List of historic ships of the Royal Navy

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The list of historic ships of the Royal Navy includes names of well-known ships that were in service with the British Royal Navy . The year of commissioning is given in brackets. For a list of today's ships, see the list of ships of the British Royal Navy .

The prefix HMS is an abbreviation for Her (or His) Majesty's Ship , which is part of the name for the warships of the Royal Navy from 1789/1790 .

The flag of the Royal Navy since 1864

Historic ships of the Royal Navy before the world wars

Sailing warships

The following list refers to the British Royal Navy , but also to ships that were grouped in previous naval organizations, such as B. the English Royal Navy or the Navy Royal under King Henry VIII. In addition, mixed forms are also listed here, which could travel under sail as well as under steam.

Aircraft carrier

First World War

HMS Ben My Chree
    • HMS Hermes (1913), sunk by SM U 27 off Dover on October 31, 1914
    • HMS Ark Royal (1914), 1923 depot ship, renamed HMS Pegasus in 1931 , catapult ship in 1941, accommodation ship in 1944, out of service in 1946, scrapped in 1950
    • HMS Empress (1914), returned to original owner in 1919
    • HMS Riviera (1914), returned to the original owner in 1919
    • HMS Engadine (1914), returned to the original owner in 1919
    • HMS Campania (1914), ex RMS Campania , sunk in the Firth of Forth on November 5, 1918 after colliding with the battleship HMS Royal Oak and the battle cruiser HMS Glorious
    • HMS Anne (1914), coal ship 1918, sold 1919
    • HMS Raven II (1914), coal ship 1918, sold 1922
    • HMS Ben My Chree (1915), sunk by Turkish coastal batteries off the island of Kastelorizo ​​on January 11, 1917, salvaged and scrapped in 1920
    • HMS Vindex (1915), sold in 1920
    • HMS Pegasus (1917), scrapped in 1931
    • HMS Argus (1917), depot ship 1944, scrapped in 1946
    • HMS Manxman (1915), sold in 1920
    • HMS Nairana (1917), sold in 1920
HMS Argus , 1917
  • Argus- class (1916)
    • HMS Argus (I49), the world's first aircraft carrier, scrapped in 1946

Second World War

Fleet aircraft carrier

Glorious , 1930
  • Glorious- class (1916, formerly battle cruiser)
  • Furious- class (1916, formerly battle cruiser)
Eagle , 1918
  • Eagle- class (1918, started for Chile as the battleship Almirante Cochrane )
  • Hermes- class (1925)
    • HMS Hermes , first, from the beginning as such built aircraft carrier on April 9, 1942 by Japanese carrier aircraft before Ceylon sunk
HMS Ark Royal , 1938
  • Ark Royal Class (1938)
    • HMS Ark Royal , east fell on 14 November 1941 in the tow of Gibraltar after the previous day hit by a torpedo from the German submarine U 81 had received
  • Unicorn class (1943)
HMS Illustrious , 1940

Escort aircraft carrier

Merchant Aircraft Carriers (MAC)

By the time the escort carriers built in the USA arrived, 17 merchant ships had been fitted with a flight deck in 1943. They did not have a hangar or service facilities for the aircraft and they carried regular cargo. The crew consisted of merchant sailors. About four aircraft could be carried.

  • Empire MacAlpine Class (1943)
    • Empire MacAlpine (MH), dismantled to a merchant ship in 1946, scrapped in 1970
    • Empire MacKendrick (MO), dismantled in 1946 as a merchant ship, scrapped in 1975
  • Empire MacAndrew & Empire MacRae Class (1943)
    • Empire MacAndrew (MK), dismantled as a merchant ship in 1946, scrapped in 1970
    • Empire MacDermott (MS), dismantled to a merchant ship in 1946, to China in 1976, further fate unknown
    • Empire MacRae (MU), dismantled as a merchant ship in 1946, scrapped in 1971
    • Empire MacCallum (MN), dismantled in 1946 as a merchant ship, scrapped in 1960
  • Rapana class (1943-1944)
    • Rapana (MV), dismantled to a merchant ship in 1946, scrapped in 1958
    • Ancylus (MF), dismantled to a merchant ship in 1946, scrapped in 1954
    • Acavus (MA), dismantled to a merchant ship in 1946, scrapped in 1963
    • Alexia (MP), dismantled to a merchant ship in 1946, scrapped in 1954
    • Amastra (MD), dismantled as a merchant ship in 1946, scrapped in 1955
    • Miralda (MW), dismantled to a merchant ship in 1946, scrapped in 1960
    • Adula (MQ), dismantled as a merchant ship in 1946, scrapped in 1952
  • Empire MacKay Class (1943)
    • Empire MacKay (MH), dismantled to a merchant ship in 1946, scrapped in 1959
    • Empire MacColl (MB), dismantled in 1946 as a merchant ship, scrapped in 1962
    • Empire Mahon (MJ), dismantled to a merchant ship in 1946, scrapped in 1960
    • Empire MacCabe (ML), dismantled to a merchant ship in 1946, scrapped in 1962
Escort aircraft carrier

In 1945 the units that were or should be sent to the Pacific were given an identifier beginning with "R".

  • Single ships
    • HMS Audacity (D10 ), originally a German merchant ship Hanover , which was landed on March 7, 1940; In service in June 1941, sunk by U 751 off Portugal on December 21, 1941
    • HMS Activity (D94 / R301), in service in 1942, dismantled to a merchant ship in 1946 ( Warwick Castle ), scrapped in 1962
    • HMS Pretoria Castle (F61), in service in 1943, dismantled as a merchant ship in 1946 ( Breconshire ), scrapped in 1967
    • HMS Campania (D48), in service in 1944, in reserve in 1946, exhibition ship in 1951, reactivated in 1952 as a transport and command ship for atomic bomb tests, scrapped in 1955

Nairana class (1943)

    • HMS Nairana (D05), loaned to the Netherlands from March 3, 1946 to May 28, 1948 ( Karel Doorman (I) , QH1), dismantled as a merchant ship in 1948 ( Port Victor ), scrapped in 1971
    • HMS Vindex (D15 / 319), dismantled to a merchant ship in 1947 ( Port Vindex ), scrapped in 1971
USS Long Island , 1941

Long Island Class (1941)

    • HMS Archer (D78), returned to the USA in 1946, dismantled as a merchant ship in 1946 ( Anne Salem 1949, Tasmania 1955, Union Reliance 1961), scrapped after a collision in 1962

Charger- class (1942)

    • HMS Avenger (D14), sunk by U 155 off Gibraltar on November 15, 1942
    • HMS Biter (D97) , 1946 back to the USA, immediately passed on to France ( Dixmude ), 1949 troop transport, 1966 back to the USA, sunk as a target ship
    • HMS Charger (D27), returned to the USA in 1946, dismantled as a merchant ship in 1947 ( Fairsea ), scrapped in 1969
    • HMS Dasher (D37), sunk on March 27, 1943 after an explosion in the Firth of Clyde

Bouge class (AttackerandAmeerclass) (1943–1944)

