dreadnought battleship to be built, followed by her sister ship, . She was assigned to the Channel Fleet when World War I began in 1914...
£1,652,347
Dreadnoughts
- HMS DreadnoughtHMS Dreadnought (1906)HMS Dreadnought was a battleship of the British Royal Navy that revolutionised naval power. Her entry into service in 1906 represented such a marked advance in naval technology that her name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships, the "dreadnoughts", as well as the class of...
£1,785,683 - HMS BellerophonHMS Bellerophon (1907)HMS Bellerophon was a dreadnought of the Royal Navy. She was the lead ship of the Bellerophon class, and the fourth Royal Navy vessel to bear the name of the mythic Greek hero...
£1,763,491 - HMS SuperbHMS Superb (1907)HMS Superb was a of the British Royal Navy. She was built in Elswick at a cost of £1,744,287, and was completed on 19 June 1909. She was only the fourth dreadnought-type battleship to be completed anywhere in the world, being preceded only by and by her two sister-ships and -Origin:The advent of...
£1,744,287 - HMS TemeraireHMS Temeraire (1907)HMS Temeraire was a Bellerophon-class battleship in the Royal Navy built at the Royal Dockyard, Devonport.She was ordered under the 1906 Naval Estimates at the cost of £1,641,114. Although not externally much different from predecessor , internally she and others of the Bellerophon-class were much...
£1,641,114 - HMS St VincentHMS St. Vincent (1908)HMS St. Vincent was the lead ship of the St. Vincent class battleships of the British Royal Navy.She was commissioned on 3 May 1910 as 2nd flagship of 1st Division Home Fleet at Portsmouth. She was commanded by Capt. Douglas R. L. Nicholson and was flagship of Rear-Admiral Richard H...
£1,721,970 - HMS CollingwoodHMS Collingwood (1908)HMS Collingwood was a dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy. Her design was essentially similar to the design of the previous ships, the . The Admiralty perceived in the planned building of German dreadnoughts a potential threat to the naval security of Great Britain, and saw the need...
£1,680,888 - HMS VanguardHMS Vanguard (1909)The eighth HMS Vanguard of the British Royal Navy was a St Vincent-class battleship, an enhancement of the "" design built by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness...
£1,606,030 - HMS NeptuneHMS Neptune (1909)HMS Neptune was a Royal Navy dreadnought battleship, intended to be the lead ship of three Neptune-class battleships, but the subsequent two ships had slightly thicker belt armour and were reclassified as the Colossus class.-Design:...
£1,668,916 - HMS ColossusHMS Colossus (1910)HMS Colossus of the British Royal Navy was the nameship of her class of dreadnought battleships.She was launched on 9 April 1910 and commissioned in 1911. Although very similar to Neptune she was not part of Neptunes class as Colossus and her sister-ship, Hercules, had greater armour...
£1,672,103 - HMS HerculesHMS Hercules (1910)HMS Hercules was a Colossus-class battleship built by Palmers, launched on 10 May 1910, and commissioned on 31 July 1911 at Portsmouth. She was a 20,000-ton dreadnought, mounting ten 12 inch guns in five twin gun turrets, sixteen 4 inch , four 3 pounders, and three 21 inch ...
£1,661,240 - HMS OrionHMS Orion (1910)HMS Orion was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1910, she was the lead ship of her class; she was the first so-called "super-dreadnought", being the first British dreadnought to mount guns of calibre greater than twelve inches, and the first British dreadnought to have...
£1,855,917 - HMS ConquerorHMS Conqueror (1911)HMS Conqueror was an Orion class battleship of the Royal Navy. She served in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet in World War I, and fought at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, suffering no damage....
£1,891,164 - HMS MonarchHMS Monarch (1911)HMS Monarch was an Orion-class battleship of the Royal Navy. She served in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet in World War I, and fought at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, suffering no damage....
