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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/HMS_Avenger_2_edit.jpg/300px-HMS_Avenger_2_edit.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="352" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/HMS_Avenger_2_edit.jpg/450px-HMS_Avenger_2_edit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/HMS_Avenger_2_edit.jpg/600px-HMS_Avenger_2_edit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="803" data-file-height="942" /></a></span><div>HMS <i>Avenger</i></div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Class overview</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Avenger</i> class</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builders</td><td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Shipbuilding_%26_Drydock_Co." title="Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.">Sun Shipbuilding Company</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operators</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Ensign_of_France.svg/23px-Ensign_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Ensign_of_France.svg/35px-Ensign_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Ensign_of_France.svg/46px-Ensign_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Preceded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Long_Island-class_escort_carrier" title="Long Island-class escort carrier"><i>Long Island</i> class</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Succeeded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Attacker-class_escort_carrier" title="Attacker-class escort carrier"><i>Attacker</i> class</a> (RN), <a href="/wiki/Bogue-class_escort_carrier" title="Bogue-class escort carrier"><i>Bogue</i> class</a> (USN)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Built</td><td>1941–1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Planned</td><td>4</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>4</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Lost</td><td>2</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">Escort carrier</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>8,200 long tons (8,332 t)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>492.25 ft (150.04 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>66.25 ft 6 in (20.35 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>23.25 ft (7.09 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td>8,500 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (6,300 kW)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel</a> engines</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × shaft</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>16.5 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">kn</a> (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>555</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sensors and <br /> processing systems</td><td><a href="/wiki/SC_radar" title="SC radar">SC radar</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × <a href="/wiki/4%22/50_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="4"/50 caliber gun">4-inch DP anti-aircraft guns</a> in single mounts</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">15 × <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm anti-aircraft cannons</a> in single or twin mounts</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>15</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aviation facilities</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Hangar 190 ft × 47 ft (58 m × 14 m)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">one 42 ft × 34 ft (13 m × 10 m) lift</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">9 × arrestor wires</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td>Class only had a half hangar for aircraft stowage</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b><i>Avenger</i>-class escort carrier</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Ship_class" title="Ship class">class</a> of <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carriers</a> comprising three ships in service with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War" title="Royal Navy during the Second World War">Royal Navy during the Second World War</a> and one ship of the class in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> called the <b>Charger Type of 1942-class escort carrier</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a 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(March 2022)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> All three were originally American <a href="/wiki/Type_C3-class_ship" title="Type C3-class ship">type C3</a> <a href="/wiki/Merchant_ships" class="mw-redirect" title="Merchant ships">merchant ships</a> in the process of being built at the <a href="/wiki/Sun_Shipbuilding_%26_Drydock_Co." title="Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.">Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company</a> <a href="/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania">Chester, Pennsylvania</a>. The ships laid down in 1939 and 1940 were launched and delivered to the Royal Navy by 1942 under the Lend-Lease agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-co78_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-co78-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ships had a complement of 555 men and an <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">overall length</a> of 492.25 feet (150.04 m), a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 66.25 feet (20.19 m) and a height of 23.25 ft (7.09 m).<sup id="cite_ref-co78_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-co78-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their displacement was 8,200 long tons (8,332 t) at normal load and 9,000 long tons (9,144 t) at <a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>. Propulsion was provided by four diesel engines connected to one shaft giving 8,500 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Brake_horsepower" title="Horsepower">brake horsepower</a> (6,300 kW), which could propel the ships at 16.5 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-co79_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-co79-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aircraft facilities were a small combined bridge–flight control on the <a href="/wiki/Starboard" class="mw-redirect" title="Starboard">starboard</a> side and above the 410 feet (120 m) long wooden flight deck, one aircraft lift 43 by 34 feet (13 m × 10 m), one <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_catapult" title="Aircraft catapult">aircraft catapult</a> and nine <a href="/wiki/Arresting_gear" title="Arresting gear">arrestor wires</a>. Aircraft could be housed in the 190 by 47 feet (58 m × 14 m) half hangar below the flight deck.<sup id="cite_ref-co79_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-co79-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-po29_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-po29-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Armament comprised three single mounted <a href="/wiki/QF_4_inch_Mk_XVI_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun">4-inch</a> dual purpose <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft">anti-aircraft</a> guns and fifteen <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm cannons</a> on single or twin mounts.