- Costs of warships 1900-1918
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This list reflects the results of the first organised effort to determine the costs of warships of all nations[1] involved in World War I.
Contents
Exchange rates in 1914
- Australian pound $4.85
- Austro-Hungarian krone ("crown") $0.197[2]
- Belgian franc $0.193
- British pound $4.85
- Bulgarian lev ("lion") $0.193
- Canadian dollar $1.00
- Chinese yuan $1.00
- Cuban peso $1.00
- Danish krone ("crown") $0.268
- Dutch gulden $0.40
- Egyptian Lira $5.054
- Finnish markka (Russian) $0.193
- French Franc $0.192 (1914)
- German mark $0.236
- Greek Drachma $0.192 (1914).
- Indian rupee (British) $0.444
- Italian lira $0.193
- Japanese yen (silver) $1.00, (gold) $0.50
- Mexican peso (silver) $1.00
- Montenegrin perper $0.193
- Norwegian krone ("crown") $0.268
- Peruvian sol (silver) $1.00
- Romanian leu $0.193
- Russian ruble $0.507
- Serbian dinar $0.193
- Spanish peseta $0.193
- Swedish krona ("crown") $0.268
- Swiss franc $0.193
Nations
Austria-Hungary
Pre-dreadnoughts
- SMS Erzherzog Karl £912,500
Armoured Cruisers
- SMS Kaiser Karl VI £429,000
- SMS Sankt Georg £581,585
Light Cruisers
- SMS Zenta £143,780
France
Pre-dreadnoughts
- Bouvet £1,100,770
- Brennus £991,767
- Carnot £1,070,088
- Charlemagne £1,096,432
- Charles Martel (1883) £1,092,830
- Condorcet £2,165,200
- Danton £2,068,000
- Democratie £1,173,180
- Diderot £2,167,000
- Gaulois £1,093,925
- Henri IV £801,248
- Jaureguiberry £1,069,536
- Justice £1,670,385
- Massena £1,100,400
- Mirabeau £2,032,000
- Patrie £1,674,870
- Republique £1,523,136
- Saint Louis £1,080,997
- Suffren £1,195,564
- Vergniaud £2,165,200
- Verite £1,661,409
- Voltaire £2,169,200
Dreadnoughts
- Bretagne £2,580,430
- Courbet £2,508,388
- Flandre £2,589,439
- France £2,603,920
- Gascogne £2,589,439
- Jean Bart £2,528,888
- Languedoc £2,642,439
- Lorraine £2,642,439
- Normandie £2,612,139
- Paris £2,603,920
- Provence £2,600,195
Armoured Cruisers
- Aube (Amiral Aube?) £973,410
- Bruix £409,622
- Charner (Amiral Charner) £353,200
- Conde £863,799
- Desaix £762,759
- Dupetit-Thouars £831,839
- Dupleix £652,354
- Edgard Quinet £1,307,536
- Ernest Renan £1,410,000
- Gloire £883,269
- Gueydon (Amiral Gueydon) £817,994
- Jeanne d'Arc £875,847
- Jules Ferry £1,169,940
- Jules Michelet £1,204,107
- Kleber £770,320
- Leon Gambetta £1,169,640
- Marseillaise £881,270
- Montcalm £902,809
- Victor Hugo £1,229,932
- Waldeck-Rousseau £1,301,380
Cruisers
- Chateaurenault £606,656
- D'Entrecasteaux £667,740
- Guichen £611,945
- Jurien de la Graviere £475,979
Light Cruisers
- Cassard £318,712
- Descartes £334,725
- D'Estrees £208,200
- Du Chayla £315,835
- Friant £308,750
- Lavoisier £202,024
Germany
Pre-Dreadnoughts