£1,888,736 - HMS ThundererHMS Thunderer (1911)HMS Thunderer was the third Orion class battleship built for the Royal Navy and was the last vessel to be constructed by Thames Iron Works. She was the last and largest warship ever built on the River Thames, and after her completion her builders declared bankruptcy.By a margin of £1000, she was...
£1,892,823 - HMS King George VHMS King George V (1911)The first HMS King George V was a King George V-class of 1911 dreadnought, with a displacement of 23,400 tonnes and an armament of ten 13.5 inch guns in twin gun turrets and a secondary armament of sixteen 4 inch guns and had a crew complement of 870, though this increased...
£1,961,096 - HMS CenturionHMS Centurion (1911)HMS Centurion was the second battleship of the King George V class, built at HM Dockyard, Devonport.The Battleships of the King George V class had been designed as Dreadnought Battleship....
£1,950,671 - HMS AudaciousHMS Audacious (1912)HMS Audacious was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy. The vessel did not see any combat in the First World War, being sunk by a German naval mine off the northern coast of Donegal, Ireland in 1914.- Design :...
£1,918,813 - HMS AjaxHMS Ajax (1912)HMS Ajax was a King George V-class battleship , built at Scotts' shipyard at Greenock on the River Clyde...
£1,889,387 - HMS Iron DukeHMS Iron Duke (1912)HMS Iron Duke was a battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, named in honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. She served as the flagship of the Grand Fleet during the First World War, including at the Battle of Jutland...
£1,945,824 - HMS MarlboroughHMS Marlborough (1912)HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and launched in 1912. In World War I she served in the 1st Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow...
£2,043,437 - HMS Erin £2,500,000
- HMS AgincourtHMS Agincourt (1913)HMS Agincourt was a dreadnought built in the early 1910s. The ship was originally ordered by Brazil, but the collapse of the rubber boom plus a lessening of the rivalry with Argentina led to her resale while still under construction to the Ottoman Empire who renamed her as Sultan Osman I...
£2,900,000 - HMS Queen ElizabethHMS Queen Elizabeth (1913)HMS Queen Elizabeth was the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class of dreadnought battleships, named in honour of Elizabeth I of England. She saw service in both World Wars...
- Portsmouth Dockyard - £3,014,103 - HMS MalayaHMS Malaya (1915)HMS Malaya was a Queen Elizabeth class battleship of the British Royal Navy, built by Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth and Company at High Walker and launched in March 1915...
£2,945,709 - HMS ValiantHMS Valiant (1914)HMS Valiant was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the British Royal Navy. She was laid down at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan on 31 January 1913 and launched on 4 November 1914...
£2,537,037 - HMS Warspite £2,524,148
- HMS Barham £2,470,113
- HMS Canada £2,500,000
- HMS Royal Sovereign £2,570,504
- HMS Revenge £2,406,368
- HMS Resolution £2,449,680
- HMS Royal Oak £2,468,269
- HMS Ramillies £3,295,810
Battlecruisers
- HMS InvincibleHMS Invincible (1907)HMS Invincible was a battlecruiser of the British Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class of three, and the first battlecruiser to be built by any country in the world. She participated in the Battle of Heligoland Bight in a minor role as she was the oldest and slowest of the British battlecruisers...
£1,767,515 - HMS InflexibleHMS Inflexible (1907)HMS Inflexible was an of the British Royal Navy. She was built before World War I and had an active career during the war. She tried to hunt down the German battlecruiser and the light cruiser in the Mediterranean Sea when war broke out and she and her sister ship sank the German armoured...
£1,720,739 - HMS IndomitableHMS Indomitable (1907)HMS Indomitable was an of the British Royal Navy. She was built before World War I and had an active career during the war. She tried to hunt down the German ships Goeben and Breslau in the Mediterranean when war broke out and bombarded Turkish fortifications protecting the Dardanelles even...
£1,752,337 - HMS IndefatigableHMS Indefatigable (1909)HMS Indefatigable was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy and the lead ship of her class. Her keel was laid down in 1909 and she was commissioned in 1911...
