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warfare</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_%28United_Kingdom%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_%28United_Kingdom%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_%28United_Kingdom%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_%28United_Kingdom%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_%28United_Kingdom%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_%28United_Kingdom%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="450" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">British Armed 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<li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_Royal_Marines" title="Uniforms of the Royal Marines">Uniforms</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div> <ul><li><b>Special Forces</b></li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Boat_Service" title="Special Boat Service">Special Boat Service</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Naval_Careers_Service" title="Naval Careers Service">Naval Careers Service</a></b></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.2em;padding:0.25em;background-color:#efefef"> History and future</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-top:0.15em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"> <ul><li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Navy_(before_1707)" title="History of the Royal Navy (before 1707)">before 1707</a> / <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Navy_(after_1707)" title="History of the Royal Navy (after 1707)">after 1707</a> / <a href="/wiki/Future_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Future of the Royal Navy">future</a></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Marines" title="History of the Royal Marines">History of the Royal Marines</a></li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coloured_squadrons_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Coloured squadrons of the Royal Navy">Coloured squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Customs_and_traditions_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Customs and traditions of the Royal Navy">Customs and traditions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_command_flags_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of command flags of the Royal Navy">Flag officer command flags</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.2em;padding:0.25em;background-color:#efefef"> Operations</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-top:0.15em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Royal_Navy_deployments" title="Standing Royal Navy deployments">Current deployments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Party_(Royal_Navy)" title="Naval Party (Royal Navy)">Naval parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Navy_shore_establishments" title="List of Royal Navy shore establishments">Shore establishments</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.2em;padding:0.25em;background-color:#efefef"> Equipment</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-top:0.15em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Royal_Navy_ships" title="List of active Royal Navy ships">Current fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of ship names of the Royal Navy">Historic ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of equipment of the Royal Navy">Equipment</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.2em;padding:0.25em;background-color:#efefef"> Personnel</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-top:0.15em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_(United_Kingdom)" title="Admiralty (United Kingdom)">The Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_senior_officers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of senior officers of the Royal Navy">Senior officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Uniforms of the Royal Navy">Uniforms</a></li> <li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_officer_rank_insignia" title="Royal Navy officer rank insignia">Officer</a> / <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_ratings_rank_insignia" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Navy ratings rank insignia">ratings rank insignia</a></div></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.2em;padding:0.25em;background-color:#efefef"> Auxiliary services</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-top:0.15em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serco_Marine_Services" title="Serco Marine Services">Marine Services</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Royal_Navy" title="Template:Royal Navy"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Royal_Navy" title="Template talk:Royal Navy"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Royal_Navy" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Royal Navy"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>His Majesty's Naval Service</b> (or, when the reigning monarch is female, <b>Her Majesty's Naval Service</b>) is the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Naval_warfare" title="Naval warfare">naval warfare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sea" title="Sea">maritime</a> service.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It consists of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Reserve" title="Royal Naval Reserve">Royal Naval Reserve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Reserve" title="Royal Marines Reserve">Royal Marines Reserve</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naval_Careers_Service" title="Naval Careers Service">Naval Careers Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-QRRN_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QRRN-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Naval Service as a whole falls under the command of the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Board_(1964-present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Board (1964-present)">Navy Board</a>, which is headed by the <a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a>. This position is currently held by <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Key" title="Ben Key">Sir Ben Key</a> (appointed November 2021).