Royal Navy / postwar Vessel index
Aircraft Carriers
Majestic class Aircraft Carrier - 1946
R 36 HMS Magnificient(loaned to Canada 1946-57)
R 49 HMS Hercules(construction halted in 1946 / transferred to India in 1957)
R 77 HMS Majestic(construction halted in 1946 / transferred to Australia in 1947)
R 93 HMS Terrible(construction halted in 1945 / transferred to Australia in 1948)
R 95 HMS Powerful(construction halted in 1945 / transferred to Canada)
R 97 HMS Leviathan(never completed / sold for scrap in 1968)
Colossus class Aircraft Carrier - 1944
R 16 HMS Triumph (1946)
R 31 HMS Warrior (1946)
R 51 HMS Perseus (1945)
R 61 HMS Colossus (1944)
R 62 HMS Glory (1945)
R 63 HMS Venerable (1945)
R 64 HMS Theseus (1946)
R 68 HMS Ocean (1945)
R 71 HMS Vengeance (1945)
R 76 HMS Pioneer (1945)
Audacious class Aircraft Carrier - 1951
R 05 HMS Eagle (1951) (ex Audacious)
R 09 HMS Ark Royal (1955)
Centaur class Aircraft Carrier - 1953
R 06 HMS Centaur (1953)
R 07 HMS Albion (1954)
R 08 HMS Bulwark (1954)
R 12 HMS Hermes (1959)
Invincible class Aircraft Carrier - 1980
R 05 HMS Invincible (1980)
R 06 HMS Illustrious (1982)
R 07 HMS Ark Royal (1985)
Queen Elizabeth class Aircraft Carrier - 2017
R 08 HMS Queen Elizabeth (2017?)
R 09 HMS Prince of Wales (20..?)
Cruisers
Tiger class Cruiser - 1959
C 20 HMS Tiger (1959) (ex Bellerophon)
C 34 HMS Lion (1960) (ex Defence)
C 99 HMS Blake (1961) (ex Tiger)
Destroyers
Battle class Destroyer - 1944
Batch 1 / early Battle class
D 14 HMS Armada (1945)
D 80 HMS Barfleur (1944)
D 79 HMS Cadiz (1946)
D 32 HMS Camperdown (1945)
D 55 HMS Finisterre (1945)
D 47 HMS Gabbard (1946)
D 24 HMS Gravelines (1946)
D 74 HMS Hogue (1945)
D 44 HMS Lagos (1945)
D 65 HMS St. James (1946)
D 18 HMS St. Kitts (1946)
D 84 HMS Saintes (1946)
D 60 HMS Sluys (1946)
D 70 HMS Solebay (1945)
D 77 HMS Trafalgar (1945)
D 31 HMS Vigo (1946)
Batch 2 / later Battle class
D 22 HMS Aisne (1947)
D 86 HMS Agincourt (1947)
D 17 HMS Alamein (1947)
D 68 HMS Barrossa (1947)
D 97 HMS Corunna (1947)
D 09 HMS Dunkirk (1946)
D 62 HMS Jutland (1947)
D 43 HMS Matapan (1947)
Weapon class Destroyer - 1947
G 18 / D 118 HMS Battleaxe (1947)
G 31 / D 31 HMS Broadsword (1948)
G 96 / D 96 HMS Crossbow (1948)
G 64 / D 64 HMS Scorpion (1947) (ex Tomahawk, ex Celt)
Daring class Destroyer - 1952
D 05 HMS Daring (1952)
D 108 HMS Dainty (1953)
D 119 HMS Delight (1953)
D 106 HMS Decoy (1953)
D 126 HMS Diana (1954)
D 154 HMS Duchess (1952)
D 35 HMS Diamond (1952)
D 114 HMS Defender (1952)
County class Guided Missile Destroyer - 1962
Batch 1
D 02 HMS Devonshire (1962)
D 06 HMS Hampshire (1963)
D 16 HMS London (1963)
D 12 HMS Kent (1963)
Batch 2
D 20 HMS Fife (1966)
D 19 HMS Glamorgan (1966)
D 18 HMS Antrim (1970)
D 21 HMS Norfolk (1970)
Type 82 / Bristol class Guided Missile Destroyer - 1973
