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Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
HMS Beagle was a Cherokee class 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy, named after the beagle, a breed of dog. ...
The INS Vikrant (formerly the HMS Hercules (R49)) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. ...
The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches. ...
The Resolution class submarines were the first British strategic ballistic missile submarines, carrying the Polaris missile. ...
St Albans (thus spelt, no apostrophe or dot) is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around 22 miles (35. ...
The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majestys Armed Forces, officially the Armed Forces of the Crown. ...
The Fleet Air Arm is the operational group of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships. ...
HMS Scorpion, a 2750-ton ironclad turret ship built at Birkenhead, England, was one of two sisters secretly ordered from the Laird shipyard by the Confederate States of America government in 1862. ...
HMS Hampshire was a Devonshire-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy. ...
Flag Ratio: 1:2 Union Jack is the common name for the Union Flag (official name) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ...
This article is about the late 18th century ship of the line HMS Victory. ...
Her Majestys Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines (RM), are the United Kingdoms amphibious force and Naval Infantry. ...
The Upholder/Victoria-class submarines also known as the Type 2400 (due to their displacement of 2,400t) are diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarines designed in the UK in the late 1970s to supplement the Royal Navys nuclear submarine force. ...
HMS Wivern was a 2750-ton ironclad turret ship built at Birkenhead, England, one of two sisters secretly ordered from the Laird shipyard by the Confederate States of America government in 1862. ...
HMS Devonshire was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy, that served in World War II. Devonshire was laid down by HM Dockyard at Devonport in Plymouth on 16 March 1926, launched on 22 October 1927 and completed on 18 March 1929. ...
The Flag of England The Flag of England is the cross of Saint George. ...
The Saltire, the flag of Scotland, with an official Pantone 300 coloured field. ...
HMS Glorious was a warship of the Royal Navy. ...
There are two lists of Royal Navy ships: Current Royal Navy ships lists all currently commissioned vessels in the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Good Hope was a 14,100-ton Drake-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy; she was originally planned to be named Africa, but was renamed before she was launched. ...
HMS Canopus was a pre-Dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and laid down on the 4 January 1897, launched 21 June 1898 and completed in December 1899. ...
The sixth (and current) HMS Invincible. ...
HMS Ark Royal (R07), the last Invincible-class light aircraft carrier, is the fifth ship of the Royal Navy named in honour of the flagship of the English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada. ...
HMS Ark Royal (91), was the third ship of the Royal Navy to carry the name and the second to be an aircraft carrier. ...
HMS Macedonian was a 38-gun sailing frigate in the Royal Navy, later captured by the United States during the War of 1812. ...
The Red Ensign, as currently used by the United Kingdoms Merchant Navy The Red Ensign is a flag that originated in the early 1600s as an ensign flown by the Royal Navy. ...
Combatants United Kingdom, Australia Italy Commanders Andrew Cunningham Angelo Iachino Strength 1 carrier 3 battleships 7 light cruisers 17 destroyers 1 battleship 6 heavy cruisers 2 light cruisers 17 destroyers Casualties 1 torpedo plane destroyed 1 battleship damaged 3 cruisers sunk 2 destroyers sunk The Battle of Cape Matapan was...
HMS Triton (N15) was a submarine of the Royal Navy named for the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, the personification of the roaring waters, was the lead ship of her class. ...
HMS Ben-my-Chree was a passenger ferry built in 1908 by Vickers for the England—Isle of Man route and taken over by the Royal Navy as a seaplane carrier during World War I. Her name means Girl of My Heart in Manx. ...
Laid down: 7 October 1941 Launched: 3 June 1942 Commissioned: 24 September 1942 Fate: surrendered to and scuttled by Canada General Characteristics Unterseeboot 190 (U-190) was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of the Kriegsmarine who served in the Royal Canadian Navy for several years after World War II...
HMCS Victoria (SSK 876) at Bangor, Washington in 2004 HMCS Victoria (SSK 876) is a submarine in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command, the lead ship of her class. ...
The White Ensign. ...
The fourth HMS Ocean was a battleship displacing 12,950 tons and armed with four 12-inch and twelve six-inch guns. ...
The fifth HMS Ocean was a Royal Navy Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier of 13,190 tons built in Glasgow. ...
The sixth HMS Ocean (L12) of the Royal Navy is a Landing Platform, Helicopter Cruiser, the only one in its class, built by Kvaerner Govan on the Clyde taking advantage of commercial build methods and facilities, before sailing from Barrow-in-Furness for fitting out prior to acceptance into service...
HMS Hermes (95) of the Royal Navy was the worlds first purpose-built aircraft carrier, although the Imperial Japanese Navys Hosho was the first to be commissioned. ...