    • HMS Attacker (D02) (ex CVE-7 USS Barnes ), returned to the USA in 1946 and dismantled to a merchant ship ( Castel Forte ), scrapped after a fire in 1980
    • HMS Battler (D18) (ex CVE-6 USS Altamaha ), returned to the US in 1946 and scrapped
    • HMS Stalker (D91) (ex CVE-15 USS Hamlin ), returned to the USA in 1945 and dismantled as a merchant ship ( Riouw ), scrapped in 1975
    • HMS Hunter (D80) (ex CVE-8 USS Block Island ), returned to the USA in 1945 and dismantled to merchant ship ( Almdijk ), scrapped in 1965
    • HMS Tracker (D24), returned to the USA in 1945 and dismantled as a merchant ship ( Corrientes ), scrapped in 1964
    • HMS Fencer (D64 / R308) (ex CVE-14 USS Croatan ), 1946 back to the USA, 1947 dismantling to a merchant ship ( Sydney , Roma 1967, Galaxy Queen 1970, Lady Dina 1972, Caribia 1973), scrapped 1975
    • HMS Searcher (D40) (ex CVE-22), returned to the USA in 1945, dismantled as a merchant ship in 1946 ( Captain Theo , Oriental Banker 1965), scrapped in 1976
    • HMS Chaser (D32 / R306) (ex CVE-10 USS Breton ), 1946 back to the USA, 1946 dismantling to merchant ship ( Aierterkerk , E Yung 1967), scrapped 1973
    • HMS Ravager (D70) (ex CVE-24), returned to the USA in 1946, dismantled as a merchant ship ( Robin Trent ) in 1946 , scrapped in 1973
    • HMS Striker (D12) (ex CVE-19 USS Prince William ), 1946 returned to the US, scrapped 1946
    • HMS Pursuer (D73 / R309) (ex CVE-17 USS St. George ), 1946 returned to the USA, scrapped 1946
    • HMS Ameer (D01 / D302) (ex CVE-35 USS Baffins ), returned to the USA in 1946, dismantled to merchant ship ( Robin Kirk ) in 1946 , scrapped in 1969
    • HMS Atheling (D51 / R304) (ex CVE-33 USS Glacier ), returned to the USA in 1946, dismantled to merchant ship ( Roma ) in 1947 , scrapped in 1967
    • HMS Begum (D38 / R305) (ex CVE-36 USS Bolinas ), 1946 back to the USA, 1946 demolition to merchant ship ( Raki , I Yung 1966), scrapped 1974
    • HMS Trumpeter (D09 / R318) (ex CVE-37 USS Bastian ), 1946 back to the USA, 1946 dismantling to merchant ship ( Alblasserdijk ), scrapped 1971
    • HMS Emperor (D98 / R307) (ex CVE-34 USS Pybus ), 1946 returned to the USA, scrapped in 1946
    • HMS Slinger (D26 / R313) (ex CVE-32 USS Chatham ), returned to the USA in 1946, dismantled to merchant ship ( Robin Mowbray ) in 1946 , scrapped in 1970
    • HMS Empress (D42) (ex CVE-38 USS Carnegie ), 1946 returned to the US, scrapped in 1946
    • HMS Khedive (D62) (ex CVE-39 USS Cordova ), Canadian crew, returned to the USA in 1946, dismantled to merchant ship in 1947 ( Rempang , Daphne 1968), scrapped in 1975
    • HMS Nabob (D77) (ex CVE-41 USS Edisto ), had a Canadian crew, was torpedoed by U 354 in the Barents Sea on August 22, 1944 and towed to Rosyth; put on the beach there and decommissioned and cannibalized on September 30, 1944; was to be scrapped in the Netherlands in 1947, but was converted into a merchant ship in 1952 ( Nabob , Glory 1968), scrapped in 1977
    • HMS Shah (D21 / D312) (ex CVE-43 USS Jamaica ), returned to the USA in 1945, dismantled to merchant ship ( Salta ) in 1946 , scrapped in 1966
    • HMS Patroller (D07) (ex CVE-44 USS Keneenaw ), returned to the USA in 1946, dismantled to merchant ship in 1947 ( Almkerk , Pacific Reliance 1969), scrapped in 1974
    • HMS Premier (D23) (ex CVE-42 USS Estero ), returned to the USA in 1946, dismantled to merchant ship in 1946 ( Rhodesia Star , Hong Kong Night 1967), scrapped in 1974
    • HMS Ranee (D03 / R323) (ex CVE-46 USS Niantic ), 1946 back to the USA, 1947 dismantling to merchant ship ( Friesland , Pacific Breeze 1967), scrapped 1974
    • HMS Thane (D83 / R316) (ex CVE-48 USS Sunset ), not repaired after torpedo hit by U 1172 on January 15, 1945 in the Firth of Clyde, returned to the USA in 1945, scrapped in 1945
    • HMS Speaker (D90 / R314) (ex CVE-40 USS Delgada ), returned to the USA in 1946, dismantled to a merchant ship in 1948 ( Lancero , President Osmena 1965, Lucky Three 1971), scrapped in 1972
    • HMS Queen (D19 / R320) (ex CVE-49 USS St. Andrews ), returned to the USA in 1946, dismantled in 1947 as a merchant ship ( Roebiah , President Marcos 1967, Lucky One 1971), scrapped in 1972
    • HMS Ruler (D72 / A731) (ex CVE-50 USS St. Joseph ), 1946 returned to the USA, scrapped in 1946
    • HMS Arbiter (D31 / R303) (ex CVE-51 USS St. Simon ), returned to the USA in 1946, dismantled to merchant ship in 1947 ( Coracero , President Macapagal 1965, Lucky Two 1971), scrapped in 1972
    • HMS Rajah (D10 / R310) (ex CVE-45 USS McClure ), 1946 back to the USA, 1947 dismantling to merchant ship ( Drente , Lambros 1966, Ulysses 1969), scrapped 1975
    • HMS Smiter (D55 / R321) (ex CVE-52 USS Vermillion ), 1946 returned to the USA, 1946 dismantled to a merchant ship ( Artillero , President Garcia 1965), scrapped after stranding off the island of Guernsey in 1967 in the same year
    • HMS Trouncer (D85) (ex CVE-47 USS Perdido ), returned to the USA in 1946, dismantled in 1947 as a merchant ship ( Gerystoke Castle , Gallic 1954, Berinnes 1959), scrapped in 1973
    • HMS Puncher (D79) (ex CVE-53 USS Willapa ), 1946 back to the USA, 1946 dismantling to merchant ship ( Muncaster Castle , Bardic 1954, Ben Nevis 1959), scrapped 1973
    • HMS Reaper (D82 / D324) (ex CVE-54 USS Winjah ), returned to the USA in 1946, dismantled to merchant ship ( South Africa Star ) in 1947 , scrapped in 1967

post war period

HMS Triumph , 1950
HMS Hermes , 1982
  • Majestic- class (1944-1945)
    • HMS Majestic (R77), 1952 to Australia (HMAS Melbourne , R21), scrapped in 1985
    • HMS Terrible (R93), construction discontinued in 1945, completed for Australia in 1948 (HMAS Sydney ), 1962 troop transport, scrapped in 1975
    • HMS Magnificent , 1948-1957 to Canada (HMCS Magnificent , CVL 21), scrapped in 1965
    • HMS Hercules (R49), construction stopped in 1945, completed for India in 1957 ( Vikrant , R11), since 1997 museum ship in Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
    • HMS Powerful (R95), construction ceased in 1945, completed for Canada in 1952–1957 (HMCS Bonaventure , CVL 22), scrapped in 1971
    • HMS Leviathan , unfinished, scrapped in 1968
  • Centaur- class (1953-1959)
    • HMS Centaur (R06), scrapped in 1972
    • HMS Albion (R07), 1962 helicopter carrier ("Commando Carrier"), scrapped in 1973
    • HMS Bulwark (R08), ​​1961 helicopter carrier (“Commando Carrier”), 1979 anti-submarine carrier, decommissioned in 1981 after two fires, scrapped in 1984
    • HMS Hermes (R12), sold to India in 1985 ( Viraat , R22)
HMS Ark Royal , 1976

Battleships

Ships of the line in front of the dreadnought

Bow gun of HMS Benbow
The HMS Empress of India
The HMS Mars
The HMS Irresistible 1908
The HMS Russell
The HMS Dominion

Large line ships

HMS Dreadnought , 1906
HMS Audacious , 1912
HMS Agincourt , 1914
HMS Iron Duke, 1912
  • Iron Duke Class (1912)
  • Erin- class (1914)
    • HMS Erin (ex Reshadiye ), was under construction for the Ottoman Empire and was confiscated; Scrapped in 1922
  • Canada- class (1915)
    • HMS Canada (ex Juan José Latorre Benavente ), acquired by Chile in 1914, transferred to Chile in 1921 ( Almirante Latorre ), scrapped in 1959

The construction of the sister ship Almirante Cochrane was stopped in 1914. It was acquired by Great Britain as HMS India in 1917 and completed as the HMS Eagle aircraft carrier .

HMS Warspite , 1915
  • Queen Elizabeth class (1915-1916)
    • HMS Queen Elizabeth , sunk, lifted and repaired in the port of Alexandria by Italian combat swimmers with mines on December 18, 1941, scrapped in 1948
    • HMS Barham , sunk by U 331 with three torpedoes off Sollum on November 25, 1941
    • HMS Warspite , ran aground in 1947 en route to be scrapped in Prussia Cove (Cornwall), demolished there until 1950
    • HMS Valiant , sunk, lifted and repaired in the port of Alexandria by Italian combat swimmers with sticky mines on December 18, 1941, scrapped in 1948
    • HMS Malaya , scrapped in 1948
HMS Royal Oak , 1916
HMS Prince of Wales , 1941
  • King George V Class (1940–1942)
  • Lion- class (1939)
    • HMS Lion , laid down in 1939, construction stopped in October 1940, scrapped 1942–1943
    • HMS Temeraire , laid down in 1939, construction stopped in October 1940, scrapped 1942–1943
    • HMS Conqueror , construction canceled
    • HMS Thunderer , construction canceled
  • Vanguard- class (1946)

Battle cruiser

HMS Invincible , 1907
HMS Tiger , 1913
  • Tiger- class (1913)
    • HMS Tiger , scrapped in 1932
    • HMS Leopard , construction canceled
  • Renown- class (1916)
  • Courageous class (1916-1917)
    • Courageous , converted into an aircraft carrier in 1924–1928, sunk on September 17, 1939 by the German submarine U 29 southwest of Ireland
    • Glorious , converted into an aircraft carrier from 1924–1930, sunk on June 8, 1940 by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau southwest of Narvik
    • Furious , converted into an aircraft carrier in 1922–1925, scrapped in 1948
Hood , 1920
  • Admiral- class (1920)
    • Hood , sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the Denmark Straiton May 24, 1941
    • Howe , construction canceled
    • Rodney , construction canceled
    • Anson , construction canceled
  • G3 class (1921)

cruiser

Armored cruiser

HMS Cressy
HMS Monmouth
HMS Devonshire
HMS Warrior

Protected cruisers

HMS Hawke ( Edgar- class)
HMS Terrible ( Powerful Class)
HMCS Niobe ( Diadem class)

Protected cruiser 1st class

Protected cruiser 2nd class

HMS Spartan ( Apollo- class)
HMS Bonaventure ( Astraea class)
HMS Spartan ( Eclipse- class)
HMS Furious ( Arrogant- class)
HMS Hermes ( Highflyer class)
HMS Challenger

Protected cruiser 3rd class

HMS Katoomba ( Pearl class)
HMS Pandora ( Pelorus- class)
HMS Amethyst ( Topaze- class)

Reconnaissance cruisers (scouts)

HMS Foresight ( Forward class)
HMS Boadicea

Light cruisers

At the London Fleet Conference of 1930 , light cruisers were defined as ships whose armament had a maximum caliber of 155 mm (6.1 inches) and whose water displacement was a maximum of 10,000 ts. At the fleet conference of 1936, the permissible water displacement for light cruisers was then further reduced to 8,000 ts in order to differentiate them more clearly from the heavy cruisers .

