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aircraft carriers

amphibious assault shipping

battlecruisers

battleships

corvettes and sloops

cruisers

destroyers

escort carriers

fast patrol boats

frigates

minesweepers

monitors

submarines

submarine depot ships

survey vessels

fleet bases

air stations

aircraft wings

fleets and major commands

squadrons and flotillas

The following is a list of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. ... Active Ships Ocean class LPH HMS Ocean Albion class LPD HMS Albion HMS Bulwark Decommissioned Fearless class LPD HMS Fearless HMS Intrepid Centaur class LPH HMS Albion HMS Bulwark HMS Hermes Landing ships tank HMS Boxer HMS Bruiser HMS Thruster LST 3001 LST 3002 LST 3003/HMS Anzio LST 3004... This is a list of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy: Invincible class Invincible (1908) Indomitable (1907) Inflexible (1908) Indefatigable class Indefatigable (1909) New Zealand (1911) (also HMAS Australia (1911) of the Royal Australian Navy) Lion class Lion (1910) Princess Royal (1911) Queen Mary (1912) Tiger class Tiger (1913) Leopard (not... This is a list of battleships of the Royal Navy of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy. ... This is a list of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy. ... This is a list of Royal Navy escort carriers. ... This is a list of fast patrol boats of the Royal Navy. ... This is a list of frigates of the Royal Navy in chronological order. ... // Historical Classes Mine clearance was originally done by whatever type of vessel could easily be adapted to the task. ... This is a list of monitors of the Royal Navy: Humber-class HMS Severn HMS Humber HMS Mersey Abercrombie-class HMS Abercrombie HMS Havelock HMS Raglan HMS Roberts Lord Clive-class HMS Lord Clive HMS General Craufurd HMS Earl of Peterborough HMS Sir Thomas Picton HMS Prince Eugene HMS Prince... This is a list of submarine classes of the Royal Navy. ... Active Ships Antarctic patrol vessel HMS Endurance (II) Ocean survey vessels HMS Scott Coastal survey vessels HMS Roebuck HMS Gleaner Multi-purpose survey vessels HMS Echo HMS Enterprise Decommissioned Ships Antarctic patrol vessel HMS Endurance (I) Ocean survey vessels HMS Hecla HMS Hecate HMS Hydra HMS Herald Coastal survey vessels... This is a list of fleet bases of the Royal Navy. ... This is a list of air stations of the Royal Navy. ... This is a list of Royal Navy aircraft wings. ... // Current Fleet British Fleet Past Fleets British Atlantic Fleet British Channel Fleet British East Indies Fleet British Eastern Fleet British Far East Fleet British Grand Fleet British Home Fleet British Mediterranean Fleet British Pacific Fleet British Reserve Fleet British Western Fleet Force H Past Major Commands Nore Command Plymouth Command... Port Squadrons Clyde Flotilla Devonport Flotilla Portsmouth Flotilla Type Squadrons Aircraft Carriers British 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron British 2nd Aircraft Carrier Squadron British 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron British 11th Aircraft Carrier Squadron Battleships and Battlecruisers British 1st Battle Squadron British 2nd Battle Squadron British 3rd Battle Squadron British 4th Battle...

