Current Royal Navy ships

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This is a list of current Royal Navy ships, complete and correct as of 2006.

In total there are 90 commissioned ships in the navy, of which 2 are aircraft carriers, 3 are large amphibious vessels, 25 are major fleet escorts (17 frigates and 8 destroyers) and 13 are nuclear-powered submarines (9 SSNs and 4 SSBNs).

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Major Surface Combatants

Invincible-class Aircraft carriers (2)

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Type 42 destroyers (8)

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Type 23 frigates (13)

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Type 22 frigates (4)

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Amphibious Forces

Albion-class landing platform docks (2)

Landing Platform Helicopter (1)

Mine Warfare Forces

Sandown-class minesweepers (8)

Hunt-class minesweepers (8)

Patrol Vessels

Antarctic patrol ship (1)

River-class patrol vessels (3)

Castle-class patrol vessels (1)

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Archer-class P2000 fast patrol boats (14)

Scimitar-class fast patrol boats (Gibraltar Squadron) (2)

Archer-class P2000 fast patrol boats (Cyprus Squadron) (2)

Survey Vessels

Ocean survey vessel (1)

Coastal survey vessels (2)

Echo class multi-purpose survey vessels (2)

Submarines

Vanguard-class submarines (SSBNs) (4)

Swiftsure-class submarines (SSNs) (2)

Trafalgar-class submarines (SSNs) (7)

Other ships in commission

Shore Establishments

See also: List of Royal Navy shore establishments

See also

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