The second HMS Hermes (R12) was a Centaur-class aircraft carrier, the last of the postwar conventional aircraft carriers commissioned into the Royal Navy. ...
The sixth and current HMS Invincible (R05) is a light aircraft carrier, the lead ship of three in her class. ...
This is a list of the current Royal Navy ships, complete and correct as of 2005. ...
The following is a list of Royal Navy ship names by name in alphabetical order, both past and present. ...
Motto : Fortitudine Vinvimus (By Endurance We Conquer) see: HMS Endurance ...
Contrary to popular belief, the 1972 suspension of the Northern Irish provincial government did not suspend the existence of the provincial flag, shown on this page below, or the provincial arms. ...
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is the service that keeps the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom running around the world. ...
Several countries use the term Royal Standard to describe the flag used by the monarch and members of the royal family. ...
The HMS Splendid (S106) was a nuclear powered submarine of the Swiftsure class. ...
HMS Conqueror was a Churchill-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1990. ...
HMS Queen Mary was a Royal Navy Lion-class battlecruiser, armed with eight 13. ...
Flag Ratio: 1:2 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland uses as its national flag the Royal Banner commonly known as the Union Flag or Union Jack. ...
In the United Kingdom the Territorial Army is a part of the British Army composed of reserve units, or part-time soldiers. ...
HMS Edinburgh (D97) is a Type 42 (Batch 3) destroyer of the Royal Navy. ...
HMCS Magnificent was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Canadian Navy, in service from 1946 to 1956. ...
HMS Enterprise was an Emerald-class light cruiser designed and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland, who laid her keel down on June 28, 1918. ...
HMS Captain was a revolutionary masted turret ship of the Royal Navy launched in 1869, and capsized the following year with tremendous loss of life. ...
HMS Nottingham (D91), is a batch two Type 42 Destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the city of Nottingham, England. ...
HMS Warrior (1860) (also known as Vernon III and Oil Fuel Hulk C77) was the worlds first ocean-going iron-hulled armoured battleship. ...
HMS Warrior, the name ship of her class of 4 armored cruisers of the Royal Navy, was built several years before the outbreak of the First World War. ...
HMS Warrior (R31) (later CVL20) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier, of the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Inflexible was the second of three Invincible-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy in 1906-08. ...
HMS Inflexible was a battleship laid down for the Royal Navy in 1874 to oppose the perceived growing threat from the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean. ...
HMS Dorsetshire (pennant number 40) was a heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the English county (now called Dorset). ...
The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. ...
HMS Centaur (R06) was a Centaur-class light fleet carrier of the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Theseus (R64) was a Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. ...
The Old Royal Naval College The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, was a Royal Navy training establishment between 1873 and 1998, in the centre of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site in London. ...
HMS Triumph (R16) (1944–1981) was a Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier, laid down during World War II on 27 January 1943. ...
This is a list of battleships of the Royal Navy of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. ...
HMS Victorious (R38) was the second Illustrious-class aircraft carrier ordered, being provided for under the 1936 Naval Programme. ...
The Orion class battleships were four super-dreadnoughts — the first ships of that type — of the Royal Navys. ...
The King Edward VII class was a class of battleships launched by the Royal Navy between 1903 and 1905 in response to the emerging navies of Japan and the USA. The navies of these two nations were smaller, but their ships possessed superior secondary armament, a key part of a...
The fifth HMS Illustrious (R06) is an Invincible-class light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, affectionately known as Lusty to her crew. ...
The fourth HMS Illustrious (R87) of the Royal Navy was an aircraft carrier, arguably the one with the most distinguished and vital career of this proud lineage. ...
The third HMS Illustrious of the Royal Navy was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought, launched in 1896. ...
The eighth HMS Albion (R07) was a 22,000 ton Centaur-class light fleet carrier of the Royal Navy. ...
The ninth and current Albion (2001-present) is one of the newest additions to the Royal Navy and is the nameship of a class of two, state of the art Landing Platform Dock Ships (LPDs) that will be a welcome addition to an already powerful amphibious assault capability. ...
The HMS Duke of Edinburgh, a cruiser of the Royal Navy,and one of two Duke of Edinburgh class cruisers, the other being HMS Black Prince. ...
HMS Caesar was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, named after the Roman military and political leader Julius Caesar. ...
HMS Indomitable (1940-1955) was a modified Illustrious class aircraft carrier. ...
This is a list of submarine classes of the Royal Navy. ...
The sixth HMS Liverpool (C11) was an 11,930 ton Town class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. ...
The fifth HMS Liverpool of the Royal Navy was a 4800 ton light cruiser of the Bristol class. ...
