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.
===''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)===
★ HMS ''Exeter'' (D89)
★ HMS ''Southampton'' (D90)
★ HMS ''Nottingham'' (D91)
★ HMS ''Liverpool'' (D92)
★ HMS ''Manchester'' (D95)
★ HMS ''Gloucester'' (D96)
★ 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)
★ 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)
===Type 22 frigates (4)===
★ HMS ''Cornwall'' (F99)
★ HMS ''Cumberland'' (F85)
★ HMS ''Campbeltown'' (F86)
★ HMS ''Chatham'' (F87)
===Landing Platform Helicopter (1)===
★ HMS ''Ocean'' (L12)
===''Albion''-class landing platform docks (2)===
★ HMS ''Albion'' (L14)
★ HMS ''Bulwark'' (L15)
===''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)
===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)
===Ocean survey vessel (1)===
★ HMS ''Scott'' (H131)
★ HMS ''Roebuck'' (H130)
★ HMSML ''Gleaner'' (H86)
===''Echo''-class multi-purpose survey vessels (2)===
★ HMS ''Echo'' (H87)
★ HMS ''Enterprise'' (H88)
===''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)
★ 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
''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
★ Ship prefix
★ Pennant number
★ Royal Fleet Auxiliary
★ Full list of every Royal Navy ship in history
1. [1]
★ Royal Navy
★ Official list of ships
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.
Major Surface Combatants
===''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)===
★ HMS ''Exeter'' (D89)
★ HMS ''Southampton'' (D90)
★ HMS ''Nottingham'' (D91)
★ HMS ''Liverpool'' (D92)
★ HMS ''Manchester'' (D95)
★ HMS ''Gloucester'' (D96)
★ 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)
★ 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)
===Type 22 frigates (4)===
★ HMS ''Cornwall'' (F99)
★ HMS ''Cumberland'' (F85)
★ HMS ''Campbeltown'' (F86)
★ HMS ''Chatham'' (F87)
Amphibious Forces
===Landing Platform Helicopter (1)===
★ HMS ''Ocean'' (L12)
===''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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