| Ship |
Country |
Class and type |
Displacement (tons) |
First commissioned |
Fate |
| Abdiel |
UK |
Abdiel class minelayer |
2,650 |
15 April 1941 |
sunk 10 Sep 1943 |
| Abercrombie |
UK |
Roberts class monitor |
8,536 |
5 May 1943 |
Scrapped 1954 |
| Abukuma |
Japan |
Nagara class light cruiser |
5,088 |
26 May 1925 |
sunk 26 Oct 1944 |
| Acasta |
UK |
A class destroyer |
1,350 |
11 Feb 1930 |
sunk 8 June 1940 |
| Achates |
UK |
A class destroyer |
1,350 |
27 Mar 1930 |
sunk 31 Dec 1942 |
| Acheron |
UK |
A class destroyer |
1,350 |
13 Oct 1931 |
sunk 17 Dec 1940 |
| Achilles |
UK/
New Zealand |
Leander class light cruiser |
7,270 |
6 Oct 1933 |
sold to India 1948 |
| Active |
UK |
A class destroyer |
1,350 |
9 Feb 1930 |
scrapped 1947 |
| Activity |
UK |
Escort aircraft carrier |
11,800 |
15 Oct 1942 |
Returned to merchant service April 1946, renamed Breconshire |
| Admiral Graf Spee |
Germany |
Deutschland class cruiser |
12,103 |
6 Jan 1936 |
scuttled 17 Dec 1939 |
| Adelaide |
Australia |
Birmingham class light cruiser |
5,550 |
5 Aug 1922 |
scrapped 1949 |
| Admiral Hipper |
Germany |
Admiral Hipper class cruiser |
14,000 |
25 Apr 1939 |
Scuttled 2 May 1945 |
| Admiral Scheer |
Germany |
Deutschland class cruiser |
12,100 |
12 Nov 1934 |
sunk 9 April 1945 |
| Adrias |
Greece |
Hunt (Type III) class escort destroyer |
1,050 |
5 Aug 1942 |
mined 22 Oct 1943, declared a constructive total loss, scrapped 1945 |
| Aetos |
Greece |
Wild Beast class destroyer |
1,030 |
19 Oct 1912 |
Decommissioned 1946 |
| Afridi |
UK |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
3 May 1938 |
Sunk 3 May 1940 |
| Agano |
Japan |
Agano class light cruiser |
6650 |
31 Oct 1942 |
Sunk 15 Feb 1944 |
| Ajax |
UK |
Leander class light cruiser |
7,220 |
3 June 1935 |
Scrapped 1949 |
| Akagi |
Japan |
aircraft carrier |
36,500 |
27 Mar 1927 |
sunk 5 June 1942 |
| Alaska |
USA |
Alaska class cruiser/ battlecruiser |
27,500 ton |
17 June 1944 |
Scrapped 1960 |
| Albatross |
UK |
seaplane carrier and repair ship |
6,350 |
29 Sep 1938 (ex Australia) |
Torpedoed 1944, not repaired, scrapped 1954 |
| Albatros |
Germany |
1923 Raubvogel class torpedo boat |
1,290 |
5 May 1927 |
beached 10 Apr 1940 |
| Alberico da Barbiano |
Italy |
Giussano class light cruiser |
5,200 |
1931 |
Sunk 13 Dec 1941 |
| Alberto di Giussano |
Italy |
Giussano class light cruiser |
5,200 |
1 Jan 1931 |
sunk 13 Dec 1941 |
| Alcantara |
UK |
Armed merchant cruiser |
22,181 |
1927 |
scrapped 1958 |
| Aldea |
Chile |
Serrano class destroyer |
1,090 |
1929 |
Discarded 1957 |
| Alden |
USA |
Clemson class destroyer |
1,250 |
24 Nov 1919 |
Scrapped 30 Nov 1945 |
| Algérie |
France |
heavy cruiser |
10,000 |
15 Sep 1934 |
scuttled 27 Nov 1942 |
| Algérien |
Free French |
Cannon class destroyer escort |
1,240 |
23 Jan 1944 (former USS Cronin) |
scrapped Nov 1965 |
| Almirante Brown |
Argentina |
Veinticinco de Mayo class cruiser |
6,800 |
11 July 1931 |
scrapped 1962 |
| Almirante Condell |
Chile |
Almirante Lynch class destroyer |
1,430 |
Jan 1914 |
decommissioned 1945 |
| Almirante Latorre |
Chile |
Iron Duke class battleship |
28,550 |
1913, as HMS Canada (UK) |
Scrapped 1959 |
| Almirante Lynch |
Chile |
Almirante Lynch class destroyer |
1,430 |
1913 |
Decommissioned 1945 |
| Almirante Simpson |
Chile |
Capitan O'Brien class submarine |
2,020 |
1929 |
Discarded 1957 |
| Amagi |
Japan |
Unryū class aircraft carrier |
17,150 |
10 Aug 1944 |
sunk 27 July 1945 |
| Amazon |
UK |
destroyer class prototype |
1,350 ton |
5 May 1927 |
scrapped 25 Oct 1948 |
| Ambuscade |
UK |
destroyer class prototype |
1,173 |
15 Mar 1927 |
scrapped 1946 |
| Ameer |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 ton |
20 Jul 1943 (former USS Baffins) |
Returned to USN 17 Jan 1946, sold into merchant service 17 Sep 1946 as Robin Kirk |
| Andrea Doria |
Italy |
Andrea Doria class battleship |
25,920 |
13 Mar 1916 |
1956 |
| Anson |
UK |
King George V class battleship |
35,000 |
22 June 1942 |
scrapped 1957 |
| Antelope |
UK |
A class destroyer |
1,350 |
20 Mar 1930 |
scrapped 1946 |
| Anthony |
UK |
A class destroyer |
1,350 |
14 Feb 1930 |
Scrapped 1948 |
| Antietam |
USA |
Ticonderoga class fleet carrier |
27,100 |
28 Jan 1945 |
8 May 1963 |
| Antiquois |
Colombia |
Guadiana class destroyer |
1,219 |
former Douro (Portugal) |
|
| Anton Schmitt |
Germany |
Type 1936 destroyer |
3,400 |
24 Sep 1939 |
sunk 10 Apr 1940 |
| Aoba |
Japan |
Aoba class heavy cruiser |
5,088 |
20 Sep 1927 |
sunk 28 Jul 1945 |
| Apollo |
UK |
Abdiel class minelayer |
2,650 |
9 Oct 1943 |
scrapped 1962 |
| Aquila |
Italy |
Aquila class aircraft carrier |
23,500 |
not completed |
scrapped 1952 |
| Arbiter |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
31 Dec 1943 (former USS St. Simon) |
Returned to USN 3 Mar 1946, stricken 12 Apr 1946, sold and renamed Coracero |
| Archer |
UK |
Avenger class escort carrier |
8,200 |
17 Nov 1941 |
decommissioned 6 Nov 1943, became Empire Lagan aircraft ferry 15 Mar 1945, returned to USN 9 Jan 1946 |
| Arcona |
Germany |
floating antiaircraft battery (former light cruiser) |
2,657 |
18 May 1901 |
scrapped 1948/1949 |
| Ardent |
UK |
A class destroyer |
1,350 |
14 Apr 1930 |
sunk 8 June 1940 |
| Arendal |
Norway |
Hunt class (Type II) escort destroyer |
1,050 |
16 Nov 1944 (former HMS Badsworth) |
Scrapped 1965 |
| Argus |
UK |
fleet aircraft carrier |
14,000 |
Sep, 1918 |
scrapped 1946 |
| Ariadne |
UK |
Abdiel class minelayer |
2,650 |
12 Feb 1944 |
scrapped 1965 |
| Arizona |
USA |
Pennsylvania class battleship |
32,600 |
17 Oct 1916 |
sunk 7 Dec 1941, war memorial |
| Ark Royal |
UK |
aircraft carrier |
22,000 |
16 Dec 1938 |
sunk 14 Nov 1941 |
| Arkansas |
USA |
Wyoming class battleship |
26,100 |
17 Sep 1912 |
sunk 25 July 1946 in A-bomb test |
| Arkhangelsk |
USSR |
Revenge class battleship |
29,150 |
30 May 1944 (former HMS Royal Sovereign) |
returned to Royal Navy 9 Feb 1949, scrapped Sep 1949 |
| Armando Diaz |
Italy |
Cadorna class light cruiser |
5,316 |
29 Apr 1933 |
Sunk 25 Feb 1941 |
| Arrow |
UK |
A class destroyer |
1,350 |
14 Apr 1930 |
irreparably damaged, 1944 |
| Arteveld |
Belgium |
patrol boat |
1,640 |
commissioned as Lorelei (Germany) |
|
| Arunta |
Australia |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
30 Mar 1942 |
scrapped 1968 |
| Ashanti |
UK |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
21 Dec 1938 |
scrapped 1949 |
| Ashigara |
Japan |
Myoko class heavy cruiser |
13,300 |
1928 |
sunk 8 Jun 1945 |
| Astoria |
USA |
New Orleans class heavy cruiser |
9,950 |
28 Apr 1934 |
sunk 9 Aug 1942 |
| Atago |
Japan |
Takao class heavy cruiser |
14,616 |
30 Mar 1932 |
sunk 23 Oct 1944 |
| Athabaskan (1st of class with this name) |
Canada |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
3 Feb 1943 |
sunk 29 Apr 1944 |
| Athabaskan (2nd of class with this name) |
Canada |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
20 Jan 1948 |
scrapped 1966 |
| Atheling |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 ton |
1 Aug 1943 (former Bogue class USS Glacier) |
returned to US 13 Dec 1946 |
| Atlantis |
Germany |
auxiliary cruiser |
7,862 |
19 Dec 1939 |
sunk 21 Nov 1941 |
| Attacker |
UK |
Attacker class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