- SMS Brandenburg 15,832,000 Marks
- SMS Wörth 16,054,000 Marks
- SMS Kaiser Friedrich III 21,472,000 Marks
- SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II 20,387,000 Marks
- SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Große 20,254,000 Marks
- SMS Kaiser Karl der Große 20,385,000 Marks
- SMS Kaiser Barbarossa 20,301,000 Marks
- SMS Wittelsbach 22,740,000 Marks
- SMS Wettin 22,597,000 Marks
- SMS Zahringen 22,275,000 Marks
- SMS Schwaben 21,678,000 Marks
- SMS Mecklenburg 22,329,000 Marks
- SMS Braunschweig 23,893,000 Marks
- SMS Elsaß 23,983,000 Marks
- SMS Hessen 23,867,000 Marks
- SMS Preussen 23,990,000 Marks
- SMS Lothringen 23,801,000 Marks
- SMS Deutschland 24,481,000 Marks
- SMS Pommern 24,624,000 Marks
- SMS Hannover 24,253,000 Marks
- SMS Schlesien 24,920,000 Marks
- SMS Schleswig-Holstein 24,972,000 Marks
Dreadnoughts
- SMS Nassau 37,399,000 Marks
- SMS Posen 36,920,000 Marks
- SMS Rheinland 36,916,000 Marks
- SMS Westfalen 37,615,000 Marks
- SMS Helgoland 46,196,000 Marks
- SMS Ostfriesland 43,579,000 Marks
- SMS Thüringen 46,314,000 Marks
- SMS Oldenburg 45,801,000 Marks
- SMS Kaiser 44,997,000 Marks
- SMS Friedrich der Grosse 45,802,000 Marks
- SMS Kaiserin 45,173,000 Marks
- SMS König Albert 45,761,000 Marks
- SMS Prinzregent Luitpold 46,374,000 Marks
- SMS König, SMS Grosser Kurfürst, SMS Markgraf, SMS Kronprinz approx. 45,000,000 Marks average
- SMS Bayern, SMS Baden approx. 50,000,000 Marks average
Battlecruisers
- Von der Tann 36,523,000 Marks
- Moltke 42,603,000 Marks
- Goeben 41,564,000 Marks
- Seydlitz 44,685,000 Marks
- Derfflinger 56,000,000 Marks
- Lützow 58,000,000 Marks
- Hindenburg 59,000,000 Marks
Armoured Cruisers
- SMS Kaiserin Augusta 8,697,000 Marks
- SMS Victoria Louise 10,714,000 Marks
- SMS Hertha 9,932,000 Marks
- SMS Freya 11,094,000 Marks
- SMS Vineta 10,714,000 Marks
- SMS Hansa 10,270,000 Marks
- SMS Fürst Bismarck 18,945,000 Marks
- SMS Prinz Heinrich 16,588,000 Marks
- SMS Prinz Adalbert 16,371,000 Marks
- SMS Friedrich Carl 15,665,000 Marks
- SMS Roon 15,345,000 Marks
- SMS Yorck 16,241,000 Marks
- SMS Scharnhorst 20,319,000 Marks
- SMS Gneisenau 19,243,000 Marks
- SMS Blücher 28,532,000 Marks
Light Cruisers
- SMS Gazelle 4,611,000 Marks
- SMS Niobe 4,534,000 Marks
- SMS Nymphe 4,647,000 Marks
- SMS Thetis 4,487,000 Marks
- SMS Ariadne 4,779,000 Marks
- SMS Amazone 4,858,000 Marks
- SMS Medusa 4,739,000 Marks
- SMS Frauenlob 4,596,000 Marks
- SMS Arcona 4,493,000 Marks
- SMS Udine 4,653,000 Marks
- SMS Bremen 4,746,000 Marks
- SMS Hamburg 4,706,000 Marks
- SMS Berlin 4,545,000 Marks
- SMS Lübeck 5,436,000 Marks
- SMS München 5,054,000 Marks
- SMS Leipzig 5,043,000 Marks
- SMS Danzig 4,828,000 Marks
- SMS Königsberg 5,407,000 Marks
- SMS Nürnberg 5,560,000 Marks
