This is a list of all naval vessels ever used by the United Kingdom under the

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 F ...

and other UK maritime organisations or groups that participated in UK conflicts. This list will consist of lists of naval vessels used at specific time periods such as World War II and the Modern day as well as a list of Royal Navy ship names that will look at all Royal Navy ships ever used.

List of ships of the Royal Navy

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 ficti ...

World War II

* List of classes of British ships of World War II

Cold War

List of classes of British ships of the Cold War This is a list of ship classes used by the Royal Navy during The Cold War. Aircraft Carriers Fleet carriers * Illustrious-class aircraft carrier-WWII era HMS Victorious (R38) modernised in 1950s and in commission till 1968. * Implacable-c ...

Modern day

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 ...

Gallery of past and present naval vessels of the United Kingdom

File:HMS Ajax (1798) (cropped).jpg, HMS Ajax(1798) an Ajax-class ship of the line that served in the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

. HMS Ajax is a

Third-rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker). Years of experience proved that the third r ...

ship which formed the majority of the Royal Navy's

ships of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colum ...

at that time. Ships of the line were the main ships used in naval battles at the time. File:HMS Paladin (1916) IWM SP 1403.jpg,

HMS Paladin (1916) HMS ''Paladin'' was a which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class were an improvement on the previous , capable of higher speed. Launched on 27 March 1916. ''Paladin'' took part in the Royal Navy sorties against Ger ...

Admiralty M-class destroyer The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy of United Kingdom that saw service during World War I. All ships were built to an identical – Admiralty – design, hence the c ...

that served during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

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HMS Jervis HMS ''Jervis'', was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy named after Admiral John Jervis (1735–1823). She was laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 26 August 1937. The ship was launched on 9 ...

J class destroyer The J, K and N class consisted of 24 destroyers built for the Royal Navy beginning in 1938. They were a return to a smaller vessel, with a heavier torpedo armament, after the that emphasised guns over torpedoes. The ships were built in three f ...

that served during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

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HMS London (D16) HMS ''London'' was a destroyer of the Royal Navy. Construction and design ''London'' was one of two County-class destroyers ordered under the British Admiralty's 1956–57 shipbuilding programme. She was laid down at Swan Hunter's Wallsen ...

County-class destroyer The County class was a class of British guided missile destroyers, the first such warships built by the Royal Navy. Designed specifically around the Seaslug anti-aircraft missile system, the primary role of these ships was area air defence aro ...

that served during the

Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...

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HMS Diamond (D34) HMS ''Diamond'' is the third ship of the Type 45 or ''Daring''-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy. She was launched in 2007, completed her contractor's sea trials in July 2010 and arrived at her base port on 22 September 2 ...

Type 45 destroyer The Type 45 destroyer, also known as the D or ''Daring'' class, is a Ship class, class of six guided-missile destroyers built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy in the early 21st century. The class is primarily designed for Anti-aircraft warfa ...

currently in service with the

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