30 Sept 1942 (former USS Barnes) |
decommissioned 5 Jan 1946 |
| Attilio Regolo |
Italy |
Capitani Romani class light cruiser (also known as exploratori oceanici) |
3,750 |
August 1942 |
ceded to France 1948 |
| Audacity |
UK |
escort aircraft carrier |
11,000 |
20 Jun 1941 |
sunk 21 Dec 1941 |
| Aurora |
USSR |
Protected cruiser |
6,731 |
29 Jul 1903 |
in 1957 became a museum-ship. |
| Australia |
Australia |
County class heavy cruiser |
9,850 |
24 Apr 1928 |
scrapped 1955 |
| Avenger |
UK |
Avenger class escort carrier |
8,200 |
2 Mar 1942 (former merchant ship Rio Hudson) |
sunk 15 Nov 1942 |
| Ayanami |
Japan |
Fubuki class destroyer |
2,090 |
30 Apr 1930 |
Sunk 15 Nov 1942 |
| Ship |
Country |
Class and type |
Displacement (tons) |
First commissioned |
Fate |
| Babitonga |
Brazil |
Cannon class destroyer escort |
1,240 |
10 Mar, 1945 (former USS Alger) |
Decommissioned 1964 |
| Baependi |
Brazil |
Cannon class destroyer escort |
1,240 |
19 Dec, 1944 (former USS Cannon) |
Decommissioned 1973 |
| Bahia |
Brazil |
Bahia class light cruiser |
3,100 |
1910 |
lost 4 July 1945 |
| Baltimore |
USA |
heavy cruiser |
13,600 |
15 April 1943 |
decommissioned 2 July 1954 |
| Barbara[citation needed] |
Germany |
sloop |
1,200 |
ex-Zinnia (Belgium) |
|
| Barham |
UK |
Queen Elizabeth class battleship |
31,000 |
19 Aug, 1915 |
sunk Nov 25, 1941 |
| Bari |
Italy |
light cruiser |
3,284 |
1925 (former German Pillau) |
sunk 28th June 1943 |
| Barnes |
USA |
Bogue class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
20 Feb, 1943 |
Decommissioned 29 Aug 1946, scrapped 1959 |
| Bartolomeo Colleoni |
Italy |
Giussano class light cruiser |
5,200 |
10 Feb 1932 |
Sunk 19 July 1940 |
| Basilisk |
UK |
B class destroyer |
1,350 |
4 Mar, 1931 |
sunk 1 June 1940 |
| Bataan |
Australia |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
25 May, 1945 |
scrapped 1958 |
| Bataan |
USA |
Independence class light carrier |
11,000 |
17 Nov, 1943 |
decommissioned 9 Apr 1954 |
| Bath |
Norway |
Town class destroyer |
1,190 |
9 Jan, 1941 (former HMS Bath) |
Sunk on 19 Aug, 1941 |
| Battler |
UK |
Attacker class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
31 Oct, 1942 (former USS Altamaha) |
Returned to USN 12 Feb 1946, scrapped May 1946 |
| Bauru |
Brazil |
Cannon class destroyer escort |
1,240 |
15 Aug, 1944 (former USS Reybold) |
Decommissioned 17 Sep 1981, museum ship |
| Beagle |
UK |
B class destroyer |
1,350 |
9 Apr, 1931 |
scrapped Jan 1946 |
| Béarn |
France
Free French |
aircraft carrier |
22,150 |
May, 1927 |
stricken Nov 1966, scrapped Mar 1967 |
| Beberibe |
Brazil |
Cannon class destroyer escort |
1,240 |
1 Aug, 1944 (former USS Herzog) |
Decommissioned 1968 |
| Bedouin |
UK |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
15 Mar, 1939 |
Sunk 15 June 1942 |
| Begum |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 ton |
2 Aug, 1943 (former Bogue class USS Bolinas) |
returned to USN 4 Jan 1946, stricken 19 June 1946, renamed Raki |
| Belleau Wood |
USA |
Independence class light carrier |
11,000 |
31 Mar, 1943 |
decommissioned 13 January 1947, transferred to France as Bois Belleau |
| Benevente |
Brazil |
Cannon class destroyer escort |
1,240 |
19 Dec, 1944 (former USS Christopher) |
Decommissioned 1964 |
| Bengal |
India |
Bathurst class minesweeper |
1,025 |
8 Aug, 1942 |
Decommissioned 1960 |
| Bennington |
USA |
Essex class fleet carrier |
27,100 |
6 Aug, 1944 |
decommissioned 15 Jan 1970 |
| Bermuda |
UK |
Fiji class cruiser |
8,000 |
21 Aug, 1942 |
scrapped 1965 |
| Bernd von Arnim |
Germany |
Type 1934A destroyer |
3,100 |
6 Dec 1938 |
scuttled 13 Apr 1940 |
| Bertioga |
Brazil |
Cannon class destroyer escort |
1,240 |
1 Aug, 1944 (former USS Pennewill) |
Decommissioned 1964 |
| Bideford |
UK |
Shoreham class sloop |
1,105 |
23 Feb, 1932 |
Sold 14 Sep 1947 |
| Birmingham |
UK |
Southampton class light cruiser |
9,770 |
18 Nov, 1937 |
scrapped 1960 |
| Bismarck |
Germany |
Bismarck class battleship |
41,700 |
24 Aug 1940 |
sunk May 27, 1941 |
| Biter |
UK |
Avenger class escort carrier |
8,200 |
5 May, 1942 (former USN Rio Parana) |
Transferred to France as Dixmude 1945 |
| Blanche |
UK |
B class destroyer |
1,350 |
14 Feb, 1931 |
sunk 13 Nov 1939 |
| Blanco Encalada |
Chile |
cruiser |
3,435 |
ca.1893 |
scrapped 1946 |
| Block Island |
USA |
Bogue class escort aircraft carrier |
9,800 |
8 Mar, 1943 |
Sunk 29 May 1944 |
| Blücher |
Germany |
Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser |
14,000 |
Sep 20, 1939 |
sunk 9 April 1940 |
| Błyskawica |
Poland |
Grom class destroyer |
1,975 |
25 Nov, 1937 |
decommissioned 1 May 1976, preserved as museum ship |
| Boadicea |
UK |
B class destroyer |
1,350 |
7 Apr, 1931 |
sunk 13 June 1944 |
| Bocaina |
Brazil |
Cannon class destroyer escort |
1,240 |
20 Mar, 1945 (former USS Marts) |
Decommissioned 1975 |
| Bogue |
USA |
Bogue class escort carrier |
9,800 |
26 Sep, 1942 |
Decommissioned 30 Nov 1946, scrapped Dec 1960 |
| Bolzano |
Italy |
Trento class heavy cruiser |
10,511 |
1933 |
sunk 1944 |
| Bombay |
India |
Bathurst class minesweeper |
1,025 |
24 Apr, 1942 |
Decommissioned 1960 |
| Bon Homme Richard |
USA |
Essex class fleet carrier |
27,100 |
26 Nov, 1944 |
decommissioned 2 July 1971 |
| Boreas |
UK |
B class destroyer |
1,350 |
20 Feb, 1931 |
became Salamis (Greece), 1944, returned and scrapped 1951 |
| Boxer |
USA |
Ticonderoga class fleet carrier |
27,100 |
16 Apr, 1945 |
decommissioned 1 Dec 1969 |
| Bracui |
Brazil |
Cannon class destroyer escort |
1,240 |
15 Aug, 1944 (former USS McAnn) |
Decommissioned 11 Jul 1972 |
| Brandenburg |
Germany |
minelayer |
3,894 |
1 May 1943 (captured French transport Kita) |
sunk 21 Sep 1943 |
| Brazen |
UK |
B class destroyer |
1,350 |
8 Apr, 1931 |
sunk 20 July 1940 |
| Breese |
USA |
Wickes class destroyer minelayer |
1,090 |
23 Oct, 1918 |
scrapped May 1946 |
| Bretagne |
France |
Bretagne class battleship |
22,200 |
Sep 1915 |
sunk July 3, 1940 |
| Brilliant |
UK |
B class destroyer |
1,350 |
21 Feb, 1931 |
scrapped Aug 1947 |
| Brooklyn |
USA |
Brooklyn class light cruiser |
9,475 |
30 Sep, 1937 |
Decommissioned 3 Jan 1947, sold to Chile |
| Bruno Heinemann |
Germany |
Type 1934A destroyer |
3,100 |
8 Jan 1938 |
sunk 25 Jan 1942 |
| Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
Buenos Aires class destroyer |
1,375 |
1938 |
1971 |
| Bulldog |
UK |
B class destroyer |
1,350 |
8 Apr 1931 |
scrapped Jan 1946 |
| Bunker Hill |
USA |
Essex class fleet carrier |
27,100 |
24 May, 1943 |
decommissioned 9 Jan 1947 |
| Burza |
Poland |
Wicher class destroyer |
1,400 |
10 July 1932 |
Scrapped 1977 |
| Ship |
Country |
Class and type |
Displacement (tons) |
First commissioned |
Fate |
| Cabot |
USA |
Independence class light carrier |
11,000 |
24 Jul 1943 |
decommissioned 21 Jan 1955, later Spanish Dédalo |
| Cairo |
UK |
C class light cruiser |
4,200 |
24 Sep 1919 |
lost 12 Aug 1942 |
| Calcutta |
UK |
C class light cruiser |
4,200 |
21 Aug 1919 |
lost 1 June 1941 |
| Caldas |
Colombia |
destroyer |
1,219 |
former Tejo (Portugal) |
|
| Caledon |
UK |
C class light cruiser |
4,180 |
6 Mar 1917 |
scrapped 1948 |
| California |
USA |
Tennessee class battleship |
32,600 |
10 Aug 1921 |
Decommissioned 14 Feb 1947 |
| Calypso |
