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Ships of the Royal Navy
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:
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B
C
D–F
G–H
I–L
M–N
O–Q
R–T
U–Z
fleet aircraft carriers
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ironclads
bomb vessels
breastwork monitors
corvettes and sloops
cruisers
destroyers
torpedo boats
fireships
frigates
gun-brigs
gunboats and gunvessels
mine countermeasure vessels
monitors
patrol and attack craft
royal yachts
ships of the line
submarines
support ships
survey vessels
shore establishments
hospitals and hospital ships
air stations
aircraft wings
fleets and major commands
squadrons and flotillas
early English ships (1409–1660)
early Scots ships (1329–1707)
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Active ships
Antarctic patrol vessel
HMS
Protector
(2011–) which carries the survey motor boat (SMB)
James Caird IV
.
[1]
[2]
Ocean survey vessels
HMS
Scott
(1997–)
Coastal survey vessels
Survey Motor Launch
HMS
Magpie
(2018–)
Decommissioned ships
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Antarctic patrol vessels
HMS
Protector
(1955–70)
HMS
Endurance
(1968–91)
HMS
Endurance
(1991–2008)
Ocean survey vessels
Hecla
class
HMS
Hecla
(1964–97)
HMS
Hecate
(1965–90)
HMS
Hydra
(1966–86)
HMS
Herald
(1974–2001)
Coastal survey vessels
Bulldog
class
HMS
Beagle
(1968–2002)
HMS
Bulldog
(1968–2001)
HMS
Fawn
(1968–91)
HMS
Fox
(1968–89)
HMS
Roebuck
(1986–2010)
Echo
-class multi–purpose survey vessels
HMS
Echo
(2003–2022) which carries SMB
Sapphire
.
[3]
HMS
Enterprise
(2003–2023) which carries SMB
Spitfire
.
Inshore survey vessels
Echo
class
HMS
Echo
(1958–85)
HMS
Egeria
(1959–85)
HMS
Enterprise
(1959–85)
Ham class
HMS
Waterwitch
(ex–HMS
Powderham
)
(1964–86)
HMS
Woodlark
(ex–HMS
Yaxham
)
(1964–86)
Ton class
HMS
Mermaid
(ex–HMS
Sullington
)
(1964–68)
HMS
Myrmidon
(ex–HMS
Edderton
)
(1964–68)
Survey Motor Launches (SML)
SML 2
[4]
SML 4
[4]
SML 6
[4]
SML 322
[4]
SML 323
[4]
SML 324
[4]
SML 325
[4]
SML 326
[4]
HMS
Meda
(ex–
HDML
1301) (1945–1966)
[5]
HMS
Medusa
(ex–
HDML
1387) (1952–1965)
[6]
HMS
Gleaner
(1983–2018)
Earlier survey vessels
HMS
Merlin
(1666–1698), the Navy's first hydrographic survey vessel
HMS
Hecate
(1839–65)
HMS
Myrmidon
(1867–88)
HMS
Triton
HMS
Fantome
(1906–14, 1920–24)
HMS
Endeavour
(1913–42)
HMS
Melisande
(1918–19)
HMS
Challenger
(1932–53)
HMS
White Bear
(1939–45)
HMS
Vidal
(1954–71)
Hunt class
HMS
Beaufort
(1920–35)
HMS
Fitzroy
(1920–38)
HMS
Flinders
(1920–38)
HMS
Kellett
(1920–38)
24 class
HMS
Iroquois
(1923–31)
HMS
Herald
(ex–HMS
Merry Hampton
)
(1924–39)
HMS
Ormonde
(1924–36)
Bittern
class
HMS
Stork
(1936–39)
Hastings
class
HMS
Folkestone
(1938)
HMS
Scarborough
(1938)
Halcyon
class
HMS
Franklin
(1938–52)
HMS
Gleaner
(1938–39)
HMS
Jason
(1938–39)
HMS
Scott
(1939–64)
HMS
Seagull
(1946–50)
HMS
Sharpshooter
(1946–62) – renamed HMS
Shackleton
, 1955
Bay class
HMS
Dampier
(1948–68)
HMS
Owen
(1949–65)
HMS
Cook
(1950–64)
HMS
Dalrymple
(1950–66)
References
^
"HMS Protector"
. Royal Navy -British MOD
. Retrieved
17 October
2013
.
^
"Mustang delivers SMB for Royal Navy"
. Maritime Journal
. Retrieved
27 November
2013
.
^
"HMS Echo finds 18 wrecks off Libya"
. gov.uk Ministry of Defence
. Retrieved
8 December
2013
.
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b
c
d
e
f
g
h
"Survey Ship List"
(PDF)
.
Survey Ships Association
. 2010. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 26 June 2011
. Retrieved
3 March
2012
.
^
"HDML Boats, 1300-1349"
.
The Medusa Trust
. 2010
. Retrieved
3 March
2012
.
^
"HMS
Medusa
History"
.
The Medusa Trust
. 2011
. Retrieved
3 March
2012
.
Mason, Geoffrey B. (2007).
"Hydrographic Survey Work in the Royal Navy up to the 1980s"
.
naval-history.net
.
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