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The River or E class of 1913 were the first destroyers of the Royal Navy with a high forecastles instead of "turtleback" bow making this the first class with a more recognizable modern configuration. River or E class: 36 ships, 1903–1905 (including 2 later purchases) Cricket-class coastal destroyer: 36 ships, 1906–1909
This is a list of historic and current command flags of the Royal Navy. Rank flags to denote the commander-in-chief of the English fleet and later Royal Navy were used from as early as 1189. Coloured squadrons of the Royal Navy were established during the Elizabethan era to subdivide the fleet into three squadrons or more. There were three ...
From 1906, the term "torpedo boat destroyer" began to appear in the shortened form "destroyer" when referring to destroyer flotillas. There is no official Admiralty order pertaining to the change and the abbreviated term "TBD" is present in the Navy List up to 1919, even though destroyer was the term used in most official orders from 1917.
The Q and R-class destroyers were two classes of sixteen War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered for the Royal Navy in 1940 as the 3rd and 4th Emergency Flotilla. They served as convoy escorts during World War II. Three Q-class ships were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy upon completion, with two further ships being handed over in 1945.
Flag Officer Commanding, British Naval Forces Germany; Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy, (1928-1950) Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships – FOCAS, succeeded by Flag Officer Third Flotilla - (1971-1979) Flag Officer, Carrier Training and Administration - Vice Admiral Lumley Lyster 1943-1945; Flag Officer Dover; Flag Officer ...
Royal Navy Royal Thai Navy; Preceded by: Admiralty M class: Succeeded by: Admiralty V class; S class; Built: 1916–1917: In commission: 1916–1957: Completed: 62: Lost: 8: Preserved: 1 (HMS Radiant, transferred to Royal Siamese Navy in 1920 and renamed Phra Ruang, survives as hulk: General characteristics; Type: Destroyer: Displacement: 975 ...
List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy; Naming conventions for destroyers of the Royal Navy; Type system of the Royal Navy; War Emergency Programme destroyers; A.
This is an alphabetical list of the names of all ships that have been in service with the Royal Navy, or with predecessor fleets formally in the service of the Kingdom of England or the Commonwealth of England. The list also includes fictional vessels which have prominently featured in literature about the Royal Navy.