<sup id="cite_ref-co79_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-co79-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had the capacity for fifteen aircraft which would typically be a mixture of <a href="/wiki/Grumman_Martlet" class="mw-redirect" title="Grumman Martlet">Grumman Martlet</a> or <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Hurricane" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawker Sea Hurricane">Hawker Sea Hurricane</a> <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a> or <a href="/wiki/Grumman_Avenger" class="mw-redirect" title="Grumman Avenger">Grumman Avenger</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-submarine">anti-submarine</a> aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-co79_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-co79-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three ships in the class were <a href="/wiki/HMS_Avenger_(D14)" title="HMS Avenger (D14)">HMS <i>Avenger</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Biter_(D97)" title="HMS Biter (D97)">HMS <i>Biter</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Dasher_(D37)" title="HMS Dasher (D37)">HMS <i>Dasher</i></a>. A fourth ship, <a href="/wiki/USS_Charger" title="USS Charger">USS <i>Charger</i></a> was built at the same time to the same design but was commissioned in the U.S. Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-co79_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-co79-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avenger-class_escort_carrier&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="HMS_Avenger">HMS <i>Avenger</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avenger-class_escort_carrier&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: HMS 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Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-773-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-773-9"><bdi>0-87021-773-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=US+Warships+of+World+War+II&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1965&rft.isbn=0-87021-773-9&rft.aulast=Silverstone&rft.aufirst=Paul+H&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvenger-class+escort+carrier" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-co78-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-co78_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-co78_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Cocker (2008), p.78.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210150426/http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/1major/inactive/sun.htm">"Sun Shipbuilding, Chester PA"</a>. 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Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7524-4633-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7524-4633-2"><bdi>978-0-7524-4633-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Aircraft-Carrying+Ships+of+the+Royal+Navy&rft.place=Stroud%2C+Gloucestershire&rft.pub=The+History+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-7524-4633-2&rft.aulast=Cocker&rft.aufirst=Maurice&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvenger-class+escort+carrier" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGardinerChesneau,_Roger1980" class="citation book cs1">Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger (1980). <i>Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946</i>. Mayflower Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8317-0303-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-8317-0303-2"><bdi>0-8317-0303-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Conway%27s+All+the+World%27s+Fighting+Ships+1922%E2%80%931946&rft.pub=Mayflower+Books&rft.date=1980&rft.isbn=0-8317-0303-2&rft.aulast=Gardiner&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft.au=Chesneau%2C+Roger&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvenger-class+escort+carrier" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSilverstone1965" class="citation book cs1">Silverstone, Paul H (1965). <i>US Warships of World War II</i>. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-773-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-773-9"><bdi>0-87021-773-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=US+Warships+of+World+War+II&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1965&rft.isbn=0-87021-773-9&rft.aulast=Silverstone&rft.aufirst=Paul+H&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvenger-class+escort+carrier" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPoolman1972" class="citation book cs1">Poolman, Kenneth (1972). <i>Escort Carrier 1941–1945</i>. 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Biter_(D97)" title="HMS Biter (D97)"><i>Dixmude</i></a> (ex-<i>Biter</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/Long_Island-class_escort_carrier" title="Long Island-class escort carrier"><i>Long Island</i> class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/Attacker-class_escort_carrier" title="Attacker-class escort carrier"><i>Attacker</i> class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_escort_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy">List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_escort_aircraft_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy">List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="British_naval_ship_classes_of_the_Second_World_War" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:WWII_British_ships" title="Template:WWII British ships"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:WWII_British_ships" title="Template talk:WWII British ships"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:WWII_British_ships" title="Special:EditPage/Template:WWII British ships"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="British_naval_ship_classes_of_the_Second_World_War" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">British naval ship classes of the Second World War</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">Aircraft carriers</a></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/Courageous-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Courageous-class aircraft carrier"><i>Courageous</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Eagle_(1918)" title="HMS Eagle (1918)"><i>Eagle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(91)" title="HMS Ark Royal (91)"><i>Ark Royal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illustrious-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Illustrious-class aircraft carrier"><i>Illustrious</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Implacable-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Implacable-class aircraft carrier"><i>Implacable</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audacious-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Audacious-class aircraft carrier"><i>Audacious</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Malta-class aircraft carrier"><i>Malta</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_aircraft_carrier" title="Light aircraft carrier">Light aircraft carriers</a></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/HMS_Argus_(I49)" title="HMS Argus (I49)"><i>Argus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(95)" title="HMS Hermes (95)"><i>Hermes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Unicorn_(I72)" title="HMS Unicorn (I72)"><i>Unicorn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Design_Light_Fleet_Carrier" title="1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier"><i>Colossus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Design_Light_Fleet_Carrier" title="1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier"><i>Majestic</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centaur-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Centaur-class aircraft carrier"><i>Centaur</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">Escort carriers</a></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/HMS_Archer_(D78)" title="HMS Archer (D78)"><i>Archer</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>AV</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Audacity" title="HMS