Battlecruisers
The Renown class battlecruiser HMS Renown (72) of the Royal Navy.
All Battlecruiser classes
The list is divided by navy, then ordered by commissioned date of each class (oldest first).
| Commissioned | ||
|---|---|---|
French Navy | ||
| Dunkerque (2) | 1937 - 1938 | |
Royal Navy | ||
| Renown (2) | 1916 - 1916 | |
| Admiral (1) | 1920 - 1920 | |
3 ship classes.
Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class.
Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), those ships are not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.
War losses: Battlecruisers
| Date | Vessel | Class | ||
1941 | ||||
 | 24 May 1941 | HMS Hood (51) | Admiral | |
| 10 Dec 1941 | HMS Repulse (34) | Renown | |
1942 | ||||
 | 27 Nov 1942 | FR Dunkerque | Dunkerque | |
3 Battlecruisers lost. See all Allied Warship losses.
 Bismarck Zetterling, Niklas |
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