List of active Royal Navy ships

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This is a list of active Royal Navy ships, complete and correct as of October 2011. In total there are 79 commissioned ships in the navy, including 2 which are permanently stationed, 1 in extended readiness and 1 not in active service.

19 of the commissioned vessels are major surface combatants/fleet escorts (6 guided missile destroyers and 13 frigates) and 11 are nuclear powered submarines (4 ballistic missile submarines and 7 fleet submarines). In addition the Navy possesses an aircraft carrier, a helicopter carrier and 2 landing platform docks.

The 19 ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary are not included in this list or above figures; additionally there are the minor vessels (tugs, etc) of the (now privatised) Marine Services, and training vessels based at the various shore establishments.

Contents

Assault ships[1]

Albion class landing platform dock

Albion-class landing platform docks (2)

Invincible-class aircraft carrier

Invincible-class carrier (1)

Ocean class landing platform helicopter

Amphibious assault ship (LPH) (1)


In addition, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary possess three Bay class landing ship dock vessels.

Frigates and destroyers[4]

Type 23 frigates (13)

Duke class Type 23 frigate
Sheffield class batches 1 & 2 Type 42 destroyer
Manchester class batch 3 Type 42 destroyer

Type 42 destroyers (3)

Daring class Type 45 destroyer

Type 45 destroyers (3)

Submarines[5]

Astute-class submarine (Fleet submarine/SSN) (1)

Trafalgar-class submarines (Fleet submarines/SSNs) (6)

HMS Tireless

Vanguard-class submarines (Ballistic submarines/SSBNs) (4)

Mine warfare

Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessels (8)

HMS Ledbury

Sandown-class mine countermeasures vessels (7)

Patrol vessels

HMS Protector

Antarctic patrol icebreakers (2)

River-class patrol vessels (4)


Fast patrol boats

Archer or P2000-class fast patrol boats (University Royal Naval Units) (14)

HMS Archer and HMS Example on the River Tyne at HMS Calliope, Gateshead

Archer or P2000-class fast patrol boats (stationed at HMNB Clyde) (2)

Scimitar-class fast patrol boats (Gibraltar Squadron) (2)

Survey vessels

HMS Enterprise

Echo-class multi-purpose survey vessels (2)

Ocean survey vessel (1)

Coastal survey vessels (1)

Other ships in commission

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Royal Navy Assault Ships
  2. ^ Royal Navy BULWARK TAKES OVER AS UK FLAGSHIP AFTER NINE-MONTH WORK-OUT (18 October 2011)
  3. ^ BBC News HMS Bulwark becomes Royal Navy's new flagship (19 October 2011)
  4. ^ Royal Navy Frigates and destroyers
  5. ^ Royal Navy Submarines
  6. ^ Royal Navy — The Fleet — HMS Victory

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