List of support ships of the Royal Navy

This is a list of support ships of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. There are currently no active ships. During World War I, obsolete hulks and cruisers were generally used for maintenance and support. Many commercial vessels were taken up from trade during both wars to act as depot ships. The first ship built specifically for the role was the Medway of 1928. Converted ships below are given with dates of conversion.

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

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

Ships

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• Hazard (1894) - converted in 1901 into the world's first submarine depot ship
• Medway (1928) - submarine depot ship
• Resource (1928) - fleet repair ship
• Woolwich (1934) - destroyer depot ship

• Maidstone class submarine depot ships
  • Maidstone (1937)
  • Forth (1938)

• Tyne class destroyer depot ships
  • Tyne (1940)
  • Hecla (1940)

• Adamant (1940) - submarine depot ship
• Vindictive (1940) - ex-training cruiser, destroyer depot ship
• Unicorn (1943) - fleet aircraft maintenance carrier
• Adventure (1944) - ex-minelayer, landing craft repair ship

• UK standard merchantman conversions
  • Hull repair type
    • Beauly Firth (1945)
    • Dullisk Cove (1944)
    • Mullion Sound (1945)
    • Solway Firth (1944)
  • Aircraft component repair type
    • Cuillin Sound (1945)
    • Holm Sound (1944)
    • Moray Firth (1945)
• Canadian standard merchantman conversions
  • Escort repair type
    • Beachy Head (1945)
    • Berry Head (1945)
    • Duncansby Head (1945)
    • Flamborough Head (1945)
    • Mull of Galloway (1945)
    • Rame Head (1945)
  • Landing craft repair type
    • Buchan Ness (1945)
    • Dungeness (1945)
    • Fife Ness (1945)
    • Girdle Ness (1945) - Sea Slug missile trials ship 1956
    • Dodman Point (1945)
    • Hartland Point (1945)
    • Spurn Point (1945)
  • Coastal forces repair type
    • Cape Wrath (1946)
  • Armaments repair type
    • Portland Bill (1945)
• Colossus class ex-light fleet carriers
  • Perseus (1944) - fleet aircraft maintenance ship
  • Pioneer (1944) - fleet aircraft maintenance ship
  • Triumph (1964) - fleet repair ship
• Challenger (1984) - seabed operations ship

See also

List of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names