Royal Navy 38 ship classes documented with 63 vessel captures

Aircraft Carriers

Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier LOA 920′ TDISP 65,000 tons (1, 1 building)

HMS Queen Elizabeth R-08 (2017)

HMS Prince of Wales R-09 (building)

Invincible Class LOA 686′ TDISP 22,000 tons (3, all scrapped)

HMS Illustrious R06 (1982 – 2014), scrapped in Turkey 2017

HMS Ark Royal R07 (1985 – 2011), scrapped in Turkey 2013

Colossus Class LOA 695′ TDISP 20,000 tons subclass of 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier (10 built all scrapped)

HMS Vengeance (1945 – 1960) transferred to Brazil (1960) as Minas Gerais. Scrapped Alang, India 2004

HMS Hercules see INS Vikrant in Indian Naval Ships listing (forthcoming)

Centaur Class LOA 650′ TDISP 28,000 tons (4, 3 scrapped, 1 in reserve India)

HMS Hermes (1959 – 1984) transferred to India see INS Viraat in Indian Naval Ships listing. (forthcoming)

HMS Argus unique ship (1918 – 1944) LOA 565′ TDISP 15,700 tons scrapped 1946. This was the first carrier ever designed as such.

Escort Carrier (Unknown) LOA 505′ possibly HMS Archer, or follow-up Bogue class

Amphibious Assault Ships

HMS Ocean L-12 (1997 – 2018) LOA 667′ TDISP 21,500 tons transferred to Brazil 2018

Albion Class LOA 577′ TDISP 19,500 tons (2 active)

HMS Albion L14 (2003)

HMS Bulwark L15 (2004)

Fearless Class LOA 520′ TDISP 17,000 tons (2 retired)

HMS Fearless (1965 – 2002) and HMS Intrepid (1967 – 1999)

Cruisers

Unknown Heavy Cruiser Chatham Dockyard, LOA 620′ A,B,X,Y double turrets. Likely HMS London (69) Modified County Class Cruiser

Town Class Light Cruiser LOA 613′ TDISP 11,500 tons (10 built, 4 sunk, 5 retired, 1 preserved)

HMS Belfast (1939 – 1963), Museum ship since 1971

Light Cruiser Chatham dockyard, Kent. Based on views in the Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War II, this would appear to be Uganda or Ceylon Class (3 ships – 1 transferred to RCN as HMCS Uganda, later HMCS Quebec) LOA ca. 550′ Triple turrets, A,B,Y layout. These and other ships seem to indicate the date of capture is several years too early.

Very similar cruiser Chatham dockyard, Kent. Based on views in the Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War II, this would appear to be a Minotaur class cruiser (3 ships, HMS Minotaur transferred to RCN as HMCS Ontario) LOA ca. 550′ Triple turrets, A,B,Y layout. These and other ships seem to indicate the date of capture is several years too early.

Unknown cruiser Chatham dockyard, Kent. Based on views in the 1942-43 edition of Jane’s Fighting Ships, this would appear to be a County Class Heavy Cruiser, Kent sub-class LOA ca. 640′ double turrets, A,B,X,Y layout.

Unknown light cruiser in dry-dock, Chatham dockyard, Kent. This could be HMS Emerald  D-66 (1926) LOA ca. 560′

C-Class Light Cruiser LOA 420′ TDISP 4,500 tons (Caroline subclass)

HMS Caroline (1914) museum ship

Destroyers

Type 45 or Daring class LOA 500′ TDISP 8,500 tons (6 active)Modern modular construction 1 hull with bow section of next Type 45HMS Dauntless D-33 (2010)

Type 42 LOA 410′-463′ (3 distinct sub-classes) TDISP ca. 4,100 tons (16 total: 14 built for RN, 2 sunk during the Falklands War, rest retired and scrapped; 2 built for Argentina, 1 active as transport ship)

Batch 1 or 2 Destroyer LOA ca. 410′

Batch 3 destroyer LOA 463′

HMS Gloucester D-96 1985 © Crown copyright. IWM (CT 294)

Hércules (1976) built for Argentine Navy, converted 2000 into a multipurpose transportSantissima Trinidad (1981) built for Argentine Navy, in reserve 1989, used for parts. Planned to be a museum dedicated to 1982 Falklands War. Sank at mooring 2013. Salvaged 2015, but destined for scrapping.

Type 82 (Bristol) LOA 507′ TDISP 7,100 tons (1, currently training ship)

HMS Bristol D-23 (1973) converted to training ship at HMS Excellent, Whale Island, Portsmouth 1987

County Class LOA 522′ TDISP 6,800 tons (8, all retired and scrapped)

HMS Antrim D-18 (1970) sold to Chile as Almirante Cochrane 1984, decommissioned 2006, scrapped 2010

C-Class LOA 363′ TDISP 2,500 tons

HMS Cavalier R-73 (1944) preserved as a museum ship since 1977 in Chatham Historic Dockyard

Z-Class LOA 363′ TDISP 1,700 tons (8 built, disposal of final remaining unit unconfirmed)

ex-HMS Zenith R-95 (1944) transferred to Egypt 1955 as El Fateh, modernized in early 1960s. Last active W or Z class British destroyer, and for many years was a training ship. This name given to new vessel in 2017, status unclear as of 2019, but nearby captures show a vessel of same basic length and width having been dismantled 2016, and when this imagery is overlaid with earlier captures this would tend to confirm scrapping.

