Royal Navy ship types
Ship Type Categories
Capital Ships
Subtypes:
- Aircraft Carrier
- Battlecruiser
- Battleship
- Carrier Strike Group Flagship
- Catapult Aircraft Merchant Ship
- Commando Carrier
- Dreadnought Battleship
- Escort Carrier
- Fast Battleship
- Fleet Carrier
- Helicopter Carrier
- Light Carrier
- Merchant Aircraft Carrier
- Pocket Battleship
- Pre-Dreadnought Battleship
- Seaplane Carrier
- Super-Dreadnought Battleship
Surface Combatants
Subtypes:
- Anti-Air Destroyer
- Anti-Aircraft Cruiser
- Anti-Submarine Frigate
- Anti-Submarine Warfare Ship
- Armoured Cruiser
- Armoured Gunboat
- Coastal Defence Ship
- Colonial Gunboat
- Convoy Escort Vessel
- Corvette
- Cruiser
- Destroyer
- Destroyer Escort
- Destroyer Leader
- Dispatch Gunboat
- Escort Destroyer
- Escort Sloop
- Fast Attack Craft
- Fleet Destroyer
- Fleet Screening Ship
- Frigate
- Guided Missile Cruiser
- Guided Missile Destroyer
- Guided Missile Frigate
- Gunboat
- Heavy Cruiser
- Hydrofoil
- Light Cruiser
- Littoral Combat Ship
- Missile Boat
- Modular Warship
- Monitor
- Multi-Role Combat Ship
- Ocean Escort Vessel
- Protected Cruiser
- Radar Picket Ship
- River Gunboat
- River Monitor
- Scout Cruiser
- Stealth Destroyer
- Stealth Frigate
- Submarine Chaser
- Torpedo Boat
- Torpedo Boat Destroyer
- Torpedo Boat Destroyer Leader
Amphibious Warfare
Subtypes:
- Amphibious
- Amphibious Assault Ship
- Fast Sealift Ship
- Helicopter Assault Ship
- Landing Craft Assault
- Landing Craft Infantry
- Landing Craft Mechanized
- Landing Craft Support
- Landing Craft Tank
- Landing Platform Dock
- Landing Ship
- Landing Ship Dock
- Landing Ship Infantry
- Landing Ship Tank
- Roll-on/Roll-off Military Ship
Auxiliary & Support
Subtypes:
- Aircraft Maintenance Ship
- Ammunition Ship
- Armed Merchant Cruiser
- Auxiliary
- Auxiliary Ship
- Aviation Training Ship
- Blockade Runner
- Blockship
- Boom Defence Ship
- Boom Defence Vessel
- Cable Layer
- Cable Repair Ship
- Cadet Training Ship
- Command Ship
- Depot Ship
- Diving Support Vessel
- Dry Dock Ship
- Expeditionary Sea Base
- Firefighting Ship
- Fleet Headquarters Ship
- Fleet Hospital Ship
- Fleet Oiler
- Fleet Supply Ship
- Fleet Tanker
- Floating Dock
- Harbour Tug
- Heavy Lift Ship
- Hospital Ship
- Hospital Transport
- Hydrographic Survey Vessel
- Icebreaker
- Joint Support Ship
- Naval Academy Training Ship
- Net Layer
- Net Tender
- Ocean Cleanup Vessel
- Ocean Tug
- Oceanographic Research Ship
- Polar Research Vessel
- Pollution Control Vessel
- Prison Ship
- Repair Ship
- Replenishment Ship
- Rescue Ship
- Research Vessel
- Sail Training Ship
- Salvage Ship
- Search and Rescue Vessel
- Stores Ship
- Submarine Rescue Ship
- Submarine Tender
- Survey Ship
- Task Force Command Ship
- Telegraph Ship
- Training Frigate
- Training Ship
- Troop Transport
- Water Tanker
Sailing Warships
Subtypes:
- Armoured Frigate
- Bomb Ketch
- Bomb Vessel
- Brig
- Brig-sloop
- Central Battery Ironclad
- Composite Sloop
- Dispatch Vessel
- Fifth-rate Frigate
- Fireship
- First-rate Ship of the Line
- Fourth-rate Ship of the Line
- Gun-brig
- Ironclad
- Packet Frigate
- Packet Ship
- Paddle Steamer Warship
- Post Ship
- Screw Corvette
- Screw Frigate
- Second-rate Ship of the Line
- Ship of the Line
- Ship-rigged Sloop
- Sixth-rate Frigate
- Sloop
- Third-rate Ship of the Line
- Turret Ship
- Wooden Steam Frigate
Patrol & Security
Subtypes:
- Anti-Piracy Vessel
- Anti-Smuggling Vessel
- Arctic Patrol Vessel
- Armed Trawler
- Armed Yacht
- Border Patrol Vessel
- Coastal Patrol Craft
- Decoy Ship
- Drifter
- Drug Interdiction Vessel
- Fast Patrol Boat
- Interdiction Vessel
- Maritime Patrol Ship
- Maritime Security Vessel
- Offshore Patrol Vessel
- Patrol Vessel
- Q-ship
- River Patrol Boat
- Trawler Patrol Vessel
Emerging & Unmanned
Subtypes:
- Aegis Destroyer
- Autonomous Naval Vessel
- Ballistic Missile Defence Ship
- Ballistic Test Ship
- Drone Carrier
- Drone Support Ship
- Electronic Warfare Ship
- Experimental Warship
- Fleet Intelligence Vessel
- Ocean Surveillance Ship
- Prototype Warship
- Seabed Warfare Vessel
- Signals Intelligence Ship
- Space Tracking Ship
- Swarm Drone Vessel
- Unmanned Surface Vessel