List of active Royal Navy ships
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The Royal Navy is the principal naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. As of October 2022, there are 72 commissioned ships in the Royal Navy.
Of the commissioned vessels, twenty-two are major surface combatants (two aircraft carriers, six guided missile destroyers, twelve frigates and two amphibious transport docks) and ten are nuclear-powered submarines (four ballistic missile submarines and six fleet submarines). In addition the Navy possesses nine mine countermeasures vessels, twenty-six patrol vessels, three survey vessels, one icebreaker and one historic warship, Victory. The total displacement of the Royal Navy is approximately 431,000 tonnes.
The Royal Navy operates four bases where commissioned ships are based: HMNB Portsmouth, HMNB Devonport and HMNB Clyde and the Royal Navy's newest base, HMS Jufair in Bahrain.[1] In addition, a number of commissioned vessels belonging to the University Royal Naval Units (URNU) are stationed at various locations around the United Kingdom. Two fast patrol boats, together with a forward-deployed River-class Offshore Patrol Vessel, normally form part of the Gibraltar Squadron and are permanently based there. Four other River-class vessels are forward-deployed: in the Falkland Islands (one ship), the Caribbean (one ship) and the Indo-Pacific region (two ships).
Besides the Royal Navy, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and the Royal Marines operate their own flotillas of vessels which complement the assets of the Royal Navy, however they are not included in this list or the above figures (the Royal Navy and RFA combined have 83 vessels with a total displacement in excess of 763,000 tonnes). In addition, the naval training vessels Brecon and Cromer can be found based at the Royal Navy shore establishment HMS Raleigh and the Britannia Royal Naval College, respectively, along with a number of P1000s and Motor Whalers.[2][3] As a supporting contingent of His Majesty's Naval Service, the civilian Marine Services operate many auxiliary ships (including coastal logistics, tugs and research vessels) in support of Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary operations.[4] (with a total displacement in excess of 817,500 tonnes).
All ships and submarines currently in commission with the Royal Navy were built in the United Kingdom, with the exceptions of icebreaker Protector which was built in Norway and survey vessel Magpie which was substantially built in Ireland. All vessels of the Royal Navy bear the ship prefix "HMS", for His Majesty's Ship or His Majesty's Submarine.
Ceremonial/Historic ship
Flagship of the First Sea Lord | |||||||
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Classic first-rate | |||||||
Class | Ship | No. | Commissioned | Displacement | Type | Homeport | Note |
Ship of the line | HMS Victory | — | 1778[N 1] | 3,556 tonnes | First-rate ship of the line | Portsmouth | [5] |
Submarine service
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Strategic | |||||||
Class | Boat | No. | Commissioned | Displacement | Type | Homeport | Note |
Vanguard class | HMS Vanguard | S28 | 1993 | 15,900 tonnes | Ballistic missile submarine | Clyde | [6] |
HMS Victorious | S29 | 1995 | [7] | ||||
HMS Vigilant | S30 | 1996 | [8] | ||||
HMS Vengeance | S31 | 1999 | [9] | ||||
Fleet | |||||||
Class | Boat | Pennant No. | Commissioned | Displacement | Type | Homeport | Note |
Astute class | HMS Astute | S119 | 2010 | 7,400 tonnes | Fleet submarine | Clyde | [10] |
HMS Ambush | S120 | 2013 | [11] | ||||
HMS Artful | S121 | 2016 | [12] | ||||
HMS Audacious | S122 | 2021 | [13][14] | ||||
HMS Anson | S123 | 2022 | [15] | ||||
Trafalgar class | HMS Triumph | S93 | 1991 | 5,300 tonnes | Devonport | [16] |
Surface fleet
Auxiliary vessels
RN auxiliary ships | |||||||
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Survey | |||||||
Class | Ship | No. | Commissioned | Displacement | Type | Homeport | Note |
Echo class | HMS Enterprise | H88 | 2003 | 3,740 tonnes | Multi-purpose survey | Devonport | [78] |
— | HMS Scott | H131 | 1997 | 13,500 tonnes | Ocean survey | [79] | |
— | HMS Protector | A173 | 2011 | 5,000 tonnes | Icebreaker & survey | [80][N 19] | |
— | HMS Magpie | H130 | 2018 | 37 tonnes | Survey motor launch | [82] | |
Experimental (RN service, non-commissioned) | |||||||
Class | Ship | No. | In service | Displacement | Type | Homeport | Note |
— | XV Patrick Blackett | X01 | 2022 | 720 tonnes | Experimental vessel | Portsmouth | [83] |
Gallery
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HMS Victory, Flagship of the First Sea Lord
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Vanguard (Vanguard class)
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Ambush (Astute class)
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Trenchant (Trafalgar class)
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Queen Elizabeth
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Albion (Albion class)
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Daring (Type 45 destroyer)