<sup id="cite_ref-key_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-key-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Defence Council delegates administration of the Naval Service to the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Board_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiralty Board (United Kingdom)">Admiralty Board</a>, chaired by the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Defence" title="Secretary of State for Defence">Secretary of State for Defence</a>. </p><p>The Naval Service is dominated by the Royal Navy, and operates primarily from three bases in the United Kingdom where commissioned ships are based; <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Portsmouth" title="HMNB Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Clyde" title="HMNB Clyde">Clyde</a> and <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Devonport" title="HMNB Devonport">Devonport</a>, the last being the largest operational naval base in Western Europe. As of May 2024, there were nearly 100 vessels in service with the various branches of the Naval Service, plus about 100 additional vessels operated by the supporting <a href="/wiki/Serco_Marine_Services" title="Serco Marine Services">Serco Marine Services</a>. These vessels included: 66 commissioned ships of the Royal Navy, 17 principal landing craft of the Royal Marines, 13 auxiliary ships of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</a> and about 100 supporting Marine Services vessels.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additional vessels are under charter to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a>. As of 2022, HM Naval Service (Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Naval Careers Service) employed about 39,500 regular and reserve personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, the First Sea Lord announced that the 'Naval Service' will informally be known as the 'Royal Navy'. The Royal Navy was made a <a href="/wiki/Colloquialism" title="Colloquialism">colloquial name</a> for the Naval Service as part of a transformation programme with the approval of the Navy Executive Committee to reflect the strength of the Royal Navy brand and assist with unifying the force.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The total <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)" title="Displacement (ship)">displacement</a> of the Royal Navy and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is, as of May 2024, in excess of 752,400 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">tonnes</a>, while the combined displacement of Royal Marine landing craft is approximately an additional 2,200 tonnes. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="King's_Regulations_for_the_Royal_Navy"><span id="King.27s_Regulations_for_the_Royal_Navy"></span>King's Regulations for the Royal Navy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: King's Regulations for the Royal Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Components_as_of_2017">Components as of 2017</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Components as of 2017"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2017 <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Regulations_for_the_Royal_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Regulations for the Royal Navy">Queen's Regulations for the Royal Navy</a> stipulate that the Naval Service consists of:<sup id="cite_ref-QRRN_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QRRN-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Reserve" title="Royal Naval Reserve">Royal Naval Reserve</a>) - including <a href="/wiki/Queen_Alexandra%27s_Royal_Naval_Nursing_Service" title="Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service">Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Reserve" title="Royal Marines Reserve">Royal Marines Reserve</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Careers_Service" title="Naval Careers Service">Naval Careers Service</a></li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</a> operate a fleet of auxiliaries in support of the Royal Navy. Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel are part of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> <a href="/wiki/Civil_Service_(United_Kingdom)" title="Civil Service (United Kingdom)">civil service</a>. Among the many contractors which support the Ministry of Defence and Royal Navy is <a href="/wiki/Serco_Marine_Services" title="Serco Marine Services">Serco Marine Services</a>, provided under a <a href="/wiki/Private_finance_initiative" title="Private finance initiative">private finance initiative</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_composition">Former composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Former composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following services were formerly also components of the Naval Service: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Royal_Naval_Service" title="Women's Royal Naval Service">Women's Royal Naval Service</a> (merged into the Royal Navy in 1993)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Minewatching_Service" title="Royal Naval Minewatching Service">Royal Naval Minewatching Service</a> (reformed into the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Auxiliary_Service" title="Royal Naval Auxiliary Service">Royal Naval Auxiliary Service</a> in 1962 and disbanded in 1994)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Queen_Alexandra%27s_Royal_Naval_Nursing_Service" title="Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service">Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service</a> (incorporated within the Royal Navy in 2000)</li></ul> <p>Naval Reserve Forces: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve">Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve</a> (merged with the Royal Naval Reserve in 1958) <ul><li>The Royal Naval Volunteer (Supplementary) Reserve</li> <li>The Royal Naval Volunteer (Wireless) Reserve</li> <li>The Royal Naval Volunteer (Postal) Reserve)</li></ul></li> <li>The Royal Naval Emergency Reserve (disbanded <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1959</span>)</li> <li>The Royal Naval Special Reserve (disbanded <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1960</span>)</li> <li>The Women's Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (renamed the Women's Royal Naval Reserve in 1958, merged into the Royal Naval Reserve in 1993) <ul><li>The Women's Royal Naval Supplementary Reserve</li></ul></li> <li>The Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service Reserve (incorporated within the Royal Naval Reserve in 2000)</li></ul> <p>Formerly the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Maritime_Auxiliary_Service" title="Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service">Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)">Fleet Reserve</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Naval_Constructors" title="Royal Corps of Naval Constructors">Royal Corps of Naval Constructors</a> were also considered part of the Naval Service. