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.

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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
•  ex-Trincomalee, 38-gun frigate cut down to 26-gun corvette (1817), as training ship Foudroyant, later restored
• 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
• ex-Gannet, steam/ sail sloop (1878), as President at the training ship Mercury, later restored
• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

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