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Royal Navy Ships
There are two lists of Royal Navy ships: * List of active Royal Navy ships lists all currently commissioned vessels in the Royal Navy. * List of ship names of the Royal Navy lists all names that Royal Navy ships ever bore. See also * *{{Portal-inline, War *Bibliography of 18th–19th century Royal Naval history * List of Royal Navy vessels active in 1981 * List of Royal Navy vessels active in 1982 The following vessels were in commission, planned or under construction for HM Royal Navy in 1982. Many of these vessels took part in the 1982 Falklands War. Aircraft Carriers * – . * – , , & . The carriers ''Hermes'' and ''Invincible'' wer ... List of Royal Navy ships List of Royal Navy ships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century, it was the world's most powerful navy until the Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases and coaling stations secured the Royal Navy's ability to assert naval superiority globally. Owing to this historical prominence, it is common, even among non-Britons, to ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Active Royal Navy Ships
The Royal Navy is the principal naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. As of October 2022, there are 72 commissioned ships in the Royal Navy. Of the commissioned vessels, twenty-two are major surface combatants (two aircraft carriers, six guided missile destroyers, twelve frigates and two amphibious transport docks) and ten are nuclear submarine, nuclear-powered submarines (four ballistic missile submarines and six fleet submarines). In addition the Navy possesses nine mine countermeasures vessels, twenty-six Patrol boat, patrol vessels, three survey vessels, one icebreaker and one historic warship, . The total Displacement (ship), displacement of the Royal Navy is approximately 431,000 tonnes. The Royal Navy operates four bases where commissioned ships are based: HMNB Portsmouth, HMNB Devonport and HMNB Clyde and the Royal Navy's newest base, in Bahrain. In addition, a number of commissioned vessels belonging to the University Royal Naval Units (URNU) are st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ship Names Of The Royal Navy
This is an alphabetical list of the ''names'' of all ships that have been in service with the Royal Navy, or with predecessor fleets formally in the service of the Kingdom of England or the Commonwealth of England. The list also includes fictional vessels which have prominently featured in literature about the Royal Navy. Names are traditionally re-used over the years, and have been carried by more than one ship. Altogether over 13,000 ships have been in service with the Royal Navy.Colledge and Warlow (2006) ''Page viii''. Unlike many other naval services, the Royal Navy designates certain types of shore establishment (e.g. barracks, naval air stations and training establishments) as "ships" and names them accordingly. These establishments are often referred to in service slang as ''stone frigates''. Lists of ship names Due to the large number of names the list has been split into smaller lists: Alphabetical *List of ship names of the Royal Navy (A) *List of ship names o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibliography Of 18th–19th Century Royal Naval History
This Bibliography covers sources for Royal Navy history through the 18th and 19th centuries. Some sources may be duplicated in sections when appropriate. Among the contemporary and earlier historical accounts are primary sources, historical accounts, often derived from letters, dispatches, government and military records, captain's logs and diaries, etc., by people involved in or closely associated to the historical episode in question. Primary source material is either written by these people or often collected, compiled, and/or written and published by other editors also, sometimes many years after the historical subject has passed. Primary sources listed in this bibliography are denoted with an uppercase bold ' (P) before the book title. Publications that are in the public domain and available online for viewing in their entirety are denoted with ''E'Book''. Royal Navy * Adams, James Truslow (1940). ''EMPIRE ON THE SEVEN SEAS THE BRITISH EMPIRE'', Charles Schriber & Sons, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Royal Navy Vessels Active In 1981
The following vessels were in commission, planned or under construction for Her Majesty's Royal Navy in 1981. Aircraft Carriers * – . * – , , & . Destroyers * Type 82 – . * Type 42 – , , , , , , , , & . * – , , , & . Frigates * Type 22 – , , , , & . * Type 21 – , , , , , , & . * (Type 12I) – ** Batch 1 (Ikara Group): , , , , , , & . ** Batch 2 (Exocet Group): , , , , , , & . ** Batch 3 (Broad-Beamed Group): , , , , , , , , & . * – , , , , , , , & . * – . * – . Amphibious Units * – & . * ( RFA) – , , , , & . * Logistic Landing Craft ( RCT) – HMAV ''Ardennes'' & HMAV ''Arakan''. * LCM (9) Type – 14 craft * LCM (7) Type – 2 craft * ''Avon''-class RPL – ''Avon'', ''Bude'', ''Clyde'', ''Dart'', ''Eden'', ''Forth'', ''Glen'', ''Hamble'', ''Itchen'', ''Kennet'', ''London'' & ''Medway''. * LCVP – **LCVP 1: 9 craft **LCVP 2: 8 craft **LCVP 3: 9 craft * LCP(R) – 3 craft Mine Warfare Forces *. * – , , , , , , , & . * . * – **Mine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Royal Navy Vessels Active In 1982
The following vessels were in commission, planned or under construction for HM Royal Navy in 1982. Many of these vessels took part in the 1982 Falklands War. Aircraft Carriers * – . * – , , & . The carriers ''Hermes'' and ''Invincible'' were deployed to the Falkland Islands in April 1982 as the centre piece of Rear Admiral Woodward's Carrier Battle Group. Destroyers * Type 82 – . * Type 42 – , , , , , , , , & (commissioned in December 1982) and four more fitting-out/in-build as of end-1982. * – , & . The destroyers ''Bristol'', ''Sheffield'', ''Coventry'', ''Exeter'', ''Cardiff'', ''Glasgow'', ''Antrim'' & ''Glamorgan'' were all present in the South Atlantic during the Falklands War. ''Sheffield'' and ''Coventry'' were lost to enemy action, ''Sheffield'' by air launched Exocet missile and ''Coventry'' to bombs. ''Glamorgan'' was struck by a modified air-launch Exocet from a land-based launcher causing extensive damage, however she was not crippled. Frigates * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ships Of The Royal Navy
''Ships of the Royal Navy'' is a naval history reference work by J. J. Colledge (1908–1997); it provides brief entries on all recorded ships in commission in the Royal Navy from the 15th century, giving location of constructions, date of launch, tonnage, specification and fate. It was published in two volumes by Greenhill Books. Volume 1, first published in 1969, covers major ships; Volume 2, first published in 1970, covers Navy-built trawlers, drifters, tugs and requisitioned ships including Armed Merchant Cruisers. The book is the standard single-volume reference work on ships of the Royal Navy, and Colledge's conventions and spellings of names are used by museums, libraries and archives. For more data on ships of the pre-1863 Royal Navy, see ''British Warships in the Age of Sail''. A revised third version of the Volume 1 work was published in 2003 which added the ships of the late 20th century. The revision was conducted by Ben Warlow. A fourth edition was publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