£1,520,591 - HMS New ZealandHMS New Zealand (1911)HMS New Zealand was one of three s built for the defence of the British Empire. Launched in 1911, the ship's construction was funded by the government of New Zealand as a gift to Britain, and she was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1912...
£1,783,190 - HMAS AustraliaHMAS Australia (1911)HMAS Australia was one of three s built for the defence of the British Empire. Ordered by the Australian government in 1909, she was launched in 1911, and commissioned as flagship of the fledgling Royal Australian Navy in 1913...
(Royal Australian Navy) £1,783,190 - HMS LionHMS Lion (1910)HMS Lion was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, which were nicknamed the "Splendid Cats". They were significant improvements over their predecessors of the in terms of speed, armament and armour...
£2,083,999 - HMS Princess RoyalHMS Princess Royal (1911)HMS Princess Royal was the second of two s built for the Royal Navy before World War I. Designed in response to the s of the German Navy, the ships significantly improved on the speed, armament, and armour of the preceding...
£2,076,222 - HMS Queen MaryHMS Queen MaryHMS Queen Mary was a battlecruiser built by the British Royal Navy before World War I, the sole member of her class. She was similar to the s, though she differed in details from her half-sisters. She was the last battlecruiser completed before the war and participated in the Battle of Heligoland...
£2,078,491 - HMS TigerHMS Tiger (1913)The 11th HMS Tiger was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, built by John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland, and launched in 1913. Tiger was the most heavily armoured battlecruiser of the Royal Navy at the start of the First World War although she was still being finished when the war began...
£2,100,000 - HMS RenownHMS Renown (1916)HMS Renown was the lead ship of her class of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy built during the First World War. She was originally laid down as an improved version of the s. Her construction was suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds she would not be ready in a timely manner...
£3,117,204 - HMS RepulseHMS Repulse (1916)HMS Repulse was a Renown-class battlecruiser of the Royal Navy built during the First World War. She was originally laid down as an improved version of the s. Her construction was suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds she would not be ready in a timely manner...
£2,829,087
Armoured cruisers
- HMS Diadem, Amphitrite, Andromeda, Argonaut, Ariadne, Europa, Niobe, Spartiate, approx. £600.000 average
- HMS Cressy, Aboukir, Bacchante, Hogue, Sutlej, Euryalus, approx. £800,000 average
- HMS Drake £1,002,977
- HMS Good Hope £990,759
- HMS King Alfred £978,125
- HMS Leviathan £1,012,959
- HMS Monmouth, Bedford, Donegal, Berwick, Kent, Cumberland, Cornwall, Essex, Suffolk, Lancaster, approx. £775,000 average
- HMS Devonshire, Antrim, Argyll, Carnarvon, Hampshire, Roxburgh, approx. £850,000 average
- HMS Duke of Edinburgh, Black Prince, approx. £1,150,000 average
- HMS Warrior, Cochrane, Natal, Achilles, approx. £1,180,000 average
- HMS MinotaurHMS Minotaur (1906)HMS Minotaur was the lead ship of the Minotaur-class of armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in 1906.-Career:She served in the First World War with her sisters, taking part in convoy duties from Australia to the Mediterranean. She fought at Jutland as part of the Second Cruiser Squadron. ...
£1,410,356 - HMS DefenceHMS Defence (1907)HMS Defence was a armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1900s. She was the last armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy. She was stationed in the Mediterranean when the First World War began and participated in the pursuit of the German battlecruiser and light cruiser...
£1,362,970 - HMS ShannonHMS Shannon (1906)HMS Shannon was a ship of the Minotaur-class of armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy.-Career:She was built at Chatham and launched on 20 September 1906. She served in the First World War with her sisters and fought at Jutland, where she was captained by John S. Dumaresq...