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Northumberland (Type 23 frigate)
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Forth (River class)
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Hurworth (Hunt class)
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Ramsey (Sandown class)
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Raider (Archer class)
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Cutlass (Cutlass class)
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Echo (Echo class)
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Scott
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Protector
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Magpie
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Excellent
Silhouettes
Silhouettes of major fleet units:
See also
- Lists of ships operated by or in support of His Majesty's Naval Service
- List of active Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships
- List of active Royal Marines military watercraft
- List of ships of Serco Marine Services
- Related articles
- List of Royal Navy shore establishments (the "stone frigates")
- List of ship names of the Royal Navy
- Active Royal Navy weapon systems
- Future of the Royal Navy
- Standing Royal Navy deployments
Footnotes
- ^ Launched in 1765 and commissioned in 1778, making Victory the world's oldest warship still in commission.
- ^ Queen Elizabeth is the current Fleet Flagship as of 2021.
- ^ Bulwark entered 'extended readiness' in late 2016.
- ^ HMS Lancaster is forward deployed, operating from HMS Jufair in Bahrain.
- ^ HMS Forth is forward deployed as guardship in the Falkland Islands.
- ^ HMS Medway is forward deployed as Atlantic Patrol Tasking (North) guardship in the Caribbean.
- ^ HMS Trent is forward deployed to Gibraltar for regional operations in the Mediterranean and Gulf of Guinea.
- ^ HMS Tamar is forward deployed to the Indo-Pacific region
- ^ HMS Spey is forward deployed to the Indo-Pacific region
- ^ HMS Middleton is forward deployed as part of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron, operating from HMS Jufair in Bahrain.
- ^ HMS Chiddingfold is forward deployed as part of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron, operating from HMS Jufair in Bahrain.
- ^ HMS Bangor is forward deployed as part of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron, operating from HMS Jufair in Bahrain.
- ^ Formerly based in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Returned to the U.K. May 2022.
- ^ Formerly based in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Returned to the U.K. May 2022.
- ^ Forms part of the Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron providing security to nuclear submarines entering and leaving the waters in and around HMNB Clyde.
- ^ Forms part of the Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron providing security to nuclear submarines entering and leaving the waters in and around HMNB Clyde.
- ^ Permanently based in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Forms part of the Gibraltar Squadron.
- ^ Permanently based in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Forms part of the Gibraltar Squadron.
- ^ Deployed in Antarctic waters for about seven months of the year. Official role to: "patrol and survey in the Antarctic and South Atlantic, maintaining UK sovereign presence with wider regional engagement".[81]
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- ^ "HMS Astute". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
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- ^ "HMS Blazer". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Dasher". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Puncher". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Charger". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Ranger". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Trumpeter". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Express". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Example". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Explorer". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Exploit". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Tracker". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Raider". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ @MODGibraltar (4 May 2022). "Today HMS Cutlass was officially commissioned at @RNGibSqn" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 May 2022 – via Twitter.
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- ^ "HMS Enterprise". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Scott". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Protector". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "In focus: HMS Protector – the Royal Navy's Antarctic patrol ship". Navy Lookout. 7 May 2019.
- ^ "HMS Magpie". Royal Navy. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Debut for UK Royal Navy's new experimental vessel". Jane's Information Group. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
External links
- Royal Navy (royalnavy.mod.uk)
- Royal Navy — The Equipment — Ships (royalnavy.mod.uk)