HMS Renown, UK

36,080 tons displacement, 794ft long, 90ft beam, 30.5ft draught, 29.5kts, six 15in guns, 20 4.5in DP, 28 2pdr pom-pom & 64 20mm AA guns and eight 21in torpedo tubes, 1200 compliment. WWI vessel modernised in September 1939, scrapped in 1948.
HMS Nelson, UK

38,400 tons displacement, 710ft long, 106ft beam, 28ft draught, 23kts, nine 16in guns, six 4.7in AA, 16 2pdr pom-pom & 8 12.7mm AA guns and two 24.5in torpedo tubes, 1314 compliment. Built in 1927, scrapped in 1948.
HMS Prince of Wales, UK

43,350 tons displacement, 745ft long, 103ft beam, 28ft draught, 28kts, ten 14in guns, 16 5.25in DP, 32 2pdr pom-pom & 16 12.7mm AA guns, 1422 compliment. Launched May 1939, sunk December 1941 by Japanese torpedo bombers.
HMS Warspite, UK

36,450 tons displacement, 640ft long, 104ft beam, 30.75ft draught, 23.5kts, eight 15in guns, eight 6in guns, eight 4in AA, 32 2pdr pom-pom & 16 12.7mm AA guns, 1120 compliment. Launched November 1913, modernised 1934, sold for scrapped in 1946.
KMS Scharnhorst, Germany

38,900 tons displacement, 770ft long, 98.5ft beam, 29.8ft draught, 32kts, nine 11in guns, 14 4.1in AA and 16 37mm AA guns and six 21in torpedo tubes, 1840 compliment. Launched mid 1930's, sunk December 1943.
KMS Bismark, Germany

50,153 tons displacement, 823.5ft long, 118ft beam, 30.6ft draught, 29kts, eight 15in guns, 12 5.9in guns, 16 4.1in AA and 16 37mm AA guns and 12 20mm AA guns, 2192 compliment. Launched February 1939, sunk in May 1941.
KMS Tirpitz, Germany

52,600 tons displacement, 821ft long, 118.1ft beam, 36.1ft draught, 29kts, eight 15in guns, 12 5.9in guns, 16 4.1in AA, 16 37mm AA and 70 20mm AA guns, eight 21in torpedo tubes, 2530 compliment. Launched 1939, sunk November 1944 by Lancasters.
USS Arizona (BB.39), USA

36,500 tons displacement, 608ft long, 97ft beam, 28.75ft draught, 21kts, 12 14in guns, 12 5in guns, 12 5in AA and eight 12.7mm AA guns, 2290 compliment. Launched 1915, sunk December 1941 in Pearl Harbour.
USS Washington (BB.56), USA

44,800 tons displacement, 728.75ft long, 108.25ft beam, 35.5ft draught, 27kts, nine 16in guns, 20 5in DP, 16 1.1in AA and12 12.7mm AA guns, 1880 compliment. Commissoned May 1941, decommissioned June 1947.
USS South Dakota (BB.57), USA

44,374 tons displacement, 680ft long, 108.25ft beam, 36.25ft draught, 28kts, nine 16in guns, 16 5in DP, 40 40mm AA and 40 20mm AA guns, 2354 compliment. Launched June 1941, decommissioned in 1947.
USS Iowa (BB.61), USA

57,450 tons displacement, 887ft long, 108.2ft beam, 38ft draught, 33kts, nine 16in guns, 20 5in guns, 60 40mm AA and 60 20mm AA guns, 1921 compliment. Launched August 1942, decommissioned in 1953, reactivated in 1981 for a modernisation.
IJN Kirishima, Japan

36,600 tons displacement, 728.5ft long, 102.3ft beam, 31.75ft draught, 30.5kts, eight 14in guns, 14 6in guns, eight 5in AA and 20 25mm AA guns, 1437 compliment. Launched April 1913, modernised 1927-31 and again 1934-40, sunk by her Captain after extensive damage in 1942.
IJN Yamato, Japan

69,988 tons displacement, 863ft long, 127.75ft beam, 34.25ft draught, 27kts, nine 18.1in guns, 12 6.1in guns, 12 5in AA, 24 25mm AA and four 13mm AA guns, 2500 compliment. Launched August 1940, sunk 7 April 1945 by massive air strikes.
Richelieu, France

47,500 tons displacement, 813.3ft long, 108.25ft beam, 31.8ft draught, 30kts, eight 15in guns, nine 6in guns, 12 3.9in AA, 16 37mm AA and eight 13.2mm AA guns, 1550 compliment. Launched 1940, survived destruction when France fell and became part of the British home fleet.
 
Vittorio Veneto, Italy

45,460 tons displacement, 780ft long, 108ft beam, 34.5ft draught, 30kts, nine 15in guns, 12 6in guns, 12 3.5in AA, 20 37mm AA and 16 20mm AA guns, 1872
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