HMS Bristol
HMS Birmingham
HMS Aurora
  • Town class (1910-1916)
  • Arethusa class (3750 ts, 25.5 kn, two 152 mm, six 102 mm guns)
  • C class (1914-1919)
    • Caroline Group (4219 ts, 28.5 kn, two 152 mm, eight 102 mm guns)
      • HMS Caroline , stationary training ship in Belfast from 1924 to 2011
      • HMS Carysfort , scrapped in 1931
      • HMS Cleopatra , scrapped in 1931
      • HMS Comus , scrapped in 1934
      • HMS Conquest , scrapped in 1930
      • HMS Cordelia , scrapped in 1923
    • Calliope Group (4228 ts, 29 kn, two 152 mm, eight 102 mm guns)
      • HMS Calliope , scrapped in 1931
      • HMS Champion , scrapped in 1934
    • Cambrian Group (4320 ts, 29 kn, two 152 mm, eight 102 mm guns)
      • HMS Cambrian , scrapped in 1934
      • HMS Canterbury scrapped in 1934
      • HMS Castor , scrapped in 1936
      • HMS Constance , scrapped in 1936
    • Centaur Group (4169 ts, 29 knots, five 152 mm guns)
      • HMS Centaur , scrapped in 1934
      • HMS Concord , scrapped in 1935
    • Caledon Group (4180 ts, 29 kn, five 152 mm guns)
      • HMS Caledon (D53), scrapped in 1948
      • HMS Calypso (D61), south of Crete by the Italian submarine on June 12, 1940 Bagnolini sunk
      • HMS Cassandra , sunk on December 5, 1918 after being hit by a mine in the Gulf of Finland
      • HMS Caradoc (D60), scrapped in 1946
    • Ceres Group (4190 ts, 29 knots, five 152 mm guns)
    • Carlisle Group (4290 ts, 29 knots, five 152 mm guns)
      • HMS Cairo , abandoned and sunk the following day after being hit by a torpedo by the Italian submarine Axum on August 12, 1942 off Bizerta
      • HMS Calcutta sunk by German aircraft about 185 km northwest of Alexandria on June 1, 1941
      • HMS Capetown , scrapped in 1946
      • HMS Carlisle , badly damaged after a German air raid south of Scarpanto Strasse on October 9, 1943; was not repaired and scrapped in 1948
      • HMS Colombo , scrapped in 1948
HMS Dragon , 1918
  • Danae- class (4850 ts, 29 knots, six 152 mm guns)
    • HMS Danae (1918, D44), returned to Poland ( Conrad ) on October 4, 1944 , returned to Great Britain in 1946, scrapped in 1948
    • HMS Dragon (1918, D46), sold to Poland on January 15, 1943, damaged by a German Negro one- man torpedo on July 9, 1944 off Caen ; then decommissioned and sunk on July 20, 1944 as a breakwater off Courseulles-sur-Mer
    • HMS Dauntless (1918, I46), scrapped in 1946
    • HMS Delhi (1919, I74), scrapped in 1948
    • HMS Dunedin (1919, I92), sunk by U 124 on November 24, 1941 about 1500 km west of Freetown
    • HMS Durban (1921, I99), sunk as a breakwater on June 9, 1944 off Normandy
    • HMS Despatch (1922, I30), scrapped in 1946
    • HMS Diomede (1922, I92), scrapped in 1946
  • Emerald- class (1926)
HMAS Sydney , 1940
  • Leander class (1933-1939)
    • Leander group
      • HMS Leander , delivered to New Zealand (HMNZS Leander ) in September 1941 , scrapped in 1949
      • HMS Achilles (70), in September 1941 to New Zealand (HMNZS Achilles ), 1948 to India ( Delhi ), scrapped in 1978
      • HMS Ajax (22), scrapped in 1949
      • HMS Neptune (20), sunk about 40 km from Tripoli on December 19, 1941 after four mine hits
      • HMS Orion (85), scrapped in 1949
    • Amphion group
  • Arethusa class (1935-1937)
    • HMS Arethusa , scrapped in 1950
    • HMS Aurora , 1948 to Nationalchina ( Tschungking ), defected to the People's Republic in 1949 and sunk in the port of Taku, later raised and renamed Hsuang Ho (1951), Pei Ching (1951) and Kuang Chou (1958); scrapped sometime later
    • HMS Galatea , sunk on December 15, 1941 by U 557 about 40 km west of Alexandria
    • HMS Penelope , sunk by U 410 about 65 km west of Naples on February 18, 1944
HMS Belfast , 1938

Two other ships, HMS Hawke and HMS Bellerophon (ex HMS Tiger ), were not completed.

The ships of the Tiger class were laid down as Minotaur class ships , but were not completed until 1954 according to a modified design. 1965-1972 Blake and Tiger were converted as "Helicopter and Commando Cruisers".

Heavy cruisers

At the London Naval Conference of 1930 , heavy cruisers were defined as ships whose armament had a maximum caliber of 203 mm (8 inches) and whose water displacement was a maximum of 10,000 ts.

  • Hawkins- class (1918-1921)
    • HMS Hawkins (D86), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Raleigh , ran aground on August 8, 1922 at Point Amour in Forteau Bay, Labrador, wreck blown up in 1926
    • HMS Frobisher (D81), scrapped in 1949
    • HMS Effingham (D98), struck on a rock on May 18, 1940 off Bodo (Norway) , wreck sunk with torpedoes on May 21
    • HMS Vindictive (ex HMS Cavendish ), completed in 1918 as a flight deck cruiser, dismantled as a cruiser in 1924, repair ship in 1939, scrapped in 1946
HMAS Canberra , 1927
HMS Exeter , 1931
  • York- class
    • HMS York (90), badly damaged by Italian speedboats on March 26, 1941 in Souda Bay (Crete); blown up after air raids on May 22, 1941; Wreck scrapped in 1950
    • HMS Exeter (68), in the Sunda Strait from the Japanese cruisers on March 1, 1942 Nachi and Haguro and the destroyer Ikazuchi sunk

Conventional submarines

HMS Holland 1
HMS Oberon
  • Holland class (1901–1913)
    • HMS Holland 1 (1901)
    • HMS Holland 2 (1902)
    • HMS Holland 3 (1902)
    • HMS Holland 4 (1902)
    • HMS Holland 5 (1902)
  • Oberon class (1961–1967)
    • HMS Oberon
    • HMS Onslaught
    • HMS Orpheus - the world's first conventional submarine to fire an anti-ship missile
    • HMS Odin
    • HMS Otter
    • HMS Olympus
    • HMS Oracle
    • HMS Ocelot
    • HMS Otus - as a museum ship in Sassnitz get
    • HMS opossum
    • HMS Opportune
    • HMS Osiris
    • HMS Onyx - as a museum ship in Birkenhead get
  • Upholder class (1990–1993)
  • all 4 submarines were sold to Canada in 1998
    • HMS Upholder - now HMCS Chicoutimi
    • H MS Unseen - now HMCS Victoria
    • HMS Ursula - now HMCS Cornerbrook
    • HMS Unicorn - the Royal Navy's last diesel submarine; now HMCS Windsor

Nuclear submarines

  • Dreadnought- class (1963)
HMS Valiant , 1967
  • Valiant- class (1966-1967)
    • HMS Valiant
    • HMS Warspite
  • Resolution class (1967-1969)
    • HMS Resolution - first British SSBN
    • HMS Repulse
    • HMS Renown
    • HMS Revenge
  • Churchill- class (1970–1971)
  • Swiftsure- class (1973-1981)
    • HMS Swiftsure (S126)
    • HMS Scepter (S104)
    • HMS Spartan (S105)
    • HMS Splendid (S106) - the first British submarine, the cruise missiles began
    • HMS Sovereign (S108)
    • HMS Superb (S109)
  • Trafalgar- class (1982–1991) - six other submarines are still in service
    • HMS Trafalgar (S107)