UK |
C class light cruiser |
4,180 |
6 Mar 1917 |
scrapped Jan 1948 |
| Campania |
UK |
escort aircraft carrier |
11,420 ton |
7 Mar 1944 |
Decommissioned 30 Dec 1945, scrapped 1955 |
| Canberra |
Australia |
County class heavy cruiser |
9,850 |
10 Jul 1928 |
scuttled 9 Aug 1944 |
| Capetown |
UK |
C class light cruiser |
4,200 |
10 Apr 1922 |
Scrapped June 1946 |
| Capitan O'Brien |
Chile |
Capitan O'Brien class submarine |
2,020 |
1929 |
1957 |
| Capitan Thompson |
Chile |
Capitan O'Brien class submarine |
2,020 |
1929 |
1958 |
| Caradoc |
UK |
C class light cruiser |
4,180 |
15 Jun 1917 |
scrapped 1946 |
| Cardiff |
UK |
C class light cruiser |
4,290 |
25 Jun 1917 |
scrapped 1946 |
| Carinthia |
UK |
Armed Merchant Cruiser |
20,277 |
Aug, 1939 |
torpedoed 6 Jun 1940, foundered the next day |
| Carlisle |
UK |
C class light cruiser |
4,200 |
11 Nov 1918 |
constructive total loss 9 Oct 1942, scrapped 1948 |
| Casablanca |
USA |
Casablanca class escort aircraft carrier |
7,800 |
8 Jul 1943 |
Decommissioned 10 Jun 1946 |
| Catamarca |
Argentina |
Catamarca class destroyer |
1,010 |
ca.1912 |
Sold 1959 |
| Cauvery |
India |
Modified Black Swan class sloop |
1,350 |
|
|
| Ceres |
UK |
C class light cruiser |
4,290 |
1 Jun 1917 |
scrapped 1946 |
| Cervantes |
Argentina |
Cervantes class destroyer |
1,522 |
|
Discarded 24 Jun 1961 |
| Ceylon |
UK |
Fiji class cruiser |
8,800 ton |
13 Jul 1943 |
sold to Peru 1959, renamed Colonel Bolognesi |
| Chacabuco |
Chile |
Presidente Errazuriz class cruiser |
4,500 |
|
Discarded 1952 |
| Chao Ho |
China |
Chao Ho class cruiser |
2,750 |
23 Oct 1911 |
sunk 28 Sep 1937 |
| Charger |
UK |
Avenger class |
8,200 |
2 Oct 1941 |
transferred to USN 4 Oct 1941 |
| Chaser |
UK |
Attacker class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
9 Apr 1943 (former USS Breton) |
Returned to USN 12 May 1946, sold into merchant service 20 Dec 1946 as Aagtekerk |
| Chervona Ukraina |
Soviet Union |
Svetlana class light cruiser |
7,600 |
3 Oct 1913 |
Sunk 12 Nov 1941 |
| Chikuma |
Japan |
Tone class heavy cruiser |
15,200 |
30 May 1939 |
sunk 25 Oct 1944 |
| Chitose |
Japan |
Chitose class aircraft carrier |
11,190 |
25 Jul 1938 |
sunk 25 Oct 1944 |
| Chiyoda |
Japan |
Chitose class aircraft carrier |
11,190 |
15 Dec 1938 |
sunk 25 Oct 1944 |
| Chokai |
Japan |
Takao class heavy cruiser |
15,781 |
1932 |
sunk 25 Oct 1944 |
| Clemson |
USA |
Clemson class sea plane tender, destroyer & high speed transport |
1,250 |
29 Dec 1919 |
Decommissioned 12 Oct 1945 |
| Cleveland |
USA |
Cleveland class light cruiser |
10,000 |
15 Jun 1942 |
decommissioned 7 Feb 1947 |
| Clive |
India |
24 class sloop |
1,748 |
20 Apr 1920 |
Scrapped 1947 |
| Codrington |
UK |
A class destroyer leader |
1,350 |
4 Jun 1930 |
sunk 27 Jul 1940 |
| Colbert |
France |
Suffren class heavy cruiser |
10,000 |
4 Mar 1931 |
scuttled 27 Nov 1942 |
| Colhoun |
USA |
Wickes class destroyer, converted to a fast transport |
1,060 |
13 Jun 1918 |
sunk 30 Aug 1942 |
| Colombo |
UK |
C class light cruiser |
4,200 |
18 Jun 1919 |
scrapped 1948 |
| Colossus |
UK |
Colossus class aircraft carrier |
13,200 |
16 Dec 1944 |
transferred to France, renamed Arromanches 6 Aug 1946 |
| Commencement Bay |
USA |
Commencement Bay class escort aircraft carrier |
11,373 |
27 Nov 1944 |
Decommissioned 30 Nov 1946 |
| Conte di Cavour |
Italy |
Conte di Cavour class battleship |
26,140 |
1915 |
Decommissioned 18 May 1928 |
| ORP Conrad ex. HMS Danae |
UK, then Poland |
D class cruiser |
4,850 |
4 Oct 1944 |
returned to Royal Navy 28 Sep 1946, scrapped Mar 1948 |
| Cornwallis |
India |
Cornwallis class sloop |
1,290 |
1921 (former HMS Lychnis) |
Scrapped 1946 |
| Cossack |
UK |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
7 Jun 1938 |
sunk 24 Oct 1941 |
| Coronel |
Germany |
auxiliary cruiser |
12,700 |
13 Aug 1938 |
ran aground 21 Nov 1984 |
| Corrientes |
Argentina |
Buenos Aires class destroyer |
1,375 |
|
Lost 3 Oct 1941 |
| Courageous |
UK |
Glorious class aircraft carrier |
22,500 |
4 Nov 1916 |
sunk 17 Sep 1939 |
| Courbet |
France
Free French |
Courbet class battleship |
23,200 |
Nov 1913 |
scuttled as a "Gooseberry" breakwater 6 June 1944 |
| Cowpens |
USA |
Independence class light carrier |
11,000 |
28 May 1943 |
decommissioned 13 Jan 1947 |
| Coventry |
UK |
C class light cruiser |
4,290 |
21 Feb 1918 |
lost 14 Sep 1942 |
| Croix de Lorraine |
Free French |
River class frigate |
1,370 |
25 Sep 1944 (former HMS Strule) |
Decommissioned 1961 |
| Cuba |
Cuba |
sloop |
2,055 |
c.1911 |
stricken 1971 |
| Curacoa |
UK |
C class light cruiser |
4,290 |
18 Feb 1918 |
lost 2 Oct 1942 |
| Curlew |
UK |
C class light cruiser |
4,290 |
14 Dec 1917 |
lost 26 May 1940 |
| Ship |
Country |
Class and type |
Displacement (tons) |
First commissioned |
Fate |
| Dahlgren |
USA |
Clemson class destroyer |
1,250 |
6 Jan, 1920 |
Decommissioned 14 Dec 1945 |
| Danae |
UK |
Danae class light cruiser |
4,850 |
18 Jun, 1918 |
Transferred to Polish Navy 4 Oct 1944, renamed ORP Conrad |
| Dasher |
UK |
Avenger class escort aircraft carrier |
8,200 |
2 July 1942 (former merchant Rio de Janeiro) |
sunk Mar 27, 1943 |
| Dauntless |
UK |
Danae class cruiser |
4,850 |
10 Apr, 1918 |
scrapped 1946 |
| Delhi |
UK |
Danae class cruiser |
4,850 |
Jun, 1919 |
scrapped 1948 |
| De Ruyter |
Netherlands |
De Ruyter class cruiser |
7,822 |
3 Oct, 1936 |
sunk 28 Feb, 1942 |
| Despatch |
UK |
Danae class cruiser |
4,850 |
2 Jun, 1922 |
scrapped 1946 |
| Deutschland |
Germany |
Deutschland class heavy cruiser |
12,100 |
1 Apr 1933 |
renamed Lützow |
| Devonshire |
UK |
County class cruiser |
9,750 |
18 Mar, 1929 |
scrapped Dec 1954 |
| Diether von Roeder |
Germany |
Type 1936 destroyer |
4,400 |
29 Aug 1938 |
sunk 13 April 1940 |
| Diomede |
UK |
Danae class cruiser |
4,850 |
24 Apr, 1922 |
scrapped 1946 |
| Drache |
Germany |
minelayer |
1,870 |
captured 17 Apr 1941 (former Yugoslav Zmaj) |
sunk 22 Sep 1944 |
| Dragon |
UK
then Poland |
Danae class cruiser |
4,850 |
Aug, 1918 |
damaged, then used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater, July 1944 |
| Duguay-Trouin |
France
Free French |
Duguay-Trouin class light cruiser |
7,250 |
2 Nov, 1926 |
decommissioned 9 March 1952 |
| Duilio |
Italy |
Andrea Doria class battleship |
25,920 |
1915 |
1956 |
| Duke of York |
UK |
King George V class battleship |
35,000 |
28 Feb, 1940 |
scrapped 1957 |
| Dundee |
UK |
Shoreham class sloop |
1,060 |
31 Mar, 1933 |
Torpedoed and sunk 15 September 1940 |
| Dunedin |
UK |
Danae class cruiser |
4,850 |
19 Nov, 1918 |
lost 24 November 1941 |
| Dunkerque |
France |
battlecruiser |
26,500 |
15 Apr, 1937 |
scuttled 27 Nov 1942 |
| Dunvegan Castle |
UK |
Armed merchant cruiser |
15,007 |
7 Sep, 1939 |
sunk 28 Aug, 1940 |
| Dupleix |
France |
Suffren class heavy cruiser |
10,000 |
7 Jul, 1932 |
scuttled 27 Nov 1942 |
| Duquesne |
France
Free French |
Duquesne class heavy cruiser |
10,000 |
6 Dec, 1928 |
condemned 1955 |
| Durban |
UK |
Danae-class cruiser |
4,850 |
1 Nov, 1921 |
"Gooseberry" breakwater blockship, 9 June 1944 |
| Ship |
Country |
Class and type |
Displacement (tons) |
First commissioned |
Fate |
| Eagle |
UK |
aircraft carrier |
22,600 |
26 Feb, 1924 |
sunk Aug 11, 1942 |
| Edinburgh |
UK |