£1,415,535
Light Cruisers
- HMS Courageous £2,038,225
- HMS Edgar £410,980
- HMS Hawke £400,702
- HMS Endymion £375,250
- HMS Royal Arthur £412,033
- HMS Gibraltar £373,236
- HMS Grafton £372,890
- HMS St George £388,755
- HMS Theseus £370,359
- HMS Crescent £392,453
- HMS Apollo, Aeolus, Andromache, Brilliant, Indefatigable, Intrepid, Iphigenia, Latona, Melampus, Naiad, Pique, Rainbow, Retribution, Sappho, Scylla, Sirius, Spartan, Sybille, Terpsichore, Thetis, Tribune - approx. £200,000 average
- HMS Highflyer, Hermes, Hyacinth - approx. £300,000 average
- HMS Pelorous, Pandora, Pegasus, Perseus, Pactolus, Pioneer, Pomone, Prometheus, Proserpine, Psyche, Pyramus = approx. £150,000 average
- HMS Topaze, Amethyst, Diamond, Sapphire - approx. £240,000 average
- HMS Sentinel, Skirmisher - approx. £282,000 average
- HMS Forward, Foresight - approx. £289,000 average
- HMS Pathfinder, Patrol Laid down - approx. £279,000 average
- HMS Adventure, Attentive - approx. £275,000 average
- HMS Boadicea, Bellona - approx. £330,000 average
- HMS Weymouth, Dartmouth, Falmouth, Yarmouth £396,363 average
- HMS Chatham, Dublin, Southampton, HMAS Sydney (RAN), Melbourne (RAN), Brisbane (RAN) - £334,053 average
- HMS Arethusa, Aurora, Galatea, Inconstant, Penelope, Phaeton, Royalist, Undaunted - approx. £285,000 average
Monitors
- HMS Humber, HMS Mersey, HMS Severn £155,000 each. Bought from Brazil.
- HMS Gorgon, HMS Glatton £370,000 each. From Norway.
- Marshal Soult, Marshal Ney £270,000 each
- HMS Erebus £380,000 + used weaponry. Would have cost about £540,000 with new weaponry.
- HMS General Wolfe and other 12 inch monitors approx. £260,000 (before conversions with larger guns).
Destroyers
- HMS AcheronHMS Acheron (1911)HMS Acheron was the name ship of the Acheron-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She is named after the River Acheron, believed in Greek Mythology to be a branch of the River Styx...
£88,000 - HMS BeagleBeagle class destroyerThe Beagle class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy, all ordered under the 1908-1909 Programme and launched in 1909 and 1910...
£106,000 - HMS Defender £83,000
- HMS Acorn £94,000
- HMS Acasta - £100,000
- HMS Laforey - £98,000
- M class - £100,000
- Admiralty M class with higher speeds cost £110,000, but the 'Specials' were faster and cost £127,000 each
- V&W destroyers - £200,000
Minesweepers
- Flower Class minesweeper £60,000
Submarines
- D Class sub £89,000
Greece
Pre-Dreadnoughts- LimnosGreek Battleship LimnosLimnos, sometimes spelled Lemnos , was a 13,000 ton Mississippi-class Greek battleship named for a crucial naval battle of the First Balkan War.-History of the ship:...
(USS Idaho (BB-24)USS Idaho (BB-24)USS Idaho , the second ship of her class of battleships, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Idaho. After her career in the USN, she was sold to Greece and renamed Limnos in 1914. Limnos was sunk by German bombers in April 1941...
) and KilkisGreek Battleship KilkisKilkis was a 13,000 ton Mississippi-class battleship originally built by the US Navy in 1904–1908. The Greek Navy purchased the ship in 1914, along with her sister , renamed Limnos. Kilkis was named for the Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas, a crucial engagement of the Second Balkan War...
(USS Mississippi (BB-23)USS Mississippi (BB-23)USS Mississippi , the lead ship of her class of battleships, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Mississippi. After her career in the USN, she was sold to Greece and renamed Kilkis in 1914...
) $6,267,638 each
Armoured Cruisers
- Georgios AveroffGreek cruiser Georgios AverofGeorgios Averof is a Greek warship which served as the flagship of the Royal Hellenic Navy during most of the first half of the 20th Century...
