LIST OF ACTIVE ROYAL NAVY SHIPS

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This is a list of 'active Royal Navy ships', complete and correct as of February 2007.
In total there are 92 commissioned ships in the navy, of which 3 are aircraft carriers (though one is being decommissioned), 3 are large amphibious vessels, 25 are major fleet escorts (17 frigates and 8 destroyers) and 13 are nuclear-powered submarines (9 SSNs and 4 SSBNs). These figures do not include ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary or those in reserve.

Contents
Major Surface Combatants
Amphibious Forces
Mine Warfare Forces
Patrol Vessels
Survey Vessels
Coastal survey vessels (2)
Submarines
Other ships in commission
Shore Establishments
See also
Notes
External links

Major Surface Combatants


''Invincible''-class aircraft carrier

===''Invincible''-class Aircraft carriers (3)===

HMS ''Invincible'' (R05) - effectively in reserve [1]

HMS ''Illustrious'' (R06)

HMS ''Ark Royal'' (R07) - flagship of the active fleet
===Type 42 destroyers (8)===
''Sheffield'' class batches 1 & 2 Type 42 destroyer


HMS ''Exeter'' (D89)

HMS ''Southampton'' (D90)

HMS ''Nottingham'' (D91)

HMS ''Liverpool'' (D92)

HMS ''Manchester'' (D95)

HMS ''Gloucester'' (D96)
''Manchester'' class batch 3 Type 42 destroyer


HMS ''Edinburgh'' (D97)

HMS ''York'' (D98)
===Type 23 frigates (13)===

HMS ''Argyll'' (F231)

HMS ''Lancaster'' (F229)

HMS ''Iron Duke'' (F234)

HMS ''Monmouth'' (F235)

HMS ''Montrose'' (F236)
''Duke'' class Type 23 frigate


HMS ''Westminster'' (F237)

HMS ''Northumberland'' (F238)

HMS ''Richmond'' (F239)

HMS ''Somerset'' (F82)

HMS ''Sutherland'' (F81)

HMS ''Kent'' (F78)

HMS ''Portland'' (F79)

HMS ''St Albans'' (F83)
''Broadsword'' class Type 22 frigate

===Type 22 frigates (4)===

HMS ''Cornwall'' (F99)

HMS ''Cumberland'' (F85)

HMS ''Campbeltown'' (F86)

HMS ''Chatham'' (F87)

Amphibious Forces


''Ocean'' class landing platform helicopter

===Landing Platform Helicopter (1)===

HMS ''Ocean'' (L12)
''Albion'' class landing platform dock

===''Albion''-class landing platform docks (2)===

HMS ''Albion'' (L14)

HMS ''Bulwark'' (L15)

Mine Warfare Forces


===''Sandown''-class mine countermeasures vessels (8)===

HMS ''Walney'' (M104)

HMS ''Penzance'' (M106)

HMS ''Pembroke'' (M107)

HMS ''Grimsby'' (M108)

HMS ''Bangor'' (M109)

HMS ''Ramsey'' (M110)

HMS ''Blyth'' (M111)

HMS ''Shoreham'' (M112)
===''Hunt''-class mine countermeasures vessels (8)===

HMS ''Ledbury'' (M30)

HMS ''Cattistock'' (M31)

HMS ''Brocklesby'' (M33)

HMS ''Middleton'' (M34)

HMS ''Chiddingfold'' (M37)

HMS ''Atherstone'' (M38)

HMS ''Hurworth'' (M39)

HMS ''Quorn'' (M41)

Patrol Vessels


===Antarctic patrol ship (1)===

HMS ''Endurance'' (A171)
===''River''-class patrol vessels (4)===

HMS ''Mersey'' (P283)

HMS ''Severn'' (P282)

HMS ''Tyne'' (P281)

HMS ''Clyde'' (P257) (modified River class)

===''Castle''-class patrol vessels (1)===

HMS ''Dumbarton Castle'' (P265)
===''Archer'' or P2000-class fast patrol boats (14)===

HMS ''Archer'' (P264)

HMS ''Biter'' (P270)

HMS ''Smiter'' (P272)

HMS ''Blazer'' (P279)

HMS ''Puncher'' (P291)


HMS ''Charger'' (P292)

HMS ''Ranger'' (P293)

HMS ''Trumpeter'' (P294)

HMS ''Express'' (P163)

HMS ''Example'' (P165)

HMS ''Explorer'' (P164)

HMS ''Exploit'' (P167)

HMS ''Tracker'' (P274)

HMS ''Raider'' (P275)
===''Scimitar''-class fast patrol boats (Gibraltar Squadron) (2)===

HMS ''Scimitar'' (P284)

HMS ''Sabre'' (P285)
===''Archer'' or P2000-class fast patrol boats (Cyprus Squadron) (2)===

HMS ''Pursuer'' (P273)

HMS ''Dasher'' (P280)

Survey Vessels


===Ocean survey vessel (1)===

HMS ''Scott'' (H131)
Coastal survey vessels (2)


HMS ''Roebuck'' (H130)

HMSML ''Gleaner'' (H86)
===''Echo''-class multi-purpose survey vessels (2)===

HMS ''Echo'' (H87)

HMS ''Enterprise'' (H88)

Submarines


===''Vanguard''-class submarines (SSBNs) (4)===

HMS ''Vanguard'' (S28)

HMS ''Victorious'' (S29)

HMS ''Vigilant'' (S30)

HMS ''Vengeance'' (S31)
===''Swiftsure''-class submarines (SSNs) (2)===

HMS ''Superb'' (S109)

HMS ''Sceptre'' (S104)
===''Trafalgar''-class submarines (SSNs) (7)===

HMS ''Trafalgar'' (S107)

HMS ''Turbulent'' (S87)

HMS ''Tireless'' (S88)

HMS ''Torbay'' (S90)

HMS ''Trenchant'' (S91)

HMS ''Talent'' (S92)

HMS ''Triumph'' (S93)

Other ships in commission



HMS ''Bristol'' (D23) - Type 82 destroyer - now used as a training ship, permanently docked in Portsmouth Harbour

HMS ''Caroline'' - C class cruiser - now used as a shore establishment, permanently docked in Belfast

HMS ''Victory'' - First-rate ship of the line - the flagship of the Second Sea Lord, permanently docked in Portsmouth Naval Base

Shore Establishments


''See also: List of Royal Navy shore establishments''

HMS ''Nelson'' - HMNB Portsmouth

HMS ''Drake'' - HMNB Devonport, Plymouth

HMS ''Neptune'' - HMNB Clyde, near Glasgow

HMS ''Excellent'' - at Whale Island, near Portsmouth

HMS ''Heron'' - RNAS Yeovilton

HMS ''Seahawk'' - RNAS Culdrose

HMS ''Collingwood'' - Maritime Warfare School

HMS ''Sultan'' - Royal Naval School of Marine Engineering/Royal Naval Air Engineering and Survival School

HMS ''Raleigh'' - Phase 1 Training

HMS ''Temeraire'' - Directorate of Naval Physical Training and Sport

See also



Ship prefix

Pennant number

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Full list of every Royal Navy ship in history

Notes


1. [1]

External links



Royal Navy

Official list of ships

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