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition_of_the_Naval_Service">Composition of the Naval Service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Composition of the Naval Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Navy">Royal Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Royal Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></div> <p>Referred to as the "Senior Service" by virtue of it being the oldest service within the British Armed Forces, the Royal Navy is a technologically sophisticated naval force and forms the core structure of the Naval Service. Command of deployable assets is exercised by the <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Commander" title="Fleet Commander">Fleet Commander</a>. The United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent is carried aboard the navy's <a href="/wiki/Vanguard-class_submarine" title="Vanguard-class submarine"><i>Vanguard</i> class</a> of four nuclear ballistic-missile submarines. The surface fleet consists of <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">patrol ships</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minesweeper (ship)">mine-countermeasures</a>, and miscellaneous vessels. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Submarine_Service" title="Royal Navy Submarine Service">submarine service</a> has existed within the Royal Navy for more than 100 years. The service possessed a combined fleet of diesel-electric and nuclear-powered submarines until the early 1990s. Following the Options for Change defence review, the <i>Upholder</i>-class diesel-electric submarines were withdrawn and the attack submarine flotilla is now exclusively nuclear-powered. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_(R08)_underway_during_trials_with_HMS_Sutherland_(F81)_and_HMS_Iron_Duke_(F234)_on_28_June_2017_(45162784).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="HMS Queen Elizabeth on sea trials in June 2017"><img alt="HMS Queen Elizabeth on sea trials in June 2017" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_%28R08%29_underway_during_trials_with_HMS_Sutherland_%28F81%29_and_HMS_Iron_Duke_%28F234%29_on_28_June_2017_%2845162784%29.jpg/210px-HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_%28R08%29_underway_during_trials_with_HMS_Sutherland_%28F81%29_and_HMS_Iron_Duke_%28F234%29_on_28_June_2017_%2845162784%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_%28R08%29_underway_during_trials_with_HMS_Sutherland_%28F81%29_and_HMS_Iron_Duke_%28F234%29_on_28_June_2017_%2845162784%29.jpg/315px-HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_%28R08%29_underway_during_trials_with_HMS_Sutherland_%28F81%29_and_HMS_Iron_Duke_%28F234%29_on_28_June_2017_%2845162784%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_%28R08%29_underway_during_trials_with_HMS_Sutherland_%28F81%29_and_HMS_Iron_Duke_%28F234%29_on_28_June_2017_%2845162784%29.jpg/420px-HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_%28R08%29_underway_during_trials_with_HMS_Sutherland_%28F81%29_and_HMS_Iron_Duke_%28F234%29_on_28_June_2017_%2845162784%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_(R08)" title="HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08)">HMS <i>Queen Elizabeth</i></a> on sea trials in June 2017</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vanguard_at_Faslane_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="HMS Vanguard, a Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine"><img alt="HMS Vanguard, a Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Vanguard_at_Faslane_02.jpg/186px-Vanguard_at_Faslane_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="186" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Vanguard_at_Faslane_02.jpg/279px-Vanguard_at_Faslane_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Vanguard_at_Faslane_02.jpg/371px-Vanguard_at_Faslane_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2547" data-file-height="1921" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(S28)" title="HMS Vanguard (S28)">HMS <i>Vanguard</i></a>, a <a href="/wiki/Vanguard-class_submarine" title="Vanguard-class submarine"><i>Vanguard</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_missile_submarine" title="Ballistic missile submarine">ballistic missile submarine</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Diamond_MOD_45155341.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="HMS Diamond, a Type 45 guided missile destroyer"><img alt="HMS Diamond, a Type 45 guided missile destroyer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/HMS_Diamond_MOD_45155341.jpg/210px-HMS_Diamond_MOD_45155341.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/HMS_Diamond_MOD_45155341.jpg/315px-HMS_Diamond_MOD_45155341.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/HMS_Diamond_MOD_45155341.jpg/420px-HMS_Diamond_MOD_45155341.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2709" data-file-height="1806" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/HMS_Diamond_(D34)" title="HMS Diamond (D34)">HMS <i>Diamond</i></a>, a <a href="/wiki/Type_45_destroyer" title="Type 45 destroyer">Type 45</a> <a href="/wiki/Guided_missile_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Guided missile destroyer">guided missile destroyer</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Marines">Royal Marines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Royal Marines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a></div> <p>The infantry component of the Naval Service is the Corps of Royal Marines. Consisting of a single manoeuvre brigade (<a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Commando_Force" title="United Kingdom Commando Force">UK Commando Force</a>) and various independent units, the Royal Marines specialise in <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">amphibious</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arctic_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Arctic warfare">arctic</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mountain_warfare" title="Mountain warfare">mountain warfare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Contained within the UK Commando Force are three attached army units; 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/The_Rifles" title="The Rifles">The Rifles</a>, an infantry battalion based at <a href="/wiki/Beachley_Barracks" title="Beachley Barracks">Beachley Barracks</a> near <a href="/wiki/Chepstow" title="Chepstow">Chepstow</a> (from April 2008), <a href="/wiki/29th_Commando_Regiment_Royal_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery">29 Commando Regiment</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a>, an artillery regiment based in Plymouth, and <a href="/wiki/24_Commando_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="24 Commando Regiment (United Kingdom)">24 Commando Regiment</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Commando_Logistic_Regiment" title="Commando Logistic Regiment">Commando Logistic Regiment</a> consists of personnel from the Army, Royal Marines, and Royal Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Royal_Marine_LCVP_Landing_Craft_MOD_45150169.