Armoured cruisers

• Shannon (1875) 5,670 t, 2-10in, 7-9in
• Nelson class 7,473 t/7,630 t, 4-10in, 6-9in
  • Nelson (1876)
  • Northumberland (1876)
• Imperieuse class 8,500 t, 4-9.2in, 10-6in
  • Imperieuse (1883)
  • Warspite (1884)
• Orlando class 5,600 t, 2-9.2in, 10-6in
  • Orlando (1886)
  • Australia (1886)
  • Undaunted (1886)
  • Narcissus (1886)
  • Galatea (1887)
  • Immortalité (1887)
  • Aurora (1887)
• Blake class 9150t, 2-9.2in, 10-6in
  • Blake (1889)
  • Blenheim (1890)
• Edgar class - 9 ships
  • Edgar (1890)
  • Hawke (1891)
  • Endymion (1891)
  • Royal Arthur (1891)
  • Gibraltar (1892)
  • Grafton (1892)
  • St George (1892)
  • Theseus (1892)
  • Crescent (1892)
• Powerful class 14,200 t, 2-9.2in, 12-6in
  • Powerful (1895)
  • Terrible (1895)
• Diadem class 8 ships
  • Diadem
• Cressy class 12000t, 2-9.2in, 12-6in
  • Cressy (1899) - Torpedoed 1914
  • Sutlej (1899)
  • Aboukir (1900) - Torpedoed 1914
  • Hogue (1900) - Torpedoed 1914
  • Bacchante (1901)
  • Euryalus (1901)
• Drake class 14150t, 2-9.2in, 16-6in
  • Drake (1901) - Torpedoed 1917
  • Good Hope (ex-Africa) (1901) - Sunk during the Battle of Coronel, 1914
  • King Alfred (1901) - Sold 1920
  • Leviathan (1901) - Sold 1920
• Monmouth class 9800t, 14-6in
  • Monmouth (1901)
  • Bedford (1901)
  • Essex (1901)
  • Kent (1901)
  • Berwick (1902)
  • Cornwall (1902)
  • Cumberland (1902)
  • Donegal (1902)
  • Lancaster (1902)
  • Suffolk (1903)
• Devonshire class 10850t, 4-7.5in, 6-6in
  • Devonshire (1904)
  • Hampshire (1903) - Mined 1916
  • Carnarvon (1903)
  • Antrim (1903)
  • Roxburgh (1904)
  • Argyll (1904)
• Duke of Edinburgh class 13550t, 6-9.2in, 10-6in
  • Duke of Edinburgh (1904)
  • Black Prince (1904) - Sunk during the Battle of Jutland, 1916
• Warrior class (Modified Dukes) 13550t, 6-9.2in, 4-7.5in
  • Warrior (1905)
  • Cochrane (1905)
  • Achilles (1905)
  • Natal (1905)
• Minotaur class 14600t, 4-9.2in, 10-7.5in
  • Minotaur (1906)
  • Shannon (1906)
  • Defence (1907) - Sunk during the Battle of Jutland, 1916

The eighth HMS Shannon was the first British armoured cruiser. ... The Edgar-class was a nine-ship class of armoured cruiser built around 1891 for the Royal Navy. ... Categories: Stub | Ship classes ... The Drake-class was a four-ship class of armoured cruiser built around 1900 for the Royal Navy, based on the Cressy class Ships of the Class HMS Drake HMS Good Hope (originally to be HMS Africa) HMS King Alfred HMS Leviathan Categories: Naval stubs | Ship classes ... German squadron leaving Valparaiso 3 Nov. ... The Monmouth-class was a ten-ship class of armoured cruiser built around 1902 for the Royal Navy. ... HMS Hampshire The Devonshire class was a class of six armoured cruisers of the Royal Navy, launched in 1903–1904 at a cost of around £850,000 each. ... The Duke of Edinburgh-class was a six-ship class of armoured cruiser built around 1905 for the Royal Navy. ... The Battle of Jutland, known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak (Skagerrakschlacht), was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. ... The Duke of Edinburgh-class was a six-ship class of armoured cruiser built around 1905 for the Royal Navy. ... The Minotaur-class was a three-ship class of armoured cruiser built around 1906 for the Royal Navy. ... The Battle of Jutland, known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak (Skagerrakschlacht), was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. ...

Protected cruisers

• Iris class 3730t, 13-5in
  • Iris (1877)
  • Mercury (1878)
• Leander class 4300t, 10-6in
  • Leander (1882)
  • Amphion (1883)
  • Arethusa (1882)
  • Phaeton (1883)
• Mersey class 4050t, 2-8in, 10-6in
  • Mersey (1885)
  • Severn (1885)
  • Thames (1885)
  • Forth (1886)
• Medea class - 5 ships
• HMS Philomel
• Apollo class - 21 ships
  • Apollo (1891)
  • Aeolus (1891)
  • Andromache (1890)
  • Brilliant (1891)
  • Indefatigable (1891)
  • Intrepid (1891) - Scuttled 1918
  • Iphigenia (1891) - Scuttled 1918
  • Latona (1890)
  • Melampus (1890)
  • Naiad (1890)
  • Pique (1890)
  • Rainbow (1891) - To Canada
  • Retribution (1891)
  • Sappho (1891)
  • Scylla (1891)
  • Sirius (1890) - Scuttled 1918
  • Spartan (1891)
  • Sybille (1890) - Wrecked 1901
  • Terpsichore (1890)
  • Thetis (1890) - Scuttled 1918
  • Tribune (1891)
• Astraea class 4360t, 2-6in, 8-4.7in
  • Astraea (1893)
  • Bonaventure (1892)
  • Cambrian (1893)
  • Charybdis (1893)
  • Flora (1893)
  • Forte (1893)
  • Fox (1893)
  • Hermione (1893)
• Eclipse class 5600t, 5-6in, 6-4.7in
  • Eclipse (1894)
  • Diana (1895)
  • Dido (1896)
  • Doris (1896)
  • Isis (1896)
  • Juno (1895)
  • Minerva (1895)
  • Talbot (1895)
  • Venus (1895)
• Pearl class
• Pelorus class - 7 ships