Town class light cruiser |
11,500 |
6 July, 1939 |
lost 2 May, 1942 |
| Eidsvold |
Norway |
coastal defence ship |
4,233 |
1901 |
sunk April 9, 1940 |
| El Amir Farouq |
Egypt |
patrol vessel |
1,441 |
|
|
| Elli |
Greece |
light cruiser |
2,115 |
Nov, 1913 |
sunk 15th August 1940 |
| Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta |
Italy |
Duca d'Aosta class light cruiser |
8,450 |
13 July 1935 |
ceded to USSR 1949, renamed Kerch, scrapped in 1960s |
| Emden |
Germany |
light cruiser |
5,600 |
Oct 1925 |
scuttled May 3 1945 |
| Emerald |
UK |
Emerald class light cruiser |
7,580 |
14 Jan, 1926 |
scrapped July 1948 |
| Émile Bertin |
France
Free French |
Émile Bertin class light cruiser |
5,886 |
28 Jan, 1935 |
scrapped 1959 |
| Emperor |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
6 Aug, 1943 (former USS Pybus) |
Returned to USN 12 February 1946, sold for scrap 26 Nov 1947 |
| Empire MacAlpine |
UK |
Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier |
8,000 |
14 Apr, 1943 |
|
| Empire MacAndrew |
UK |
Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier |
8,000 |
7 Jul, 1943 |
|
| Empire MacCabe |
UK |
Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker |
9,000 |
Nov, 1943 |
Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Escort |
| Empire MacCallum |
UK |
Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier |
8,000 |
22 Dec, 1943 |
|
| Empire MacColl |
UK |
Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker |
9,000 |
Nov, 1943 |
Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Pilot |
| Empire MacDermott |
UK |
Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier |
8,000 |
31 Mar, 1944 |
|
| Empire MacKay |
UK |
Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker |
9,000 |
5 Oct, 1943 |
Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Swordfish |
| Empire MacKendrick |
UK |
Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier |
8,000 |
Dec 1943 |
|
| Empire MacMahon |
UK |
Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker |
9,000 |
Dec, 1943 |
Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed Naninia |
| Empire MacRae |
UK |
Empire class merchant aircraft carrier and grain carrier |
8,000 |
20 Sep, 1943 |
Returned to merchant service 1947, renamed Alpha Zambesi |
| Empress |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
9 Aug, 1943 (former USS Carnegie) |
Returned USN 4 February 1946, sold for scrap 21 June 1946 |
| Enterprise |
UK |
Emerald class light cruiser |
7,580 |
7 Apr, 1926 |
scrapped April 1946 |
| Enterprise |
USA |
Yorktown class fleet carrier |
25,100 |
12 May, 1938 |
scrapped 1947 |
| Entre Rios |
Argentina |
Buenos Aries class destroyer |
1,375 |
|
|
| Erebus |
UK |
Erebus class monitor |
8,000 |
2 Sep, 1916 |
Scrapped July 1946 |
| Erich Giese |
Germany |
Type 1934A destroyer |
3,100 |
4 March 1939 |
sunk 13 April 1940 |
| Erich Koellner |
Germany |
Type 1934A destroyer |
3,100 |
28 March 1939 |
sunk 13 April 1940 |
| Erich Steinbrinck |
Germany |
Type 1934A destroyer |
3,100 |
31 May 1938 |
ceded to USSR, 5 November 1945, renamed Pylikiy; scrapped 1958 |
| Eritrea |
Italy |
sloop |
2,200 |
1937 |
ceded to France 1948, renamed Francis Garnier, expended as target 1966 |
| Eskdale |
Norway |
Hunt class destroyer escort destroyer |
1,050 |
31 Jul, 1942 |
sunk 14 Apr, 1943 |
| Eskimo |
UK |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
30 Dec, 1938 |
scrapped 1949 |
| Essex |
USA |
Essex class aircraft carrier |
27,100 |
31 Dec, 1942 |
decommissioned 30 June 1969 |
| Eugenio di Savoia |
Italy |
Duca d'Aosta class light cruiser |
8,750 |
16 Jan 1936 |
ceded to Greece 1949, renamed Elli, scrapped 1964 |
| Exeter |
UK |
County class cruiser |
8,390 |
23 Jul, 1931 |
sunk March 1, 1942 |
| Ship |
Country |
Class and type |
Displacement (tons) |
First commissioned |
Fate |
| Gadila |
Netherlands |
Rapana class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker |
8,000 ton |
|
|
| Gambia |
UK
then New Zealand |
Fiji class light cruiser |
8,000 |
21 Feb, 1942 |
scrapped 1968 |
| Gambier Bay |
USA |
Casablanca class escort carrier |
7,800 |
28 Dec, 1943 |
Sunk 25 Oct, 1944 |
| Gamble |
USA |
Wickes class destroyer minelayer |
1,090 |
29 Nov, 1918 |
Damaged beyond repair Iwo Jima 17 February 1945, scuttled Guam 16 July 1945. |
| Garland |
UK
then Poland |
G class destroyer |
1,335 |
3 Mar, 1936 |
sold to the Netherlands 14 November 1947 |
| Gelderland |
Netherlands |
Holland class cruiser (pantserdekschiep) |
4,100 |
16 July 1900 |
captured by Germany 1940, renamed Niobe, sunk 16 July 1944 |
| General Belgrano |
Argentina |
Garibaldi class cruiser |
6,100 |
c.1896 |
Stricken 8th May 1947 |
| General Pueyrredon |
Argentina |
Garibaldi class cruiser |
6,100 |
|
Stricken 2nd August 1954 |
| Georg Thiele |
Germany |
Type 1934 destroyer |
3,150 |
27 Feb 1937 |
sunk 13 April 1940 |
| George Leygues |
France
Free French |
La Galissonnière class light cruiser |
7,600 |
15 Nov, 1937 |
scrapped 1959 |
| Georgios Averof |
Greece |
armored cruiser |
9,450 |
16 May, 1911 |
Decommissioned 1951, museum ship |
| Giovanni dalle Bande Nere |
Italy |
Giussano class light cruiser |
5,200 |
10 Feb 1932 |
Sunk 19 July 1940 |
| Giulio Cesare |
Italy |
Conte di Cavour class battleship |
26,140 |
10 May, 1914 |
ceded to Soviet Union 1948, renamed Novorossiisk |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi |
Italy |
Duca degli Abruzzi class light cruiser |
9,195 |
1937 |
scrapped 1972 |
| Giuseppe Miraglia |
Italy |
seaplane tender |
4,965 |
1927 |
decommissioned 15 July 1950 |
| Glaisdale |
Norway |
Hunt class destroyer escort destroyer |
1,050 |
12 Jun, 1942 |
renamed HNoMS Narvik 1946, scrapped 1961 |
| Gloire |
France
Free French |
La Galissonnière class light cruiser |
7,600 |
15 Nov, 1937 |
scrapped 1958 |
| Glorious |
UK |
Glorious class aircraft carrier |
22,500 |
20 Apr, 1916 |
sunk June 8, 1940 |
| Glory |
UK |
Colossus class aircraft carrier |
13,200 |
2 Apr, 1945 |
scrapped Aug 1961 |
| Gneisenau |
Germany |
Gneisenau class battlecruiser |
32,000 |
21 May 1938 |
sunk as block ship March 1945 (Gotenhafen/Gdynia) |
| Godavari |
India |
Black Swan class sloop |
1,250 |
|
Transferred to Pakistan 1948, renamed Sind |
| Goldsborough |
USA |
Clemson class destroyer |
1,250 |
26 Jan, 1920 |
Decommissioned 11 Oct 1945 |
| Good Hope |
South Africa |
Loch class frigate |
1,435 |
1 Dec, 1944 |
scrapped June 1978 |
| Goodall |
UK |
Captain class frigate |
1,150 |
4 Oct 1943 |
sunk 29 April 1945 |
| Gorizia |
Italy |
Zara class heavy cruiser |
11,900 |
1931 |
sunk 1943 |
| Graf Spee (short name for Admiral Graf Spee) |
Germany |
Deutschland class pocket battleship or heavy cruiser |
12,100 |
6 Jan 1936 |
scuttled 17 Dec 1939 |
| Graf Zeppelin |
Germany |
aircraft carrier |
23,200 |
launched 8 Dec, 1938, not completed |
Sunk as target in the Baltic,
16 Aug, 1947 [1] |
| Greenhalgh| |
Brazil |
Marcilio Dias class destroyer |
1,500 |
29 Nov, 1943 |
decommissioned 1966 |
| Greif |
Germany |
Raubvogel class torpedoboat |
1,290 |
15 Mar 1927 |
sunk 23 May 1944 |
| Grom |
Poland |
Grom class destroyer |
1,975 |
11 May, 1937 |
sunk May 4, 1940 |
| Gryf |
Poland |
Gryf class minelayer |
2,085 |
27 Feb, 1938 |
sunk 3 Sep, 1939 |
| Guam |
USA |
Alaska class battlecruiser |
