Royal Navy - Ships

 

Cruisers

Class

Ship(s)   (year of commissioning)

 

 

Tiger (3 ships)

INFO – Tiger Class Cruiser

 

C 20 HMS Tiger (ex Bellerophon) (1959)

 

C 34 HMS Lion (ex Defence) (1960)

 

C 99 HMS Blake (ex Tiger) (1961)

 

Destroyers

Class

Ship(s)   (year of commissioning)

 

 

Battle (24 ships)

INFO – Battle Class Destroyer

Batch 1 (early Battle class) (16 ships)

D 14 HMS Armada (1945)

 

D 80 HMS Barfleur (1944)

 

D 79 HMS Cadiz (1946)

 

D 32 HMS Camperdown (1945)

 

D 55 HMS Finisterre (1945)

 

D 47 HMS Gabbard (1946)

 

D 24 HMS Gravelines (1946)

 

D 74 HMS Hogue (1945)

 

D 44 HMS Lagos (1945)

 

D 65 HMS St. James (1946)

 

D 18 HMS St. Kitts (1946)

 

D 84 HMS Saintes (1946)

 

D 60 HMS Sluys (1946)

 

D 70 HMS Solebay (1945)

 

D 77 HMS Trafalgar (1945)

 

D 31 HMS Vigo (1946)

Batch 2 (later Battle Class) (8 ships)

D 22 HMS Aisne (1947)

 

D 86 HMS Agincourt (1947)

 

D 17 HMS Alamein (1947)

 

D 68 HMS Barrossa (1947)

 

D 97 HMS Corunna (1947)

 

D 09 HMS Dunkirk (1946)

 

D 62 HMS Jutland (1947)

 

D 43 HMS Matapan (1947)

 

 

Weapon (4 ships)

INFO – Weapon Class Destroyer

 

G 18 / D 118 HMS Battleaxe (1947)

 

G 31 / D 31 HMS Broadsword (1948)

 

G 96 / D 96 HMS Crossbow (1948)

 

G 64 / D 64 HMS Scorpion (ex Tomahawk, ex Celt) (1947)

16 additional ships of the class
were cancelled:

Cutlass, Dagger, Culverin, Howitzer, Longbow, Sword (ex Celt), Musket, Lance (ex Rapier), Corronade, Claymore, Dirk, Grenade, Halberd, Poniard, Rifle, Spear;

 

 

Daring (8 ships)

INFO – Daring Class Destroyer

 

D 05 HMS Daring (1952)

 

D 108 HMS Dainty (1953)

 

D 119 HMS Delight (1953)

 

D 106 HMS Decoy (1953)

 

D 126 HMS Diana (1954)

 

D 154 HMS Duchess (1952)

 

D 35 HMS Diamond (1952)

 

D 114 HMS Defender (1952)

9 additional ships of the class
were cancelled:

Danae, Demon, Desire, Desperate, Doughty, Dragon, Druid, Dogstar, Disdain

 

 

County (8 ships)

INFO – County Class Guided Missile Destroyer

Batch 1 (4 ships)

D 02 HMS Devonshire (1962)

 

D 06 HMS Hampshire (1963)

 

D 16 HMS London (1963)

 

D 12 HMS Kent (1963)

Batch 2 (4 ships)

D 20 HMS Fife (1966)

 

D 19 HMS Glamorgan (1966)

 

D 18 HMS Antrim (1970)

 

D 21 HMS Norfolk (1970)

 

 

Type 82 / Bristol (1 ship)

Bristol (Type 82) Class Guided Missile Destroyer

 

D 23 HMS Bristol (1973)

 

 

Type 42 / Sheffield (14 ships)

INFO – Sheffield (Type 42) Class Guided Missile Destroyer

Batch I (6 ships)

D 80 HMS Sheffield (1975)

 

D 86 HMS Birmingham (1976)

 

D 108 HMS Cardiff (1979)

 

D 118 HMS Coventry (1978)

 

D 87 HMS Newcastle (1977)

 

D 88 HMS Glasgow (1978)

Batch II (4 ships)

D 89 HMS Exeter (1980)

 

D 90 HMS Southampton (1981)

 

D 91 HMS Nottingham (1983)

 

D 92 HMS Liverpool (1982)

Batch III (4 ships)

D 95 HMS Manchester (1982)

 

D 96 HMS Gloucester (1985)

 

D 97 HMS Edinburgh (1985)

 

D 98 HMS York (1985)

 

 

Type 45 / Daring (6 + 2? ships)

INFO – Daring (Type 45) Class Guided Missile Destroyer

 

D 32 HMS Daring (2009 ?)

 

D 33 HMS Dauntless (2010 ?)

 

D 34 HMS Diamond (2010 ?)

 

D 35 HMS Dragon (2011 ?)

 

D 36 HMS Defender (2012 ?)

 

D 37 HMS Duncan (2013 ?)

 

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