Light and Scout cruisers

• Arrogant class
  • Arrogant (1896)
  • Furious (1896)
  • Gladiator (1896) - Collision 1908, refloated,
  • Vindictive (1897) - Scuttled 1918
• Hermes class 5650t, 11-6in
  • Highflyer (1898)
  • Hermes (1898)
  • Hyacinth (1898)
• Challenger class 5880t, 11-6in
  • Challenger (1902)
  • Encounter (1902)
• Adventure class 2640t, 10-12pdr
  • Adventure (1904)
  • Attentive (1904)
• Forward class 2860t, 10-12pdr
  • Florward (1904)
  • Foresight (1904)
• Pathfinder class 2900t, 10-12pdr
  • Pathfinder (1904) - Torpedoed 1914
  • Patrol (1904)
• Sentinel class 2880t, 10-12pdr
  • Sentinel (1904)
  • Skirmisher (1905)
• Boadicea class - two ships
• Blonde class - two ships
• Active class - two ships
• Town class - twenty-one ships (subclasses: Bristol 5, Weymouth 4, Chatham 6, Birmingham 4, Birkenhead 2)
• Arethusa class - eight ships
• C class - thirty-two ships (subclasses Caroline 6, Cambrian 6, Centaur 2, Caledon 4, Ceres 5, Carlisle 5)
• Danae class - eight ships
• Emerald class - two ships
• Leander class - eight ships (subclass Sydney 3)
• Arethusa class - four ships
• Town class - ten ships (subclasses Southampton 5, Gloucester 3, Edinburgh 2)
• Dido class - eleven ships (subclass Bellona 5)
• Crown Colony class - eleven ships (subclasses Fiji 8, Ceylon 3)
• Minotaur class - two ships

The Town class was a class of light cruisers built for the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and were good long-range cruisers, perfect for the vast Empire that the RN had to patrol . ... Arethusa-class cruisers were oil-fired light cruisers in the Royal Navy, primarily for service in the North Sea. ... The C-class were light cruisers of the Royal Navy, and were built in a number of sub-classes known as the Caroline (six ships), Cambrian (six ships), Centaur (two ships), Caledon (four ships), Ceres (five ships) and Carlisle (five ships) classes. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Leander class was a class of eight (including modified Australian Leanders) light cruisers built for the Royal Navy (RN), named after the character from Greek mythology. ... The Arethusa class was a class of four light cruisers built in the early 1930s for the Royal Navy. ... The Town-class were a ten-ship class of light cruisers built in three distinct sub-classes, Southampton, Gloucester and Edinburgh classes respectively, each sub-class adding on further weaponry. ... The Dido class was a class of sixteen (including the Bellona sub-class) light cruisers built for the Royal Navy. ... The Crown Colony-class light cruisers of the Royal Navy were named after Crown Colonies of the British Empire. ... The Minotaur class of light cruisers of the Royal Navy originally consisted of eight ships, laid down in 1943. ...

Heavy cruisers

• Hawkins class 12,000t
  • Hawkins (1917)
  • Vindictive (1918)
  • Raleigh (1919)
  • Frobisher (1920)
  • Effingham (1921)

• County class thirteen ships (subclasses Kent 5, London 4, Norfolk 2, York 2)

The Hawkins class was a class of five heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy, built in the late 1910s. ... HMS Vindictive was a Royal Navy seaplane carrier built between 1916-1918. ... HMS Raleigh was commissioned as part of the British North Atlantic squadron in 1919. ... The County class were the first and last heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy, being built in four sub-classes, that became known as the Kent, London, Norfolk and York classes. ...

Guided missile cruisers

• Tiger class - three ships

11,700 tons (12,080 tons after conversion of Blake and Tiger) The Tiger-class guided-missile cruisers were the first of such a type in the Royal Navy, indeed they were the last cruisers built for the RN. They were originally designed to be Minotaur-class light cruisers. ...

Tiger (1959)

Lion (1960)

Blake (1961)

See also

• List of cruisers