Battleships That Never Were
This page lists battleships that were planned but for various reasons were never built. Some were cancelled during construction, some were converted into aircraft carriers and others never even made it past the drawing board.
| Name/Nationality | Project Status |
Austria-Hungary |
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| Ersatz Monarch class (Super-dreadnought battleship) four planned, none completed. | |
| Ersatz Monarch (designated: Schiff VIII) | Not laid down |
| Ersatz Wien (designated: Schiff IX) | Not laid down |
| Ersatz Budapest (designated: Schiff X) | Not laid down |
| Ersatz Habsburg (designated: Schiff XI) | Not laid down |
Chile |
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| Almirante Latorre class (Super-dreadnought battleship) two planned, Almirante Latorre completed. | |
| Almirante Cochrane | Purchased by Britain and completed as an aircraft carrier: H.M.S. Eagle, 1917 |
Greece |
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| Bretagne class (Super-dreadnought battleship) one planned for Greece (ordered from France), the three French units were completed. | |
| Vasilefs Konstantinos | Construction abandoned by France with the outbreak of World War I. |
France |
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| Normandie class (Super-dreadnought battleship) five planned, none completed. | |
| Normandie | Not completed |
| Flandre | Not completed |
| Gascogne | Not completed |
| Languedoc | Not completed |
| Béarn | Completed as an aircraft carrier |
| Lyon class (Super-dreadnought battleship) four planned, none completed. | |
| Lyon | Drawing board |
| Duquesne | Drawing board |
| Lille | Drawing board |
| Tourville | Drawing board |
| Richelieu class (Super-dreadnought fast battleship) four planned, Richelieu & Jean Bart completed. | |
| Clemenceau | Sunk by aircraft incomplete, 1944 |
| Gascogne | Drawing board |
Germany |
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| Mackensen class (Super-dreadnought battlecruisers). | |
| Mackensen | Not completed |
| Prinz Eitel Friedrick | Not completed |
| Graf Spee | Not completed |
| Fürst Bismarck | Not completed |
| Bayern class (Super-dreadnought battleship) four planned, Bayern & Baden completed. | |
| Sachsen | Not completed |
| Wurttemberg | Not completed |
| H41 class (Super-dreadnought battleship) six planned, none completed. | |
| Unnamed | Not completed |
| Unnamed | Not completed |
| Unnamed | Drawing board |
| Unnamed | Drawing board |
| Unnamed | Drawing board |
| Unnamed | Drawing board |
| Unnamed class (Super-dreadnought battlecruiser) three planned, none completed. | |
| Unnamed | Drawing board |
| Unnamed | Drawing board |
| Unnamed | Drawing board |
Italy |
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| Francesco Caracciolo class (Super-dreadnought fast battleship) four planned, none completed. | |
| Cristoforo Colombo | Not completed |
| Francesco Caracciolo | Launched 12 May 1920. Scrapped incomplete |
| Francesco Morosini | Not completed |
| Marcantonio Colonna | Not completed |
| Vittorio Veneto class (Super-dreadnought fast battleship) four planned, Vittorio Veneto, Littorio & Roma completed. | |
| Impero | Not completed |
Japan |
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| Tosa class (Super-dreadnought fast battleship) two planned, none completed. | |
| Kaga | Completed as an aircraft carrier, 1923 |
| Tosa | Not completed due to 1922 Washington treaty. Expended as a target, 1925 |
| Amagi class (Super-dreadnought battlecruiser) four planned, none completed. | |
| Akagi | Completed as aircraft carrier |
| Amagi | To be completed as aircraft carrier, destroyed by earthquake incomplete |
| Atago | Not completed. Cancelled Feb 1922 due to Washington treaty |
| Takao | Not completed. Cancelled Feb 1922 due to Washington treaty |
| Yamato class (Super-dreadnought battleship) five planned, Yamato & Musashi completed. | |
| Shinano | Completed as aircraft carrier |
| Unnamed (hull number 111) | Only 30% completed |
| Unnamed (hull number 797) | Drawing board |
