List Of Active Royal Navy Ships
This is a list of active Royal Navy ships, complete and correct as of 29 September 2012.
In total there are 77 commissioned ships in the navy. 18 of the commissioned vessels are major surface combatants (5 guided missile destroyers and 13 frigates) and 10 are nuclear powered submarines (4 ballistic missile submarines and 6 fleet submarines). In addition the Navy possesses an aircraft carrier (in service as a helicopter carrier/amphibious assault ship), a helicopter carrier and 2 landing platform docks. The total displacement of the Royal Navy is approximately 340,000 tonnes (775,000 tonnes including the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Royal Marines).
The 19 ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary are not included in this list or the above figures. There are also over 100 smaller auxiliary vessels provided by Serco Denholm, which took over Marine Services to the Royal Navy from the former Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service in 2008. Training vessels are based at various Royal Navy shore establishments.
All ships and submarines currently in commission with the Royal Navy were built in the United Kingdom, with the exception of Endurance and Protector which were built in Norway. All vessels of the Royal Navy bear the ship prefix "HMS" - Her (or His) Majesty's Ship.
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