List of active Royal Navy ships

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The Royal Navy is the principal naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Its assets include both commissioned warships and non-commissioned vessels. As of December 2024, there are 62 commissioned and active ships in the Royal Navy.

Of the commissioned vessels, sixteen are major surface combatants (two aircraft carriers, six guided missile destroyers and eight frigates) and nine are nuclear-powered submarines (four ballistic missile submarines and five fleet submarines). In addition the Navy possesses seven mine countermeasures vessels, twenty-six patrol vessels, two survey vessels, one icebreaker and one historic warship, Template:HMS. The total displacement of the Royal Navy's commissioned and active ships is approximately 393,000 tonnes.

The Royal Navy also includes a number of smaller non-commissioned assets. The naval training vessels Template:HMS and Hindostan can be found based at the Royal Navy stone frigates Template:HMS and the Britannia Royal Naval College, respectively. Non-commissioned Sea-class workboats, procured under Project Vahana, are operated by the Royal Navy in various support, survey and training roles, replacing previous P1000 Class Picket Boat vessels.[1][2][3] This class of vessel also incorporates an autonomous minehunting variant (known as the Arcims-class),[4] while another autonomous vessel, Madfox, is employed in varied roles including as a testbed for autonomous combat operations.[5] Madfox and other experimental vessels, including XV Patrick Blackett and APAC-24 (a crewless Pacific 24 rigid-hulled inflatable boat), are operated by the Fleet Experimentation Squadron within the Disruptive Capabilities and Technologies Office.[6][7][8] As of 2025, XV Excalibur, an Extra-Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV), was also operated by the Squadron[9] while other autonomous surface vessels, for minehunting, were in service and in the process of procurement from Thales Group.[10]

Besides the Royal Navy, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and the Royal Marines operate their own flotillas of vessels which complement the assets of the Royal Navy. These vessels are not included in this list or the above figures. Nevertheless, combined, the Royal Navy and RFA have 73 vessels with a total displacement of about 671,000 tonnes, with the principal landing craft of the Royal Marines having an additional combined displacement of about 2,200 tonnes.

As a supporting contingent of His Majesty's Naval Service, the civilian Marine Services operate nearly 100 auxiliary ships (including coastal logistics, tugs and research vessels) in support of Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary operations.[11][12]

In the United Kingdom, the Royal Navy operates three main bases where commissioned ships are based: HMNB Portsmouth, HMNB Devonport and HMNB Clyde. A number of commissioned vessels, belonging to the University Royal Naval Units (URNU), are stationed at various other locations around the United Kingdom.

The Royal Navy's principal overseas base is Template:HMS in Bahrain.[13] A general-purpose frigate and vessels belonging to the navy's 9th Mine Counter-Measures Squadron are forward-deployed there. Two fast patrol boats, together with a forward-deployed River-class offshore patrol vessel, normally form part of the Gibraltar Squadron and are permanently based there. Four other River-class vessels are also forward-deployed: one in the Falkland Islands, one in the Caribbean and two in the Indo-Pacific region. Additionally, the United Kingdom maintains a Joint Logistics Support Base in Duqm, Oman.[14]

All ships and submarines currently in commission with the Royal Navy were built in the United Kingdom, with the exceptions of icebreaker Template:HMS which was built in Norway and survey vessel Template:HMS which was substantially built in Ireland. All commissioned vessels of the Royal Navy bear the ship prefix "HMS", for His Majesty's Ship or His Majesty's Submarine.

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Ceremonial/Historic ship

Flagship of the First Sea Lord
Classic first-rate
Class Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note
Ship of the line Template:HMS — 1778[N 1] 3,556 tonnes First-rate ship of the line Portsmouth [15]

Submarine service

Submarine service
Strategic
Class Boat No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note
Template:Sclass Template:HMS S28 1993 15,900 tonnes Ballistic missile submarine Clyde [16]
Template:HMS S29 1995 [17]
Template:HMS S30 1996 [18]
Template:HMS S31 1999 [19]
Fleet
Class Boat Pennant No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note
Template:Sclass Template:HMS S119 2010 7,400 tonnes Fleet submarine Clyde [20]
Template:HMS S120 2013 [21]
Template:HMS S121 2016 [22]
Template:HMS S122 2021 [23][24]
Template:HMS S123 2022 [25]

