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This is a list of active Royal Navy ships, complete and correct as of 23 July 2009.

In total there are 88 commissioned ships in the navy, including 3 which are permanently stationed, plus one submarine which has been delivered to the navy but not formally commissioned yet. 24 of the commissioned vessels are major fleet escorts (7 guided missile destroyers and 17 frigates) and 12 are nuclear powered submarines (4 ballistic missile submarines and 8 attack submarines). In addition the Navy possesses 2 aircraft carriers, 1 helicopter carrier, and 2 landing platform docks. A third aircraft carrier is in reserve.

The ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service are not included in this list or above figures.

Major Surface Combatants

Invincible-class aircraft carrier

Invincible-class aircraft carriers (2)

HMS Ark Royal (R07) - Flagship of the active fleet
HMS Illustrious (R06)

Type 45 destroyer (1)

Daring class destroyer

HMS Daring (D32)

Type 23 frigates (13)

Duke class Type 23 frigate

Broadsword class Type 22 frigate

Amphibious Forces

Ocean class landing platform helicopter

Amphibious assault ship (LPH) (1)

HMS Ocean (L12)

Albion class landing platform dock

Albion-class landing platform docks (2)

In addition to these ships commissioned in the Royal Navy, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary possesses four Bay class landing ship dock vessels.

Submarines

Vanguard-class submarines (SSBNs) (4)

Astute-class submarine (SSNs) (1)

HMS Astute (S119) - Undergoing sea trials. Delivered to the Royal Navy in August 2008, expected to be commissioned late 2009.

Trafalgar-class submarines (SSNs) (7)

Swiftsure-class submarines (SSNs) (1)

HMS Sceptre (S104)

Mine Warfare Forces

Sandown-class mine countermeasures vessels (8)

Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessels (8)

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)

Fast Patrol Boats

Archer or P2000-class fast patrol boats (14)

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

Archer or P2000-class fast patrol boats (Royal Navy Cyprus Squadron) (2)

Survey Vessels

Ocean survey vessel (1)

HMS Scott (H131)

Coastal survey vessels (2)

Echo-class multi-purpose survey vessels (2)

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

In reserve

HMS Invincible (R05)

Shore Establishments

Naval bases

HMS Drake (HMNB Devonport, Devonport, Devon)
HMS Nelson (HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire)
HMS Neptune (HMNB Clyde, Faslane, Argyll and Bute)

Air stations

RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk) (Cornwall)
RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) (Somerset)

Training establishments

HMS Collingwood (Fareham, Hampshire)
HMS Dartmouth (Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon)
HMS Excellent (Whale Island, Portsmouth)
HMS Raleigh (Torpoint, Cornwall)
HMS Sultan (Gosport, Hampshire)
HMS Temeraire (Portsmouth)

Other

Rosyth Dockyard (Rosyth, Fife)

Notes

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-* [[HMS Cornwall (F99)|HMS ''Cornwall'' (F99)]]
-* [[HMS Cumberland (F85)|HMS ''Cumberland'' (F85)]]
-* [[HMS Campbeltown (F86)|HMS ''Campbeltown'' (F86)]]
-* [[HMS Chatham (F87)|HMS ''Chatham'' (F87)]]
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