The seventh, and current HMS Liverpool (D92) is the 10th of 14 Type 42 destroyers. ...
The third and present HMS Cardiff (D108) is a Type 42 (Batch 1) destroyer of the Royal Navy. ...
The seventh HMS Newcastle was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. ...
The eighth and current HMS Newcastle (D87) is a retired Type 42 (Batch 1) destroyer of the Royal Navy, launched in 1973. ...
The current HMS Manchester (D95) is a Type 42 (Batch 3) destroyer in the 5th Destroyer Squadron of the United Kingdoms Royal Navy. ...
The second HMS Manchester (15) was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. ...
A long absence of a Norfolk in the Royal Navy was finally ended in the commissioning of County-class heavy cruiser HMS Norfolk (78), which displaced 10,035 tons. ...
The fifth HMS Norfolk (D21) was laid down on 15 March 1966 by Swan Hunter and launched by Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk in November 1967. ...
The sixth and current HMS Norfolk (F230) was laid down in 1985 by Yarrow Shipbuilders. ...
The second and current HMS Montrose (F236) is the eighth of a sixteen ship class of frigates, known as Type 23 or the Duke class, of the Royal Navy. ...
The third and current HMS Argyll (F231) is a Type 23 Duke Class frigate. ...
The current HMS Triumph (S93) is a Trafalgar-class fleet submarine. ...
The fourth and last HMS Colossus (R15) had a relatively brief time with the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Colossus of the British Royal Navy was the nameship of her class of dreadnoughts. ...
HMS Gibraltar, was an Edgar class cruiser launched in 1892 for service in the Royal Navy. ...
The sixth and present HMS Cornwall is the first of the Batch 3 Type 22 frigates. ...
HMS Goliath was one of the six Canopus-class battleships built by the Royal Navy in the late 19th century. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The Welsh Dragon on the tailfin of an Air Wales ATR 42 aircraft. ...
The modern Blue Ensign of the United Kingdom The British Blue Ensign (1707–1801) English Blue Ensign as it appeared in the seventeenth century. ...
The USS Altamaha (CVE-6) (originally AVG-6) was an escort aircraft carrier laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 160) on 15 April 1941 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. ...
The USS Barnes (CVE-7) (originally AVG then ACV) was an escort aircraft carrier built by Western Pipe and Steel Co. ...
The USS Block Island (CVE-8) (originally AVG and then ACV) was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. ...
The USS Breton (CVE-10) (originally AVG-10 then later ACV-10) was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. ...
The USS Croatan (CVE-14) (originally AVG-14 then ACV-14) was transferred to the United Kingdom 27 February 1943 under lend-lease where she served as the HMS Fencer. ...
The USS Hamlin (CVE-15) was one of a large group of escort aircraft carriers built on Maritime Commission C-3 hulls and transferred to the United Kingdom under lend-lease during World War II. Launched by Western Pipe & Steel Co. ...
The USS (CVE-17) (originally AVG-17 then ACV-17) was laid down on 31 July 1941 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. ...
The name Prince William (CVE-19) (earlier AVG-19 then ACV-19) was assigned to MC hull 198, a converted C3 laid down by the Western Pipe and Steel Co. ...
The Majestic class was a nine-ship class of pre-Dreadnought battleships, built under the Spencer Programme (named after the First Sea Lord, John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer). ...
The Queen Elizabeth class battleships were five super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy, named in honour of Elizabeth I of England. ...
The Crown Colony-class light cruisers of the Royal Navy were named after Crown Colonies of the British Empire. ...
The USS Charger (CVE-30) (originally AVG-30, then later ACV-30) was launched 1 March 1941 by Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. ...
The Royal Sovereign class was an eight-ship class of pre-Dreadnought battleships of the British Royal Navy. ...
The USS Chatham (CVE-32) (originally designated AVG-32, then later ACV-32) was transferred to the United Kingdom 11 August 1943 under lend-lease and renamed HMS Slinger. ...
The second USS Glacier (CVE-33) (originally designated AVG-33 then later ACV-33) was an escort aircraft carrier built by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co. ...
The USS Pybus (CVE-34) (originally AVG-34, then later ACV-34) was laid down 23 June 1942 as MC Hull No. ...
The escort carrier USS Baffins (CVE-35) (originally AVG-35, then later ACV-35) was launched 18 October 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. ...
The USS Bolinas (CVE-36) (originally AVG-36, then later ACV-36) was an escort aircraft carrier launched 11 November 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. ...
The USS Bastian (CVE-37) (originally AVG-37 and then ACV-37) was an escort aircraft carrier built by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. ...
