List of other pre-dreadnought vessels still in existence during WWII


This list includes armored cruisers, coast defense ships, monitors, turret ships, ironclads, ships-of-the-line, frigates, etc.
Smaller cruiser, torpedo boats, and other small craft are added almost daily, so check back often. If you know of a ship not on the list, please e-mail me!
Ships in blue are still around today.

Argentina:

General Belgrano, armored cruiser (1895), as a submarine tender
Independencia, small coast defense ship (1889), as gunboat
Libertad, small coast defense ship (1889), as gunboat
Pueyrredon, armored cruiser (1895), as training ship
San Martin, armored cruiser (1895), as hulk

Brazil

Almirante Barrozo, protected cruiser (1896), as training ship

Chile:

Blanco Encalada, protected cruiser (1893), as training ship
Chacabuco, protected cruiser (1898), in service
General O'Higgins, armored cruiser (1895), as training ship
Huascar, (ex-Peruvian) turret ship (1879), as museum

Denmark:

Peder Skram, small coast defense ship (1904)
Jylland, screw frigate (1960), as museum
Fyen, rigged cruiser (1882), as accomodation ship
Hekla, small cruiser (1890), as accomodation ship

France:

Conde, armored cruiser (1889), as accommodation ship
Gueydon, armored cruiser (1897), as accommodation ship
Jeanne d'Arc, armored cruiser (1895), as hulk
Tremintin (ex-Montcalm), armored cruiser (1897), as accommodation ship
Waldeck-Rousseau, armored cruiser (1904), as hulk

Finland:

Mati Kurki (ex-Russian Voevoda), torpedo boat (1892), active duty
Claas Horn (ex-Russian Posadnik), torpedo boat (1892), active duty

Great Britain:

Agincourt, broadside ironclad (1861), as coal storage hulk C109
Andromeda, first class protected cruiser (1895), as training ship Defiance
Calliope, steel corvette (1881), as drill ship
Cormorant, composite screw sloop (1877), as harbor service craft
Cornwallis, 74-gun ship of the line (1813), as base ship
Foudroyant, 46-gun frigate (1817), as training ship
Frederick William, 110-gun ship of the line (1860), as training ship
Implacable, 74-gun ship of the line (1800), as training ship
Inconstant, unarmored iron frigate (1866), as training ship Defiance II
Hermione, second class cruiser (1893), as school ship Warspite
Medea, requisitioned steam yacht (1904), as armed auxiliary in both World Wars
Nile, 92-gun ship of the line (1839), as school ship
Otter, colonial gunboat (1884), as Australian tugboat
Paluma, colonial gunboat (1884), as Australian gunboat Rip
Phaeton, second class cruiser (1880), as school ship Indefatigable
Philomel, third class cruiser (1889), as New Zealand base ship
Sultan, central battery ship (1867), as tender to minesweepers
Thames, second class cruiser (1884), as South African training ship General Botha
Unicorn, 46-gun frigate (1824), as drill-ship
Valiant, broadside ship (1860), as floating oil tank
Victory, 100-gun ship of the line (1765), as museum
Vulcan, torpedo boat carrier (1888), as training huk Defiance III
Wallaroo, thrid class cruiser (1888), as harbor service craft
Warrior, broadside ship (1859), as oil hulk, later museum
Wellesley, 74-gun ship of the line (1815), as training ship Cornwall

Hungary

Lajta (ex-Austria-Hungary Leitha), river monitor (1868), as privatly owned dredge bardge Jozsef Lájos, later museum
Szamos, river monitor (1868), as privatly owned dredge barge Tivardar

Italy:

Buttafuoco (ex-Austrian Erzherzog Albrecht), central battery ship (1867), as hulk
Ruggiero di Lauria, barbette ship (1880), as floating oil tank
San Marco, armored cruiser (1904), target ship
San Giorgio, armored cruiser (1904), floating AA battery

Japan:

Asama, armored cruiser (1879), as stationary training ship
Azuma, armored cruiser (1897), as hulk
Iwate, armored cruiser (1897), as training ship
Izumo, armored cruiser (1897), as coast defense ship then training ship
Kasuga, armored cruiser (1903), as hulk
Tokiwa, armored cruiser (1897), as minelayer
Yakumo, armored cruiser (1897), as coast defense ship

Netherlands:

Buffel, turret ram (1867), as accommodation ship later museum
Hertog Hendrik, coast defense ship (1889), as floating battery Vliereede later German AA battery Ariadne
Jacob van Heemskerck, coast defense ship (1904), as guardship Ijmuiden later German AA battery Undine
Koning der Nederlanden, turret ship (1871), as accommodation ship
Schorpioen, turret ram (1866), as accommodation ship

Norway:

Eidsvold, coast defense ship (1898), active duty
Harald Haarfagre, coast defense ship (1895), as accommodation ship
Norge, coast defense ship (1898), active duty
Tordenskjold, coast defense ship (1895), as accommodation ship

Russia:

Abrek, torpedo boat (1897), as tender
Aurora, armored cruiser (1897), as stationary training vessel and tender
Dunay, minelayer (1892), as survey ship
Edinorog, monitor (1865), as hulk
General Admiral, central battery ship (1868), as hulk
Getrtsog Edinburgskii, armored cruiser (1877), as hulk
Khrabryi, gunboat (1897), as training ship
Khvinets, gunboat (1906), as hulk
Komintern, protected cruiser, (1905), as hulk
Lava, monitor (1862), as hulk
Latnik, monitor (1865), as coal barge
Ne Tron' Menya, armored battery ship (1865), as barge
Pervenets,armored battery ship (1864), as barge
Petr Veliki, battleship (1869), as mine depot hulk
Smerch, monitor (1862), as hulk
Strelets, monitor (1865), as floating tech shop
Turkements, destroyer (1905), as gunboat
Tucha, gunboat, (1880), as floating light house
Ukraina, destroyer (1905), as gunboat
Voiskovoi, destroyer (1905) as gunboat
Volga, minelayer (1905), as hulk
Yedinorog, monitor (1862), as hulk

Sweden:

Aran, coast defense ship (1898), active duty
Dristigheten, coast defense ship (1897), as seaplane tender later target
Gota, coast defense ship (1886), as accommodation ship
Manligheten, coast defense ship (1898), active duty
Niord, coast defense ship (1893), as boys' accommodation ship
Oscar II, coast defense ship (1902), active duty
Svea, coast defense ship (1883), as receiving ship
Tapperheten, coast defense ship (1899), active duty
Wasa, coast defense ship (1898), as hulk

USA:

Amphitrite, monitor (1874), as privately owned accommodation ship
Annapolis, patrol gunboat (1896), as training ship
Author Foss, wooden-hulled tugboat (1889), active duty with US Navy
Baltimore, masted cruiser (1887), as hulk
Boston, masted cruiser (1886), as receiving ship
Constellation, sloop-of-war (1854), as receiving and stationary training ship IX-20
Constitution, 44-gun frigate (1797), as museum
Dubuque, patrol gunboat (1903), as training ship
New York, armored cruiser (1890), as hulk Rochester
Paducah,
patrol gunboat (1903), as training ship
Olympia, protected cruiser (1892), as museum
Ranger, wooden screw sloop (1873), as training ship
Washington, armored cruiser (1902), as receiving ship Seattle
Wawana, schooner (1897), as US Army barge BCL-710
Wheeling, patrol gunboat (1896), as training ship
Wilmington, patrol gunboat (1894), as training ship
Wolverine, ex-Michigan, side-wheel steamer (1843), as relic

Yugoslavia:

Neretva, (ex-Austrian Kaiser Max), central battery ship (1874), as hulk


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