Audacity"><i>Audacity</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Avenger</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>AV</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attacker-class_escort_carrier" title="Attacker-class escort carrier"><i>Attacker</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruler-class_escort_carrier" title="Ruler-class escort carrier">Ruler</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Activity_(D94)" title="HMS Activity (D94)"><i>Activity</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pretoria_Castle_(F61)" title="HMS Pretoria Castle (F61)"><i>Pretoria Castle</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairana-class_escort_carrier" title="Nairana-class escort carrier"><i>Nairana</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">Battleships</a></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/Queen_Elizabeth-class_battleship" title="Queen Elizabeth-class battleship"><i>Queen Elizabeth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenge-class_battleship" title="Revenge-class battleship"><i>Revenge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson-class_battleship" title="Nelson-class battleship"><i>Nelson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_V-class_battleship_(1939)" title="King George V-class battleship (1939)"><i>King George V</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion-class_battleship" title="Lion-class battleship"><i>Lion</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(23)" title="HMS Vanguard (23)"><i>Vanguard</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser" title="Battlecruiser">Battlecruisers</a></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/Renown-class_battlecruiser" title="Renown-class battlecruiser"><i>Renown</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hood" title="HMS Hood"><i>Hood</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">Heavy cruisers</a></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/Hawkins-class_cruiser" title="Hawkins-class cruiser"><i>Hawkins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County-class_cruiser" title="County-class cruiser">County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York-class_cruiser" title="York-class cruiser"><i>York</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">Light cruisers</a></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/C-class_cruiser" title="C-class cruiser">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danae-class_cruiser" title="Danae-class cruiser"><i>Danae</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins-class_cruiser" title="Hawkins-class cruiser"><i>Hawkins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerald-class_cruiser" title="Emerald-class cruiser"><i>Emerald</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leander-class_cruiser_(1931)" title="Leander-class cruiser (1931)"><i>Leander</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arethusa-class_cruiser_(1934)" title="Arethusa-class cruiser (1934)"><i>Arethusa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town-class_cruiser_(1936)" title="Town-class cruiser (1936)">Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dido-class_cruiser" title="Dido-class cruiser"><i>Dido</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji-class_cruiser" title="Fiji-class cruiser"><i>Fiji</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-class_cruiser_(1943)" title="Minotaur-class cruiser (1943)"><i>Minotaur</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neptune-class_cruiser" title="Neptune-class cruiser"><i>Neptune</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-class_cruiser_(1947)" title="Minotaur-class cruiser (1947)"><i>Minotaur</i></a> (1947)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">Destroyer leaders</a></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/Thornycroft_type_destroyer_leader" title="Thornycroft type destroyer leader">Thornycroft type (<i>Shakespeare</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_type_flotilla_leader" title="Admiralty type flotilla leader">Admiralty type (<i>Scott</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyers</a></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/R-class_destroyer_(1916)" title="R-class destroyer (1916)">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-class_destroyer_(1917)" title="S-class destroyer (1917)">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">V & W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town-class_destroyer" title="Town-class destroyer">Town</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ambuscade_(D38)" title="HMS Ambuscade (D38)"><i>Ambuscade</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Amazon_(D39)" title="HMS Amazon (D39)"><i>Amazon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-_and_B-class_destroyer" title="A- and B-class destroyer">A & B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_and_D-class_destroyer" title="C and D-class destroyer">C & D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E_and_F-class_destroyer" title="E and F-class destroyer">E & F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G_and_H-class_destroyer" title="G and H-class destroyer">G & H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I-class_destroyer" title="I-class destroyer">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribal-class_destroyer_(1936)" title="Tribal-class destroyer (1936)">Tribal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J-,_K-_and_N-class_destroyer" title="J-, K- and N-class destroyer">J, K & N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt-class_destroyer" title="Hunt-class destroyer">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L_and_M-class_destroyer" title="L and M-class destroyer">L & M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O_and_P-class_destroyer" title="O and P-class destroyer">O & P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q_and_R-class_destroyer" title="Q and R-class destroyer">Q & R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S_and_T-class_destroyer" title="S and T-class destroyer">S & T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U_and_V-class_destroyer" title="U and V-class destroyer">U & V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W_and_Z-class_destroyer" title="W and Z-class destroyer">W & Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_destroyer_(1943)" title="C-class destroyer (1943)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle-class_destroyer" title="Battle-class destroyer">Battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weapon-class_destroyer" title="Weapon-class destroyer">Weapon</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G-class_destroyer_(1944)" title="G-class destroyer (1944)">G</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daring-class_destroyer_(1949)" title="Daring-class destroyer (1949)"><i>Daring</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C,P</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">Frigates</a></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/River-class_frigate" title="River-class frigate">River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain-class_frigate" title="Captain-class frigate">Captain</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony-class_frigate" title="Colony-class frigate">Colony</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loch-class_frigate" title="Loch-class frigate">Loch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay-class_frigate" title="Bay-class frigate">Bay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Corvette" title="Corvette">Corvettes</a></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/Flower-class_corvette" title="Flower-class corvette">Flower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle-class_corvette" title="Castle-class