- SMS Stuttgart 5,488,000 Marks
- SMS Stettin 6,398,000 Marks
- SMS Dresden 7,460,000 Marks
- SMS Emden 5,960,000 Marks
- SMS Kolberg 8,118,000 Marks
- SMS Mainz 8,777,000 Marks
- SMS Cöln 8,356,000 Marks
- SMS Augsburg 7,593,000 Marks
- SMS Magdeburg 8,058,000 Marks
- SMS Breslau 7,961,000 Marks
- SMS Strassburg 7,302,000 Marks
- SMS Stralsund 7,741,000 Marks
- SMS Karlsruhe 8,126,000 Marks
- SMS Rostock 8,124,000 Marks
- SMS Graudenz 8,800,000 Marks
- SMS Regensburg 8,800,000 Marks
Great Britain
Pre-Dreadnoughts
- HMS Royal Sovereign £913,986
- HMS Ramillies £980,895
- HMS Royal Oak £977,996
- HMS Repulse £915,302
- HMS Revenge (renamed HMS Redoubtable 1915) £954,825
- HMS Resolution £953,817
- HMS Empress of India £912,162
- HMS Majestic £986,482
- HMS Caesar £936,864
- HMS Illustrious £952,195
- HMS Jupiter £967,651
- HMS Magnificent £979,889
- HMS Mars £964,352
- HMS Prince George £965,604
- HMS Victorious £955,312
- HMS Canopus £921,316
- HMS Albion £913,545
- HMS Glory £895,814
- HMS Goliath £920,806
- HMS Ocean £938,578
- HMS Vengeance £891,417
- HMS Formidable £1,097,245
- HMS Irresistible £1,122,636
- HMS Implacable £1,063,616
- HMS Bulwark £1,056,816
- HMS London £1,103,453
- HMS Venerable £1,159,853
- HMS Duncan £1,088,897
- HMS Albemarle £1,078,395
- HMS Cornwallis £1,098,159
- HMS Exmouth £1,098,159
- HMS Russell £1,104,051
- HMS Queen £1,146,669
- HMS Prince of Wales £1,185,744
- HMS King Edward VII £1,472,075
- HMS Africa £1,420,040
- HMS Britannia £1,408,053
- HMS Commonwealth £1,471,527
- HMS Dominion £1,453,718
- HMS Hibernia £1,438,690
- HMS Hindustan £1,450,652
- HMS New Zealand £1,424,643 (renamed Zealandia 1 December 1911)
- HMS Swiftsure £957,520, purchased from Chile (amount not certain)
- HMS Triumph £956,596, purchased from Chile (amount not certain)
- HMS Lord Nelson £1,651,339
- HMS Agamemnon £1,652,347
Dreadnoughts
- HMS Dreadnought £1,785,683
- HMS Bellerophon £1,763,491
- HMS Superb £1,744,287
- HMS Temeraire £1,641,114
- HMS St Vincent £1,721,970
- HMS Collingwood £1,680,888
- HMS Vanguard £1,606,030
- HMS Neptune £1,668,916
- HMS Colossus £1,672,103
- HMS Hercules £1,661,240
- HMS Orion £1,855,917
- HMS Conqueror £1,891,164
- HMS Monarch £1,888,736
- HMS Thunderer £1,892,823
- HMS King George V £1,961,096
- HMS Centurion £1,950,671
- HMS Audacious £1,918,813
- HMS Ajax £1,889,387
- HMS Iron Duke £1,945,824
- HMS Marlborough £2,043,437
- HMS Erin £2,500,000
- HMS Agincourt £2,900,000
- HMS Queen Elizabeth - Portsmouth Dockyard - £3,014,103
- HMS Malaya £2,945,709
- HMS Valiant £2,537,037
- HMS Warspite £2,524,148
- HMS Barham £2,470,113
- HMS Canada £2,500,000
- HMS Royal Sovereign £2,570,504
- HMS Revenge £2,406,368
- HMS Resolution £2,449,680
- HMS Royal Oak £2,468,269
- HMS Ramillies £3,295,810
Battlecruisers