27,500 |
17 Sep, 1944 |
scrapped Aug 1961 |
| Gurkha |
UK |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
21 Oct, 1938 |
sunk 9 April 1940 |
| Ship |
Country |
Class and type |
Displacement (tons) |
First commissioned |
Fate |
| Haguro |
Japan |
Myoko class heavy cruiser |
13,300 |
25 Apr 1929 |
sunk 16 May 1945 |
| Hai Chao |
China |
sloop |
1,250 |
|
|
| Hai Chen |
China |
gunship |
2,680 |
|
|
| Hai Chi |
China |
gunship |
4,300 |
|
|
| Hai Chou |
China |
gunship |
2,680 |
|
|
| Hai Yung |
China |
gunship |
2,680 |
|
|
| Haida |
Canada |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
30 Aug 1943 |
preserved at Hamilton, Ontario Canada |
| Hancock |
USA |
Ticonderoga class fleet carrier |
27,100 |
15 Apr 1944 |
Decommissioned 30 Jan 1976 |
| Hansa |
Germany |
auxiliary cruiser |
9,138 |
2 Feb 1944 |
scrapped 1971 |
| Hans Lody |
Germany |
Type 1934A destroyer |
3,100 |
13 Sep 1938 |
scrapped 1946 - 1949 |
| Hans Lüdemann |
Germany |
Type 1936 destroyer |
3,400 |
8 Oct 1938 |
sunk 13 Apr 1940 |
Harald Haarfagre,
later Thetis |
Norway,
then Germany |
coastal defence ship |
3,858 |
21 Mar 1898 |
captured by Germany 9 Apr 1940, renamed Thetis, scrapped 1948 |
| Haruna |
Japan |
Kongō class battleship |
31,660 |
|
sunk 28 Jul 1945 |
| Harvester |
UK |
Havant class destroyer |
1,340 |
23 May 1940 (laid down as Brazilian Jurua) |
sunk 11 Mar 1943 |
| Havant |
UK |
Havant class destroyer |
1,340 |
19 Dec 1939 (laid down as Brazilian Javary) |
scuttled 1 Jun 1940 |
| Havelock |
UK |
Havant class destroyer |
1,340 |
10 Feb 1940 (laid down as Brazilian Jutahy) |
scrapped Oct 1946 |
| Hayatake |
Japan |
aircraft carrier |
|
|
|
| Hekla |
Denmark |
light cruiser hulk |
1,322 |
|
|
| Hermann Künne |
Germany |
Type 1936 destroyer |
3,400 |
12 Jan 1939 |
sunk 13 Apr 1940 |
| Hermann Schoemann |
Germany |
Type 1934A destroyer |
3,100 |
9 Sep 1937 |
sunk 2 May 1942 |
| Hermes |
UK |
aircraft carrier |
10,850 |
7 Jul 1923 |
sunk Apr 9, 1942 |
| Hesperus |
UK |
Havant class destroyer |
1,340 |
22 Jan 1940 (laid down as Brazilian Juruena) |
scrapped November 1946 |
| Highlander |
UK |
Havant class destroyer |
1,340 |
18 Mar 1940 (laid down as Brazilian Jaguaribe) |
scrapped May 1946 |
| Hindustan |
India |
Folkestone class sloop |
1,045 |
10 Oct 1930 |
Transferred to Pakistan 1948, renamed Karsaz |
| Hiryū |
Japan |
Sōryū class aircraft carrier |
17,300 |
5 Jul 1939 |
sunk 5 Jun 1942 |
| Hiei |
Japan |
Kongō class battleship |
36,600 |
1914 |
sunk 14 Nov 1942 |
| Hiyō |
Japan |
Hiyō class aircraft carrier |
24,140 |
31 Jul 1942 |
sunk 20 Jun 1944 |
| Hobart |
Australia |
modified Leander class light cruiser |
6,980 |
28 Sep 1938 |
scrapped 1962 |
| Hood |
UK |
battlecruiser |
42,100 |
5 Mar 1920 |
sunk 24 May 1941 |
| Hornet |
USA |
Yorktown class fleet carrier |
25,600 |
25 Oct 1941 |
sunk 27 Oct 1942 |
| Hornet CV-12 |
USA |
Hornet class fleet carrier |
27,100 |
29 Nov 1943 |
decommissioned 26 Jun 1970 |
| Hōshō |
Japan |
aircraft carrier |
7,470 |
27 Dec 1922 |
scrapped 1947 |
| Hova |
Free French |
Cannon class destroyer escort |
1,240 |
18 Mar 1944 (former USS Hova) |
Decommissioned May 1964 |
| Howe |
UK |
King George V class battleship |
35,000 |
28 Sep 1942 |
scrapped 1958 |
| Huascar |
Chile |
ironclad |
1,870 |
|
|
| Humaita |
Brazil |
Humaita class submarine |
1,440 |
20 Jul 1929 |
Decommissioned 25 Nov 1950 |
| Hunter |
UK |
Attacker class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
9 Jan 1943 (former USS Block Island) |
Returned to USN 29 Dec 1945, sold into merchant service 17 Jan 1947 as Almdijk |
| Huron |
Canada |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
19 Jul 1943 |
scrapped 1965 |
| Hurricane |
UK |
Havant class destroyer |
1,340 |
21 Jun 1940 (laid down as Brazilian Japura) |
sunk 24 Dec 1943 |
| Hvidbjørnen |
Denmark |
patrol boat |
1,050 |
|
|
| Hyatt |
Chile |
Serrano class destroyer |
1,090 |
|
Discarded 1963 |
| Hydra |
Greece |
modified Freccia class destroyer |
1,350 |
1933 |
sunk 22 Apr 1941 |
| Hyūga |
Japan |
Ise class battleship |
38,872 |
1918 |
sunk 28 Jul 1945 |
| Ship |
Country |
Class and type |
Displacement (tons) |
First commissioned |
Fate |
| Kaga |
Japan |
aircraft carrier |
38,200 |
1 Nov 1929 |
sunk 4 Jun 1942 |
| Kaganovich |
USSR |
Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser |
8,200 |
6 Dec 1944 |
|
| Kako |
Japan |
Furutaka class heavy cruiser |
7,950 |
31 Jul 1926 |
sunk 10 Aug 1942 |
| Kaiyo |
Japan |
aircraft carrier |
13,600 |
23 Nov 1943 (former troop transport) |
10 Aug 1945 |
| Kalinin |
USSR |
Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser |
8,200 |
31 Dec 1942 |
| Kanaris |
Greece |
Hunt (Type III) class escort destroyer |
1,050 |
10 Aug 1942 |
Returned to Royal Navy 1959, scrapped 1960 |
| Karl Galster |
Germany |
Type 1936 destroyer |
3,415 |
21 Mar 1939 |
scrapped 1956 |
| Karlsruhe |
Germany |
K class light cruiser |
6,650 |
6 Nov 1929 |
sunk 9 Apr 1940 |
| Kashii |
Japan |
Katori class light cruiser |
6,180 |
15 Jul 1941 |
sunk 12 Jan 1945 |
| Kashima |
Japan |
Katori class light cruiser |
6,180 |
31 May 1940 |
struck 5 Oct 1945; scrapped 1947 |
| Katori |
Japan |
Katori class light cruiser |
6,180 |
20 Apr 1940 |
sunk 18 Feb 1944 |
| Katsuragi |
Japan |
aircraft carrier |
|
15 Oct 1944 |
Scrapped 1947 |
| Keith |
UK |
B class destroyer leader |
1,350 |
20 Mar 1931 |
sunk 1 Jun 1940 |
| Kent |
UK |
County class heavy cruiser |
9,750 |
25 Jun 1928 |
scrapped Jan 1948 |
| Kenya |
UK |
Fiji class light cruiser |
8,000 |
27 Sep 1940 |
scrapped 1962 |
| Khedive |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
25 Aug 1943 (former USS Cordova) |
Returned to USN 26 Jan 1946, stricken 19 Jul 1946, sold and renamed Rempang |
| Kilkis |
Greece |
Kilkis class coastal defence ship |
13,000 |
17 Jul 1914 |
sunk 24 Apr 1941 |
| King George V |
UK |
King George V class battleship |
35,000 |
11 Dec 1940 |
decommissioned 1949 and scrapped |
| Kinu |
Japan |
Nagara class light cruiser |
5,088 |
10 Nov 1922 |
sun by USN aircraft, Sibuyan Sea 26 Oct 1944 |
| Kinugasa |
Japan |
Aoba class heavy cruiser |
9,000 |
30 Sep 1927 |
sunk 13 Nov 1942 |
| Kirishima |
Japan |
Kongō class battleship |
36,600 |
19 Apr 1915 |
sunk 15 Nov 1942 |
| Kirov |
USSR |
Kirov (Project 26) class heavy cruiser |
7,880 |
23 Sep 1938 |
|
| Kiso |
Japan |
Kuma class light cruiser |
5,100 |
29 Jan 1921 |
20 Mar 1944; Sunk by USN aircraft west of Cavite |
| Kistna |
India |
Modified Black Swan class sloop |
1,350 |
|
Scrapped 1980 |
| Kitakami |
Japan |
Kuma class light cruiser |
5,100 |
15 Apr 1921 |
30 Nov 1945; Scrapped |
| Köln |
Germany |
K class light cruiser |
6,650 |
January 1930 |
sunk 3 Mar 1945 |
| Komet |
Germany |
auxiliary cruiser |
7,500 |
2 Jun 1940 (former freighter Ems) |
sunk 14 Oct 1942 |
| Kondor |
Germany |
1923 (Raubvogel) class torpedo boat |
1,290 |
15 Jul 1927 |
decommissioned 28 Jun 1944 |
| Kongō |
Japan |
Kongō class battleship |
36,600 |
16 Aug 1913 |
sunk 21 Nov 1944 |
| Königsberg |
Germany |
K class light cruiser |
6,650 |
17 Apr 1929 |
10 Apr 1940 |
| Kormoran |
Germany |
auxiliary cruiser |
19,900 |
9 Oct 1940 (former freighter Steiermark) |
19 Nov 1941 |
| Kortenaer |
Netherlands |
Admiralen class destroyer |
1,680 |
3 Sep 1928 |
sunk 27 Feb 1942 |