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mk5 Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel"><img alt="Mk5 Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/A_Royal_Marine_LCVP_Landing_Craft_MOD_45150169.jpg/210px-A_Royal_Marine_LCVP_Landing_Craft_MOD_45150169.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/A_Royal_Marine_LCVP_Landing_Craft_MOD_45150169.jpg/315px-A_Royal_Marine_LCVP_Landing_Craft_MOD_45150169.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/A_Royal_Marine_LCVP_Landing_Craft_MOD_45150169.jpg/420px-A_Royal_Marine_LCVP_Landing_Craft_MOD_45150169.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4174" data-file-height="2659" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mk5 <a href="/wiki/LCVP_(United_Kingdom)" title="LCVP (United Kingdom)">Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Marine_LCAC(LR)_Hovercraft_MOD_45154442.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="2000TDX Landing Craft Air Cushion"><img alt="2000TDX Landing Craft Air Cushion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Royal_Marine_LCAC%28LR%29_Hovercraft_MOD_45154442.jpg/210px-Royal_Marine_LCAC%28LR%29_Hovercraft_MOD_45154442.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Royal_Marine_LCAC%28LR%29_Hovercraft_MOD_45154442.jpg/315px-Royal_Marine_LCAC%28LR%29_Hovercraft_MOD_45154442.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Royal_Marine_LCAC%28LR%29_Hovercraft_MOD_45154442.jpg/420px-Royal_Marine_LCAC%28LR%29_Hovercraft_MOD_45154442.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2709" data-file-height="1806" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">2000TDX <a href="/wiki/LCAC_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCAC (United Kingdom)">Landing Craft Air Cushion</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Marines_During_Winter_Training_in_Norway_MOD_45152252.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal Marines during the annual Cold Weather Training exercise"><img alt="Royal Marines during the annual Cold Weather Training exercise" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Royal_Marines_During_Winter_Training_in_Norway_MOD_45152252.jpg/210px-Royal_Marines_During_Winter_Training_in_Norway_MOD_45152252.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Royal_Marines_During_Winter_Training_in_Norway_MOD_45152252.jpg/315px-Royal_Marines_During_Winter_Training_in_Norway_MOD_45152252.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Royal_Marines_During_Winter_Training_in_Norway_MOD_45152252.jpg/420px-Royal_Marines_During_Winter_Training_in_Norway_MOD_45152252.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal Marines during the annual Cold Weather Training exercise</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Royal Fleet Auxiliary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</a></div> <p>The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the <a href="/wiki/British_Ministry_of_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="British Ministry of Defence">British Ministry of Defence</a>. The RFA enables ships of the Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world. Its primary role is to supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies, normally by <a href="/wiki/Replenishment_at_sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Replenishment at sea">replenishment at sea</a> (RAS). It also transports <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">Army</a> and Royal Marine personnel, as well as supporting training exercises. RFA personnel are members of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> civil service who wear <a href="/wiki/British_Merchant_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="British Merchant Navy">Merchant Navy</a> rank insignia with naval uniforms and are under naval discipline when the vessel is engaged on warlike operations. RFA vessels are commanded and crewed by these civilians, augmented with regular and reserve Royal Navy personnel to perform specialised military functions such as operating and maintaining helicopters or providing hospital facilities. The RFA is funded out of the UK defence budget and the Commodore commanding the RFA is directly responsible to the Royal Navy <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Commander" title="Fleet Commander">Fleet Commander</a>. </p><p>The Royal Fleet Auxiliary also provides the naval service's principal amphibious warfare capability through its three <a href="/wiki/Bay-class_landing_ship_dock" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay-class landing ship dock">Bay-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Landing_ship_dock" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing ship dock">landing ship dock</a> vessels. The service is manned by around 1,750 civilian personnel (as of late 2022).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mounts_Bay_(L3008).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="RFA Mounts Bay, a Bay-class landing ship"><img alt="RFA Mounts Bay, a Bay-class landing ship" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Mounts_Bay_%28L3008%29.jpg/210px-Mounts_Bay_%28L3008%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Mounts_Bay_%28L3008%29.jpg/315px-Mounts_Bay_%28L3008%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Mounts_Bay_%28L3008%29.jpg/420px-Mounts_Bay_%28L3008%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1467" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/RFA_Mounts_Bay" title="RFA Mounts Bay">RFA <i>Mounts Bay</i></a>, a <a href="/wiki/Bay-class_landing_ship" title="Bay-class landing ship">Bay-class landing ship</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RFA_Fort_Victoria_A387_BB.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="RFA Fort Victoria, a replenishment oiler"><img alt="RFA Fort Victoria, a replenishment oiler" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/RFA_Fort_Victoria_A387_BB.jpg/210px-RFA_Fort_Victoria_A387_BB.