24 million drachmas
Destroyers
- AetosGreek destroyer AetosAetos served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1912–1945.The ship, along with her three sister ships of Wild Beast class destroyers Ierax, Panthir and Leon, was ordered from England. They were purchased in 1912, ready for delivery, each for the sum of £148,000, from the English shipyards Camell...
, IeraxGreek destroyer IeraxIerax served in the Hellenic Royal Navy from 1912–1946.The ship, along with her three sister ships of Wild Beast class destroyers Aetos, Panthir and Leon, was ordered from England. They were purchased in 1912, ready for delivery, each for the sum of £148,000 from the English shipyards Camell...
, PanthirGreek destroyer PanthirPanthir served in the Hellenic Royal Navy from 1912–1946.The ship, along with her three sister ships of Wild Beast class destroyers Aetos, Ierax and Leon, was ordered from England. They were purchased ready for delivery, each for the sum of £148,000 from the English shipyards Camell Laird in...
, LeonGreek destroyer LeonLeon served in the Hellenic Royal Navy from 1912–1941.The ship, along with her three sister ships of Wild Beast class destroyers Aetos, Ierax and Panthir was ordered from England. They were purchased ready for delivery, each for the sum of £148,000, from the English shipyards Camell Laird in...
, £148,000 each (bought from the Liverpool Dockyards "Camell Laird").
Italy
Pre-dreadnoughts- Napoli and Regina Elena £1,120,000
- Re Umberto £1,058,500
- Roma £1,120,000
- Sardegna £1,057,440
- Sicilia £1,050,000
- Vittorio Emanuele III £1,120,000
Armoured Cruisers
- Amalfi £880,000
- Marco Polo £344,400
Light cruisers
- Calabria £183,120
- Elba £200,000
- Etruria £183,120
- Liguria £183,120
- Puglia £200,000
Gunboats
- Governolo £58,440
- Aretusa, Iride, Minerva £72,920 each
Japan
Pre-dreadnoughts- TangoJapanese battleship TangoThe Russian battleship Poltava was a Petropavlovsk-class battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. Poltava was built at the Galernii Island shipyard, one of a...
(ex Russian battleship PoltavaRussian battleship PoltavaTwo battleships of the Imperial Russian Navy have been named Poltava, after the Battle of Poltava:*Poltava was a Petropavlovsk class battleship launched in 1894. She was captured by the Japanese in 1905 and became the Japanese battleship Tango. She was returned to Russia in 1916 and renamed Chesma...
) £1,098,000
Battlecruisers
- Japanese battleship KongoJapanese battleship KongoKongō was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. She was the first battlecruiser of the Kongō class, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built. Her designer was the British naval engineer George Thurston, and she was laid down in 1911 at...
£2,500,000
Coast Defence
- Minoshima £410,000
Armoured Cruisers
- KasugaJapanese cruiser Kasugawas the lead ship of the armored cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by Ansaldo Yards, Genoa, Italy, where the type was known as the...
, NishinJapanese cruiser Nisshin, also transliterated as Nissin, was a armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy designed and built by Ansaldo in Genoa Italy, where the type was known as the . Designed as a cross between a battleship and a cruiser, but with a very small displacement, it had the ability to stand in the line...
£760,000
Light cruisers
- AkashiJapanese cruiser Akashiwas a Suma-class protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was a sister ship to the . The name Akashi comes from an ancient name for a portion of coast near modern Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture.-Background:...
£327,000 - ChitoseJapanese cruiser Chitosewas a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was the sister ship to the . It should not be confused with the later aircraft carrier . Its name comes from Chitose, Hokkaidō.-Design and development:...
, KasagiJapanese cruiser Kasagiwas the lead ship in the protected cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was the sister ship to the . It should not be confused with the later uncompleted of the same name, or the Pacific War-era transport Kasuga-maru...
£205,200 - SumaJapanese cruiser SumaThe was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal in Japan. It was the lead ship in the Suma class, and its sister ship was the...
