List of active Royal Navy ships
This is a list of active Royal Navy ships, complete and correct as of 2006.
In total there are 90 commissioned ships in the navy, of which 2 are aircraft carriers, 3 are large amphibious vessels, 25 are major fleet escorts (17 frigates and 8 destroyers) and 13 are nuclear-powered submarines (9 SSNs and 4 SSBNs).
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Major Surface Combatants
Invincible-class Aircraft carriers (2)
- HMS Illustrious (R06) (Flagship of the active fleet)
- HMS Ark Royal (R07)
Type 42 destroyers (8)
- HMS Exeter (D89)
- HMS Southampton (D90)
- HMS Nottingham (D91)
- HMS Liverpool (D92)
- HMS Manchester (D95)
- HMS Gloucester (D96)
- HMS Edinburgh (D97)
- HMS York (D98)
Type 23 frigates (13)
- HMS Argyll (F231)
- HMS Lancaster (F229)
- HMS Iron Duke (F234)
- HMS Monmouth (F235)
- HMS Montrose (F236)
- HMS Westminster (F237)
- HMS Northumberland (F238)
- HMS Richmond (F239)
- HMS Somerset (F82)
- HMS Sutherland (F81)
- HMS Kent (F78)
- HMS Portland (F79)
- HMS St Albans (F83)
Type 22 frigates (4)
Amphibious Forces
Landing Platform Helicopter (1)
Albion-class landing platform docks (2)
Mine Warfare Forces
Sandown-class mine countermeasures vessels (8)
- HMS Walney (M104)
- HMS Penzance (M106)
- HMS Pembroke (M107)
- HMS Grimsby (M108)
- HMS Bangor (M109)
- HMS Ramsey (M110)
- HMS Blyth (M111)
- HMS Shoreham (M112)
Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessels (8)
- HMS Ledbury (M30)
- HMS Cattistock (M31)
- HMS Brocklesby (M33)
- HMS Middleton (M34)
- HMS Chiddingfold (M37)
- HMS Atherstone (M38)
- HMS Hurworth (M39)
- HMS Quorn (M41)
Patrol Vessels
Antarctic patrol ship (1)
River-class patrol vessels (3)
Castle-class patrol vessels (1)
Archer or P2000-class fast patrol boats (14)
- HMS Archer (P264)
- HMS Biter (P270)
- HMS Smiter (P272)
- HMS Blazer (P279)
- HMS Puncher (P291)
- HMS Charger (P292)
- HMS Ranger (P293)
- HMS Trumpeter (P294)
- HMS Express (P163)
- HMS Example (P165)
- HMS Explorer (P164)
- HMS Exploit (P167)
- HMS Tracker (P274)
- HMS Raider (P275)
Scimitar-class fast patrol boats (Gibraltar Squadron) (2)
Archer or P2000-class fast patrol boats (Cyprus Squadron) (2)
Survey Vessels
Ocean survey vessel (1)
Coastal survey vessels (2)
Echo class multi-purpose survey vessels (2)
Submarines
Vanguard-class submarines (SSBNs) (4)
Swiftsure-class submarines (SSNs) (2)
Trafalgar-class submarines (SSNs) (7)
- HMS Trafalgar (S107)
- HMS Turbulent (S87)
- HMS Tireless (S88)
- HMS Torbay (S90)
- HMS Trenchant (S91)
- HMS Talent (S92)
- HMS Triumph (S93)
Other ships in commission
- HMS Bristol (D23) - Type 82 destroyer - now used as a training ship, permanently docked in Portsmouth Harbour
- HMS Caroline - C class cruiser - now used as a shore establishment, permanently docked in Belfast
- HMS Victory - First-rate ship of the line - the Flagship of the Second Sea Lord, permanently docked in Portsmouth Naval Base
In Reserve
Invincible class aircraft carrier (1)
- HMS Invincible (R05) - mothballed with 18-month reactivation notice
Shore Establishments
See also: List of Royal Navy shore establishments
- HMS Nelson - HMNB Portsmouth
- HMS Drake - HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
- HMS Neptune - HMNB Clyde, near Glasgow
- HMS Heron - RNAS Yeovilton
- HMS Seahawk - RNAS Culdrose
- HMS Collingwood - Maritime Warfare School
- HMS Sultan - Royal Naval School of Marine Engineering/Royal Naval Air Engineering and Survival School
- HMS Raleigh - Phase 1 Training
- HMS Temeraire - Directorate of Naval Physical Training and Sport
