APPENDIX B

Summary of Principle Warships

built for the Royal Navy under the 1942 and 1943
Naval Building Programmes including Supplementary Programmes


 

NOTE: Only Ships which were actually completed and accepted are shown in this table.

1942 PROGRAMME 1943 PROGRAMME
Fleet Carrier Eagle
(Completed post-war).
Fleet Carrier

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Light Fleet Carrier Glory, Ocean, Colossus, Venerable, Vengeance, Theseus, Triumph, Warrior, Magnificent, Terrible, Majestic (all completed post-war).
Perseus, Pioneer (aircraft repair ships; completed post-war).
Light Fleet Carriers Albion, Bulwark, Centaur, Hermes.
(All completed post-war).
Escort Carriers Nairana, Campania, Vindex, Pretoria Castle1 Escort Carriers Ameer, Atheling, Begum, Trumpeter, Emperor, Slinger, Empress, Khedive, Nabob, Shah, Patroller, Speaker, Ranee, Premier, Queen, Ruler, Rajah, Arbiter, Smiter, Trouncer, Punvher, Reaper (All built in U.S.A. under Lend-Lease).
Cruisers

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Cruisers

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Flotilla Leaders and Destroyers BATTLE Class - 16
CHEQUERS Class - 25
Flotilla Leaders and Destroyers WEAPON Class - 3
BATTLE Class - 9
Submarines 'T' Class - 5
'S' Class - 13
'U' Class - 13
'A' Class - 4
Submarines 'S' Class - 4
'A' Class - 12
Frigates LOCH Class - 5
RIVER Class - 11
CASTLE Class - 10
CAPTAIN Class - 142
COLONY Class - 212
Frigates CASTLE Class - 17
LOCH and BAY Class - 25
Corvettes FLOWER Class - 4 Corvettes

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Minesweepers ALGERINE Class - 10
Motor Minesweepers - 85
Minesweepers ALGERINE Class - 24
  (19 built in Canada)
Motor Minesweepers - 36
  (24 built in Canada)
Trawlers ISLES Class - 38
MILITARY Class - 3
Trawlers ISLES Class - 38
MILITARY Class - 3
FISH Class - 4

1 - Converted from Merchant Ship.
2 - Built in U.S.A. under Lend-Lease.

 

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