D 23 HMS Bristol (1973)
Type 42 / Sheffield class Guided Missile Destroyer - 1975
Batch 1
D 80 HMS Sheffield (1975)
D 86 HMS Birmingham (1976)
D 108 HMS Cardiff (1979)
D 118 HMS Coventry (1978)
D 87 HMS Newcastle (1977)
D 88 HMS Glasgow (1978)
Batch 2
D 89 HMS Exeter (1980)
D 90 HMS Southampton (1981)
D 91 HMS Nottingham (1983)
D 92 HMS Liverpool (1982)
Batch 3
D 95 HMS Manchester (1982)
D 96 HMS Gloucester (1985)
D 98 HMS York (1985)
D 97 HMS Edinburgh (1985)
Type 45 / Daring class Guided Missile Destroyer - 2009
D 32 HMS Daring (2009)
D 33 HMS Dauntless (2010)
D 34 HMS Diamond (2011)
D 35 HMS Dragon (2012)
D 36 HMS Defender (2013)
D 37 HMS Duncan (2013)
Frigates
Type 16 class Frigate - 1941
O & P-class conversion
G 98 / F 98 HMS Orwell (1942/52)
G 69 / F 169 HMS Paladin (1941/54)
G 56 / F 56 HMS Petard (1942/?)
T-class conversion
R 23 / F 23 HMS Teazer (1943/54)
R 45 / F 44 HMS Tenacious (1943/52)
R 89 / F 189 HMS Termagant (1943/53)
R 33 / F 19 HMS Terpsichore (1944/54)
R 11 / F 121 HMS Tumult (1943/50)
R 56 / F 156 HMS Tuscan (1943/50)
R 67 / F 67 HMS Tyrian (1943/53)
Type 15 class Frigate - 1942
R-class conversion
H 32 / F 138 HMS Rapid (1943/53)
H 85 / F 185 HMS Relentless (1942/51)
H 92 / F 191 HMS Rocket (1943/51)
H 95 / F 195 HMS Roebuck (1943/53)
T-class conversion
R 00 / F 09 HMS Troubridge (1943/57)
U & V-class conversion
R 97 / F 197 HMS Grenville (1943/54)
R 83 / F 83 HMS Ulster (1943/56)
R 69 / F 17 HMS Ulysses (1943/53)
R 53 / F 53 HMS Undaunted (1944/54)
R 42 / F 141 HMS Undine (1943/54)
R 05 / F 08 HMS Urania (1944/54)
R 99 / F 196 HMS Urchin (1943/54)
R 22 / F 200 HMS Ursa (1944/54)
R 50 / F 50 HMS Venus (1943/54)
R 28 / F 29 HMS Verulam (1943/52)
R 93 / F 93 HMS Vigilant (1943/52)
R 75 / F 76 HMS Virago (1943/52)
R 41 / F 41 HMS Volage (1944/53)
W & Z-class conversion
R 59 / F 159 HMS Wakeful (1944/53)
R 87 / F 187 HMS Whirlwind (1944/54)
R 72 / F 42 HMS Wizard (1944/54)
R 48 / F 157 HMS Wrangler (1944/52)
R 02 / F 102 HMS Zest (1944/56)
Type 14 / Blackwood class Frigate - 1956
F 48 HMS Dundas (1956)
F 51 HMS Grafton (1957)
F 54 HMS Hardy (1955)
F 62 HMS Pellew (1956)
F 78 HMS Blackwood (1957)
F 80 HMS Duncan (1958)
F 84 HMS Exmouth (1957)
F 85 HMS Keppel (1956)
F 88 HMS Malcom (1957)
F 91 HMS Murray (1956)
F 94 HMS Palliser (1957)
F 97 HMS Russell (1957)
Type 12 / Whitby class Frigate - 1956
F 36 HMS Whitby (1956)
F 43 HMS Torquay (1956)
F 65 HMS Tenby (1957)
F 63 HMS Scarborough (1957)
F 73 HMS Eastbourne (1958)
F 77 HMS Blackpool (1958)
Type 61 / Salisbury class Frigate - 1957
F 32 HMS Salisbury (1957)
F 59 HMS Chichester (1958)
F 61 HMS Llandaff (1958)
F 99 HMS Lincoln (1960)
Type 41 / Leopard class Frigate - 1957
F 14 HMS Leopard (1958)
F 27 HMS Lynx (1957)
F 37 HMS Jaguar (1959)