destroyer

Interwar years

  • V&W class (1917–1927)
  • Flotilla of Admiralty V class
    • HMS Valhalla , sold for demolition in December 1931;
    • HMS Valkyrie , sold for demolition in August 1936;
    • HMS Valentine (D49) damaged at Terneuzen on May 15, 1940 and put on the beach
    • HMS Valorous (L00) , WAIR conversion, scrapped in 1947;
    • HMAS Vampire (D68), sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Bay of Bengal in 1933 to Australia, April 9, 1942.
  • Admiralty V class
  • Admiralty W class
    • HMAS Voyager (D31), assigned to Australia in 1933, stranded off Timor on 23 September 1942
    • HMS Wakeful (H88) , sunk on May 29, 1940 by the German speedboat S 30 off Nieuwpoort
    • HMS Walker (D27) , scrapped in 1946
    • HMS Walpole (D41) , scrapped after a mine hit in the North Sea on January 6, 1945
    • HMS Warwick (D25) sunk by the German submarine U 413 off Trevose on February 20, 1944
    • HMS Watchman (D26) , scrapped in 1945
    • HMAS Waterhen (D22) , 1933 to Australia, sunk by German and Italian aircraft off Libya on June 30, 1941
    • HMS Wessex (D43) , sunk by German aircraft on May 24, 1940 off Calais
    • HMS Westcott (D47), scrapped in 1946
    • HMS Westminster (L40), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Whirlwind (D30) sunk by German submarine U 34 southwest of Ireland on July 5, 1940
    • HMS Whitley (L23) stranded after an air raid off Ostend on May 19, 1940
    • HMS Winchelsea (D46), scrapped in 1945
    • HMS Winchester (L55), scrapped in 1946
    • HMS Windsor (D42), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Wolfhound (I56), scrapped in 1948
    • HMS Wrestler (D35) , scrapped after a mine hit off Normandy (Juno Beach) on June 6, 1944
    • HMS Wryneck (D21) , sunk by German aircraft on April 27, 1941 off Morea
  • Thornycroft V&W class
    • HMS Viceroy (L21), scrapped in 1948
    • HMS Viscount (D92), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Wolsey (L02), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Woolston (L49), scrapped in 1947
  • Thornycroft Modified W Class
    • HMS Wishart (D67), scrapped in 1945
    • HMS Witch (D89), scrapped in 1946
  • Admiralty Modified W-Class
    • HMS Vansittart (D64), scrapped in 1946
    • HMS Venomous (D75), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Verity (D63), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Veteran (D72) , sunk on September 26, 1942 south of Iceland by the German submarine U 404 with the entire crew
    • HMS Volunteer (D71), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Wanderer (D74), scrapped in 1946
    • HMS Whitehall (D94), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Whitshed (D77), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Wild Swan (D62) , after an air raid on June 17, 1942, collided with a Spanish trawler south of Ireland and sank
    • HMS Witherington (D76), sunk en route to scrapping in 1947
    • HMS Wivern (D66), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Wolverine (D78) (D78), scrapped in 1946
    • HMS Worcester (D96) , decommissioned after being hit by a mine on December 23, 1943 and used as a Yeoman barge, scrapped in 1945
    • HMS Wren (D88) sunk by German aircraft on July 27, 1940 off Aldenburgh
  • The following destroyers were converted into long-range escort destroyers between 1941 and 1944 :

Vanessa , Vanoc ', Vanquisher , Velox , Vansittart , Venomous , Verity , Versatile , Vesper , Vidette , Vimy , Viscount , Volunteer , Walker , Wanderer , Warwick , Watchman , Westcott , Whitehall , Winchelsea and Wrestler .

  • The following destroyers were converted to anti-aircraft destroyers ( Wair conversions ):

Valentine (L69), Valorous (L00) , Vanity (L38), Vega (L40), Verdun (L93), Vimiera (L29), Vivien (L33), Viceroy (L21), Westminster (L40), Whitley (L23), Wolfhound (I56), Wolsey (L02), Woolston (L49), Winchester (L55) and Wryneck (L04).

  • The following destroyers have been converted to short-range escort destroyers:

Venetia , Veteran , Vivacious , Vortigern , Wakeful (L91), Walpole , Wessex , Whirlwind , Whitshed , Wild Swan , Windsor (L94), Wishart , Witch , Wivern , Wolverine , Worcester , Wren and Witherington .

the Barrington and Hughes , ordered in April 1918, were canceled in December 1918.

the Saunders and Spragge ordered in April 1918 were canceled in December 1918.

  • Destroyer prototypes (1927)

After the V&W class , no new destroyers were built for the time being. In the mid-1920s, it was decided to build two prototypes with different machines, gearboxes, etc. as the basis for new destroyer classes. The following destroyer classes consisted mostly of eight ships and one mostly larger ship as a flotilla leader and were named in the order of the letters of the alphabet (until the letters ran out in 1944). Exceptions were the town-class destroyers and the tribal and battle classes taken over by the USA.

The destroyers of the A to I classes essentially corresponded to a design derived from the Amazon and Ambuscade prototypes . It was not until the mid-1930s that the desire for larger and better armed destroyers led to the Tribal class as well as the destroyers of the J, K and N classes and the anti-aircraft destroyers of the L and M classes.

HMS Achates

As a gesture of disarmament for the London Naval Conference of 1930 , the C-Class was reduced by four ships. This class did not fit into the organizational scheme of the Royal Navy, which gave the destroyers to Canada in 1937-1939.

HMS Duncan , 1943
  • D-Class (1932-1933)
    • HMS Duncan (D99), flotilla leader, scrapped in 1945
    • HMS Dainty (H53), sunk by German aircraft off Tobruk on February 24, 1941
    • HMS Daring (H16), on February 18, 1940 75km from Duncansby Head of U 23 sunk
    • HMS Decoy (H75), scrapped to Canada (HMCS Kootenay ) on May 12, 1943 , 1946
    • HMS Defender (H07), according to German air raid in towing the HMAS on July 11, 1941 Vendetta before Sidi Barrani fell
    • HMS Delight (H38) sunk in port of Portland on July 29, 1940 by German air raid
    • HMS Diamond (H22), on April 27, 1941 German air raid south of Nafplio sunk
    • HMS Diana (H49), on September 6, 1940 to Canada (HMCS Margaree ), sank on October 22, 1940 after colliding with the steamer Port Fairy in the North Atlantic
    • HMS Duchess (H64), on 12 December 1939 after collision with the battleship HMS Barham in the fog before the Mull of Kintyre dropped
HMS Electra , 1934
  • E-Class (1934)
  • F-Class (1934)
    • HMS Faulknor (H62), flotilla leader, scrapped in 1946.
    • HMS Fame (H78), handed over to the Dominican Republic as Generalisimo (D-102) in February 1948 , later renamed Sanchez (D-502), scrapped around 1968.
    • HMS Fearless (H67), torpedoed and abandoned by Italian torpedo bombers in the Mediterranean on July 12, 1941 .
    • HMS Firedrake (H79), sunk by U 211 on December 16, 1942 .
    • HMS Forester (H74), scrapped in 1946.
    • HMS Foresight (H68), torpedoed and abandoned by Italian torpedo bombers in the Mediterranean on August 12, 1942.
    • HMS Fortune (H70), scrapped May 31, 1943 to Canada (HMCS Saskatchewan ), 1946
    • HMS Foxhound (H69), scrapped February 8, 1944 at Canada (HMCS Qu'appelle ), 1948
    • HMS Fury (H76), ran into a mine off Normandy on June 21, 1944 and was irreparably damaged.
  • G-Class (1936)
    • HMS Grenville (H03), flotilla commander, sunk on January 19, 1940 after being hit by a mine 40 km west of the Kentish Knock lightship
    • HMS Gallant (H59), after being hit by a mine on January 10, 1941, towed 120 km west of Malta by HMS Mohawk to Malta. Put on the beach there and damaged again by air raid in April 1942, then sunk as a block ship off Malta.
    • HMS Garland (H37), on May 3, 1940 under the same name to Poland, 1949 to the Netherlands (Mr. Ms. Marnix ), scrapped in 1968
    • HMS Gipsy (H63) sunk off Harwich after being hit by a mine on November 21, 1939
    • HMS Glowworm (H92), sunk on April 8, 1940 by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper west of Trondheim after it had rammed it
    • HMS Grafton (H89), sunk by U 69 on May 29, 1940 20 km from Nieuport
    • HMS Grenade (H86), sunk by air raid off Dunkirk on May 29, 1940
    • HMS Greyhound (H05), sunk by air raid off Crete on May 22, 1941
    • HMS Griffin (H31), scrapped March 22, 1943 to Canada (HMCS Ottawa ), 1946
  • H-Class (1936–1937)
    • HMS Hardy , (H87), flotilla on 10 April 1940 at Ofotfjord at Narvik the German destroyer Georg Thiele sunk
    • HMS Hasty (H24), received a torpedo hit on June 14, 1942 by the German Schnellboot S 55 . Abandoned the following day and sunk by HMS Hotspur
    • HMS Havock (H43), total loss on April 6, 1942 after it ran aground off Kelibia (Tunisia)
    • HMS Hereward (H93) sunk by German Junkers Ju 87 off Plaka (Crete) on May 29, 1941
    • HMS Hero (H99), scrapped November 15, 1943 to Canada (HMCS Chaudiere ), 1946
    • HMS Hostile (H55), abandoned after being hit by a mine on August 23, 1940 southeast of Cape Bone (Tunisia) and sunk by HMS Hero
    • HMS Hotspur (H01), renamed the Dominican Republic ( Trujillo , D-101) on November 23, 1949 , renamed Duarte (D-501) in 1962 , out of service in 1972
    • HMS Hunter (H35), sunk by German destroyers on April 10, 1940 in the Ofotfjord near Narvik
    • HMS Hyperion (H97), sunk off Pantelleria after being hit by a mine on December 22, 1940
  • formerly Brazilian H-Class (1939–1940)

On September 4, 1939, the British government of Brazil purchased these H-class destroyers under construction.

In September 1939, the British government purchased two I-class destroyers under construction for Turkey. Two more ( Sultanhisar and Demirhisar ) were contractually completed for political reasons and delivered to Turkey in 1942.

    • HMS Inconstant , 1945 to Turkey ( Muavenet ), scrapped in 1960
    • HMS Ithuriel , irreparably damaged after a German air raid off Bône (Algeria) on November 28, 1942, was not repaired, was scrapped in 1945
HMCS Haida

Second World War

The USS Buchanan was launched from Sep. Used in 1940 as HMS Campbeltown by the Royal Navy
  • Town class

On September 2, 1940, the USA and Great Britain signed the so-called Destroyers for Bases Agreement . Thus, the United States pledged 50 destroyer of 1,917 completed until 1920 Caldwell - , Clemson - and Wickes classes to be passed to the UK. In return, the US was allowed to use British bases in the western Atlantic and the Caribbean. These destroyers, mostly mothballed in the inter-war period, were generally known as the 4-chimney .

