List of classes of British ships of World War II

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This is a list of all British ship classes that served in World War II. This list includes all British ship classes including those which did not serve with the Royal Navy or British military in general.

Aircraft carriers[edit]

Fleet carriers[edit]

Illustrious in 1942 with a Fairey Swordfish on deck.
HMS Unicorn in the Atlantic 1943

Light aircraft carriers[edit]

HMS Activity in the Firth of Forth

Escort carrier[edit]

Merchant aircraft carrier Empire MacColl sometime between 1943-1945

Merchant aircraft carriers[edit]

Seaplane carriers[edit]

Pegasus in 1918 when it was called Ark Royal; it was renamed before World War II
  • HMS Pegasus - used as training ship and aircraft transport[25]
  • HMS Albatross - ex-RAN, converted to "Landing Ship (Engineering)" to be repair ship for invasion of France[26]

Catapult equipped ships[edit]

Battleships[edit]

HMS King George V lead ship of class in 1941 and the most advanced British battleships of World War II

Battlecruisers[edit]

See also: List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy
Hood was the only one of four planned Admiral-class battlecruisers built. The pride of the Royal Navy, it was sunk in the Battle of the Denmark Strait

Cruisers[edit]

See also: List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy and List of cruisers of World War II
HMS Suffolk (55) was one of the Kent subclass of the County-class heavy cruisers

Heavy cruisers were defined by international agreement pre-war for the purposes of arms limitation as those with guns greater than 6-inch (152 mm); ships of guns of 6-inch or less were light cruisers.

Heavy cruisers[edit]

HMS Phoebe, a Dido-class cruiser with Princess Elizabeth and King George VI on board at Belfast.

Light cruisers[edit]

Armed merchant cruisers[edit]

The armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay in Dakar, Senegal in 1940

Armed merchant cruisers[51][page needed]

Monitors[edit]

The Roberts-class monitor HMS Roberts.

Destroyers[edit]

HMS Mackay, one of the Admiralty type destroyer leaders, and saw action in the Channel Dash

Destroyer leaders[edit]

Destroyers[edit]

HMS Vanquisher one of the V-class destroyers which took part in evacuating troops from France in Operation Dynamo
G-class destroyer HMS Griffin saw most of its notable action in the Battle of Cape Matapan and Operation Vigorous which was mainly around Africa and in the Mediterranean.

Frigates[edit]

The Canadian Chebogue was one of over 150 River-class frigates built

Corvettes[edit]

Flower-class Mignonette underway on the River Tyne

Sloops[edit]

The Black Swan-class sloop HMS Erne arriving at Algiers as part of a troop convoy

Minelayers[edit]

Abdiel-class minelayers Manxman and Welshman

Minesweepers[edit]

The Algerine-class minesweeper Hound used reciprocating steam engines rather than turbines

Submarines[edit]

Sealion a pre-war S-class submarine.
Admiral Sir John Eccles, Commander in Chief Home Fleet, boarding the X-craft Minnow at Portland.

Midget submarines[edit]

See also: Midget submarine

Naval trawlers[edit]

Isles-class trawler HMS Procher
See also: Naval trawler

Small armed boats[edit]

Other[edit]

Insect-class gunboat HMS Aphis

Gunboats[edit]

Salvage vessels[edit]

Repair and maintenance ships[edit]

Boom defence[edit]

Tugs[edit]

TID-class tug in Ostend, Belgium

Several classes of Admiralty tug were operated as well as other vessels obtained

Auxiliary and merchant ships[edit]

General purpose ships[edit]

Oilers and tankers[edit]

Stores[edit]

Amphibious warfare vessels[edit]

Newly made Landing Craft Assault (LCA) in 1942.
Headquarters ships

Civilian ships[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

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  4. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2006, p. 21.
  5. ^ Friedman, Norman (1983). U.S. Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-739-9. p. 145.
  6. ^ Hobbs, David (2013). British Aircraft Carriers: Design, Development and Service Histories. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. p. 109.
  7. ^ Friedman 1988, p. 71.
  8. ^ McCart, Neil (2001). HMS Hermes 1923 & 1959. Cheltenham, UK: Fan Publications. pp. 11, 50. ISBN 1-901225-05-4.
  9. ^ Friedman 1988, p. 172.
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  13. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 243, 423.
  14. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 425.
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  19. ^ Cocker 2008, p. 81-82.
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