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| Indefatigable |
British | Gunfire | Jutland | 5-31-1916 |
| Queen Mary |
British | Gunfire | Jutland | 5-31-1916 |
| Invincible |
British | Gunfire | Jutland | 5-31-1916 |
| Lutzow |
German | Damage from gunfire + torpedo, scuttled next day | Jutland | 6-1-1916 |
| Hindenburg |
German | Scuttled while interned, raised and broken up | Scapa Flow | 6-21-1919 |
| Derfflinger |
German | Scuttled while interned, raised and broken up | Scapa Flow | 6-21-1919 |
| Seydlitz |
German | Scuttled while interned, raised and broken up | Scapa Flow | 6-21-1919 |
| Moltke |
German | Scuttled while interned, raised and broken up | Scapa Flow | 6-21-1919 |
| Von der Tann |
German | Scuttled while interened, raised and broken up | Scapa Flow | 6-21-1919 |
| Hood |
British | Gunfire | Off Iceland | 5-24-1941 |
| Repulse |
British | Aircraft torpedoes | Off Malaya | 10-12-1941 |
| Hiei |
Japanese | Damage from gunfire + torpedoes + bombs, scuttled | Guadalcanal | 11-12-1942 |
| Kirishima |
Japanese | Gunfire | Guadalcanal | 11-15-1942 |
| Dunkerque |
French | Scuttled in harbor to avoid capture, broken up | Toulon | 11-27-1942 |
| Strasbourg |
French | Scuttled in harbor to avoid capture, broken up | Toulon | 11-27-1942 |
| Scharnhorst |
German | Gunfire + torpedoes | North Cape | 12-26-1943 |
| Kongo |
Japanese | Submarine torpedoes | Formosa | 11-21-1944 |
| Gniesenau |
German | Damage from bombs, repairs started but cancelled, scuttled as blockship | Gdynia | 12-18-1944 |
| Haruna |
Japanese | Bombs while in harbor, raised and broken up | Kure | 7-18-1945 |
| Battlecruisers Lost due to Arms Limitation
Treaties or Obsolescence
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| New Zealand |
British | Broken up, Washington Treaty | 1922-1923 | |
| Inflexible |
British | Broken up, Washington Treaty | 1922-1923 | |
| Indomitable |
British | Broken up, Washington Treaty | 1922-1923 | |
| Princess Royal |
British | Broken up, Washington Treaty | 1922-1923 | |
| Australia |
Australian | Ceremonially scuttled, Washington Treaty | South Head | 3-12-1924 |
| Lion |
British | Broken up, Washington Treaty | 1924 | |
| Tiger |
British | Broken up, London Treaty | 1932 | |
| Renown |
British | Broken up, obsolescence | 1948 | |
| Alaska |
American | Broken up, obsolescence | 1960-1961 | |
| Guam |
American | Broken up, obsolescence | 1960-1961 | |
| Yavus |
Turkish | Broken up, obsolescence (ex Goeben, ex-Yavus Sultan Salim | 1973-1976 | |
| Battlecruisers converted to aircraft carriers
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| Courageous |
British | Converted after completion, sunk submarine torpedoes | off Iceland | 9-17-1939 |
| Glorious |
British | Converted after completion, sunk by gunfire | off Norway | 6-8-1940 |
| Lexington |
American | Converted during construction, damaged by bombs and torpedoes, scuttled next day | Coral Sea | 5-8-1942 |
| Akagi |
Japanese | Converted during construction, damaged by bombs, scuttled next day | Midway | 6-5-1942 |
| Saratoga |
American | Converted during construction, sunk as target | Bikini Atoll | 7-25-1946 |
| Furious |
British | Converted during construction, broken up obsolescence | 1948 | |
| Battlecruisers cancelled while under construction
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| Mackensen |
German | 12 months from completion, war ended | broken up | 1923-1924 |
| Graf Spee |
German | 16 months from completion, war ended | broken up | 1923-1924 |
| Ersatz Freya |
German | 21 months from completion, war ended | broken up | 1921-1922 |
| Ersatz Friedrich Carl |
German | 26 months from completion, war ended | broken up | 1922 |
| Anson |
British | 1% complete, cancelled in favor of improved designs | broken up | 1918 |
| Howe |
British | 1% complete, cancelled in favor of improved designs | broken up | 1918 |
| Rodney |
British | 1% complete, cancelled in favor of improved designs | broken up | 1918 |
| Amagi |
Japanese | 65% complete, damaged by earthquake while converting to carrier | broken up | 1923 |
| Atago |
Japanese | 25% (?) complete, cancelled, Washington Treaty | broken up | 1925 |
| Takao |
Japanese | 20% (?) complete, cancelled, Washington Treaty | broken up | 1925 |
| Constellation |
American | 23% complete, cancelled, Washington Treaty | broken up | 1923 |
| Ranger |
American | 4% complete, cancelled, Washington Treaty | broken up | 1923 |
| Constitution |
American | 13% complete, cancelled, Washington Treaty | broken up | 1923 |
| United States |
American | 12% complete, cancelled, Washington Treaty | broken up | 1923 |
| Borodino |
Russian | 57% complete, unable to complete post-revolution | broken up | 1923 |
| Ismail |
Russian | 67% complete, unable to complete post-revolution | broken up | 1931 |
| Navarin |
Russian | 50% complete, unable to complete post-revolution | broken up | 1923 |
| Kinburn |
Russian | 52% complete, unable to complete post-revolution | broken up | 1923 |
| Sevastopol |
Russian | 12% complete when Germans invaded | weapons tests | 1950 |
| Kronshtadt |
Russian | 12% complete when Germans invaded | broken up | 1950? |
| Stalingrad |
Russian | 18% complete, cancelled upon Stalin's death | lost under tow to breakers | 1954 |
| Moskva |
Russian | 8% complete, cancelled upon Stalin's death | broken up | 1954 |
| Kronshtadt (II) |
Russian | 3% complete, cancelled upon Stalin's death | broken up | 1954 |
| Hawaii |
American | 85% complete, war ended | broken up | 1958 |