    • HMCS Annapolis (I04), (ex USS Mackenzie (DD-175)), scrapped in 1945
    • HMS Bath (I17) , (ex USS Hopewell (DD-181)), had Norwegian crew, sunk by U 204 on August 19, 1941
    • HMS Belmont (H46), (ex USS Satterlee (DD-190)), sunk by U 81 with the entire crew on January 31, 1942
    • HMS Beverley (H64), (ex USS Branch (DD-197)), sunk by U 188 on April 11, 1943
    • HMS Bradford (H72), (ex USS McLanahan (DD-264)), scrapped in 1946
    • HMS Brighton (I08), (ex USS Cowell (DD-167)), scrapped at USSR on July 16, 1944 ( Zharki ), 1949
    • HMS Broadwater (H81), (ex USS Mason (DD-191)), sunk by U 101 in the North Atlantic on October 19, 1941
    • HMS Broadway (H90), (ex USS Hunt (DD-194)), scrapped in 1948
    • HMS Burnham (H82), (ex USS Aulick (DD-258)), scrapped in 1948
    • HMS Burwell (H94), (ex USS Laub (DD-263)), scrapped in 1948
    • HMS Buxton (H96), (ex USS Edwards (DD-265)), scrapped in 1946
    • HMS Caldwell (I20), (ex USS Hale (DD-133)), scrapped in 1945
    • HMS Campbeltown (I42), (ex USS Buchanan (DD-131) ), rammed on 29 March 1942 under the command enterprise operation Chariot a gate of Normandy - dry docks (forme-écluse Joubert, Cale Normandie) in the port of St. Nazaire and exploded there a few hours later
    • HMS Cameron (I05), (ex USS Welles (DD-257)), badly damaged in an air raid on Portsmouth on December 5, 1940, scrapped 1944
    • HMS Castleton (I23), (ex USS Aaron Ward (DD-132)), scrapped in 1948
    • HMS Charlestown (I21), (ex USS Abbot (DD-184)), scrapped in 1948
    • HMS Chelsea (I35), (ex USS Crowninshield (DD-134)), scrapped at USSR on July 16, 1944 ( Dzerki ), 1949
    • HMS Chesterfield (I28), (ex USS Welborn C. Wood (DD-195)), scrapped in 1948
    • HMS Churchill (I45), (ex USS Herndon (DD-198)), to USSR on May 30, 1944 ( Dyatelnyi ), sunk by U 956 on January 16, 1945 in the White Sea
    • HMS Clare (I14), (ex USS Abel P. Upshur (DD-193)), scrapped in 1947
    • HMCS Columbia (I49), (ex USS Haraden (DD-183)), scrapped in 1945
    • HMS Georgetown (I40), (ex USS Maddox (DD-168)), scrapped at USSR in August 1944 ( Zhostki ), 1952
    • HMCS Hamilton (I24), (ex USS Kalk (DD-170)), sunk off Boston en route to dismantling in July 1945
    • HMS Lancaster (G05), (ex USS Philip (DD-76)), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Leamington (G19), (ex USS Twiggs (DD-127)) to the Soviet Union on July 17, 1944 ( Zhguchi returned), 1950 and for the film The Gift Horse (also Glory at Sea ) with Richard Attenborough and Trevor Howard in drive (as the last destroyer of this class), scrapped at the end of 1951
    • HMS Leeds (G27), (ex USS Conner (DD-72)), scrapped in 1949
    • HMS Lewes (G68), (ex USS Conway (DD-70)), sunk off Sydney on May 25, 1946
    • HMS Lincoln (G42), (ex USS Yarnell (DD-143)), had Norwegian crew, scrapped at USSR ( Druzhny ) on August 26, 1944 , 1952
    • HMS Ludlow (G57), (ex USS Stockton (DD-73)), sunk in 1945 as a target ship for the island of Fidra
    • HMS Mansfield (G76), (ex USS Evans (DD-78)), had Norwegian crew, scrapped in 1944
    • HMS Montgomery (G95), (ex USS Wickes (DD-75)), scrapped in 1945
    • HMS Newark (G08), (ex USS Ringgold (DD-89)), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Newmarket (G47), (ex USS Robinson (DD-88)), scrapped in 1945
    • HMS Newport (G54), (ex USS Sigourney (DD-81)), had Norwegian crew scrapped in 1947
    • HMCS Niagara (I57), (ex USS Thatcher (DD-162)), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Ramsey (G60), (ex USS Meade (DD-274)), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Reading (G71), (ex USS Bailey (DD-269)), scrapped in 1947
    • HMS Richmond (G88), (ex USS Fairfax (DD-93)), scrapped on June 16, 1944 at USSR ( Zhivuchi ), 1949
    • HMS Ripley (G79), (ex USS Shubriak (DD-268)), scrapped in 1945
    • HMS Rockingham (G58), (ex USS Swasey (DD-273)), sunk in its own minefield off Aberdeen on September 27, 1944
    • HMS Roxborough (I07), (ex USS Foote (DD-169)), scrapped on August 10, 1944 at USSR ( Doblestnyi ), 1949
    • HMS Salisbury (I52), (ex USS Claxton (DD-140)), scrapped in 1945
    • HMS Sherwood (I80), (ex USS Rodgers (DD-254)), sunk as a target ship in 1943
    • HMS Stanley (I73), (ex USS McCalla (DD-253)), sunk by U 574 west of Portugal on December 19, 1941
    • HMS St. Albans (I15), (ex USS Thomas (DD-182)), had Norwegian crew, scrapped at USSR ( Dostoinyi ) on July 16, 1944 , 1949
    • HMCS St. Croix (I81), (ex USS McCook (DD-252)), sunk by U 305 in the Atlantic on September 20, 1943
    • HMCS St. Clair (I65), (ex USS Williams (DD-108)), scrapped in 1946
    • HMCS St. Francis (I93), (ex USS Bancroft (DD-256)), sunk in tow for scrapping in 1945
    • HMS St. Marys (I12), (ex USS Doran (DD-185)), scrapped in 1945
    • HMS Wells (I95), (ex USS Tillman (DD-135)), scrapped in 1946

In 1940 Great Britain decided on the War Emergency Program , which included the construction of a total of 112 destroyers. These were in 14 "emergency flotilla" ( Emergency Flotillas divided), which corresponded to the destroyer classes O-class Cr-up class. All ships were based on the machinery and the hull of the J-class. Compared to the destroyers of other navies, these were too small. The Royal Navy also did not manage to develop a useful multi-purpose gun for these ships, so various main armaments were installed. It was only with the Battle and Weapon classes that larger destroyers were built from 1944.