corvette">Castle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sloop-of-war" title="Sloop-of-war">Sloops</a></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/24-class_sloop" title="24-class sloop">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater-class_sloop" title="Bridgewater-class sloop"><i>Bridgewater</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings-class_sloop" title="Hastings-class sloop"><i>Hastings</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banff-class_sloop" title="Banff-class sloop"><i>Banff</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreham-class_sloop" title="Shoreham-class sloop"><i>Shoreham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimsby-class_sloop" title="Grimsby-class sloop"><i>Grimsby</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingfisher-class_sloop" title="Kingfisher-class sloop"><i>Kingfisher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bittern-class_sloop" title="Bittern-class sloop"><i>Bittern</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egret-class_sloop" title="Egret-class sloop"><i>Egret</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Swan-class_sloop" title="Black Swan-class sloop"><i>Black Swan</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">Minelayers</a></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/HMS_Adventure_(M23)" title="HMS Adventure (M23)"><i>Adventure</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdiel-class_minelayer" title="Abdiel-class minelayer"><i>Abdiel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Plover_(M26)" title="HMS Plover (M26)"><i>Plover</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linnet-class_minelayer" title="Linnet-class minelayer"><i>Linnet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-class_minelayer" title="M-class minelayer">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Agamemnon_(M10)" title="HMS Agamemnon (M10)"><i>Agamemnon</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Menestheus" title="HMS Menestheus"><i>Menestheus</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Port_Napier" title="HMS Port Napier"><i>Port Napier</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Port_Quebec" title="HMS Port Quebec"><i>Port Quebec</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Southern_Prince" title="HMS Southern Prince"><i>Southern Prince</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Teviot_Bank" title="HMS Teviot Bank"><i>Teviot Bank</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</a></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/Hunt-class_minesweeper_(1916)" title="Hunt-class minesweeper (1916)">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halcyon-class_minesweeper" title="Halcyon-class minesweeper"><i>Halcyon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor-class_minesweeper" title="Bangor-class minesweeper"><i>Bangor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MMS-class_minesweeper" title="MMS-class minesweeper">MMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auk-class_minesweeper" title="Auk-class minesweeper"><i>Auk</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algerine-class_minesweeper" title="Algerine-class minesweeper"><i>Algerine</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cybele-class_mine_destructor_vessel" title="Cybele-class mine destructor vessel"><i>Cybele</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Net_laying_ship" title="Net laying ship">Netlayers</a></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/HMS_Guardian_(1932)" title="HMS Guardian (1932)"><i>Guardian</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_White_(trawler)" title="Mary White (trawler)"><i>Mary White</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Protector_(A146)" title="HMS Protector (A146)"><i>Protector</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar-class_boom_defence_vessel" title="Bar-class boom defence vessel"><i>Bar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Net-class_boom_defence_vessel" title="Net-class boom defence vessel"><i>Net</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarines</a></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/British_H-class_submarine" title="British H-class submarine">H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_L-class_submarine" title="British L-class submarine">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odin-class_submarine" title="Odin-class submarine"><i>Odin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthian-class_submarine" title="Parthian-class submarine"><i>Parthian</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainbow-class_submarine" title="Rainbow-class submarine"><i>Rainbow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_S-class_submarine_(1931)" title="British S-class submarine (1931)">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River-class_submarine" title="River-class submarine">River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grampus-class_submarine" title="Grampus-class submarine"><i>Grampus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_T-class_submarine" title="British T-class submarine">T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_U-class_submarine" title="British U-class submarine">U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oru%C3%A7_Reis-class_submarine" title="Oruç Reis-class submarine"><i>P611</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_V-class_submarine" title="British V-class submarine">V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphion-class_submarine" title="Amphion-class submarine"><i>Amphion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X-class_submarine" title="X-class submarine">X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XE-class_submarine" title="XE-class submarine">XE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Forces_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy">Coastal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Harbour_defence_motor_launch" title="Harbour defence motor launch">Harbour defence motor launch</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Fairmile_B_motor_launch" title="Fairmile B motor launch">Fairmile B motor launch</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Motor_torpedo_boat" title="Motor torpedo boat">Motor torpedo boat</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Motor_gunboat" title="Motor gunboat">Motor gunboat</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Steam_gun_boat" title="Steam gun boat">Steam gun boat</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Insect-class_gunboat" title="Insect-class gunboat">Insect-class gunboat</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dragonfly-class_river_gunboat" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragonfly-class river gunboat"><i>Dragonfly</i>-class river gunboat</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Type_Two_63_ft_HSL" title="Type Two 63 ft HSL">Type Two 63 ft HSL</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Naval_trawler" title="Naval trawler">Trawlers</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Castle-class_trawler" title="Castle-class trawler">Castle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Basset-class_trawler" title="Basset-class trawler"><i>Basset</i></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Isles-class_trawler" title="Isles-class trawler">Isles</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Portuguese-class_trawler" title="Portuguese-class trawler">Portuguese</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tree-class_trawler" title="Tree-class trawler">Tree</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dance-class_trawler" title="Dance-class trawler">Dance</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Shakespearian-class_trawler" title="Shakespearian-class trawler">Shakespearian</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Round_Table-class_trawler" title="Round