F 34 HMS Puma (1957)
Type 12M (Type 12-modified) / Rothesay class Frigate - 1960
F 107 HMS Rothesay (1960)
F 108 HMS Londonderry (1961)
F 106 HMS Brighton (1961)
F 101 HMS Yarmouth (1960)
F 113 HMS Falmouth (1961)
F 129 HMS Rhyl (1960)
F 103 HMS Lowestoft (1961)
F 115 HMS Berwick (1961)
F 126 HMS Plymouth (1961)
Type 81 / Tribal class Frigate - 1961
F 117 HMS Ashanti (1961)
F 119 HMS Eskimo (1963)
F 122 HMS Gurkha (1963)
F 125 HMS Mohawk (1963)
F 131 HMS Nubian (1962)
F 133 HMS Tartar (1962)
F 124 HMS Zulu (1964)
Type 12I (Type 12-improved) / Leander class Frigate - 1963
Batch 1
F 109 HMS Leander (1963)
F 114 HMS Ajax (1963)
F 104 HMS Dido (1963)
F 127 HMS Penelope (1963)
F 10 HMS Aurora (1964)
F 15 HMS Euryalus (1964)
F 18 HMS Galatea (1964)
F 38 HMS Arethusa (1965)
F 39 HMS Naiad (1965)
F 28 HMS Cleopatra (1966)
Batch 2
F 42 HMS Phoebe (1966)
F 45 HMS Minerva (1966)
F 40 HMS Sirius (1966)
F 52 HMS Juno (1966)
F 56 HMS Argonaut (1967)
F 47 HMS Danae (1967)
Batch 3
F 58 HMS Hermione (1969)
F 57 HMS Andromeda (1968)
F 60 HMS Jupiter (1969)
F 69 HMS Bacchante (1969)
F 75 HMS Charybdis (1969)
F 71 HMS Scylla (1970)
F 12 HMS Achilles (1970)
F 16 HMS Diomede (1971)
F 70 HMS Apollo (1972)
F 72 HMS Ariadne (1973)
Mermaid class Frigate - 1973
F 76 HMS Mermaid (1973)
Type 21 / Amazon class Frigate - 1974
F 169 HMS Amazon (1974)
F 170 HMS Antelope (1975)
F 171 HMS Active (1977)
F 172 HMS Ambuscade (1975)
F 173 HMS Arrow (1976)
F 174 HMS Alacrity (1977)
F 184 HMS Ardent (1977)
F 185 HMS Avenger (1978)
Type 22 / Broadsword class Frigate - 1979
Batch 1 (Broadsword)
F 88 HMS Broadsword (1979)
F 89 HMS Battleaxe (1980)
F 90 HMS Brilliant (1981)
F 91 HMS Brazen (1982)
Batch 2 (Boxer)
F 92 HMS Boxer (1983)
F 93 HMS Beaver (1984)
F 94 HMS Brave (1986)
F 95 HMS London (1987)
F 96 HMS Sheffield (1988)
F 98 HMS Coventry (1988)
Batch 3 (Cornwall)
F 99 HMS Cornwall (1988)
F 85 HMS Cumberland (1989)
F 86 HMS Campbeltown (1989)
F 87 HMS Chatham (1990)
Type 23 / Duke class Guided Missile Frigate - 1990
F 230 HMS Norfolk (1990)
F 231 HMS Argyll (1991)
F 229 HMS Lancaster (1992)
F 233 HMS Marlborough (1991)
F 234 HMS Iron Duke (1993)
F 235 HMS Monmouth (1993)
F 236 HMS Montrose (1994)
F 237 HMS Westminster (1994)
F 238 HMS Northumberland (1994)
F 239 HMS Richmond (1994)
F 82 HMS Somerset (1997)
F 80 HMS Grafton (1997)
F 81 HMS Sutherland (1997)
F 78 HMS Kent (2000)
F 79 HMS Portland (2001)
F 83 HMS St. Albans (2002)
Amphibious Ships
Fearless class LPD / Landing Platform, Dock - 1965
L 10 HMS Fearless (1965)
L 11 HMS Intrepid (1967)
Round Table class LSL / Landing Ship, Logistics - 1964
L 3004 RFA Sir Bedivere (1967)
L 3005 RFA Sir Galahad (1967) – lost in 1982 during the Falklands war
L 3027 RFA Sir Geraint (1967)
L 3029 RFA Sir Lancelot (1964)