  • O-Class (1941-1942)
  • P-Class (1941–1942)
    • HMS Pakenham (G06) , flotilla leader, badly damaged on April 16, 1943 south of the island of Marettimo in a battle with the Italian torpedo boats Cigno and Cassiopeia ; Taken by HMS Paladin , later abandoned and sunk with torpedoes
    • HMS Paladin (G69) , rebuilt as a Type 16 frigate in 1954 (new identification F169), scrapped in 1962
    • HMS Panther (G41) , sunk by German Junkers Ju 87s in the Aegean Sea off the island of Karpathos on October 9, 1943
    • HMS Partridge (G30) , sunk by U 565 west of Oran on December 18, 1942
    • HMS Pathfinder (G10) , badly damaged on February 11, 1945 by attacks by Japanese aircraft off the island of Ramree (Burma); not repaired and scrapped in 1948
    • HMS Penn (G77) , scrapped in 1950
    • HMS Petard (G56) (ex- persistent ), 195? rebuilt as a type 16 frigate (new identification F56), scrapped in 1967
    • HMS Porcupine (G93) , badly damaged on December 9, 1942 west of Oran by torpedo from the German submarine U 605 ; not repaired and scrapped in 1946
  • Q-Class (1942–1943)
  • R-Class (1942–1943)
    • HMS Rotherham (H09) , flotilla leader, scrapped on July 17, 1949 at India ( Rajput ), 1976
    • HMS Racehorse (H11) , scrapped in 1949
    • HMS Raider (H15) , scrapped on September 9, 1949 at India ( Rana ), 1976
    • HMS Rapid (H32) , rebuilt as a type 15 frigate 1952–53 (new identification F 138), sunk as a target ship in 1981
    • HMS Redoubt (H41) , sold to India ( Ranjit ) on July 4, 1949 , scrapped in 1976
    • HMS Relentless (H85) , rebuilt as a Type 15 frigate 1949–51 (new identification F 185), scrapped in 1971
    • HMS Rocket (H92) , rebuilt as a Type 15 frigate 1949–51 (new identification F 191), scrapped in 1967
    • HMS Roebuck (H95) , converted as a Type 15 frigate 1952–53 (new identification F 195), scrapped in 1968
  • S-Class (1943-1944)
    • HMS Saumarez (G12) , flotilla commander, received a mine hit off Corfu on September 26, 1946 in a minefield laid by Albania in international waters; was towed to Malta and not repaired, scrapped in 1950
    • HMS Savage (G20) , scrapped in 1962
    • HMS Scorpion (G72) , sent to the Netherlands ( Kortenaer ) in October 1945 , scrapped in 1963
    • HMS Scourge (G01) , sent to the Netherlands ( Evertsen ) in October 1945 , scrapped in 1963
    • HMS Serapis (G94) , in October 1945 to the Netherlands ( Piet Hein ), scrapped in 1962
    • ( HMS Shark ), as Svenner (G03) for the Norwegian Navy, sunk with torpedoes on June 6, 1944 60 km northwest of Le Havre by the German torpedo boats Möwe , Jaguar and T 28
    • ( HMS Success ), in service as a Stord (G26) for the Norwegian Navy, scrapped in 1959
    • HMS Swift (G46) broke apart and sank on June 24, 1944 after being hit by a mine off Ouistreham
  • T-Class (1943)
    • HMS Troubridge (R00), flotilla leader, converted as a Type 15 frigate 1955–1957 (new identification F09), scrapped in 1970
    • HMS Teazer (R23), converted from 1953–1954 as a Type 16 frigate (new identification F23), scrapped in 1965
    • HMS Tenacious (R45), converted from 1951–1952 as a Type 16 frigate (new identification F44), scrapped in 1965
    • HMS Termagant (R89), converted from 1952–1953 as a type 16 frigate (new identification F189), scrapped in 1965
    • HMS Terpsichore (R33), converted from 1953–1954 as a type 16 frigate (new identification F19), scrapped in 1966
    • HMS Tumult (R11), rebuilt as a Type 16 frigate from 1949–1950 (new identification F121), scrapped in 1965
    • HMS Tuscan (R56), rebuilt as a Type 16 frigate from 1949–1950 (new identification F156), scrapped in 1966
    • HMS Tyrian (R67), converted from 1951–1953 as a type 16 frigate (new identification F67), scrapped in 1965
  • U-class (1943–1944)
    • HMS Grenville (II) (R97), flotilla leader, converted as a Type 15 frigate 1953–1954 (new identification F 197), scrapped in 1983
    • HMS Ulster (R83), converted from 1953–1956 as a type 15 frigate (new identification F83), scrapped in 1980
    • HMS Ulysses (R69), converted from 1952–1953 as a type 15 frigate (new identification F17), scrapped in 1970
    • HMS Undaunted (R53), converted from 1953–1954 as a type 15 frigate (new identification F53), sunk in November 1978 as a target ship
    • HMS Undine (R42), rebuilt as a type 15 frigate in 1954 (new identification F141), scrapped in 1965
    • HMS Urania (R05), converted from 1953–1954 as a type 15 frigate (new identification F08), scrapped in 1971
    • HMS Urchin (R99), converted from 1952–1954 as a Type 15 frigate (new identification F196), scrapped in 1967
    • HMS Ursa (R22), converted from 1953–1954 as a Type 15 frigate (new identification F200), scrapped in 1967
  • V-Class (1943–1944)
    • HMS Hardy (II) (R08) , flotilla leader, sunk by U 278 on January 30, 1944, 110 km south of Bear Island
    • HMS Valentine (R17), scrapped at Canada (HMCS Algonquin , D224), 1970
    • HMS Venus (R50), rebuilt as a Type 15 frigate 1952–1954 (new identification F50), scrapped in 1972
    • HMS Verulam (II) (R28), flotilla leader, converted into a type 15 frigate in 1952 (new identification F29), scrapped in 1972
    • HMS Vigilant (R93), converted from 1951–1952 as a type 15 frigate (new identification F93), scrapped in 1965
    • HMS Virago (R75), converted from 1951–1952 as a Type 15 frigate (new identification F76), scrapped in 1965
    • HMS Vixen (R64), scrapped at Canada (HMCS Sioux , D225), 1965
    • HMS Volage (R41), converted from 1952–1953 as a Type 15 frigate (new identification F41), scrapped in 1965
  • W-Class (1943–1944)
    • HMS Kempenfelt (II) (R03), flotilla leader, 1956 to Yugoslavia ( Kotor ), scrapped in 1970
    • HMS Wager (R98), 1956 to Yugoslavia ( Pula ), 19 ?? scrapped
    • HMS Wakeful (II) (R59), converted from 1952–1953 as a Type 15 frigate (new identification F159), scrapped in 1971
    • HMS Wessex (II) (R78), on March 29, 1950 to South Africa ( Jan van Rieback ), sunk as a target ship in May 1980
    • HMS Whelp (R37), 1952 to South Africa ( Simon van der Stel ), scrapped in 1976
    • HMS Whirlwind (II) (R87), converted from 1953–1954 as a type 15 frigate (new identification F187), sunk on October 29, 1974 as a target ship
    • HMS Wizard (R72), rebuilt as a type 15 frigate in 1954 (new identification F42), scrapped in 1967
    • HMS Wrangler (R48), converted from 1951–1952 as a type 15 frigate (new identification F157), on November 29, 1956 to South Africa ( Vrystaat ), sunk in 1976 as a target ship
  • Z-Class (1944)
    • HMS Myngs (R06) , flotilla leader, 1955 to Egypt ( El Qahar )
    • HMS Zambesi (R66), scrapped in 1959
    • HMS Zealous (R39), on July 15, 1955 to Israel ( Elath ), sunk on October 21, 1967 by two Egyptian Komar-class missile speedboats with four SS-N-2 "Styx" missiles 20 km from Port Said
    • HMS Zebra (R81), scrapped in 1959
    • HMS Zenith (R95), sent to Egypt in 1955 ( El Fateh , F921), in 2007 still houseboat in Alexandria
    • HMS Zephyr (R19), scrapped in 1958
    • HMS Zest (R02), converted from 1954–1956 as a type 15 frigate (new identification F102), scrapped in 1970
    • HMS Zodiac (R54), sunk as a target ship on July 15, 1955 at Israel ( Yaffa ), 1969
HMS Charity (D29)
  • Ca, Ch, Co and Cr classes (1945-1947)
  • Ca group (1944–1945)
    • HMS Caesar (R07), scrapped in 1967
    • HMS Cambrian (R85), scrapped in 1971
    • HMS Caprice (R01), scrapped in 1979
    • HMS Carron (R30), scrapped in 1967
    • HMS Carysfort (R25), scrapped in 1970
    • HMS Cassandra (R62), scrapped in 1967
    • HMS Cavalier (R73), museum ship in Chatham, Kent since 1972
    • HMS Cavendish (R15), scrapped in 1967
  • Ch group (1945–1946)
    • HMS Chaplet (R52), scrapped in 1965
    • HMS Charity (R29), December 16, 1959 to Pakistan ( Shah Jehan ), scrapped in 1982
    • HMS Checkers (R61), scrapped in 1966
    • HMS Cheviot (R90), scrapped in 1962
    • HMS Chevron (R51), scrapped in 1969
    • HMS Chieftain (R36), scrapped in 1961
    • HMS Childers (R91), scrapped in 1963
    • HMS Chivalrous (R21), June 29, 1954 to Pakistan ( Taimur ), scrapped in 1961
  • Co-group (1945–1946)
    • HMS Cockade (R34), scrapped in 1964
    • HMS Comet (R26), equipped as a mine-layer, scrapped in 1962
    • HMS Comus (R43), scrapped in 1958
    • HMS Concord (R63), scrapped in 1962
    • HMS Consort (R76), scrapped in 1961
    • HMS Constance (R71), scrapped in 1956
    • HMS Contest (R12), equipped as a mine-layer, scrapped in 1960
    • HMS Cossack (II) (R57), scrapped in 1961
  • Cr group (1945–1947)
    • HMS Creole (R82), February 29, 1956 to Pakistan ( Alamgir ), scrapped in 1982
    • HMS Crescent (R16), sold to Canada, converted into a Type 15 frigate in 1952 , scrapped in 1971
    • HMS Crispin (R68), February 29, 1956 to Pakistan ( Jahangir ), scrapped in 1982
    • HMS Cromwell (R35), 1946 to Norway ( Bergen )
    • HMS Crown (R46), 1946 to Norway ( Oslo ), scrapped in 1965
    • HMS Croziers (R27), scrapped on October 10, 1946 at Norway ( Trondheim ), 1961
    • HMS Crusader (R20), scrapped November 26, 1945 at Canada, 1965
    • HMS Crystal (R38), scrapped on October 10, 1946 at Norway ( Stavanger ), 1967
  • Battle class (1944-1948)

A total of 16 ships of type 1942 and 32 ships of type 1943 were ordered from the battle class . In total, however, only 24 ships were completed as the war was approaching. Two other ships were built in Australia (HMAS Anzac and HMAS Tobruk ).

