This is a list of British (Royal Navy) battleships.
Sail battleships and "great ships" (1410-1859)
- Gracedieu
- Holyghost de la Tour (ex-Spanish Santa Clara, captured c. 1413)
- Jesus
- George (ex-Genovese ?, captured 1416)
- Marie Hampton (ex-Genovese ?, captured 1416)
- Marie Sandwich (ex-Genovese ?, captured 1416)
- Andrew (ex-Genovese Galeas Negre, captured 1417)
- Christopher (ex-Genovese ?, captured c. 1417)
- Peter (ex-Genovese ?, captured 1417
- Paul (ex-Genovese Vivande, captured 1417)
- Trinity Royal
- Agase (ex-Genovese ?, captured c. 1417)
- Mary de la Tour
- Ark Royal 44 (renamed Anne Royal)
- Bear 40
- Repulse 40
- Merhonour 44
- Hope 38 (renamed Assurance)
- Nonpareil 38 (renamed Nonsuch)
- Defiance 40
- Red Lion/Golden Lion 38 (renamed Lion)
- Vanguard 40
- Rainbow 40
- Revenge
- Dreadnought 32
- Antelope 34
- Mary Rose (1509?)
- Gabriel Royal (captured 1509)
- Great Bark (c. 1512)
- Katherine Forteleza (captured 1512)
- Great Nicholas (captured 1512)
- John Baptist (captured 1512)
- Great Barbara (captured 1513)
- Great Elizabeth (captured 1514)
- Henry Grace a Dieu (1514)
- Swiftsure
- Madre de Dios (ex-Portuguese, captured 1592)
- Adventure (c. 1594)
- Warspite 29 (c. 1596)*Garland (c. 1620)
- Royal Prince 55 (1610)
- Destiny (c. 1616)
- Victory 42 (c. 1620)
- Swiftsure 42 (c. 1621)
- St George 42 (c. 1622)
- Triumph 42 (c. 1623)
- Mary Rose (c. 1623)
- Happy Entrance (c. 1619)
- Bonaventure (c. 1621)
- St Andrew 42 (c. 1622)
- St Esprit 42
- Vanguard 40
- Charles 44 (c. 1632)
- Henrietta Maria 42 (c. 1632)
- James 48 (c. 1633)
- Unicorn 46 (c. 1634)
- Sovereign of the Seas 102 (1637)
- Lion 52
- Minden 74 (1810)
- Cornwallis 74 (1813)
- Wellesley 74 (1815)
- Melville 74 (1817)
- Malabar 74 (1818)
- Ganges 84 (1821)
- Asia 84 (1824)
- Liverpool 74 (1826)
- Bombay 84 (1828)
- Calcutta 84 (1831)
Ironclads (1860-1871)
- Warrior class
- HMS Warrior (1860) - preserved Portsmouth
- HMS Black Prince (1861) - sold for BU 1923
- Defence class
- Defence (1861)
- Resistance (1861)
- Hector class
- Hector (1862)
- Valiant (1863)
- Achilles (1863)
- Minotaur class
- Minotaur
- Agincourt
- Northumberland
- Prince Consort class
- Prince Consort (1862)
- Caledonia (1862)
- Ocean (1862)
- Royal Oak (1862)
- Royal Alfred (1864)
- Research (1863)
- Enterprise (1864)
- Favorite (1864)
- Zealous (1864)
- Repulse (1868)
- Lord Clyde class
- Lord Clyde (1864)
- Lord Warden (1865)
- Pallas (1865)
- Bellerophon (1865)
- Penelope (1867)
- Audacious class
- Audacious (1869)
- Invincible (1869)
- Iron Duke (1870)
- Vanguard (1870)
- Sultan
- Swiftsure class
- Swiftsure
- Triumph
- Hercules (1868)
- Alexandria (1875)
- Temeraire
- Belleisle class
- Belleisle (launched as Peki-Shereef, renamed)
- Orion (planned name: Boordhi-Zaffer)
- Superb (launched as Hamidieh, renamed)
- Royal Sovereign (1857)
- Prince Albert (1864)
- Scorpion class
- Scorpion
- Wivern
- Monarch (1868)
- Captain (1869) - sank 1870
- Cerberus class
- Cerberus (1868)
- Magdala (1870)
- Abyssinia
- Glatton
- Hotspur
Pre-Dreadnought, barbette ships and turret ships (1872-1905)
- Devastation-class
- HMS Dreadnought
- HMS Inflexible
- Ajax-class
- HMS Alexandra
- Colossus-class
- Conqueror-class
- Admiral-class
- Victoria-class
- Trafalgar-class
- Barfleur-class
- Royal Sovereign-class
- HMS Hood (near-sister to Royal Sovereign-class)
- Majestic-class
- HMS Majestic (1895)
- HMS Magnificent (1895)
- HMS Prince George (1896)
- HMS Victorious (1895)
- HMS Jupiter (1897)
- HMS Hannibal (1898)
- HMS Mars (1897)
- HMS Caesar (1896)
- HMS Illustrious (1896)
- Canopus-class
- HMS Canopus
- HMS Goliath (1898)
- HMS Ocean (1898)
- HMS Glory
- HMS Vengeance
- HMS Albion (1898)
- Formidable-class
- HMS Formidable (1898)
- HMS Irresistible (1898)
- HMS Implacable (1899)
- London-class
- HMS London (1899)
- HMS Bulwark
- HMS Venerable (1899)
- HMS Queen
- HMS Prince of Wales (1902)
- Duncan-class
- King Edward VII-class
- Swiftsure-class
- Lord Nelson-class
Dreadnoughts
- HMS Dreadnought (1906) - this is considered the defining modern battleship
- Bellerophon-class
- HMS Bellerophon (1907)
- HMS Superb (1907)
- HMS Téméraire (1907)
- St Vincent-class
- HMS St Vincent (1908)
- HMS Collingwood (1908)
- HMS Vanguard (1909)
- HMS Neptune (1909)
- Colossus-class
- HMS Colossus (1910)
- HMS Hercules
- Orion-class
- HMS Orion (1910)
- HMS Monarch
- HMS Conqueror (1911)
- HMS Thunderer
- King George V-class
- HMS King George V (1911)
- HMS Centurion (1911)
- HMS Audacious (1912)
- HMS Ajax (1912)
- HMS Agincourt (1914)
- HMS Erin
- Iron Duke-class
- HMS Iron Duke (1912)
- HMS Marlborough (1912)
- HMS Benbow (1913)
- HMS Emperor of India (1913)
- HMS Canada
- Queen Elizabeth-class
- HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913)
- HMS Warspite (1913)
- HMS Barham (1914)
- HMS Valiant (1914)
- HMS Malaya (1915)
- Royal Sovereign-class later renamed Revenge class
- HMS Royal Oak (1914)
- HMS Royal Sovereign (1915)
- HMS Revenge (1915)
- HMS Resolution (1915)
- HMS Ramillies (1916)
- Nelson-class
- HMS Nelson (1925)
- HMS Rodney (1925)
- King George V-class
- HMS King George V
- HMS Prince of Wales (1939)
- HMS Duke of York (1940)
- HMS Anson (1940)
- HMS Howe (1940)
- Temeraire-class
- HMS Lion (not built)
- HMS Temeraire (not built)
- HMS Vanguard (1944)