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 ...

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

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

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 colu ...

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) a Admiralty M-class destroyer that served during World War I. File:HMS Jervis on sea trials.jpg, HMS Jervis a J class destroyer that served during World War II. File:HMS London (D16 - unmarked) entering Southampton.jpg, HMS London (D16) a County-class destroyer that served during the Cold War. File:HMS Diamond (8675799406).jpg, HMS Diamond (D34) a

Type 45 destroyer The Type 45 destroyer, also known as the D or ''Daring'' class, is a 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 and anti-missile ...

currently in service with the

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