  • Battle 1942 Group (1944-1946)
    • HMS Armada (R14), flotilla leader, scrapped in 1965
    • HMS Barfleur (R80), flotilla leader, scrapped September 1966
    • HMS Cadiz (R09) 29 February, 1956 Pakistan ( Khaibar ), km on December 5, 1971 100 from Karachi by SS-N-2 "Styx" an Indian missile speedboat of -Flugkörper Osa I class sunk
    • HMS Camperdown (R32), scrapped September 1970
    • HMS Finisterre (R55), scrapped June 1967
    • HMS Gabbard (R47), February 29, 1956 to Pakistan ( Badr ), scrapped in 1989
    • HMS Gravelines (R24), scrapped April 1961
    • HMS Hogue (R74), scrapped March 1962
    • HMS Lagos (R44), scrapped June 1967
    • HMS St. James (R65), flotilla leader, scrapped March 1961
    • HMS St. Kitts (R18) scrapped February 1962
    • HMS Saintes (R84), flotilla leader, scrapped in 1972
    • HMS Sluys (R60), to Iran in January 1967 ( Artemiz , D 51, later Damavand ), was in service until the mid-1990s
    • HMS Solebay (R70), flotilla leader, scrapped August 1967
    • HMS Trafalgar (R77), flotilla leader, scrapped July 1970
    • HMS Vigo (R31) scrapped December 1964
  • Battle 1943 Group (1947-1948, 1973)
    • HMS Agincourt (I06), converted into an early warning destroyer in 1959, scrapped in 1974
    • HMS Aisne (I22), converted into an early warning destroyer in 1959, scrapped in June 1970
    • HMS Alamein (I17), scrapped in 1974
    • HMS Barrosa (I68), converted into an early warning destroyer in 1959, scrapped in 1978
    • HMS Corunna (I97), converted into an early warning destroyer in 1959, scrapped in 1975
    • HMS Dunkirk (I09), scrapped November 1965
    • HMS Jutland (I62), scrapped in May 1965
    • HMS Matapan (I43), was relocated to reserve after completion in 1947 and was not commissioned until 1973 as a sonar test ship of the Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment (AUWE); Scrapped in 1979
  • Weapon class (1947-1948)

The Weapon class was slightly smaller than the Battle class. Originally 19 ships were planned, 13 were laid down, six were launched and only four were eventually put into service.

    • HMS Battleaxe (G18 / D118), scrapped in 1964
    • HMS Broadsword (G31 / D31), scrapped in 1968
    • HMS Crossbow (G96 / D96), scrapped in 1972
    • HMS Scorpion (G64 / D64) (ex- Tomahawk , ex- Celt ), scrapped in 1971
  • Units acquired

After the French surrender, Great Britain confiscated the French ships in British ports on July 4, 1940. Among them were eight destroyers.

  • Pomone class / "600 t type" (1935–1937)
    • Branlebas (H12), sunk in a storm on December 14, 1940 40 km southwest of the Eddystone lighthouse
    • Bouclier (H20), returned to France in 1945
    • La Cordeliere (H25), returned to France in 1945
    • La Flore (H63), returned to France in 1945
    • L'Incomprise (H47), returned to France in 1945
    • La Melpomene (H56), returned to France in 1945
  • Simoun class / "1500 t type" (1924–1925)
    • Mistral (H03), returned to France in 1945
    • Ouragan (H16), returned to France in 1945
  • formerly Dutch units (1913-1915)
    • G13 (H35), scrapped in 1943
    • G15 (H66), scrapped in 1943
    • Blade (ex Z5) (H97) scrapped in October 1945
    • Z6 , scrapped in 1943
    • Z7 (H93), scrapped in 1947
    • Z8 , scrapped in August 1944
  • Kriegsmarine: Destroyer 1936 A (Mob) (1943)

In February 1946, Great Britain took over the German destroyer Z 38 as spoils of war .

    • HMS Nonsuch (D107), scrapped in 1950

post war period

  • Daring class (1952–1954)
    • HMS Daring (D05) - scrapped in 1971
    • HMS Diamond (D35) - 1970 stationary training ship, scrapped in 1981
    • HMS Decoy (D106) - 1970 to Peru ( Ferré , DM-74), July 13, 2007 out of service
    • HMS Dainty (D108) - scrapped in 1972
    • HMS Defender (D114) - scrapped in 1972
    • HMS Delight (D119) - scrapped in 1971
    • HMS Diana (D126) - 1970 to Peru ( Palacios , DM-73), scrapped in 1993
    • HMS Duchess (D154) - 1964 to Australia, scrapped in 1980

Three other ships, Voyager (D04), Vendetta (D08) and Vampire (D11), were built for Australia. Duchess was handed over to Australia in 1964 as a replacement for the Voyager, which sank after a collision with the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21) . Vampire has been a museum ship in Sydney since 1986.

HMS Norfolk (front)
  • County Class (1962-1970)
  • Batch 1
    • HMS Devonshire (D02) - sunk as a target ship in 1984
    • HMS Hampshire (D06) - scrapped in 1976
    • HMS Kent (D12) - out of service in 1980, stationary training ship until 1993
    • HMS London (D16) - 1982 to Pakistan ( Babur ), scrapped in 1995
  • Batch 2
    • HMS Antrim (D18) - 1984 to Chile ( Almirante Cochrane ), retired in 2006
    • HMS Glamorgan (D19) - 1986 to Chile ( Almirante Latorre ), sunk in 2005 while being towed for scrapping
    • HMS Fife (D20) - 1987 to Chile ( Blanco Encalada ), scrapped in 2005
    • HMS Norfolk (D21) to Chile ( Capitán Prat ) in 1982 , out of service in 2006
  • Type 82
    • HMS Bristol (D23) - (1973–1993), since 1993 stationary training ship in Portsmouth
HMS Birmingham
Destroyer HMS Southampton (Type 42)
  • Type 42 Sheffield- class (1979–1985) - 14 ships in total
  • Batch 1
    • HMS Sheffield (D80), was hit by an Argentine Exocet missile on May 4, 1982 and burned out, wreck sunk on May 10, 1982 (see: Falklands War )
    • HMS Birmingham (D86), scrapped in 2000
    • HMS Newcastle (D87), out of service in 2005
    • HMS Glasgow (D88), out of service in 2005
    • HMS Coventry (D118), capsized and sunk on May 25, 1982 after three bomb hits by Argentine A-4B of Grupo 5 (see: Falklands War )
    • HMS Cardiff (D108), out of service in 2005
  • Batch 2
    • HMS Exeter (D89), out of service in 2009
    • HMS Southampton (D90), out of service in 2009
    • HMS Nottingham (D91), out of service in 2010
    • HMS Liverpool (D92), out of service in 2012
  • Batch 3
    • HMS Manchester (D95), out of service in 2011
    • HMS Gloucester (D96), out of service in 2011

Frigates

Second World War

Hunt class

Between 1939 and 1941, 86 Hunt-class "escort destroyers" were put into service. Officially, they were considered destroyers, although they had a lower water displacement than the subsequent River-class frigates.

post war period

  • Type 12 Whitby- class (1956-1958)
    • HMS Whitby (F36), out of service in 1974, scrapped in 1979
    • HMS Torquay (F43), out of service in 1985, scrapped in 1987
    • HMS Scarborough (F63), out of service in 1972, scrapped in 1977
    • HMS Tenby (F65), out of service in 1972, scrapped in 1977
    • HMS Eastbourne (F73), out of service in 1984, scrapped in 1985
    • HMS Blackpool (F77), loaned to New Zealand ( Canterbury ) from 1966 to 1971 , then in reserve and later scrapped
  • Type 14 Blackwood- class (1955-1957)
    • HMS Blackwood (F78), scrapped in 1976
    • HMS Duncan (F80), scrapped in 1985
    • HMS Dundas (F48), scrapped in 1983
    • HMS Exmouth (F84), scrapped in 1979
    • HMS Grafton (F51), scrapped in 1971
    • HMS Hardy (F54), stationary training ship in 1971, sunk as a target ship in 1983
    • HMS Keppel (F85), scrapped in 1979
    • HMS Malcolm (F88), scrapped in 1978
    • HMS Murray (F91), scrapped in 1970
  • Type 15

