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| Ship | Country | Class and type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
| Eagle | UK | aircraft carrier | 22,600 | 26 February 1924 | sunk 11 August 1942 |
| Earle | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 1 September 1942 | decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1970 |
| Eberle | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 4 December 1940 | Transferred to Greece, 22 January 1951, scrapped 1972 |
| Edinburgh | UK | Town class light cruiser | 11,500 | 6 July 1939 | lost 2 May 1942 |
| Edison | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 31 January 1941 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1966 |
| Edwards | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 18 September 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973 |
| Eidsvold | Norway | coastal defence ship | 4,233 | 1901 | sunk 9 April 1940 |
| El Amir Farouq | Egypt | patrol vessel | 1,441 | ||
| El Dorado | USA | Mount McKinley class amphibious force command ship | 7,350 | 25 August 1944 | Decommissioned 8 November 1972, scrapped 1976 |
| Ellet | USA | Benham class destroyer | 1,500 | 17 February 1939 | scrapped 1947 |
| Elli | Greece | light cruiser | 2,115 | Nov 1913 | sunk 15 August 1940 |
| Ellyson | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 28 November 1941 | to Japan 1954, scrapped 1970 |
| Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta | Italy | Duca d'Aosta class light cruiser | 8,450 | 13 July 1935 | ceded to USSR 1949, renamed Kerch, scrapped in 1960s |
| Emden | Germany | light cruiser | 5,600 | Oct 1925 | scuttled 3 May 1945 |
| Emerald | UK | Emerald class light cruiser | 7,580 | 14 January 1926 | scrapped July 1948 |
| Émile Bertin | France Free French |
Émile Bertin class light cruiser | 5,886 | 28 January 1935 | scrapped 1959 |
| Emmons | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 5 December 1941 | sunk 6 April 1945 |
| Emperor | UK | Ruler class escort aircraft carrier | 11,400 | 6 August 1943 (former USS Pybus) | Returned to USN 12 February 1946, sold for scrap 26 November 1947 |
| Empire MacAlpine | UK | Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier | 8,000 | 14 April 1943 | transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Derryname |
| Empire MacAndrew | UK | Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier | 8,000 | 7 July 1943 | transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Derryheen |
| Empire MacCabe | UK | Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker | 9,000 | Nov 1943 | Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Escort |
| Empire MacCallum | UK | Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier | 8,000 | 22 December 1943 | transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Alpha Zambesi |
| Empire MacColl | UK | Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker | 9,000 | Nov 1943 | Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Pilot |
| Empire MacDermott | UK | Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier | 8,000 | 31 March 1944 | transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed La Cumbre |
| Empire MacKay | UK | Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker | 9,000 | 5 October 1943 | Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Swordfish |
| Empire MacKendrick | UK | Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier | 8,000 | Dec 1943 | transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Granpond |
| Empire MacMahon | UK | Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker | 9,000 | Dec 1943 | Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed Naninia |
| Empire MacRae | UK | Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier | 8,000 | 20 September 1943 | Returned to merchant service 1947, renamed Alpha Zambesi |
| Empress | UK | Ruler class escort aircraft carrier | 11,400 | 9 August 1943 (former USS Carnegie) | Returned USN 4 February 1946, sold for scrap 21 June 1946 |
| Endicott | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 25 February 1943 | decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1970 |
| Enterprise | UK | Emerald class light cruiser | 7,580 | 7 April 1926 | scrapped April 1946 |
| Enterprise | USA | Yorktown class fleet carrier | 25,100 | 12 May 1938 | decommissioned 1947,scrapped 1959 |
| Entre Rios | Argentina | Buenos Aires class destroyer | 1,375 | ||
| Erebus | UK | Erebus class monitor | 8,000 | 2 September 1916 | Scrapped July 1946 |
| Erich Giese | Germany | Type 1934A destroyer | 3,100 | 4 March 1939 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
| Erich Koellner | Germany | Type 1934A destroyer | 3,100 | 28 March 1939 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
| Erich Steinbrinck | Germany | Type 1934A destroyer | 3,100 | 31 May 1938 | ceded to USSR, 5 November 1945, renamed Pylikiy; scrapped 1958 |
| Ericsson | USA | Gleaves class destroyer | 1,630 | 13 March 1941 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1970 |
| Eritrea | Italy | sloop | 2,200 | 1937 | ceded to France 1948, renamed Francis Garnier, expended as target 1966 |
| Escarmouche | Free French | River class frigate | 1,370 | 3 March 1944 (former HMS Frome) | Decommissioned 1960 |
| Eskdale | Norway | Hunt class destroyer escort destroyer | 1,050 | 31 July 1942 | sunk 14 April 1943 |
| Eskimo | UK | Tribal class destroyer | 2,020 | 30 December 1938 | scrapped 1949 |
| Essex | USA | Essex class aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 31 December 1942 | decommissioned 30 June 1969, scrapped 1975 |
| Eugenio di Savoia | Italy | Duca d'Aosta class light cruiser | 8,750 | 16 January 1936 | ceded to Greece 1949, renamed Elli, scrapped 1964 |
| Exeter | UK | York class cruiser | 8,390 | 23 July 1931 | sunk 1 March 1942 |
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