Surface fleet

Surface fleet
Aircraft carriers
Class Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note
Template:Sclass Template:HMS R08 2017 80,600 tonnes Aircraft carrier Portsmouth [26][27]
Template:HMS R09 2019 [28][N 2]
Destroyers
Class Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note
Type 45 / Daring class Template:HMS D32 2009 8,500 tonnes Anti-air guided-missile destroyer Portsmouth [29][30]
Template:HMS D33 2010 [31]
Template:HMS D34 2011 [32]
Template:HMS D35 2012 [33]
Template:HMS D36 2013 [34]
Template:HMS D37 2013 [35]
Frigates
Class Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note
Type 23 / Duke class Template:HMS F229 1992 4,900 tonnes Guided-missile frigate Portsmouth [36][N 3]
Template:HMS F234 1993 Devonport [37]
Template:HMS F239 1995 [38]
Template:HMS F82 1996 [39]
Template:HMS F81 1997 [40]
Template:HMS F78 2000 [41][42]
Template:HMS F79 2001 [43]
Template:HMS F83 2002 [44]
Offshore patrol
Class Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note
Template:Sclass2 Template:HMS P281 2003 1,700 tonnes Offshore patrol vessel Portsmouth [45]
Template:HMS P282 2003 and 2021 [46]
Template:HMS P283 2003 [47]
Template:HMS P222 2018 2,000 tonnes [48][N 4]
Template:HMS P223 2019 [49][N 5]
Template:HMS P224 2020 [50][N 6]
Template:HMS P233 2020 [51][N 7]
Template:HMS P234 2021 [53][N 8]
Mine countermeasures
Class Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note
Template:Sclass2 Template:HMS M30 1981 750 tonnes Minehunter Portsmouth [54]
Template:HMS M31 1982 [55]
Template:HMS M33 1983 [56]
Template:HMS M34 1984 [57][N 9]
Template:HMS M37 1984 [58]
Template:HMS M39 1985 [59]
Template:Sclass Template:HMS M109 2000 600 tonnes Clyde [60][N 10]
Coastal & fast patrol
Class Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note
Archer class Template:HMS P264 1985 54 tonnes Patrol boat, University Royal Naval Units Edinburgh [61]
Template:HMS P270 1986 Liverpool [62]
Template:HMS P272 1988 Portsmouth [63]
Template:HMS P273 1988 Glasgow [64]
Template:HMS P279 1988 Portsmouth [65]
Template:HMS P280 1988 Portsmouth [66]
Template:HMS P291 1988 Portsmouth [67]
Template:HMS P292 1988 Liverpool [68]
Template:HMS P293 1988 Portsmouth [69]
Template:HMS P294 1988 Ipswich [70]
Template:HMS P163 1988 Cardiff [71]
Template:HMS P165 1985 Gateshead [72]
Template:HMS P164 1986 Hull [73]
Template:HMS P167 1988 Portsmouth [74]
Template:HMS P274 1998 Patrol boat Clyde [75][N 11]
Template:HMS P275 1998 [76][N 12]
Cutlass class Template:HMS P295 2022 35 tonnes Gibraltar [77][N 13]
Template:HMS P296 [78][79][N 14]

Auxiliary vessels

See also: Ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and vessels operated by Serco Marine Services

RN auxiliary ships
Survey
Class Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note
— Template:HMS H131 1997 13,500 tonnes Ocean survey Devonport [80]
— Template:HMS A173 2011 5,000 tonnes Icebreaker & survey [81][N 15]
Sea class 18 m variant Template:HMS H130 2018 37 tonnes Survey motor launch [83]
Non-commissioned vessels
Class Ship No. In service Displacement Type Homeport Note
— XV Excalibur N/A 2025 19 tonnes Extra-Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV) Devonport [84][85]
— XV Patrick Blackett X01 2022 270 tonnes Experimental vessel Portsmouth [86]
— Madfox N/A 2021 c. 10 tonnes Autonomous surface vessel Portsmouth [5][87]
Template:Sclass2 Brecon M29 1979 750 tonnes Static Training Ship HMS Raleigh [88]
Template:Sclass2 Hindostan (ex-Cromer) M103 1992 600 tonnes Britannia Royal Naval College [89]
Sea class 34 vessels:[90]
* 8 x 15 m Officer Training Units;
* 6 x 15 m Diver Training/Support Boats;
* 4 x 15 m Survey/hydrographic Modules;
* 3 x 13.8 m Passenger Transfer Boats (PTBs);
* 10 x 11 m Standard Workboats;
* 3 x 11 m Small Survey Modules		 — 2018 to 2024 15 to 23 tonnes Workboats — [N 16][91][1][92]
ALN-139 class Sea Harrier
Buccaneer
Sea Vixen
Swordfish		 — 2017 c. 15 - 20 tonnes — [N 17][93]
Arcims class RNMB Hussar — 2021 to 2023 < 10 tonnes (five units); c.10+ tonnes (Hebe)[94][95] Autonomous minehunting Clyde [96][97][98][99]
RNMB Hazard
RNMB Hebe
RNMB Halcyon
RNMB Harrier
RNMB Hydra
Thales Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) RNMB Apollo N/A 2021 < 10 tonnes[95] N/A [N 18][100][101][102][103]
RNMB Abdiel 2022
RNMB Ariadne 2025

Gallery

Silhouettes

Silhouettes of major fleet units:

Silhouettes of all Royal Navy and RFA units:

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See also

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Lists of ships operated by or in support of His Majesty's Naval Service
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