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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 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