Frigates

Type 23 Class LOA 436′ TDISP 4,900 tons (16 active, 3 transferred to Chilean Navy) 2 variants: general frigate and ASW

HMS Lancaster F-229 (1992) (General Purpose) (shown above larger HMS Dauntless Type 45 destroyerHMS Kent F-78 (2000) (ASW oriented)

Type 22 Class LOA 430′ to 486′ TDISP ca.5,000 tons (14 built, 5 active with other navies, rest scrapped) 3 distinct sub-classes

HMS Campbeltown F-86 (1989) scrapped 2013, 3rd batch, 486′ LOA

Leander Class LOA 373′ TDISP 3,000 tons (26 built, service with several navies, all scrapped or deliberately sunk)

HMNZS Wellington F-69 ex-HMS Bacchante (1969) transferred to New Zealand 1982, decommissioned 1999, sunk as dive wreck near Wellington 2005.Unidentified Royal New Zealand Navy Leander Class laid up 2006 near AucklandHMS Scylla F-71 (1970 – 1993), laid up, sunk as artificial reef 2004 Whitsand Bay, Cornwall

Rothesay Class LOA 370′ TDISP 2,500 tons (21 built, 5 lost, all rest now scrapped)

HMS Plymouth F-126 (1961 – 1988) participated in Falklands War, preserved by Wartime Preservation Trust until its dissolution in 2006, scrapped 2014

Salisbury Class LOA 340′ TDISP 2,400 tons (4, all now scrapped)

HMS Llandaff F-61 (1958 – 1976) transferred to Bangladesh Navy as BNS Umar Farooq (1976 – 2015) scrapped 2016, Chittagong

Leopard Class LOA 340′ TDISP 2,500 tons (7, all now scrapped) two units transferred to Bangladesh Navy both scrapped 2014, Chittagong

HMS Lynx F-27 (1957 – 1982), transferred to Bangladesh Navy as BNS Abu Bakr (1982 – 2013) and HMS Jaguar F-37 (1959 – 1978), transferred to Bangladesh Navy as BNS Ali Haider (1978 – 2013)

River Class LOA 301′ TDISP 2,000 tons (151, service in many navies, possibly 3 preserved – also see Royal Australian Navy page)

HMS Fal K-266 (1943) transferred 1947 to Burmese Navy (Myanmar) as URB Mayu decommissioned 1979. Museum ship at Myanmar Naval Training Headquarters South of Yangon.Ex-HMS Windrush K-370 (1943) transferred to Free French Navy 1944 as La Découverte, converted to fire training vessel Lucifer, scrapped Cherbourg 2010

Sloops

Black Swan Class LOA 299′ TDISP 1,300 tons (37 built over to types, 1 remaining in Egypt)

ex-HMS Whimbrel U-29 (1943) transferred to Egypt as El Malek Farouq in 1949, renamed Tariq 1954, Egyptian Navy is currently investigating a sale back to Britain (Liverpool) for preservation as a museum ship.

Grimsby Class LOA 266′ TDISP 1,400 tons (13 built, 1 preserved)

HMS Wellington U-65 (1934 – 1947) and became HQ ship

Anchusa Class LOA 262′ TDISP 1,300 tons (28 retired, 1 preserved)

HMS President ex-HMS Saxifrage “Q-ship” (1918) Anti-submarine vessel disguised to look like a merchant ship. Now HQMS President, stationary ship 1922-2016 Victoria Embankment, Thames, reserve drill ship and gunnery training ship, then sold to civilian interests as a conference center. Was moved for construction of a new tunnel. Currently is in Chatham Dockyard, with plans to return her to the Thames.

Landing Ship Tanks (LST)

Mk.3 LST LOA 346′ TDISP 4,900 tons (61 built, none preserved)

HMS Stalker (ex-LST-3515) (1947 – 1970) built in Esquimalt, BC, Canada. From 1958 was a submarine support ship, sold 2002, scrapped 2010 despite local efforts to preserve her.

Offshore Patrol Vessels

River Class Patrol Vessel LOA 260′ to 296′ TDISP ca. 2,000 tons (11 active)

Monitors

Unknown Monitor LOA ca. 425′ based on length this is an Erebus-class monitor, and since Terror was lost in 1941, this is likely HMS Erebus herself, as the indicated date of the imagery makes no sense with other vessels present.

HMS M33 Monitor (1915) museum ship Portsmouth LOA 177′ TDISP 580 tons. Veteran of Gallipoli Campaign and currently painted in Dazzle camouflage scheme

Historic vessels (measurements of length are overall length from the taffrail or transom to tip of the bowsprit or jib-boom):

HMS Warrior (1861) LOA 420′ TDISP 9,200 tons

HMS Victory, 100 cannon First-Rate 100 cannon ship of the line (1765 – still in commission) LOA 316′ TDISP 3,500 tons

HMS Trincomalee (1817) Leda class 38-46 gun frigate Hartlepool UK museum ship LOA 250′ TDISP 1065 tons

HMS Unicorn (1824) modified Leda Class 38-46 gun frigate Museum ship LOA 202′ (jib-boom not stepped) TDISP 1000 tons Dundee Scotland (only sailing warship preserved in an “in ordinary” state)

HMS Gannet Dotterel class composite sloop (1878) sloop LOA 225′ TDISP 1,130 tons museum ship Chatham Historic Dockyard since 1987

The vessels of the Warship Preservation Trust located in the Great Float in Birkenhead before the Trust dissolved and they were disposed of or preserved