List of squadrons and flotillas 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

aircraft carriers

amphibious assault shipping

battlecruisers

battleships

bomb vessels

corvettes and sloops

cruisers

destroyers

fireships

frigates

gunboats and gunvessels

mine countermeasure vessels

monitors

patrol and attack craft

royal yachts

ships of the line

submarines

support ships

survey vessels

fleet bases

shore establishments

hospitals and hospital ships

air stations

aircraft wings

fleets and major commands

squadrons and flotillas

early English ships • early Scots ships

Contents 1 Port Squadrons 2 Type Squadrons 2.1 Aircraft Carriers 2.2 Battleships and Battlecruisers 2.3 Cruisers 2.4 Defence Boats 2.5 Destroyers 2.6 Escorts 2.7 Fast Patrol Boats 2.8 Fisheries 2.9 Frigates 2.10 Minesweepers 2.10.1 Coastal Minesweepers 2.10.2 Fleet Minesweepers 2.10.3 Inshore Minesweepers 2.10.4 Mine Countermeasures 2.11 Submarines 2.12 Training 3 Flotillas 3.1 Destroyers 3.2 Escorts 3.3 Minesweepers 3.4 Motor Torpedo Boats 3.5 Submarines 3.6 Training 4 Historical

Port Squadrons

• Clyde Flotilla
• Devonport Flotilla
• Portsmouth Flotilla

Type Squadrons

Aircraft Carriers

• British 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron
• British 2nd Aircraft Carrier Squadron
• British 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron
• British 11th Aircraft Carrier Squadron

Battleships and Battlecruisers

• British 1st Battle Squadron
• British 2nd Battle Squadron
• British 3rd Battle Squadron
• British 4th Battle Squadron
• British 5th Battle Squadron
• British 6th Battle Squadron
• British 7th Battle Squadron
• British 8th Battle Squadron
• British 9th Battle Squadron

• British 1st Battlecruiser Squadron
• British 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron
• British 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron
• British Battlecruiser Squadron

Cruisers

• British 1st Cruiser Squadron
• British 2nd Cruiser Squadron
• British 3rd Cruiser Squadron
• British 4th Cruiser Squadron 1939 East India Station HMS Gloucester, HMS Liverpool, HMS Manchester
• British 5th Cruiser Squadron 1939 China Station HMS Cornwall HMS Dorsetshire HMS Kent HMS Birmingham
• British 6th Cruiser Squadron
• British 7th Cruiser Squadron 1940 Mediterranean Fleet HMS Gloucester, HMS Neptune, HMS Orion, HMAS Sydney and HMS Liverpool
• British 8th Cruiser Squadron
• British 9th Cruiser Squadron
• British 10th Cruiser Squadron - First World War operated Northern Patrol checking trade routes to Germany
• British 11th Cruiser Squadron
• British 12th Cruiser Squadron
• British 15th Cruiser Squadron
• British 18th Cruiser Squadron

• British 1st Light Cruiser Squadron
• British 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron
• British 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron
• British 4th Light Cruiser Squadron
• British 5th Light Cruiser Squadron
• British 6th Light Cruiser Squadron
• British 7th Light Cruiser Squadron

Defence Boats

• British 1st Seaward Defence Boat Squadron

Destroyers

• British 1st Destroyer Squadron
• British 2nd Destroyer Squadron
• British 3rd Destroyer Squadron
• British 4th Destroyer Squadron
• British 5th Destroyer Squadron
• British 6th Destroyer Squadron
• British 7th Destroyer Squadron
• British 8th Destroyer Squadron

Escorts

• British 21st Escort Squadron
• British 22nd Escort Squadron
• British 23rd Escort Squadron
• British 24th Escort Squadron
• British 25th Escort Squadron
• British 26th Escort Squadron
• British 27th Escort Squadron
• British 28th Escort Squadron
• British 29th Escort Squadron
• British 30th Escort Squadron

Fast Patrol Boats

• British 1st Fast Patrol Boat Squadron
• British 2nd Fast Patrol Boat Squadron
• British Fast Patrol Boat Squadron

