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The total displacement of the Royal Navy's commissioned and active ships is approximately 393,000 tonnes. The Royal Navy also includes a number of smaller non-commissioned assets. The naval training vessels Brecon and Hindostan can be found based at the Royal Navy stone frigates HMS Raleigh and the Britannia Royal Naval College, respectively
The professional head of the Royal Navy is known as the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff (1SL/CNS).. There are presently two senior subordinates to the 1SL: the Second Sea Lord, who is also the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff; and the Fleet Commander.
This is an alphabetical list of the names of all ships that have been in service with the Royal Navy, or with predecessor fleets formally in the service of the Kingdom of England or the Commonwealth of England. The list also includes fictional vessels which have prominently featured in literature about the Royal Navy.
List of active Royal Navy ships lists all currently commissioned vessels in the Royal Navy. List of ship names of the Royal Navy lists all names that Royal Navy ships have ever borne. See also
List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy; List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy; List of patrol vessels of the Royal Navy; List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy; List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy (includes minesweepers and mine hunters) List of monitors of the Royal Navy; List of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names ...
Starting around the time that steam cruisers became popular in the 1870s, the Royal Navy tended to organise such ships into groups called Cruiser Squadrons. Squadrons were commanded by a rear-admiral whose title was given as Flag Officer Cruiser Squadron n, or CSn for short (e.g. the officer commanding the 3rd Cruiser Squadron would be CS3).
List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy; List of patrol vessels of the Royal Navy; List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy; List of monitors of the Royal Navy; List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy (includes minesweepers and mine hunters) List of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names; List of submarines of the Royal Navy; List ...
This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.