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/RFA_Fort_Victoria_A387_BB.jpg/315px-RFA_Fort_Victoria_A387_BB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/RFA_Fort_Victoria_A387_BB.jpg/420px-RFA_Fort_Victoria_A387_BB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="665" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/RFA_Fort_Victoria" title="RFA Fort Victoria">RFA <i>Fort Victoria</i></a>, a <a href="/wiki/Replenishment_oiler" title="Replenishment oiler">replenishment oiler</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RFA_Argus-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="RFA Argus, an aviation training and casualty receiving ship"><img alt="RFA Argus, an aviation training and casualty receiving ship" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/RFA_Argus-2.jpg/210px-RFA_Argus-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/RFA_Argus-2.jpg/315px-RFA_Argus-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/RFA_Argus-2.jpg/420px-RFA_Argus-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/RFA_Argus_(A135)" title="RFA Argus (A135)">RFA <i>Argus</i></a>, an <a href="/wiki/Flight_training" title="Flight training">aviation training</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hospital_ship" title="Hospital ship">casualty receiving ship</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Naval_Careers_Service">Naval Careers Service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Naval Careers Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Naval_Careers_Service" title="Naval Careers Service">Naval Careers Service</a></div> <p>The Naval Careers Service is the recruiting arm of the Naval Service.<sup id="cite_ref-pageonethree_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pageonethree-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is manned by former Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel who are typically based at Armed Forces Careers Offices.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the smallest component of the Naval Service, comprising fewer than 200 personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-strength_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-strength-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_support_of_the_Naval_Service">In support of the Naval Service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: In support of the Naval Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marine_Services,_U.K."><span id="Marine_Services.2C_U.K."></span>Marine Services, U.K.</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Marine Services, U.K."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Serco_Marine_Services" title="Serco Marine Services">Serco Marine Services</a></div> <p>Marine Services enables Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ships, including the United Kingdom's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent, to either move in or out of port for operational deployment and training exercises around the world. The service operates a large assortment of vessels including tugs and pilot boats as well as transporting stores, liquid and munitions and providing passenger transfer services to and from ships for officers and crew. Serco Denholm took over Marine Services to the Naval Service from the now disbanded Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service in 2008. In late 2009 Serco bought out Denholm's share, with the service now being known as Serco Marine Services.<sup id="cite_ref-Steve_Bush_2014_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steve_Bush_2014-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marine_Services,_Gibraltar"><span id="Marine_Services.2C_Gibraltar"></span>Marine Services, Gibraltar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Marine Services, Gibraltar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Marine services at the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Gibraltar" title="Port of Gibraltar">Port of Gibraltar</a>, including naval vessels using the port, are provided by Boluda Towage Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boluda acquired Resolve Marine Group in 2024, which had been equipped with one ASD ocean-going and harbour tug (<i>Resolve Hercules</i>), four harbour tugs (<i>Rooke</i>, <i>Wellington</i>, <i>Egerton</i> and <i>Eliott</i>), two barges (<i>Isaac 1874</i> and <i>RMG 280</i>) as well as the anchor-handling tug <i>Resolve Blizzard</i>, which provided regional firefighting, oil pollution and emergency response services.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several of these assets were acquired by Boluda which, in June 2024, also strengthened its own presence at Gibraltar by adding the tugboat “VB Responder” to its fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marine_Services,_Falkland_Islands"><span id="Marine_Services.2C_Falkland_Islands"></span>Marine Services, Falkland Islands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Naval_Service&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Marine Services, Falkland Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2021, marine services at the British military and naval port in the Falkland Islands, <a href="/wiki/Mare_Harbour" title="Mare Harbour">Mare Harbour</a>, were provided by the contracted Netherlands Marine Services company Van Wijngaarden. The company operated two tugs (<i>Giesenstroom</i> and <i>Dintelstroom</i>) as well as a multi-purpose barge (<i>MP2003</i>) at the port.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SD_Northern_River_(7901319836).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="SD Northern River, a Marine Services multi-purpose ship"><img alt="SD Northern River, a Marine Services multi-purpose ship" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/SD_Northern_River_%287901319836%29.jpg/210px-SD_Northern_River_%287901319836%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/SD_Northern_River_%287901319836%29.jpg/315px-SD_Northern_River_%287901319836%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/SD_Northern_River_%287901319836%29.jpg/420px-SD_Northern_River_%287901319836%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/SD_Northern_River" title="SD Northern River">SD <i>Northern River</i></a>, a Marine Services multi-purpose ship</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Iron_Duke_Fitted_with_Artisan_Radar_MOD_45155677.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="SD Bountiful, a Marine Services ATD 2909-class tug"><img alt="SD Bountiful, a Marine Services ATD 2909-class tug" 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Marines military watercraft">List of active Royal Marines military watercraft</a> - 17 principal landing craft (plus three patrol boats and some 85 smaller <a href="/wiki/Offshore_Raiding_Craft" title="Offshore Raiding Craft">Commando</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rigid_Raider" title="Rigid Raider">inshore raiding craft</a>; <a href="/wiki/Special_Boat_Service" title="Special Boat Service">Special Boat Service</a> operates additional specialist craft, including up to three <a href="/wiki/Shallow_Water_Combat_Submersible" title="Shallow Water Combat Submersible">combat submersibles</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary#Fleet" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary">List of active Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships</a> - 13 (plus five ships under charter to the MoD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_Serco_Marine_Services" title="List of