Table-class trawler">Round Table</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Monitor_(warship)" title="Monitor (warship)">Monitors</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Erebus-class_monitor" title="Erebus-class monitor"><i>Erebus</i></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Roberts-class_monitor" title="Roberts-class monitor"><i>Roberts</i></a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">Seaplane carriers</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)" title="HMS Ark Royal (1914)"><i>Pegasus</i></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Albatross_(1928)" title="HMAS Albatross (1928)"><i>Albatross</i></a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Submarine_tender" title="Submarine tender">Submarine depot ship</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/HMS_Adamant_(A164)" title="HMS Adamant (A164)"><i>Adamant</i></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bonaventure_(F139)" title="HMS Bonaventure (F139)"><i>Bonaventure</i></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/HMS_Forth_(A187)" title="HMS Forth (A187)"><i>Forth</i></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/HMS_Maidstone_(1937)" title="HMS Maidstone (1937)"><i>Maidstone</i></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/HMS_Titania" title="HMS Titania"><i>Titania</i></a></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Merchant_aircraft_carrier" title="Merchant aircraft carrier">Merchant aircraft carriers</a></b></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Fighter_catapult_ship" title="Fighter catapult ship">Fighter catapult ships</a></b></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Armed_merchantman" title="Armed merchantman">Armed merchant cruisers</a></b></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Ocean_boarding_vessel" title="Ocean boarding vessel">Ocean boarding vessels</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <dl><dt>A</dt> <dd>American built</dd> <dt>X</dt> <dd>Cancelled</dd> <dt>C</dt> <dd>Completed after the war</dd> <dt>C,P</dt> <dd>Laid down and completed after the war</dd> <dt>V</dt> <dd>Conversions</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="United_States_naval_ship_classes_of_World_War_II" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:WWII_US_ships" title="Template:WWII US ships"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:WWII_US_ships" title="Template talk:WWII US ships"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:WWII_US_ships" title="Special:EditPage/Template:WWII US ships"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="United_States_naval_ship_classes_of_World_War_II" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">United States naval ship classes of World War II</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">Aircraft carriers</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/Lexington-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Lexington-class aircraft carrier"><i>Lexington</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ranger_(CV-4)" title="USS Ranger (CV-4)"><i>Ranger</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorktown-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Yorktown-class aircraft carrier"><i>Yorktown</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wasp_(CV-7)" title="USS Wasp (CV-7)"><i>Wasp</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Essex-class aircraft carrier"><i>Essex</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midway-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Midway-class aircraft carrier"><i>Midway</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_aircraft_carrier" title="Light aircraft carrier">Light aircraft carriers</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/Independence-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Independence-class aircraft carrier"><i>Independence</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saipan-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Saipan-class aircraft carrier"><i>Saipan</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">Escort carriers</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/Long_Island-class_escort_carrier" title="Long Island-class escort carrier"><i>Long Island</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charger-class_escort_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Charger-class escort carrier"><i>Charger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogue-class_escort_carrier" title="Bogue-class escort carrier"><i>Bogue</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangamon-class_escort_carrier" title="Sangamon-class escort carrier"><i>Sangamon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casablanca-class_escort_carrier" title="Casablanca-class escort carrier"><i>Casablanca</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commencement_Bay-class_escort_carrier" title="Commencement Bay-class escort carrier"><i>Commencement Bay</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">Battleships</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/Wyoming-class_battleship" title="Wyoming-class battleship"><i>Wyoming</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York-class_battleship" title="New York-class battleship"><i>New York</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada-class_battleship" title="Nevada-class battleship"><i>Nevada</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania-class_battleship" title="Pennsylvania-class battleship"><i>Pennsylvania</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico-class_battleship" title="New Mexico-class battleship"><i>New Mexico</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee-class_battleship" title="Tennessee-class battleship"><i>Tennessee</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado-class_battleship" title="Colorado-class battleship"><i>Colorado</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina-class_battleship" title="North Carolina-class battleship"><i>North Carolina</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota-class_battleship_(1939)" title="South Dakota-class battleship (1939)"><i>South Dakota</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa-class_battleship" title="Iowa-class battleship"><i>Iowa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montana-class_battleship" title="Montana-class battleship"><i>Montana</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser#Large_cruisers" title="Battlecruiser">Large cruisers</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/Alaska-class_cruiser" title="Alaska-class cruiser"><i>Alaska</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">Heavy cruisers</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/Pensacola-class_cruiser" title="Pensacola-class cruiser"><i>Pensacola</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton-class_cruiser" title="Northampton-class cruiser"><i>Northampton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland-class_cruiser" title="Portland-class cruiser"><i>Portland</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans-class_cruiser" title="New Orleans-class cruiser"><i>New Orleans</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wichita_(CA-45)" title="USS Wichita (CA-45)"><i>Wichita</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore-class_cruiser" title="Baltimore-class cruiser"><i>Baltimore</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_City-class_cruiser" title="Oregon City-class cruiser"><i>Oregon City</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Moines-class_cruiser" title="Des Moines-class cruiser"><i>Des Moines</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">Light cruisers</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/Omaha-class_cruiser" title="Omaha-class