List of major World War II warships built by minor powers

This is a list of major World War II surface warships built by the belligerent minor powers. Each entry into this list is a purpose-built naval ship with a displacement greater than 1,000 tons. If her full displacement exceeds 1,000 tons but the standard displacement is below this number, the warship is marked with an asterisk at the end of her name. Only vessels in commission by the end of the war qualify for this list.

A minor power in the context of the Second World War is any country that was not one of the era's Great Powers. A major warship of the Second World War is any naval vessel with a displacement greater than 1,000 tons, as opposed to minor warships.

Allies Brazil ClassPictureTypeShipsDisplacement (Standard/Full)Note Marcílio Dias class Destroyer Marcilio DiasMariz e BarrosGreenhalgh 1,500/2,200 tons Last ship of the class stricken 1972.

Denmark ClassPictureTypeShipsDisplacement (Standard/Full)Note Herluf Trolle class Coastal defence ship Peder Skram 3,500/- tons Scuttled in August 1943Sir John Alexander Hammerton Amalgamated Press, The War Illustrated, Volume 7, Issues 156-180, 1943, p. 230 Niels Juel class Coastal defence ship Niels Juel 3,800/- tons After refit her standard displacement increased by 400 tons; scuttled in August 1943Sir John Alexander Hammerton Amalgamated Press, The War Illustrated, Volume 7, Issues 156-180, 1943, p. 230 Hekla class Protected cruiser Hekla 1,322/- tons Survived the war, decommissioned in 1954 Hvidbjørnen class* Fishery protection vessel Hvidbjørnen 914/1,050 tons Scuttled in August 1943 Ingolf class Fishery protection vessel Ingolf 1,180/1,357 tons Captured by Germany in August 1943 and renamed Sleipner

Netherlands ClassPictureTypeShipsDisplacement (Standard/Full)Note Jacob van Heemskerck class Coastal defence ship Jacob van Heemskerck 4,920/- tons Survived the war, decommissioned in 1974 and subsequently scrapped De Zeven Provinciën class Coastal defence ship De Zeven Provinciën 6,530/- tons Captured by Japan in 1942, sunk by Allied aircraft in 1943 Koningin Regentes class Coastal defence ship Hertog Hendrik 5,002/- tons Survived the war, decommissioned in 1968 and subsequently scrapped Holland class Protected cruiser Gelderland 4,033/4,100 tons Retired in early 1940, captured by German forces and converted to Flakschiff. Sunk by Sbombers and fighters in 1944. Java class Light cruiser JavaSumatra 6,670/8,087 tons Neither survived the war, Java was sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea while Sumatra was scuttled in June 1944 De Ruyter class Light cruiser De Ruyter 6,650/- Sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea Tromp class Light cruiser TrompJacob van Heemskerck 3,404/- Both survived the war and were decommissioned in the late 1960s Admiralen class Destroyer Van GhentEvertsenKortenaerPiet HeinVan GalenWitte de WithBanckertVan Nes 1,316/1,640 All eight were sunk during the war Gerard Callenburgh class Destroyer Gerard CallenburghIsaac Sweers 1,604/2,228 Both were sunk during the war Van Kinsbergen class Sloop Van Kinsbergen 1,760/2,388 Scrapped in 1974 Johan Maurits van Nassau class Gunboat Johan Maurits van Nassau 1,457/1,793 Sunk in May 1940 K class Sloop K1K2K3 1,200/1,420 K1 was sunk near the end of the war, K2 sunk under tow after the war, K3 survived and served as Van Speijk until 1960 Flores class Gunboat FloresSoemba 1,480/1,822 Both survived the war and were decommissioned in 1968 and 1985 respectively Prins van Oranje class Minelayer Prins van OranjeGouden Leeuw 1,291/- tons Both were sunk in 1942 Willem van der Zaan class Minelayer Willem van der Zaan 1,422/- tons Survived the war, scrapped in late 1970 Arend class* Patrol ship ArendValk 748/1,011 tons Seaplane-carrying patrol vessels, both scuttled in March 1942 Krakatau class* Minelayer Krakatau 982/1,160 tons Scuttled in March 1942 Rigel class Minelayer Rigel 1,378/1,631 tons Scuttled in March 1942 Serdang class Patrol ship Serdang 1,290 tons/- Seaplane-carrying converted gunboat scuttled in March 1942 Ram class Minelayer RamRegulus 2,400/- tons Captured by Japan in March 1942, both completed as gunboats. Regulus sunk in 1945 by an allied submarine, Ram scrapped in 1945

Norway ClassPictureTypeShipsDisplacement (Standard/Full)Note Olav Tryggvason class Minelayer Olav Tryggvason 1,596/- tons Captured by Germany in April 1940 and renamed Albatros II, wrecked on dry dock by the Royal Air Force in April 1945 Fridtjof Nansen class Fishery protection vessel Fridtjof Nansen 1,219/1,563 tons Wrecked on rocks in November 1940

Yugoslavia ClassPictureTypeShipsDisplacement (Standard/Full)Note Beograd class Destroyer LjubljanaZagreb 1,210/1,655 tons Ljubljana was captured by Italy in April 1941 and lost off the Tunisian coast in April 1943; Zagreb was scuttled in April 1941

Axis

Finland ClassPictureTypeShipsDisplacement (Standard/Full)Note Väinämöinen class Coastal defence ship VäinämöinenIlmarinen 3,900/- tons Ilmarinen was mined and sunk in 1941 during Operation Nordwind

Romania ClassPictureTypeShipsDisplacement (Standard/Full)Note Amiral Murgescu class* Minelayer Amiral Murgescu 812/1,068 tons First sea-going warship built by Romania, survived the war and was scrapped in 1988

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