List of ship names of the Royal Navy

Ships of the Royal Navy

A – B – C – D – E – F – G H – I – J – K – L – M – N O – P – Q – R – S – T – U V – W – X – Y – Z

fleet aircraft carriers

escort aircraft carriers

seaplane carriers

amphibious assault shipping

battlecruisers

dreadnought battleships

pre-dreadnought battleships

ironclads

bomb vessels

corvettes and sloops

cruisers

destroyers

fireships

frigates

gun-brigs, gunboats & 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 • early Scots ships

This is a list of Royal Navy ship names starting with U, V, W, X, Y, and Z.

U

V

W

X

• X1
• X2
• X51
• X52
• X53
• X54
• Xenophon

Y

Z

See also

• List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
• List of amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Navy
• List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy
• List of battleships of the Royal Navy
• List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
• List of cruisers of the Royal Navy
• List of destroyers of the Royal Navy
• List of fast patrol boats of the Royal Navy
• List of frigates 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
• List of Royal Navy shore establishments
• List of submarines of the Royal Navy
• List of survey vessels of the Royal Navy

Notes

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475. 
• Lyon, David, and Rif Winfield (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
• Winfield, Rif (2009). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, South York, England: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6.
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, South York, England: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. (2nd ed.). Barnsley, South York, England: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.