See above: R, T, U, V, W, Z and Cr class destroyers

  • Type 16

See above: O-, P- and T-class destroyers

  • Type 41 Leopard class (1957–1959)
    • HMS Leopard (F14), out of service in 1975, scrapped in 1977
    • HMS Jaguar (F37), 1978 to Bangladesh ( Ali Haider , F 17)
    • HMS Lynx (F27), 1974 out of service, 1982 to Bangladesh ( Abu Bakr , F 15)
    • HMS Puma (F34), out of service in 1972, scrapped in 1976
  • Type 61 Salisbury- class (1957-1960)
    • HMS Salisbury (F32), out of service in 1978, stationary training ship until sinking in 1985
    • HMS Chichester (F59), out of service in 1973, scrapped in 1981
    • HMS Llandaff (F61), December 10, 1976 to Bangladesh ( Umar Farooq , F 16)
    • HMS Lincoln (F99), the sale to the Naval Forces of Bangladesh planned in 1982 did not materialize, scrapped in 1983
      • Three more were planned ( Coventry , Exeter and Gloucester ) but were canceled.
HMS Eskimo , 1975
  • Type 81 Tribal Class (1961–1964)
    • HMS Ashanti (F117), stationary training ship in 1980, sunk as a target ship in 1988
    • HMS Eskimo (F119), scrapped in 1992
    • HMS Gurkha (F122), 1984 to Indonesia ( Wilhelmus Zakarias Yohannes ), 1999 out of service
    • HMS Mohawk (F125), scrapped in 1983
    • HMS Nubian (F51), sunk as a target ship in 1987
    • HMS Tartar (F133), 1985 to Indonesia ( Hasanuddin ), out of service in 2009
    • HMS Zulu (F124), 1985 to Indonesia ( Martha Kristina Tiyahahu ), 2009 (?) Out of service
  • Improved Type 12 Rothesay class (1960–1961)
    • HMS Rothesay (F107), scrapped in 1988
    • HMS Londonderry (F108), out of service in 1984, sunk as a target ship in 1989
    • HMS Brighton (F106), out of service in 1981, scrapped in 1985
    • HMS Yarmouth (F101), out of service in 1984, scrapped in 1987
    • HMS Falmouth (F113), out of service in 1984, scrapped in 1988
    • HMS Rhyl (F129), decommissioned in 1983, sunk as a target ship in 1985
    • HMS Lowestoft (F103), out of service in 1985, sunk as a target ship in 1986
    • HMS Berwick (F115), out of service in 1985, sunk as a target ship in 1986
    • HMS Plymouth (F126), decommissioned in 1988, museum ship in Birkenhead since 1991
HMS Danae , 1970
  • Modified Type 12 Leander- class (1963-1973)
  • Batch One
    • HMS Leander (F109), later converted to an Ikara hunting missile, sunk in 1989 as a target ship
    • HMS Ajax (F114), later converted to an Ikara hunting missile, scrapped in 1988
    • HMS Dido (F104), later converted to an Ikara hunt missile, sold to New Zealand ( Southland ) in 1982 , scrapped in 1995
    • HMS Aurora (F10), later converted to an Ikara hunt missile, scrapped in 1990
    • HMS Euryalus (F15), later converted to an Ikara hunting missile, scrapped in 1993
    • HMS Galatea (F18), later converted to an Ikara hunting missile, sunk as a target ship in 1988
    • HMS Arethusa (F38), later converted to an Ikara hunting missile, scrapped in 1991
    • HMS Naiad (F39), later converted to an Ikara hunting missile, scrapped in 1990
    • HMS Cleopatra (F28), later converted to Exocet missiles, scrapped in 1994
  • Batch Two
    • HMS Phoebe (F42), later converted to Exocet missiles, scrapped in 1992
    • HMS Minerva (F45), later converted to Exocet missiles, scrapped in 1994
    • HMS Sirius (F40), later converted to Exocet missiles, scrapped in 1992
    • HMS Juno (F52), scrapped in 1993
    • HMS Argonaut (F56), later converted to Exocet missiles, 19 scrapped
    • HMS Danae (F47), later converted to Exocet missiles, delivered to Ecuador ( Morano Valverde ) in 1991 , decommissioned in 2008
    • HMS Penelope (F127), later converted to Exocet missiles, delivered to Ecuador ( Presidente Eloy Alfaro ) in 1991 , decommissioned in 2008
  • Batch Three or Broad Beam Leanders
    • HMS Hermione (F58), later converted to Seawolf missiles, scrapped in 1992
    • HMS Andromeda (F57), later converted to Seawolf missiles, sold to India ( Krishna ) in 1995
    • HMS Jupiter (F60), later converted to Seawolf missiles, scrapped in 1991
    • HMS Bacchante (F69), sold to New Zealand ( Wellington ) in 1982 , sunk south of Wellington in 1999 as an attraction for divers
    • HMS Charybdis (F75), later converted to Seawolf missiles, sunk as a target ship in 1993
    • HMS Scylla (F71), later converted to Seawolf missiles, scrapped in 1994
    • HMS Achilles (F12), in 1990 to Chile ( Ministro Zenteno ), decommissioned in August 2006
    • HMS Diomede (F16), 1988 to Pakistan ( Shamsher )
    • HMS Apollo (F70), 1988 to Pakistan ( Zulfiquar )
    • HMS Ariadne (F72), sold to Chile ( General Baquedano ) in 1992 , sunk as a target ship in December 1998
  • Mermaid- class (1973)
    • HMS Mermaid (F76), 1977 at Malaysia ( Hang Tuah )

The ship was originally built as the Black Star for Ghana , but was canceled after a coup in 1966. It is based on the Leopard class design . After a few years, the Royal Navy had the ship completed.

  • Type 21 Amazon- class (1974-1978)
    • HMS Amazon (F169), 1993 to Pakistan ( Babur )
    • HMS Antelope (F170), sunk in San Carlos Bay on May 24, 1982 during the Falklands War ; the day before, the ship received two bomb hits, while attempting to defuse the bombs, they exploded
    • HMS Ardent (F184), on May 21, 1982 the ship received five bomb hits in San Carlos Bay during the Falklands War, which resulted in it sank on May 22
    • HMS Active (F171), 1994 to Pakistan ( Shah Jahan )
    • HMS Ambuscade (F172), 1993 to Pakistan ( Tariq )
    • HMS Arrow (F173), 1994 to Pakistan ( Kaibar )
    • HMS Alacrity (F174), 1994 to Pakistan ( Badr )
    • HMS Avenger (F185), 1994 to Pakistan ( Tippu Sultan )
HMS Cumberland
  • Type 22 Broadsword- class (1979–1990)
    • HMS Broadsword (F88), sold to Brazil in 1995 ( Greenhalgh )
    • HMS Battleaxe (F89), sold to Brazil in 1997 ( Rademaker )
    • HMS Brilliant (F90), sold to Brazil in 1996 ( Dodsworth )
    • HMS Brazen (F91), sold to Brazil in 1996 ( Bosisio )
    • HMS Boxer (F92), sunk in rocket tests in 2004
    • HMS Beaver (F93), scrapped in 2001
    • HMS Brave (F94), sunk in 2004 during missile tests
    • HMS London (F95), sold to Romania in 2003 ( Regina Maria )
    • HMS Sheffield (F96), sold to Chile in 2003 ( Almirante Williams )
    • HMS Coventry (F98), sold to Romania in 2003 ( Regele Ferdinand )
    • HMS Cornwall (F99) , decommissioned in 2011
    • HMS Cumberland (F85) , decommissioned in 2011
    • HMS Campbeltown (F86), decommissioned in 2011
    • HMS Chatham (F87), decommissioned in 2011
HMS Westminster
  • Type 23 Duke- class (1987-2000) - 13 other frigates are still in service
    • HMS Norfolk (F230), sold to Chile in 2006 ( Almirante Cochrane )
    • HMS Grafton (F80), sold to Chile in 2007 ( Almirante Lynch )
    • HMS Marlborough (F233), sold to Chile in 2008 ( Almirante Condell )

Sloops

Interwar years

Second World War

DropShips

HMS Intrepid , 1968

Auxiliary ships

Repair ship (interwar period and World War II)

  • No class
    • HMS Adventure (M23)
    • HMS Alaunia (F17)
    • HMS Albatross (I22)
    • HMS Artifex (F28)
    • HMS Ausonia (F53)
    • HMS Deer Sound (F99)
    • HMS Ranpura (F93)
    • HMS Resource (F79)
    • HMS Sandhurst (F92)
    • HMS Vindictive
    • HMS Wayland (F137)
  • Assistance class
    • HMS Assistance (F173)
    • HMS Diligence (F174)
    • HMS Dutiful (F176)
    • HMS Faithful (F177)
    • HMS Hecla (F175)
  • Beachy Head class
    • HMS Beachy Head (F02)
    • HMS Berry Head (F18)
    • HMS Buchan Ness (F36)
    • HMS Cape Wrath (F49)
    • HMS Dodman Point (F19)
    • HMS Duncansby Head (F58)
    • HMS Dungeness (F46)
    • HMS Fife Ness (F29)
    • HMS Flamborough Head (F88)
    • HMS Girdleness (F04)
    • HMS Hartland Point (F25)
    • HMS Mull of Galloway (F26)
    • HMS Mull of Kintyre (F86)
    • HMS Mull of Oa (F96)
    • HMS Orford Ness (F67)
    • HMS Portland Bill (F05)
    • HMS Rame Head (F34)
    • HMS Rattray Head (F73)
    • HMS Selsey Bill (F54)
    • HMS Spurn Point (F42)
    • HMS Tarbart Ness (F84)
  • Moray Firth class
    • HMS Beauly Firth (F187)
    • HMS Cuillin Sound (F188)
    • HMS Dullisk Cove (F185)
    • HMS Holm Sound (F189)
    • HMS Moray Firth (F62)
    • HMS Mullion Cove (F186)
    • HMS Solway Firth (F190)

SVV Special Service Vessel (supply ships, World War II)

  • Built as a normal cargo ship
    • HMS Fidelity 1920 Le Rhin , adopted in June 1940 - December 30, 1942 U 435 sunk
    • HMS Prunella 1930 as Knigh Almoner , taken over September 15, 1939 - sunk by U 28 on June 21, 1940

Minesweepers

  • Sandown class
    • HMS Sandown
    • HMS Inverness
    • HMS Bridport
  • Hunt class
    • HMS Brecon
    • HMS Cottesmore
    • HMS Dulverton

Experimental ships

Notes / individual evidence

  1. ↑ THE ROYAL NAVAL MUSEUM wrote on request in 2008: “The abbreviation HMS came into common usage around 1790s. Prior to this, ships were referred to as "His Majesty's Ship" in full to indicate it belonging to the Royal Navy. The earliest example of the abbreviation being used is in 1789 when it was used for HMS Phoenix. ”Loosely translated, this means that the prefix HMS was used around 1790 to show belonging to the Royal Navy. The HMS Phoenix was then apparently the first ship to receive the prefix in 1789. The CHATHAM HISTORIC DOCKYARD TRUST wrote on request in 2008: "It wasn't until 1789 that the use of the HMS designation became standard in the Royal Navy although there were some uses of it before this". Loosely translated this means that the prefix HMS 1789 became the general standard, but before that there were already some ships that carried the prefix
  2. ↑ Deviating from the introductory sentence of this article, this list also sometimes includes years of keel laying if the year of commissioning has not been recorded. Details can then be found in the respective ship article

literature

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  • Maurice Cocker: Destroyers of the Royal Navy 1893-1981. Ian Allan, London 1981, ISBN 0-7110-1075-7 .
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