cruiser"><i>Omaha</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn-class_cruiser" title="Brooklyn-class cruiser"><i>Brooklyn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta-class_cruiser" title="Atlanta-class cruiser"><i>Atlanta</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland-class_cruiser" title="Cleveland-class cruiser"><i>Cleveland</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fargo-class_cruiser" title="Fargo-class cruiser"><i>Fargo</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juneau-class_cruiser" title="Juneau-class cruiser"><i>Juneau</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester-class_cruiser" title="Worcester-class cruiser"><i>Worcester</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CL-154-class_cruiser" title="CL-154-class cruiser">CL-154</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gunboat" title="Gunboat">Gunboats</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/Dubuque-class_gunboat" title="Dubuque-class gunboat"><i>Dubuque</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sacramento_(PG-19)" title="USS Sacramento (PG-19)"><i>Sacramento</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheville-class_gunboat_(1917)" title="Asheville-class gunboat (1917)"><i>Asheville</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Plymouth_(PG-57)" title="USS Plymouth (PG-57)"><i>Plymouth</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Williamsburg" title="USS Williamsburg"><i>Williamsburg</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_St._Augustine" title="USS St. Augustine"><i>St. Augustine</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Vixen_(PG-53)" title="USS Vixen (PG-53)"><i>Vixen</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie-class_gunboat" title="Erie-class gunboat"><i>Erie</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-1-class_motor_gunboat" title="PGM-1-class motor gunboat"><i>PGM-1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-9-class_motor_gunboat" title="PGM-9-class motor gunboat"><i>PGM-9</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyers</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/Sampson-class_destroyer" title="Sampson-class destroyer"><i>Sampson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell-class_destroyer" title="Caldwell-class destroyer"><i>Caldwell</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wickes-class_destroyer" title="Wickes-class destroyer"><i>Wickes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clemson-class_destroyer" title="Clemson-class destroyer"><i>Clemson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farragut-class_destroyer_(1934)" title="Farragut-class destroyer (1934)"><i>Farragut</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porter-class_destroyer" title="Porter-class destroyer"><i>Porter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahan-class_destroyer" title="Mahan-class destroyer"><i>Mahan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gridley-class_destroyer" title="Gridley-class destroyer"><i>Gridley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagley-class_destroyer" title="Bagley-class destroyer"><i>Bagley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somers-class_destroyer" title="Somers-class destroyer"><i>Somers</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benham-class_destroyer" title="Benham-class destroyer"><i>Benham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sims-class_destroyer" title="Sims-class destroyer"><i>Sims</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benson-class_destroyer" title="Benson-class destroyer"><i>Benson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevenson-class_destroyer" title="Stevenson-class destroyer"><i>Stevenson</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gleaves-class_destroyer" title="Gleaves-class destroyer"><i>Gleaves</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fletcher-class_destroyer" title="Fletcher-class destroyer"><i>Fletcher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_M._Sumner-class_destroyer" title="Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer"><i>Allen M. Sumner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Smith-class_destroyer" title="Robert H. Smith-class destroyer"><i>Robert H. Smith</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gearing-class_destroyer" title="Gearing-class destroyer"><i>Gearing</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer_escort" title="Destroyer escort">Destroyer escorts</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/Evarts-class_destroyer_escort" title="Evarts-class destroyer escort"><i>Evarts</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckley-class_destroyer_escort" title="Buckley-class destroyer escort"><i>Buckley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon-class_destroyer_escort" title="Cannon-class destroyer escort"><i>Cannon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edsall-class_destroyer_escort" title="Edsall-class destroyer escort"><i>Edsall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudderow-class_destroyer_escort" title="Rudderow-class destroyer escort"><i>Rudderow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Butler-class_destroyer_escort" title="John C. Butler-class destroyer escort"><i>John C. Butler</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_frigate" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrol frigate">Patrol frigates</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><i><a href="/wiki/River-class_frigate" title="River-class frigate">Asheville</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma-class_frigate" title="Tacoma-class frigate"><i>Tacoma</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">Patrol boats</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/Action-class_patrol_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Action-class patrol boat"><i>Action</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PT_boat" title="PT boat">PT boat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">Minelayers</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/USS_Oglala" title="USS Oglala"><i>Oglala</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wassuc_(CMc-3)" title="USS Wassuc (CMc-3)"><i>Wassuc</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Monadnock_(ACM-10)" title="USS Monadnock (ACM-10)"><i>Monadnock</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Miantonomah_(CMc-5)" title="USS Miantonomah (CMc-5)"><i>Miantonomah</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Terror_(CM-5)" title="USS Terror (CM-5)"><i>Terror</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Keokuk_(CMc-6)" title="USS Keokuk (CMc-6)"><i>Keokuk</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Salem_(CM-11)" title="USS Salem (CM-11)"><i>Salem</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Weehawken_(CM-12)" title="USS Weehawken (CM-12)"><i>Weehawken</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camanche-class_minelayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Camanche-class minelayer"><i>Camanche</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chimo-class_minelayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chimo-class minelayer"><i>Chimo</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</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/Lapwing-class_minesweeper" title="Lapwing-class minesweeper"><i>Lapwing</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven-class_minesweeper" title="Raven-class minesweeper"><i>Raven</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auk-class_minesweeper" title="Auk-class minesweeper"><i>Auk</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Captor" title="USS Captor"><i>Eagle</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawk-class_minesweeper" title="Hawk-class