List of ship names of the Royal Navy (U–Z)

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.

Contents

U

V

W

X

Y

  • Yarmouth
  • Yarmouth II
  • Yarnton
  • Yarra
  • Yaxham
  • Yealmpton
  • Yellowknife
  • Yeoman
  • Young Lion
  • Young Prince
  • Young Shish
  • Young Spragge
  • Ypres
  • Yukon

Z

  • Z4
  • Z5
  • Z6
  • Z7
  • Z8
  • Z10
  • Z30
  • Z38
  • Zambesi

Notes

  1. ^ A portmanteau name created for the reconstruction of two damaged ships, HMS Zulu and HMS Nubian, into a single vessel

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. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475. 

See also