| Kountouriotis |
Greece |
modified Freccia class destroyer |
1,389 |
1933 |
decommissioned 1946 |
| Krakowiak |
Poland |
Hunt class destroyer |
1,050 |
28 May 1941 (laid down as HMS Silverton) |
returned to RN September 1946, scrapped March 1959. |
| Krasnoye Znamya |
USSR |
Krasnoye Znamya class gunboat |
1,735 |
1897 |
Sunk on 18 Nov 1942, raised, decommissioned in 1960 |
| Krasny Kavkaz |
USSR |
Kraznyi Kavkaz class cruiser |
7,560 |
25 Jan 1932 |
Sunk as a target 1956 |
| Krasnyi Krym |
USSR |
Krasnyi Krym class cruiser |
6,800 |
1 Jul 1928 |
Sunk as target in 1959 |
| Kriti |
Greece |
Hunt (Type II) class escort destroyer |
1,050 |
Dec, 1943 {former HMS Hursley) |
Returned to the Royal Navy 12 Nov 1959 |
| Kujawiak |
Poland |
Hunt class destroyer |
1,050 |
17 Jun 1941 |
sunk 16 Jun 1942, off Malta |
| Kuma |
Japan |
Kuma class light cruiser |
5,870 |
31 Aug 1920 |
10 Mar 1944; Sunk by HMS Tally-Ho west of Penang |
| Kumano |
Japan |
Mogami class heavy cruiser |
13,440 |
31 Oct 1931 |
sunk 15 Nov 1944 |
| Ship |
Country |
Class and type |
Displacement (tons) |
First commissioned |
Fate |
| La Argentina |
Argentina |
training light cruiser |
6,500 |
|
discarded 1974 |
| L'Aventure |
Free French |
River class frigate |
1,370 |
21 Jan, 1944 (former HMS Braid) |
Decommissioned 1964 |
| La Combattante |
Free French |
Hunt class Escort destroyer |
1,050 |
30 Dec, 1942 (former HMS Haldon) |
sunk 23 Feb, 1945 |
| La Découverte |
Free French |
River class frigate |
1,370 |
Feb, 1944 (former HMS Windrush) |
Decommissioned 1959 |
| L'Escarmouche |
Free French |
River class frigate |
1,370 |
3 Mar, 1944 (former HMS Frome) |
Decommissioned 1960 |
| La Galissonnière |
France |
La Galissonnière class light cruiser |
7,600 |
1 Jan, 1936 |
scuttled 27 Nov 1942 |
| La Rioja |
Argentina |
destroyer |
1,570 |
|
|
| La Surprise |
Free French |
River class frigate |
1,370 |
1944 (former HMS Torridge) |
Transferred to Morocco 1964, renamed Al Maouna |
| Lake Champlain |
USA |
Ticonderoga class fleet carrier |
27,100 |
3 Jun 1945 |
2 May 1966 |
| Lamberton |
USA |
Wickes class high speed minesweeper |
1,090 |
22 Aug, 1918 |
scrapped 9 May 1947 |
| Lamotte-Piquet |
France |
Duguay-Trouin class light cruiser |
7,249 |
5 Mar, 1927 |
sunk 12 January 1945 |
| Langley CV-1 |
USA |
light aircraft carrier and seaplane tender |
11,500 |
7 Apr, 1913 |
sunk 27 February 1942 |
| Langley CVL-27 |
USA |
Independence class light carrier |
11,000 |
31 Aug, 1943 |
decommissioned 11 February 1947, later La Fayette (France), scrapped 1964 |
| Latona |
UK |
Abdiel class minelayer |
2,650 |
4 May, 1941 |
lost 25 October 1941 |
| Lawford |
UK |
Captain class frigate |
1,140 |
3 Nov, 1943 |
sunk 8 June 1944 |
| Lawrence |
India |
24 class sloop |
1,748 |
27 Dec, 1919 |
Scrapped 1947 |
| Leander |
New Zealand |
Leander class light cruiser |
6,985 |
23 Jul, 1931 (former Leander (UK)) |
returned to UK 8 May 1944, scrapped 1950 |
| Leberecht Maass |
Germany |
Type 1934 destroyer |
2,230 |
14 Jan 1937 |
sunk 22 February 1940 |
| Leipzig |
Germany |
Leipzig class light cruiser |
6,515 |
08 Oct 1931 |
scuttled July 11 1946 |
| Lemnos |
Greece |
Kilkis class coastal defence ship |
13,000 |
30 Jul, 1914 |
sunk 24 Apr, 1941 |
| Leon |
Greece |
Wild Beast class destroyer |
1,030 |
19 Oct, 1912 |
sunk 15 May, 1941 |
| Leopard |
Germany |
1924 Raubtier class torpedo boat |
1,320 |
1 Jun 1928 |
sunk on 30 Apr 1940 |
| Léopard |
Free French |
Chacal class destroyer |
2,126 |
31 Aug, 1940 |
sunk 27 May, 1943 |
| Lexington CV-2 |
USA |
Lexington class fleet carrier |
33,000 |
14 Dec, 1927 |
sunk 8 May 1942 |
| Lexington CV-16 |
USA |
Essex class fleet carrier |
27,100 |
17 Feb, 1943 |
decommissioned 8 Nov 1991 |
| Libertad |
Argentina |
coastal defense ship |
2,336 |
|
|
| Lincoln |
Norway |
Town class destroyer |
1,190 |
Feb 1942 (former HMS Lincoln) |
July, 1942 (transferred to Canada) |
| Littorio |
Italy |
Vittorio Veneto class battleship |
43,835 |
6 May, 1940 |
renamed Italia, scrapped 1948 |
| London |
UK |
County class heavy cruiser |
9,850 |
31 Jan 1929 |
scrapped 1950 |
| Long Island |
USA |
Long Island class escort aircraft carrier |
13,500 |
2 Jun, 1941 |
decommissioned 26 Mar 1946 |
| Lorelei |
Germany |
patrol boat |
1,640 |
ex-Artevelde (Belgium |
became K4, scrapped 1954 |
| Lorraine |
France
Free French |
Bretagne class battleship |
22,200 |
27 Jul, 1916 |
Decommissioned 17 Feb 1953 |
| Lothringen |
Germany |
minelayer |
1,975 |
Dec 1941 |
sold to merchant service post-war |
| Luigi Di Savoia Duca Degli Abruzzi |
Italy |
Duca degli Abruzzi class light cruiser |
9,952 |
1 Dec 1937 |
scrapped 1972 |
| Luchs |
Germany |
Raubtier class torpedo boat |
1,320 |
15 Apr 1929 |
sunk 26 July 1940 |
| Luigi Cadorna |
Italy |
Cadorna class light cruiser |
5,316 |
11 Aug 1933 |
scrapped 1951 |
| Lützow |
Germany |
enlarged Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser |
14,680 |
not completed |
sold to USSR 1940 became Petropavlovsk, then Tallinn |
| Lützow |
Germany |
Deutschland class heavy cruiser or "pocket battleship" |
12,100 |
former Deutschland |
scuttled May 4, 1945 |
| Ship |
Country |
Class and type |
Displacement (tons) |
First commissioned |
Fate |
| Macoma |
Netherlands |
Rapana class merchant aircraft carrier and oil tanker |
8,000 |
1 Apr 1944 |
|
| Madras |
India |
Bathurst class minesweeper |
1,025 |
12 May 1942 |
Decommissioned 1960 |
| Mahroussa |
Egypt |
yacht |
3,417 |
|
|
| Malaya |
UK |
Queen Elizabeth class battleship |
31,000 |
1 Feb 1916 |
decommissioned 1944, scrapped 1948 |
| Mansfield |
Norway |
Town class destroyer |
1,190 |
Dec, 1940 (former HMS Mansfield) |
20 Mar 1942, returned to RN |
| Manxman |
UK |
Abdiel class minelayer |
2,650 |
20 Jun 1941 |
scrapped 1971 |
| Maori |
UK |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
2 Jan 1939 |
sunk 12 Feb 1942 |
| Marcilio Dias |
Brazil |
Marcilio Dias class destroyer |
1,500 |
29 Nov 1943 |
Decommissioned 22 Aug 1972 |
| Mariz e Barros |
Brazil |
Marcilio Dias class destroyer |
1,500 |
29 Nov 1943 |
Decommissioned 22 Aug 1972 |
| Marocain |
Free French |
Cannon class destroyer escort |
1,240 |
29 Feb 1944 (former USS Marocain) |
Decommissioned May 1964 |
| Marseillaise |
France |
La Galissonniere class light cruiser |
7[[,600 |
10 Oct]] 1937 |
scuttled 27 Nov 1942 |
| Marshal Ney |
UK |
Marshal Ney class monitor |
6,700 |
|
scrapped in 1957 |
| Marshal Soult |
UK |
Marshal Ney class monitor |
6,700 |
|
scrapped July 1946 |
| Maryland |
USA |
Colorado class battleship |
32,600 |
21 Jul 1921 |
Scrapped 1959 |
| Massachusetts |
USA |
South Dakota class battleship |
37,970 |
12 May 1942 |
Decommissioned 27 Mar 1947, museum ship |
| Mashona |
UK |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
28 Mar 1939 |
sunk 28 May 1941 |
| Matabele |
UK |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
25 Jan 1939 |
sunk 17 January 1941 |
| Mauritius |
UK |
Fiji class cruiser |
8,000 |
1 Jan 1941 |
scrapped 1965 |
| Max Schultz |
Germany |
Type 1934 destroyer, |
3,150 |
8 Apr 1937 |
sunk 22 Feb 1940 |
| Maxim Gorky |
USSR |
Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser |
8,200 |
25 Oct 1940 |
|
| Maya |
Japan |
Takao class heavy cruiser |
13,350 |
30 Jun 1932 |
Sunk 23 Oct 1944 |
| McKean |