HMS Jamaica (C44), a Crown Colony class cruiser of the Royal Navy, is named after Jamaica when it used to be part of the British Empire. ...
The USS Carnegie (CVE-38) (previously AVG-38 then later ACV-38) was an escort aircraft carrier built in 1942-43 for transfer to the United Kingdom. ...
The USS Cordova (CVE-39) (originally AVG-39 then later ACV-39) was an escort aircraft carrier launched 27 December 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. ...
The USS Delgada (CVE-40) (originally AVG-40 then later ACV-40) was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier launched 20 February 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. ...
The USS Edisto (CVE-41) (originally AVG-41 then later ACV-41) was a Bogue-Prince William-class escort aircraft carrier that was laid down 20 October 1942, launched 22 March 1943, transferred under Lend-Lease to the United Kingdom 7 September 1943 prior to her commissioning as the HMS...
The first USS Estero (CVE-42) (previously AVG-42 then later ACV-42) was an escort aircraft carrier launched 22 March 1943 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. ...
The USS Jamaica (CVE-43) (originally AVG-43 then later ACV-43), was an escort aircraft carrier laid down 13 November 1942 as MC Hull 254 and launched under Maritime Commission contract by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. ...
The USS Keweenaw (CVE-44) (previously AVG-44 then later ACV-44) was an escort aircraft carrier laid down as ACV-44 under Maritime Commission contract by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. ...
The USS Prince (CVE-45) (originally named McClure, designated AVG-45 then later ACV-45) was an escort aircraft carrier laid down 17 December 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co. ...
USS Claxton (DD-140), named for Thomas Claxton, was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy. ...
USS Buchanan (DD-131), named for Franklin Buchanan, was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy. ...
HMS King Edward VII, named after King Edward VII, was the lead ship of the King Edward VII class of British Royal Navy battleships. ...
The following is a list of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. ...
HMS Formidable was an Illustrious class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy during World War II. She was constructed by Harland & Wolff, Belfast and commissioned on 24 November 1940. ...
HMS Eagle was one of the two largest-ever British aircraft carriers. ...
The HMS Ark Royal (R09) began construction in 1943 during World War II. She replaced the previous Ark Royal which was lost to enemy action on November 14, 1941. ...
See HMS Bulwark for other ships of this name. ...
The Majestic-class aircraft carriers were initially intended to be part of the Colossus-class, but were instead built to a modified design, still based on the Colossus design for operating heavier aircraft. ...
HMS Leviathan was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier laid down at Swan Hunter on 18 October 1943, and launched on 7 June 1945. ...
The Colossus class was a class of ten light aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Glory (R62) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy laid down on 8 November 1942 by Stephen at Govan. ...
HMS Courageous was a warship of the Royal Navy. ...
The second HMS King George V was the name ship of her class of battleships. ...
HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England. ...
HMS Duke of York was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, and the second of the name, the predecessor having been a 4-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1766. ...
HMS Anson was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Admiral George Anson. ...
HMS Howe was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Admiral Richard Howe. ...
HMS Rodney was a Nelson-class battleship of the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Revenge was the name ship of the Revenge class of battleships of the Royal Navy, the ninth to bear the name. ...
HMS Royal Sovereign, launched in May 1915, was a Revenge-class battleship of the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Ramillies (pennant number 07) was a Revenge-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after the Battle of Ramillies. ...
HMS Resolution was a Revenge-class battleship of the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Royal Oak was a Revenge-class battleship of the Royal Navy, sunk early in World War II. She was laid down at Devonport, Devon on 15 January 1914 and launched on 17 November of that year. ...
HMS Queen Elizabeth was the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class of Dreadnought battleships, named in honour of Elizabeth I of England. ...
HMS Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the British Royal Navy. ...
HMS Valiant was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy built at the Fairfield shipyards in Glasgow and launched in November 1914. ...
HMS Barham was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy named after Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, built at the John Brown shipyards in Clydebank, and launched in 1914. ...
HMS Malaya was a Queen Elizabeth class battleship of the Royal Navy built by Armstrong Whitworth and launched in March 1915. ...
Renown class battlecruiser The Renown class was a two ship class of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy, and were a battlecruiser design derived from, and originally intended to be members of, the Revenge-class battleships. ...
HMS Renown was the lead ship of the three 26,500-ton Renown class battlecruisers of the Royal Navy, the other two were HMS Repulse and the cancelled HMS Resistance. ...
HMS Repulse was a Renown-class battlecruiser, the second to last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Lancaster (F229) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Marlborough (F233) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Iron Duke (F234) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Monmouth (F235) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Westminster (F237) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Northumberland (F238) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