- HMS Invincible £1,767,515
- HMS Inflexible £1,720,739
- HMS Indomitable £1,752,337
- HMS Indefatigable £1,520,591
- HMS New Zealand £1,783,190
- HMAS Australia (Royal Australian Navy) £1,783,190
- HMS Lion £2,083,999
- HMS Princess Royal £2,076,222
- HMS Queen Mary £2,078,491
- HMS Tiger £2,100,000
- HMS Renown £3,117,204
- HMS Repulse £2,829,087
Armoured cruisers
- HMS Diadem, Amphitrite, Andromeda, Argonaut, Ariadne, Europa, Niobe, Spartiate, approx. £600.000 average
- HMS Cressy, Aboukir, Bacchante, Hogue, Sutlej, Euryalus, approx. £800,000 average
- HMS Drake £1,002,977
- HMS Good Hope £990,759
- HMS King Alfred £978,125
- HMS Leviathan £1,012,959
- HMS Monmouth, Bedford, Donegal, Berwick, Kent, Cumberland, Cornwall, Essex, Suffolk, Lancaster, approx. £775,000 average
- HMS Devonshire, Antrim, Argyll, Carnarvon, Hampshire, Roxburgh, approx. £850,000 average
- HMS Duke of Edinburgh, Black Prince, approx. £1,150,000 average
- HMS Warrior, Cochrane, Natal, Achilles, approx. £1,180,000 average
- HMS Minotaur £1,410,356
- HMS Defence £1,362,970
- HMS Shannon £1,415,535
Light Cruisers
- HMS Courageous £2,038,225
- HMS Edgar £410,980
- HMS Hawke £400,702
- HMS Endymion £375,250
- HMS Royal Arthur £412,033
- HMS Gibraltar £373,236
- HMS Grafton £372,890
- HMS St George £388,755
- HMS Theseus £370,359
- HMS Crescent £392,453
- HMS Apollo, Aeolus, Andromache, Brilliant, Indefatigable, Intrepid, Iphigenia, Latona, Melampus, Naiad, Pique, Rainbow, Retribution, Sappho, Scylla, Sirius, Spartan, Sybille, Terpsichore, Thetis, Tribune - approx. £200,000 average
- HMS Highflyer, Hermes, Hyacinth - approx. £300,000 average
- HMS Pelorous, Pandora, Pegasus, Perseus, Pactolus, Pioneer, Pomone, Prometheus, Proserpine, Psyche, Pyramus = approx. £150,000 average
- HMS Topaze, Amethyst, Diamond, Sapphire - approx. £240,000 average
- HMS Sentinel, Skirmisher - approx. £282,000 average
- HMS Forward, Foresight - approx. £289,000 average
- HMS Pathfinder, Patrol Laid down - approx. £279,000 average
- HMS Adventure, Attentive - approx. £275,000 average
- HMS Boadicea, Bellona - approx. £330,000 average
- HMS Weymouth, Dartmouth, Falmouth, Yarmouth £396,363 average
- HMS Chatham, Dublin, Southampton, HMAS Sydney (RAN), Melbourne (RAN), Brisbane (RAN) - £334,053 average
- HMS Arethusa, Aurora, Galatea, Inconstant, Penelope, Phaeton, Royalist, Undaunted - approx. £285,000 average
Monitors
- HMS Humber, HMS Mersey, HMS Severn £155,000 each. Bought from Brazil.
- HMS Gorgon, HMS Glatton £370,000 each. From Norway.
- Marshal Soult, Marshal Ney £270,000 each
- HMS Erebus £380,000 + used weaponry. Would have cost about £540,000 with new weaponry.
- HMS General Wolfe and other 12 inch monitors approx. £260,000 (before conversions with larger guns).