USA |
Wickes class high speed transport |
1,060 |
25 Feb 1919 |
sunk 17 November 1943 |
| Medway |
UK |
Submarine tender |
14,650 |
Jul, 1929 |
sunk 30 Jun 1942 |
| Mendoza |
Argentina |
Mendoza class destroyer |
1,570 |
|
Discarded 30 Apr 1962 |
| Miaoulis |
Greece |
Hunt (Type III) class escort destroyer |
1,050 |
25 Nov 1942 |
Returned to Royal Navy 1959, scrapped 1960 |
| Michel |
Germany |
auxiliary cruiser |
10,900 |
7 Sep 1941 (former Polish freighter Bielsko) |
sunk 17 Oct 1943 |
| Micmac |
Canada |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
14 Sep 1945 |
scrapped 1964 |
| Mikuma |
Japan |
Mogami class heavy cruiser |
13,440 |
29 Aug 1935 |
Sunk 6 Jun 1942 |
| Milwaukee/Murmansk |
USA, USSR |
Omaha class light cruiser |
7,050 |
20 Jun 1923; as Murmansk 20 Apr 1944 |
scrapped 10 Dec 1949 |
| Minas Gerais |
Brazil |
Minas Gerais class battleship |
19,200 |
6 Jan 1910 |
Decommissioned 20 Sep 1953 |
| Minegumo |
Japan |
Asashio class destroyer |
1,961 |
| Minneapolis |
USA |
New Orleans class heavy cruiser |
9,950 |
19 May 1934 |
Decommissioned 10 Feb 1947 |
|
| Misiones |
Argentina |
Buenos Aries class destroyer |
1,375 |
|
Discarded 3 May 1971 |
| Missouri |
USA |
Iowa class battleship |
45,000 |
11 Jun 1944 |
decommissioned 1992 |
| Mogami |
Japan |
Mogami class heavy cruiser |
12,400 |
1935 |
Sunk 25 Oct 1944 |
| Mohawk |
UK |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
7 Sep 1938 |
sunk 16 Apr 1941 |
| Molotov |
USSR |
Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26 bis) class heavy cruiser |
8,200 |
25 Oct 1940 |
decommissioned Feb 1956 |
| Monowai |
New Zealand |
armed merchant cruiser |
4,925 |
30 Aug 1940 (former passenger liner) |
Decommissioned 18 Jun 1943, then landing ship |
| Montcalm |
France
Free French |
La Galissonniere class light cruiser |
7,600 |
15 Nov 1937 |
Decommissioned 1 May 1957 |
| Montclare |
UK |
Submarine tender |
21,550 |
2 Jun 1942 (former AMC Montclare) |
scrapped Oct 1954 |
| Monterey |
USA |
Independence class light carrier |
11,000 |
17 Jun 1943 |
decommissioned 16 Jan 1956 |
| Montrose |
UK |
Admiralty leader class |
1,530 |
14 Sep 1918 |
scrapped Jan 1946 |
| Moreno |
Argentina |
Rivadavia class battleship |
27,720 |
|
scrapped Feb 1956 |
| Möwe |
Germany |
Raubvogel class torpedoboat |
1,213 |
[[1 Oct 1926 |
sunk 15 June]] 1944 |
| Murasame |
Japan |
Shiratsuyu class destroyer |
1,685 |
|
|
| Musashi |
Japan |
Yamato class battleship |
68,200 |
|
sunk 25 Oct 1944 |
| Mutsu |
Japan |
Nagato class battleship |
42,850 |
|
sunk 8 June 1943 |
| Muzio Attendolo |
Italy |
Montecuccoli class light cruiser |
3,184 |
1935 |
lost 1942 |
| Myōkō |
Japan |
Myōkō or Nachi class heavy cruiser |
13,380 |
1929 |
|
| Ship |
Country |
Class and type |
Displacement (tons) |
First commissioned |
Fate |
| Nabob |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
7 Sep 1943 (former USS Edisto) |
Decommissioned 30 Sep 1944, scrapped Dec 1977 |
| Nachi |
Japan |
Myōkō or Nachi class heavy cruiser |
13,380 |
|
sunk on 5 Nov 1944 |
| Nagara |
Japan |
Nagara classlight cruiser |
5,088 |
|
lost 7 Aug 1944 |
| Nagato |
Japan |
Nagato class battleship |
42,850 |
|
sunk 29 July 1946 |
| Nairana |
UK |
escort aircraft carrier |
11,420 |
12 Dec, 1943 |
sold into mercantile service as Port Victor 28 May 1948 |
| Naka |
Japan |
Sendai class light cruiser |
7,100 |
1925 |
sunk 17 Feb, 1944 |
| Narbada |
India |
Black Swan class sloop |
1,250 |
|
Transferred to Pakistan 1948, renamed Jhelum |
| Natal |
South Africa |
Loch class frigate |
1,435 |
9 Mar, 1945 |
Decommissioned 1 Sep 1965 |
| Natori |
Japan |
Nagara class light cruiser |
5,088 |
|
lost 18 Aug 1944 |
| Navarinon |
Greece |
E class destroyer |
1,405 |
5 Apr, 1944, (former Echo |
Returned to Royal Navy and scrapped Apr 1956 |
| Nelson |
UK |
Nelson class battleship |
34,000 |
10 Sep, 1927 |
decommissioned Feb 1948, scrapped Mar 1949 |
| Neptune |
UK |
Leander class light cruiser |
7,000 |
23 Feb, 1934 |
lost 19 Dec 1941 |
| Nevada |
USA |
Nevada class battleship |
29,000 |
11 Mar, 1916 |
decommissioned 29 July 1946; sunk as a target 31 July 1948 |
| New Jersey |
USA |
Iowa class battleship |
57,271 |
23 May, 1943 |
decommissioned 8 Feb 1991, museum ship |
| New Mexico |
USA |
New Mexico class battleship |
33,000 |
20 May, 1918 |
Scrapped Nov 1947 |
| New Orleans |
USA |
New Orleans class heavy cruiser |
9,950 |
12 Apr 1933 |
Decommissioned 10 Feb 1947 |
| New York |
USA |
New York class battleship |
27,000 |
15 Apr, 1914 |
decommissioned 29 Aug 1946, sunk as target 8 July 1948 |
| Newark |
UK |
Town class destroyer |
1,060 |
26 Nov, 1940 (former USS Ringgold) |
scrapped Feb 1947 |
| Newfoundland |
UK |
Fiji class light cruiser |
8,800 |
21 Jan, 1943 |
sold to Peru 1959, renamed Almirante Grau |
| Newmarket |
UK |
Town class destroyer |
1,060 |
26 Nov, 1940 (former USS Robinson) |
scrapped Sep 1945 |
| Newport |
Norway |
Town class destroyer |
1,190 |
Mar, 1942 (former HMS Newport) |
Jun, 1942 , returned to RN |
| Niedersachsen |
Germany |
minelayer |
1,794 |
20 Dec 1943 (former French transport Guyane, captured by Italy as Acqui 4 Dec 1942) |
sunk 15 Feb 1944 |
| Niels Juel |
Denmark |
Niels Juel class coastal defence ship |
3,800 |
captured, renamed Nordland (Germany) |
sunk 3 May 1945 |
| Nigeria |
UK |
Fiji class cruiser |
8,000 |
23 Sep, 1940 |
sold to India 29 August 1957, renamed Mysore |
| Ning Hai |
China |
light cruiser |
2,200 |
|
became Ioshima (Japan) |
| Niobe |
Germany |
anti-aircraft cruiser |
4,100 |
former Dutch Gelderland |
sunk Kotka July 16, 1944 |
| Norge |
Norway |
Eidsvold class coastal defence ship |
4,230 |
7 February 1901 |
sunk April 9, 1940 |
| North Carolina |
USA |
North Carolina class battleship |
35,000 |
9 Apr, 1941 |
decommissioned 27 June 1947, museum ship |
| Northampton |
USA |
Northampton class heavy cruiser |
9,050 |
17 May, 1930 |
lost 1 Dec, 1942 |
| Noshiro |
Japan |
Agano class light cruiser |
6,650 |
|
Sunk 26th October 1944 |
| Nubian |
UK |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
6 Dec, 1938 |
scrapped 1949 |
| Nürnberg |
Germany |
light cruiser |
6,980 |
2 Nov 1935 |
transferred to Soviet Union as Admiral Makarov, scrapped 1960 |
| Ship |
Country |
Class and type |
Displacement (tons) |
First commissioned |
Fate |
| O'Higgins |
Chile |
cruiser |
7,796 |
|
|
| Ocean |
UK |
Colossus class aircraft carrier |
13,200 |
8 Aug 1945 |
scrapped May 1962 |
| Ōi |
Japan |
Kuma class light cruiser |
5,100 |
10 Oct 1921 |
sunk by USS Flasher (SS-249) 19 Jul 1944 |
| Oklahoma |
USA |
Nevada class battleship |
29,000 |
2 May 1916 |
decommissioned 1 Sep 1944 |
| Olav Tryggvason, later Brummer |
Norway,
then Germany |
minelayer |
1,924 |
21 Jun 1934, in German service from 9 Apr 1940 |
Captured by the Germans 9 Apr 1940, renamed Brummer, sunk May 1945 |
| Oldenburg |
Germany |
minelayer |
1,141 |
captured 13 Sep 1943 (former Italian water tanker Garigiliano, first renamed Dwarsläufer) |
returned to merchant service 1945 |
| Omaha |
USA |
Omaha class light cruiser |
7,050 |
24 Feb 1923 |
Scrapped Feb 1946 |
| Orella |
Chile |
Serrano class destroyer |
1,090 |
|
| Orion |
UK |
Leander class light cruiser |
7,000 |
18 Jan 1934 |
scrapped 1949 |
| Orion |
Germany |
auxiliary cruiser |
15,700 |