minesweeper"><i>Hawk</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admirable-class_minesweeper" title="Admirable-class minesweeper"><i>Admirable</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarines</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_States_O-class_submarine" title="United States O-class submarine">O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_R-class_submarine" title="United States R-class submarine">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_S-class_submarine" title="United States S-class submarine">S</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/V-boat#V-1_through_V-3—the_Barracudas" title="V-boat">Barracuda</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Argonaut_(SM-1)" title="USS Argonaut (SM-1)"><i>Argonaut</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/V-boat#V-5_and_V-6—Narwhal_and_Nautilus" title="V-boat">Narwhal</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Dolphin_(SS-169)" title="USS Dolphin (SS-169)"><i>Dolphin</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cachalot-class_submarine" title="Cachalot-class submarine"><i>Cachalot</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Porpoise-class_submarine" title="United States Porpoise-class submarine">Porpoise</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmon-class_submarine" title="Salmon-class submarine"><i>Salmon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sargo-class_submarine" title="Sargo-class submarine"><i>Sargo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tambor-class_submarine" title="Tambor-class submarine"><i>Tambor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackerel-class_submarine" title="Mackerel-class submarine"><i>Mackerel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gato-class_submarine" title="Gato-class submarine"><i>Gato</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balao-class_submarine" title="Balao-class submarine"><i>Balao</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tench-class_submarine" title="Tench-class submarine"><i>Tench</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tanker_(ship)" title="Tanker (ship)">Tankers</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/T1_tanker" title="T1 tanker">T1 tanker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T2_tanker" title="T2 tanker">T2 tanker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T3_Tanker" class="mw-redirect" title="T3 Tanker">T3 tanker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">Cargo ships</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/Liberty_ship" title="Liberty ship">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victory_ship" title="Victory ship">Victory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haskell-class_attack_transport" title="Haskell-class attack transport"><i>Haskell</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromeda-class_attack_cargo_ship" title="Andromeda-class attack cargo ship"><i>Andromeda</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcturus-class_attack_cargo_ship" title="Arcturus-class attack cargo ship"><i>Arcturus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artemis-class_attack_cargo_ship" title="Artemis-class attack cargo ship"><i>Artemis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tolland-class_attack_cargo_ship" title="Tolland-class attack cargo ship"><i>Tolland</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Alstede" title="USS Alstede"><i>Alstede</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Aldebaran" title="USS Aldebaran"><i>Aldebaran</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Adria" title="USS Adria"><i>Adria</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Acubens" title="USS Acubens"><i>Acubens</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Arctic_(AF-7)" title="USS Arctic (AF-7)"><i>Arctic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Denebola_(AF-56)" title="USS Denebola (AF-56)"><i>Denebola</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hyades" title="USS Hyades"><i>Hyades</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Mizar_(AF-12)" title="USS Mizar (AF-12)"><i>Mizar</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_ship" title="Auxiliary ship">Auxiliary ships</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/Ammunition_ship" title="Ammunition ship">Ammunition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_floating_drydock" title="Auxiliary floating drydock">Floating drydock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_repair_dock" title="Auxiliary repair dock">Repair dock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barracks_ship" title="Barracks ship">Barracks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collier_(ship)" title="Collier (ship)">Collier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_stores_ship" title="Combat stores ship">Combat stores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Destroyer_tender" title="Destroyer tender">Destroyer tender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depot_ship" title="Depot ship">Depot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-speed_transport" title="High-speed transport">High-speed transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hospital_ship" title="Hospital ship">Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_cream_barge" title="Ice cream barge">Ice cream barge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Net_laying_ship" title="Net laying ship">Net laying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motor_torpedo_boat_tender" title="Motor torpedo boat tender">Motor torpedo boat tender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reefer_ship" title="Reefer ship">Reefer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Replenishment_oiler" title="Replenishment oiler">Oiler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repair_ship" title="Repair ship">Repair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">Seaplane tender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submarine_tender" title="Submarine tender">Submarine tender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underway_replenishment" title="Underway replenishment">Underway replenishment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <dl><dt>C</dt> <dd>Completed after the war</dd> <dt>S</dt> <dd>Single ship of class</dd> <dt>X</dt> <dd>Cancelled</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="French_naval_ship_classes_of_World_War_II" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:WWII_French_ships" title="Template:WWII French ships"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:WWII_French_ships" title="Template talk:WWII French ships"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:WWII_French_ships" title="Special:EditPage/Template:WWII French ships"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="French_naval_ship_classes_of_World_War_II" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">French naval ship classes of World War II</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">Aircraft carriers</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/French_aircraft_carrier_B%C3%A9arn" title="French aircraft carrier Béarn"><i>Béarn</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joffre-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Joffre-class aircraft carrier"><i>Joffre</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Biter_(D97)" title="HMS Biter (D97)"><i>Dixmude</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>LL</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">Battleships</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/Courbet-class_battleship" title="Courbet-class battleship"><i>Courbet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bretagne-class_battleship" title="Bretagne-class battleship"><i>Bretagne</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunkerque-class_battleship" title="Dunkerque-class