ships of Serco Marine Services">List of ships of Serco Marine Services</a> - up to 100<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span 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title="Warrant Officer to the Royal Navy">Warrant Officer to the Royal Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corps_Regimental_Sergeant_Major" title="Corps Regimental Sergeant Major">Corps Regimental Sergeant Major</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Surface_Fleet" title="Royal Navy Surface Fleet">Surface fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Submarine_Service" title="Royal Navy Submarine Service">Submarine Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Medical_Service" title="Royal Navy Medical Service">Royal Navy Medical Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Alexandra%27s_Royal_Naval_Nursing_Service" title="Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service">Nursing Service (QARNNS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Chaplaincy_Service" title="Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service">Chaplaincy Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Police" title="Royal Navy Police">Navy Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Careers_Service" title="Naval Careers Service">Naval Careers Service</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Commando_Force" title="United Kingdom Commando Force">UK Commando Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Band_Service" title="Royal Marines Band Service">Royal Marines Band Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Reserve" title="Royal Marines Reserve">Royal Marines Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Police" title="Royal Marines Police">Royal Marines Police</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Reserve" title="Royal Naval Reserve">Royal Naval Reserve</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Calliope_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Calliope (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Calliope</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cambria_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Cambria (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Cambria</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ceres_(2015_shore_establishment)" title="HMS Ceres (2015 shore establishment)">HMS <i>Ceres</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dalriada" title="HMS Dalriada">HMS <i>Dalriada</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Eaglet_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Eaglet (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Eaglet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ferret_(1982_shore_establishment)" title="HMS Ferret (1982 shore establishment)">HMS <i>Ferret</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Flying_Fox_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Flying Fox (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Flying Fox</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Forward_(1984_shore_establishment)" title="HMS Forward (1984 shore establishment)">HMS <i>Forward</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hibernia_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Hibernia (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Hibernia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_King_Alfred_(1994_shore_establishment)" title="HMS King Alfred (1994 shore establishment)">HMS <i>King Alfred</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_President_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS President (shore establishment)">HMS <i>President</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Scotia_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Scotia (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Scotia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Sherwood_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Sherwood (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Sherwood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Vivid_(1957_shore_establishment)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Vivid (1957 shore establishment) (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Vivid</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Wildfire_(2000_shore_establishment)" title="HMS Wildfire (2000 shore establishment)">HMS <i>Wildfire</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Boat_Service" title="Special Boat Service">Special Boat Service</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History<br />and future</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_in_the_16th_century" title="Admiralty in the 16th century">Admiralty in the 16th century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_in_the_17th_century" title="Admiralty in the 17th century">Admiralty in the 17th century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_in_the_18th_century" title="Admiralty in the 18th century">Admiralty in the 18th century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Customs_and_traditions_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Customs and traditions of the Royal Navy">Customs and traditions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fleets_and_major_commands_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of fleets and major commands of the Royal Navy">Historic forces and commands</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary_ship_names" title="List of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Royal_Navy_deployments" title="Standing Royal Navy deployments">Standing Royal Navy deployments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fleets_and_major_commands_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of fleets and major commands of the Royal Navy">List of fleets and major commands of the Royal Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy">Aircraft carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_escort_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of escort carriers of the Royal Navy">Escort carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_seaplane_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of seaplane carriers of the Royal Navy">Seaplane carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_amphibious_warfare_ships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Navy">Amphibious warfare ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battlecruisers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy">Battlecruisers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dreadnought_battleships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy">Battleships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_pre-dreadnought_battleships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy">Pre-dreadnought