L 3029 RFA Sir Percivale (1968)
L 3505 RFA Sir Tristam (1967)
L 3005 RFA Sir Galahad (2) (1987) (replacement for the lost L 3005)
Ocean class LPH / Landing Platform, Helicopter - 1999
L 12 HMS Ocean (1998)
Albion class LPD / Landing Platform, Dock - 2003
L 14 HMS Albion (2003)
L 15 HMS Bulwark (2004)
Bay class LSD / Landing Ship, Dock - 2006
L 3006 RFA Largs Bay (2006)
L 3007 RFA Lyme Bay (2007)
L 3008 RFA Mounts Bay (2006)
L 3009 RFA Cardigan Bay (2006)
Attack Submarines
Amphion class (A-class) Submarine - 1945
P 411 HMS Acheron (1948)
P 414 HMS Ace(launched in 1945 – never completed)
P 415 HMS Alcide (1946)
P 416 / S 66 HMS Alderney (1946)
P 417 / S 67 HMS Alliance (1947)
P 418 HMS Ambush (1947)
P 419 HMS Auriga (1946)
P 421 HMS Affray (1945)
P 422 HMS Anchorite (1947)
P 423 HMS Andrew (1948)
P 426 HMS Aurochs (1947)
P 427 HMS Aeneas (1946?)
P 433 HMS Achates(launched in 1945 – never completed)
P 439 / S 43 HMS Amphion (1945)
P 441 HMS Alaric (1946)
P 447 HMS Astute (1945)
P 449 / S 49 HMS Artemis (1947)
P 456 HMS Artful (1948)
Explorer class Submarine - 1954
HMS Explorer (1954)
HMS Excalibur (195?)
Stickleback class Midget Submarine - 1954
X 51 HMS Stickleback (1954)
X 52 HMS Shrimp (1954)
X 53 HMS Sprat (1955)
X 54 HMS Minnow (1955)
Porpoise class Submarine - 1956
S 01 HMS Porpoise (1956)
S 02 HMS Rorqual (1956)
S 03 HMS Narwhal (1957)
S 04 HMS Grampus (1957)
S 05 HMS Finwhale (1959)
S 06 HMS Cachalot (1957)
S 07 HMS Sealion (1959)
S 08 HMS Walrus (1959)
Oberon class Submarine - 1960
S 09 HMS Oberon (1961)
S 10 HMS Odin (1962)
S 11 HMS Orpheus (1960)
S 12 HMS Olympus (1962)
S 13 HMS Osiris (1964)
S 14 HMS Onslaught (1962)
S 15 HMS Otter (1962)
S 16 HMS Oracle (1963)
S 17 HMS Ocelot (1964)
S 18 HMS Otus (1963)
S 19 HMS Opossum (1964)
S 20 HMS Opportune (1964)
S 21 HMS Onyx (1967)
Dreadnought class Submarine / SSN - 1963
S 101 HMS Dreadnought (completed in 1963)
Valiant class Submarine / SSN - 1966
S 102 HMS Valiant (1966)
S 103 HMS Warspite (1967)
Churchill class Submarine / SSN - 1970
S 46 HMS Churchill (1970)
S 48 HMS Conqueror (1971)
S 50 HMS Courageous (1971)
Swiftsure class Submarine / SSN - 1973
S 104 HMS Sceptre (1978)
S 105 HMS Spartan (1979)
S 106 HMS Splendid (1981)
S 108 HMS Souvereign (1974)
S 109 HMS Superb (1976)
S 126 HMS Swiftsure (1973)
Trafalgar class Submarine / SSN - 1983
S 91 HMS Trenchant (1989)
S 92 HMS Talent (1990)
S 93 HMS Triumph (1991)
S 107 HMS Trafalgar (1983)
S 110 HMS Turbulent (1984)
S 117 HMS Tireless (1985)
S 118 HMS Torbay (1987)
Upholder class Submarine / SS - 1990
S 40 HMS Upholder (1990)
S 41 HMS Unseen (1991)
S 42 HMS Ursula (1992)
S 43 HMS Unicorn (1993)
Astute class Submarine / SSN - 2010
S 119 HMS Astute (2010)
S 120 HMS Ambush (2013)
S 121 HMS Artful (2016)
S 122 HMS Audacious (2018?)