£237,000
Netherlands
Coast Defence- De Ruyter, Hertog Hendrik, Jacob van Heemskerck, Koningin Regentes, Marten Tromp £347,500 each
Cruisers
- Friesland, Holland, Zeeland £285,700
Norway
Coast Defence- HNoMS EidsvoldHNoMS EidsvoldHNoMS Eidsvold, or Panserskipet Eidsvold in Norwegian, was a coastal defence ship and the lead ship of her class, serving in the Royal Norwegian Navy...
, HNoMS EidsvoldHNoMS EidsvoldHNoMS Eidsvold, or Panserskipet Eidsvold in Norwegian, was a coastal defence ship and the lead ship of her class, serving in the Royal Norwegian Navy...
£350,000 each - HNoMS Harald HaarfagreHNoMS Harald HaarfagreHNoMS Harald Haarfagre, known locally as Panserskipet Harald Haarfagre, was a Norwegian coastal defence ship. She, her sister-ship and the slightly newer were built as part of the general rearmament in the time leading up to the events in 1905...
, HNoMS TordenskjoldHNoMS TordenskjoldHNoMS Tordenskjold, known locally as Panserskipet Tordenskjold, was a Norwegian coastal defence ship. She, her sister-ship , and the slightly newer were built as a part as the general rearmament in the time leading up to the events in 1905...
£300,000 each
Russia
Dreadnoughts- Gangut, Petropavlosk, Poltava, Sevastopol approx. 29 million rubles each (extremely expensive due to design faults and state bureaucracy)
Pre-dreadnoughts
- Andrei Pervozvannyi, Pevel I (Imperator) £1,170,000 each
- Sinope £900,000
- Petropavlosk 9,225,309 rubles (Brassey says £1,098,000)
- Poltava, Sevastopol £1,098,000 each
- Peresviet 10.54 mil. Rub.
- Oslyabya 11.34 mil. Rub.
- Pobieda 10.05 mil. Rub.
- Catherine II £900,000
- Georgi Pobiedonosetz £431,000
- Navarin £772,995
- Nicolai I £453,000
- Sissoi Veliki £796,333
Coast Defence
- Admiral Oushakoff, Admiral Seniavin £410,000 each
Cruisers
- Zhemchug 3,549,848 rubles (sister Izumrud was of comparable cost, both nearly twice as expensive as near-sister Novik, built in Germany)
- Admiral Nakhimof £572,000
- Pamyat Azova £350,000
- Admiral Korniloff £296,000
Gunboats
- Kazarsky £32,500
- Abrek £53,600
- Griden £66,600
- Posadnik, Voevoda £111,000
Spain
Dreadnoughts- Espana ClassEspaña class battleshipThe España class was a series of three dreadnought battleships. They were the first and last dreadnoughts built in Spain, the only dreadnoughts ever operated by the Spanish Navy, and the smallest dreadnoughts ever built.- Description :...
, approx. £1,600,000 each
Armoured Cruisers
- Cataluna, Princesa de Asturias £600,000 each
- Emperador Carlos VEmperador Carlos VEmperador Carlos V was an armored cruiser of the Spanish Navy which served in the Spanish fleet from 1898 to 1933.-Technical characteristics:...
£734,000
Turkey
Pre-dreadnoughts- Kheyr-ed-Din Barbarossa (ex-German SMS Kurfürst Friedrich WilhelmSMS Kurfürst Friedrich WilhelmSMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was one of the first ocean-going battleshipsAt the time she was laid down, the German navy referred to the ship as an "armored ship" , instead of "battleship" , see Gröner, p13. of the German...
), Turgut Reis (ex-German SMS WeißenburgSMS WeißenburgSMS Weissenburg"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was one of the first ocean-going battleshipsAt the time, the German navy referred to the ship as a "ship of the line" , instead of "battleship" . of the German Imperial Navy...
) £450,000 each
External links
- http://aaminis.myfastforum.org/forum33.php Dreadnought Rising project
- http://www.gwpda.org/naval/bras1913.htm Extracts from Brassey's Naval Annual.