battleship"><i>Dunkerque</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richelieu-class_battleship" title="Richelieu-class battleship"><i>Richelieu</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alsace-class_battleship" title="Alsace-class battleship"><i>Alsace</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">Heavy cruisers</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/Duquesne-class_cruiser" title="Duquesne-class cruiser"><i>Duquesne</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffren-class_cruiser" title="Suffren-class cruiser"><i>Suffren</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_cruiser_Alg%C3%A9rie" title="French cruiser Algérie"><i>Algérie</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Louis-class_cruiser" title="Saint-Louis-class cruiser"><i>Saint-Louis</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">Light cruisers</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/Duguay-Trouin-class_cruiser" title="Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser"><i>Duguay-Trouin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_cruiser_Jeanne_d%27Arc_(1930)" title="French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (1930)"><i>Jeanne d'Arc</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_cruiser_%C3%89mile_Bertin" title="French cruiser Émile Bertin"><i>Émile Bertin</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Galissonni%C3%A8re-class_cruiser" title="La Galissonnière-class cruiser"><i>La Galissonnière</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_cruiser_De_Grasse" title="French cruiser De Grasse"><i>De Grasse</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Large <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</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/Chacal-class_destroyer" title="Chacal-class destroyer"><i>Chacal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%A9pard-class_destroyer" title="Guépard-class destroyer"><i>Guépard</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aigle-class_destroyer" title="Aigle-class destroyer"><i>Aigle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauquelin-class_destroyer" title="Vauquelin-class destroyer"><i>Vauquelin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Fantasque-class_destroyer" title="Le Fantasque-class destroyer"><i>Le Fantasque</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mogador-class_destroyer" title="Mogador-class destroyer"><i>Mogador</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyers</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/Bourrasque-class_destroyer" title="Bourrasque-class destroyer"><i>Bourrasque</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%27Adroit-class_destroyer" title="L'Adroit-class destroyer"><i>L'Adroit</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Hardi-class_destroyer" title="Le Hardi-class destroyer"><i>Le Hardi</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">Torpedo boats</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/La_Melpom%C3%A8ne-class_torpedo_boat" title="La Melpomène-class torpedo boat"><i>La Melpomène</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Fier-class_torpedo_boat" title="Le Fier-class torpedo boat"><i>Le Fier</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_La_Combattante" title="French destroyer La Combattante"><i>La Combattante</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>LL</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Escorteur" title="Escorteur">Escorteurs</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/French_Flower-class_corvette" title="French Flower-class corvette">French Flower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon-class_destroyer_escort" title="Cannon-class destroyer escort"><i>Cannon</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>LL</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PC-461-class_submarine_chaser" title="PC-461-class submarine chaser"><i>PC-461</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>LL</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River-class_frigate" title="River-class frigate">River</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>LL</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_submarines_of_France" title="List of submarines of France">Submarines</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/Sir%C3%A8ne-class_submarine_(1925)" title="Sirène-class submarine (1925)"><i>Sirène</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane-class_submarine" title="Ariane-class submarine"><i>Ariane</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circ%C3%A9-class_submarine_(1925)" title="Circé-class submarine (1925)"><i>Circé</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argonaute-class_submarine" title="Argonaute-class submarine"><i>Argonaute</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orion-class_submarine" title="Orion-class submarine"><i>Orion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane-class_submarine_(1930)" title="Diane-class submarine (1930)"><i>Diane</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saphir-class_submarine_(1928)" title="Saphir-class submarine (1928)"><i>Saphir</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Requin-class_submarine" title="Requin-class submarine"><i>Requin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redoutable-class_submarine_(1928)" title="Redoutable-class submarine (1928)"><i>Redoutable</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Surcouf" title="French submarine Surcouf"><i>Surcouf</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minerve-class_submarine" title="Minerve-class submarine"><i>Minerve</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurore-class_submarine" title="Aurore-class submarine"><i>Aurore</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Curie_(P67)" title="French submarine Curie (P67)"><i>Curie</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>LL</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acciaio-class_submarine" title="Acciaio-class submarine"><i>Narval</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>LL</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aviso" title="Aviso">Avisos</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/Arabis-class_sloop" title="Arabis-class sloop"><i>Arabis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aubrietia-class_sloop" title="Aubrietia-class sloop"><i>Ville d'Ys</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arras-class_aviso" title="Arras-class aviso"><i>Arras</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scarpe-class_aviso&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" 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style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span> (<a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">minelaying cruiser</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_seaplane_carrier_Commandant_Teste" title="French seaplane carrier Commandant Teste"><i>Commandant Teste</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span> (<a href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">seaplane tender</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_submarine_tender_Jules_Verne" title="French submarine tender Jules Verne"><i>Jules Verne</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span> (<a href="/wiki/Submarine_tender" title="Submarine tender">submarine tender</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_netlayer_Le_Gladiateur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="French netlayer Le Gladiateur (page does not exist)"><i>Le Gladiateur</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span> (<a href="/wiki/Net_laying_ship" title="Net laying ship">netlayer</a>)</li> <li><a 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