S 123 HMS Anson (2020?)
S 124 HMS Agamemnon (2022?)
S 125 HMS Ajax (2024?)
Ballistic Missile Submarines
Resolution class Ballistic Missile Submarine / SSBN - 1967
S 22 HMS Resolution (1967)
S 23 HMS Repulse (1968)
S 26 HMS Renown (1968)
S 27 HMS Revenge (1969)
Vanguard class Ballistic Missile Submarine / SSBN - 1993
S 28 HMS Vanguard (1993)
S 29 HMS Victorious (1995)
S 30 HMS Vigilant (1996)
S 31 HMS Vengeance (1999)
Patrol Vessels, Torpedo- & Missile Boats
Ford class Seaward Defence Boat - 1952
P 3101 Shalford (1952)
P 3102 Aberford
P 3103 Axford
P 3104 Beckford
P 3105 Brayford
P 3106 Bryansford
P 3107 Camberford
P 3108 Desford
P 3109 Greatford
P 3111 Gifford
P 3113 Droxford
P 3114 Mayford
P 3115 Hinksford
P 3116 Ickford
P 3119 Dubford
P 3120 Glassford
P 3121 Kingsford
P 3122 Marlingford
P 3123 Tilford
P 3124 Montford
Bird class Large Patrol Boats - 1975
P 260 HMS Kingfisher (1975)
P 261 HMS Cygnet (1976)
P 262 HMS Peterel (1977)
P 263 HMS Sandpiper (1977)
P 264 HMS Redpole (1983)
Island class Offshore Patrol Vessel - 1976
P 277 HMS Anglesey (1979)
P 278 HMSAlderney (1979)
P 295 HMSJersey (1976)
P 297 HMSGuernsey (1977)
P 298 HMSShetland (1977)
P 299 HMSOrkney (1977)
P 300 HMSLindisfarne (1978)
Castle class Offshore Patrol Vessel - 1980
P 258 HMS Leeds Castle (1980)
P 265 HMS Dumbarton Castle (1981)
Falkland Island Patrol Vessel / FIPV - 1975
P 244 HMS Protector (1975/83) (former Seaforth Saga)
P 245 HMS Guardian (1975/83) (former Seaforth Champion)
P 246 HMS Sentinel (1975/84) (former Seaforth Warrior)
Peacock class Offshore Patrol Vessel - 1983
P 239 HMS Peacock (1983)
P 240 HMS Plover (1984)
P 241 HMS Starling (1984)
P 242 HMS Swallow (1985)
P 243 HMS Swift (1985)
River class Offshore Patrol Vessel - 2003
P 281 HMS Tyne (2003)
P 282 HMS Severn (2003)
P 283 HMS Mersey (2003)
P 257HMS Clyde (2007)
P.. HMS Forth (2017?)
P.. HMS Medway (2018?)
P.. HMS Trent (2018?)
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