Fisheries

• British Fishery Protection Squadron

Frigates

• British 1st Frigate Squadron
• British 2nd Frigate Squadron
• British 3rd Frigate Squadron
• British 4th Frigate Squadron
• British 5th Frigate Squadron
• British 6th Frigate Squadron
• British 7th Frigate Squadron
• British 8th Frigate Squadron
• British 9th Frigate Squadron
• British 17th Frigate Squadron
• British 20th Frigate Squadron

Minesweepers

Coastal Minesweepers

• British 100th Minesweeper Squadron
• British 101st Minesweeper Squadron
• British 105th Minesweeper Squadron
• British 106th Minesweeper Squadron
• British 108th Minesweeper Squadron
• British 120th Minesweeper Squadron

Fleet Minesweepers

• British 1st Minesweeper Squadron
• British 2nd Minesweeper Squadron
• British 3rd Minesweeper Squadron
• British 4th Minesweeper Squadron
• British 5th Minesweeper Squadron
• British 6th Minesweeper Squadron

Inshore Minesweepers

• British 50th Minesweeper Squadron
• British 51st Minesweeper Squadron
• British 52nd Minesweeper Squadron
• British 232nd Minesweeper Squadron

Mine Countermeasures

• British 1st Minecountermeasures Squadron
• British 2nd Minecountermeasures Squadron
• British 3rd Minecountermeasures Squadron
• British 5th Minecountermeasures Squadron
• British 6th Minecountermeasures Squadron
• British 7th Minecountermeasures Squadron
• British 8th Minecountermeasures Squadron
• British 9th Minecountermeasures Squadron
• British 10th Minecountermeasures Squadron
• British 11th Minecountermeasures Squadron

Submarines

• British 1st Submarine Squadron
• British 2nd Submarine Squadron
• British 3rd Submarine Squadron
• British 4th Submarine Squadron
• British 5th Submarine Squadron
• British 6th Submarine Squadron
• British 7th Submarine Squadron
• British 10th Submarine Squadron

Training

• British 2nd Training Squadron
• British 3rd Training Squadron
• British 4th Training Squadron
• British Home Fleet Training Squadron

Flotillas

Destroyers

• British 1st Destroyer Flotilla
• British 2nd Destroyer Flotilla
• British 3rd Destroyer Flotilla
• British 4th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 5th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 6th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 7th Destroyer Flotilla: 1941 British Eastern Fleet HMAS Norman, HMAS Napier, HMAS Nestor and HMAS Nizam.
• British 8th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 9th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 10th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 11th Destroyer Flotilla: 1939 Home Fleet HMS Vanquisher, HMS Vansittart, HMS Vimy, HMS Walker, HMS Warwick, HMS Whirlwind and HMS Winchelsea
• British 12th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 13th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 14th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 15th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 16th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 17th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 18th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 19th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 20th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 21st Destroyer Flotilla: 1939 China Station HMS Duncan, HMS Decoy, HMS Defender, HMS Delight, HMS Duchess, HMS Dainty, HMS Daring, HMS Diamond and HMS Diana
• British 22nd Destroyer Flotilla
• British 23rd Destroyer Flotilla
• British 24th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 25th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 26th Destroyer Flotilla: 1945 British Eastern Fleet HMS Saumarez, HMS Verulam, HMS Venus and HMS Virago
• British 27th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 28th Destroyer Flotilla
• British 29th Destroyer Flotilla

Escorts

• British 1st Escort Flotilla
• British 2nd Escort Flotilla
• British 3rd Escort Flotilla
• British 4th Escort Flotilla
• British 5th Escort Flotilla

Minesweepers

• British 4th Minesweeper Flotilla

Motor Torpedo Boats

• British 10th MTB Flotilla

Submarines

• British 1st Submarine Flotilla
• British 2nd Submarine Flotilla
• British 3rd Submarine Flotilla
• British 4th Submarine Flotilla 1939: Medway, Westcott, Grampus, Rorqual, Odin, Otus, Olympus, Parthian, Regent, Rover, Orpheus, Pandora, Perseus, Phoenix, Rainbow, Regulus, Proteus
• British 5th Submarine Flotilla

Training

• British 2nd Training Flotilla

Historical

• China Station
• Australia Station