battleships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bomb_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of bomb vessels of the Royal Navy">Bomb vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_corvette_and_sloop_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy">Corvette and sloop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cruiser_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy">Cruisers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy">Destroyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fireships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of fireships of the Royal Navy">Fireships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_frigate_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy">Frigates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_gun-brigs_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of gun-brigs of the Royal Navy">Gun-brigs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_gunboat_and_gunvessel_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy">Gunboat and gunvessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_and_hospital_ships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of hospitals and hospital ships of the Royal Navy">Hospital ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ironclads_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of ironclads of the Royal Navy">Ironclads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mine_countermeasure_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy">Mine countermeasure vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monitors_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of monitors of the Royal Navy">Monitors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ironclads_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of ironclads of the Royal Navy">Ironclads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_patrol_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of patrol vessels of the Royal Navy">Patrol vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_royal_yachts_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of royal yachts of the United Kingdom">Royal yachts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_line_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy">Ships of the line</a></li> <li><a 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United Kingdom">Defence Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Board" title="Admiralty Board">Admiralty Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Board_(1964%E2%80%93present)" title="Navy Board (1964–present)">Navy Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Command_(Royal_Navy)" title="Navy Command (Royal Navy)">Navy Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Senior officers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(Aviation,_Amphibious_Capability_%26_Carriers)" title="Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Aviation, Amphibious Capability & Carriers)">Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Aviation, Amphibious Capability & Carriers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)">Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Capability)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Secretary" title="Naval Secretary">Director People & Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)">Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy)</a></li> <li>Director Naval Support</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_Fleet_Operational_Sea_Training" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training">Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Chaplaincy_Service#Chaplains_of_the_Fleet" title="Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service">Chaplain of the Fleet</a></li> <li>Director General Ships</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_General_Royal_Marines" title="Commandant General Royal Marines">Commandant General Royal Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_Operations_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commander Operations (Royal Navy)">Commander Operations</a></li> <li><a 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of the Naval Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sea_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Sea Lord">Third Sea Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Sea_Lord" title="Fourth Sea Lord">Fourth Sea Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Sea_Lord" title="Fifth Sea Lord">Fifth Sea Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)">Vice Chief of the Naval Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_of_the_Fleet" title="Judge Advocate of the Fleet">Judge Advocate of the Fleet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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colspan="2"><div>Headquarters: <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_Main_Building" title="Ministry of Defence Main Building">Main Building, Whitehall</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">Armed Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Military_branch" title="Military branch">Service branches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Naval Service</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #eee;">By <a href="/wiki/Nations_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Nations of the United Kingdom">nation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armed_forces_in_Scotland" title="Armed forces in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_forces_in_Wales" title="Armed forces in Wales">Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_in_the_British_Armed_Forces" title="Irish in the British Armed Forces">the Irish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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Navy)">Navy Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Headquarters_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Headquarters (United Kingdom)">Army Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Air_Command" title="RAF Air Command"> Air Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Command_(United_Kingdom)" title="Strategic Command (United Kingdom)">Strategic Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arm's-length bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Equipment_and_Support" title="Defence Equipment and Support">Defence Equipment and Support</a> (DE&S)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Science_and_Technology_Laboratory" title="Defence Science and Technology Laboratory">Defence Science and Technology Laboratory</a> (DSTL)</li> <li>Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Hydrographic_Office" title="United 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