Destroyers
- HMS Acheron £88,000
- HMS Beagle £106,000
- HMS Defender £83,000
- HMS Acorn £94,000
- HMS Acasta - £100,000
- HMS Laforey - £98,000
- M class - £100,000
- Admiralty M class with higher speeds cost £110,000, but the 'Specials' were faster and cost £127,000 each
- V&W destroyers - £200,000
Minesweepers
- Flower Class minesweeper £60,000
Submarines
- D Class sub £89,000
Greece
Pre-Dreadnoughts
- Limnos (USS Idaho (BB-24)) and Kilkis (USS Mississippi (BB-23)) $6,267,638 each
Armoured Cruisers
- Georgios Averoff 24 million drachmas
Destroyers
Italy
Pre-dreadnoughts
- Napoli and Regina Elena £1,120,000
- Re Umberto £1,058,500
- Roma £1,120,000
- Sardegna £1,057,440
- Sicilia £1,050,000
- Vittorio Emanuele III £1,120,000
Armoured Cruisers
- Amalfi £880,000
- Marco Polo £344,400
Light cruisers
- Calabria £183,120
- Elba £200,000
- Etruria £183,120
- Liguria £183,120
- Puglia £200,000
Gunboats
- Governolo £58,440
- Aretusa, Iride, Minerva £72,920 each
Japan
Pre-dreadnoughts
- Tango (ex Russian battleship Poltava) £1,098,000
Battlecruisers
- Japanese battleship Kongo £2,500,000
Coast Defence
- Minoshima £410,000
Armoured Cruisers
- Kasuga, Nishin £760,000
Light cruisers
Netherlands
Coast Defence
- De Ruyter, Hertog Hendrik, Jacob van Heemskerck, Koningin Regentes, Marten Tromp £347,500 each
Cruisers
- Friesland, Holland, Zeeland £285,700
Norway
Coast Defence
- HNoMS Eidsvold, HNoMS Eidsvold £350,000 each
- HNoMS Harald Haarfagre, HNoMS Tordenskjold £300,000 each
Portugal
Coast Defence
- Vasco da Gama £132,000
Russia
Dreadnoughts
- Gangut, Petropavlosk, Poltava, Sevastopol approx. 29 million rubles each (extremely expensive due to design faults and state bureaucracy)
Pre-dreadnoughts
- Andrei Pervozvannyi, Pevel I (Imperator) £1,170,000 each
- Sinope £900,000
- Petropavlosk 9,225,309 rubles (Brassey says £1,098,000)
- Poltava, Sevastopol £1,098,000 each
- Peresviet 10.54 mil. Rub.
- Oslyabya 11.34 mil. Rub.
- Pobieda 10.05 mil. Rub.
- Catherine II £900,000
- Georgi Pobiedonosetz £431,000
- Navarin £772,995
- Nicolai I £453,000
- Sissoi Veliki £796,333
Coast Defence
- Admiral Oushakoff, Admiral Seniavin £410,000 each
Cruisers
- Zhemchug 3,549,848 rubles (sister Izumrud was of comparable cost, both nearly twice as expensive as near-sister Novik, built in Germany)
- Admiral Nakhimof £572,000
- Pamyat Azova £350,000
- Admiral Korniloff £296,000
Gunboats
- Kazarsky £32,500
- Abrek £53,600
- Griden £66,600
- Posadnik, Voevoda £111,000
Spain
Dreadnoughts
- Espana Class, approx. £1,600,000 each
Armoured Cruisers
- Cataluna, Princesa de Asturias £600,000 each
- Emperador Carlos V £734,000
Sweden
Armoured Cruisers
- Fylgia £385,700
- Sverige £666,000
Turkey
Pre-dreadnoughts
- Kheyr-ed-Din Barbarossa (ex-German SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm), Turgut Reis (ex-German SMS Weißenburg) £450,000 each
External links
References
- Leyland, J. and Brassey, T.A. (ed)The Naval Annual 1906
- [3] Costs of Warships and Aircraft (1900–1918): A forumini research project.
- Barry Slemmings, "How Much Did a Warship Cost?"
- [4] World War I Naval Combat
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