| 'Super-Yamato' class (Super-dreadnought battleship) two planned, none completed. | |
| Unnamed (hull number 798) | Drawing board |
| Unnamed (hull number 799) | Drawing board |
| B-64/65 class (Super-dreadnought battlecruiser) two planned, none completed. | |
| Unnamed (hull number 795) | Drawing board |
| Unnamed (hull number 796) | Drawing board |
| Kii class (Super-dreadnought fast battleship) four planned, none completed. | |
| Kii | Cancelled 14 April 1924 |
| Owari | Cancelled 14 April 1924 |
| Unnamed (battleship number 11) | Cancelled 19 Nov 1923 |
| Unnamed (battleship number 12) | Cancelled 19 Nov 1923 |
| 1921 class (Super-dreadnought fast-battleship) four planned, none completed. | |
| Unnamed (battleship number 13) | Drawing board |
| Unnamed (battleship number 14) | Drawing board |
| Unnamed (battleship number 15) | Drawing board |
| Unnamed (battleship number 16) | Drawing board |
Ottoman Empire |
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| Sultan Osman I (dreadnought battleship) Ordered by Brazil and launched as Rio de Janeiro, she was sold to Turkey whilst still fitting out. The Royal Navy then took over and re-named her Agincourt with the outbreak of World War One. | |
| Reshadieh class (dreadnought battleship) two planned, Reshadieh completed, but taken over by Britain as HMS Erin with the outbreak of World War One. | |
| Unnamed | Cancelled due to Balkan war. |
Russia/U.S.S.R. |
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| Imperator Nikolai I class | |
| Imperator Nikolai I | Not completed due to capture by the Germans (Feb 1918) and destruction by the Allies (1919) to prevent it falling into Bolshevik control. |
| UP41 class | |
| UP41 | Drawing board |
| Sovietsky Soyuz class | |
| Sovietsky Soyuz | Not completed |
| Sovietskaya Byelorussia | Material assembled. Not laid down |
| Sovietskaya Ukraina | Not completed |
| Kirov class (Missile battlecruiser) five planned, Kirov, Frunze, Kalinin & Yuri Andropov completed. | |
| Dzerzhinsky | Cancelled |
United Kingdom |
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| Queen Elizabeth class (super-dreadnought fast battleship) six planned, Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, Barham, Malaya & Valiant completed. | |
| Agincourt | Cancelled |
| Lion class (super-dreadnought battleship) four planned, none completed. | |
| Lion | Not completed |
| Temeraire | Not completed |
| Conqueror | Not laid down |
| Thunderer | Not laid down |
| L2 class (super-dreadnought battleship) | |
| L2 | Drawing board |
| L3 class (super-dreadnought battleship) | |
| L3 | Drawing board |
| M2 class (super-dreadnought battleship) | |
| M2 | Drawing board |
| N3 class (super-dreadnought battleship) | |
| N3 | Drawing board |
United States of America |
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| Colorado classs (super-dreadnought battleship) four planned, Colorado, Maryland & West Virginia completed. | |
| Washington | 75.9 percent complete, sunk as target 26 Nov 1924 |
| Lexington class (super-dreadnought battlecruiser) six planned, none completed. | |
| Lexington | Completed as aircraft carrier |
| Saratoga | Completed as aircraft carrier |
| Constellation | Not completed |
| Ranger | Not completed |
| Constitution | Not completed |
| United States | Not completed |
| South Dakota class (BB49) six planned, none completed. | |
| South Dakota | Not completed |
| Indiana | Not completed |
| Montana | Not completed |
| North Carolina | Not completed |
| Iowa | Not completed |
| Massachusetts | Not completed |
| Iowa class six planned, Iowa, New Jeresy, Missouri & Wisconsin completed | |
| Illinois | Not completed |
| Kentucky | Not completed |
| Alaska class (dreadnought battlecruiser) six planned, Alaska & Guam completed. | |
| Hawaii | Not completed |
| Philippines | Drawing board |
| Puerto Rico | Drawing board |
| Samoa | Drawing board |
| Montana class (super-dreadnought fast battleship) five planned, none completed. | |
| Montana | Drawing board |
| Ohio | Drawing board |
| Maine | Drawing board |
| New Hampshire | Drawing board |
| Louisiana | Drawing board |
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