9 Dec 1939 (former freighter Kurmark) |
sunk 4 May 1945 |
| Orkan |
Poland |
M class destroyer |
1,920 |
18 Nov 1942 (former HMS Myrmidon |
sunk 8 Oct 1943 |
| Orzeł |
Poland |
Orzeł class submarine |
1,100 |
2 Feb 1939 |
sunk June 11, 1940 |
| Ouragan |
France
Free French,
Poland &
UK |
Borrasque class destroyer |
1,319 |
19 Jan 1927 |
Polish Navy 17 July 1940; transferred to Free French 30 April 1941 then to Royal Navy in 1943; scrapped 7 Apr 1949. |
| Ōyodo |
Japan |
Oyodo class light cruiser |
11,433 |
28 Feb 1943 |
sunk 25 Jul 1945 |
| Ship |
Country |
Class and type |
Displacement (tons) |
First commissioned |
Fate |
| Panther |
Greece |
Wild Beast class destroyer |
1,030 |
19 Oct, 1912 |
Decommissioned 1946 |
| Parana |
Argentina |
Rosario class gunboat |
1,055 |
|
Sold 28th Aug 1958 |
| Patria |
Cuba |
gunboat |
1,200 |
|
|
| Patroller |
UK |
Ruler class transport carrier |
11,400 |
22 Oct 1943 (former USS Keneenaw) |
Returned to USN 13 Dec 1946, scrapped Feb 1974 |
| Paul Jakobi |
Germany |
Type 1934A destroyer |
3,100 |
29 June 1937 |
ceded to UK, then to France Feb 1946 and renamed Desaix, scrapped 1958 |
| Peder Skram |
Denmark |
Herluf Trolle class coastal defence ship |
3,735 |
c.1908 |
became Adler (Germany)[citation needed], sold for scrap 1 May 1949 |
| Pennsylvania |
USA |
Pennsylvania class battleship |
33,000 |
12 Jun, 1916 |
Decommissioned 29 Aug 1946, sunk as target 10 Feb 1948 |
| Perseus |
UK |
Colossus class aircraft maintenance ship |
13,200 |
16 Dec, 1944 |
transferred to France 6 Aug 1946, renamed Arromanches |
| Perth |
Australia |
modified Leander class light cruiser |
6,980 |
29 Jun, 1939 (former HMS Amphion) |
sunk 1 Mar 1942 |
| Ping Hai |
China |
light cruiser |
2,200 |
|
became Yasoshima (Japan) |
| Pindos |
Greece |
Hunt (Type III) class escort destroyer |
1,050 |
27 Jun, 1942 |
Returned to Royal Navy 1959, scrapped 1960 |
| Pinguin |
Germany |
Auxiliary cruiser |
17,600 |
6 Feb 1940 |
sunk 8 May 1941 |
| Pioneer |
UK |
Colossus class aircraft maintenance ship |
13,200 |
8 Feb, 1945 |
scrapped Sep 1954 |
| Piorun |
Poland |
N class destroyer |
1,690 |
4 Nov, 1940 (former Nerissa) |
returned to the Royal Navy 26 Oct 1946, renamed Noble |
| Pluton |
France |
minelayer light cruiser |
4,773 |
10 Apr, 1931 |
lost 13 Sep 1939 |
| Pola |
Italy |
Zara class heavy cruiser |
11,730 |
1932 |
sunk 28 Mar 1941 |
| Pompeo Magno |
Italy |
Capitani Romani class light cruiser (also known as exploratori oceanici) |
3,750 |
|
|
| Premier |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
3 Nov, 1943 (former USS Estero) |
Returned to USN 2 Apr 1946, sold into mercantile service 1947, renamed Rhodesia Star |
| Pretoria Castle |
UK |
Armed merchant cruiser |
23,450 |
28 Nov,1939 |
26 Jan, 1946 |
| Primauguet |
France |
Duguay-Trouin class light cruiser |
7,249 |
1 Apr, 1927 |
scuttled 8 Nov 1942 |
| Prince David |
Canada |
Armed Merchant Cruiser |
5,736 |
28 Dec, 1940 |
Broken up 1951 |
| Prince of Wales |
UK |
King George V class battleship |
35,000 |
31 Mar, 1941 |
sunk Dec 10, 1941 |
| Princeton |
USA |
Independence class light carrier |
11,000 |
25 Feb, 1943 |
sunk 24 Oct 1944 |
| Princeton |
USA |
Essex class aircraft carrier |
27,100 |
18 Nov, 1945 |
decommissioned 30 Jan 1970 |
| Prinz Eugen |
Germany |
enlarged Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser |
14,680 |
01 Aug 1940 |
ceded to US Dec 1945, sunk after A-bomb test |
| Psara |
Greece |
modified Freccia class destroyer |
1,350 |
1933 |
sunk Apr 20, 1941 |
| Puncher |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
5 Feb, 1944 (former USS Willapa) |
Returned to USN 16 Jan 1946, stricken 12 March 1946, sold into mercantile service renamed Muncaster Castle |
| Punjab |
India |
Bathurst class minesweeper |
1,025 |
20 Mar, 1942 |
Decommissioned 1949 |
| Pursuer |
UK |
Attacker class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
14 Jun, 1943 (former USS St George) |
Returned to USN 12 Feb 1946, sold for scrap May 1946. |
| Punjabi |
UK |
Tribal class destroyer |
2,020 |
29 Mar, 1939 |
sunk 1 May 1942 |
| Ship |
Country |
Class and type |
Displacement (tons) |
First commissioned |
Fate |
| Raimondo Montecuccoli |
Italy |
Montecuccoli class light cruiser |
3,184 |
1935 |
decommissioned 1964 |
| Rajah |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, |
11,400 |
17 Jan, 1944 (former USS Prince) |
Returned to USN 13 Dec 1946, sold into mercantile service 7 Jul 1947, renamed Drente |
| Rajputana |
UK |
Armed merchant cruiser |
16,568 |
Dec, 1939 |
sunk 13 Apr,1941 |
| Ramb I |
Italy |
Armed merchant cruiser |
3,667 |
10 Jun, 1940 |
sunk 27 Feb,1941 |
| Ramb II |
Italy |
Armed merchant cruiser |
3,667 |
10 Jun, 1940 |
Taken over by the Japanese and re-named "Calitea II" - sunk on 12 Jan, 1945 by US |
| Ramb III |
Italy |
Armed merchant cruiser |
3,667 |
10 Jun, 1940 |
Taken over by the Germans 9 September 1943, then in post-war service with the Yugoslav Navy |
| Ramillies |
UK |
Revenge class battleship |
29,150 |
1 Sep, 1917 |
Decommissioned 31 Aug 1945 |
| Ramsay |
USA |
Wickes class destroyer minelayer |
1,090 |
15 Feb, 1919 |
Decommissioned 19 Oct 1945 |
| Randolph |
USA |
Essex class fleet carrier |
27,100 |
29 Jun, 1944 |
decommissioned 13 Feb 1969 |
| Ranee |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier, |
11,400 |
2 Jun, 1943 (former USS Niantic) |
Returned USN 21 Nov 1946, sold into mercantile 1948, renamed Friesland |
| Ranger |
USA |
aircraft carrier |
14,500 |
4 June 1934 |
decommissioned 18 Oct 1946 |
| Ravager |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
25 Apr, 1943 (former USN) |
Returned to USN 26 Feb 1946, sold into merchant service as Robin Trent |
| Rawalpindi |
UK |
Armed merchant cruiser |
16,697 |
1 Oct, 1939 |
Sunk 23 Nov, 1939 |
| Razumny |
USSR |
Gnevny class destroyer |
1695 |
1941 |
foundered 1960s |
| Reaper |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
21 Feb, 1944 (former USS Winjah) |
Returned to USN 20 May 1946, sold into merchant service as South Africa Star |
| Redmill |
UK |
Captain class frigate |
1,300 |
30 Nov, 1943 (former USN) |
declared total loss 27 Apr 1945, returned to USN 20 Jan 1947 and scrapped |
| Renown |
UK |
Renown class battlecruiser |
32,000 |
20 Sep, 1916 |
scrapped 1948 |
| Repulse |
UK |
Renown class battlecruiser |
32,000 |
18 Aug, 1916 |
sunk Dec 10, 1941 |
| Resolution |
UK |
Revenge class battleship |
29,150 |
7 Dec, 1916 |
scrapped 1949 |
| Revenge |
UK |
Revenge class battleship |
29,150 |
1 Feb, 1916 |
scrapped 1948 |
| Richard Beitzen |
Germany |
Type 1934 destroyer |
3,150 |
13 May 1937 |
ceded to UK, scrapped 1947 |
| Richelieu |
France
Free French |
Richelieu class battleship |
35,000 |
15 Jul, 1940 |
scrapped 1968 |
| Richmond |
USA |
Town class destroyer |
1,060 |
26 Nov, 1940 (former USS Fairfax) |
transferred to USSR 16 July 1944 as Jivoochyi |
| Rio Grande do Sul |
UK |
Bahia class light cruiser |
3,100 |
1910 |
scrapped 1948 |
| Riquelme |
Chile |
Serrano class destroyer |
1,090 |
|
Discarded 1963 |
| Rivadavia |
Argentina |
Rivadavia class battleship |
27,720 |
|
scrapped Feb 1956 |
| Roberts |
UK |
Roberts class monitor |
8,000 |
27 Oct, 1941 |
scrapped June 1965 |
| Rodney |
UK |
Nelson class battleship |
34,000 |
10 Nov, 1927 |
scrapped 1948 |
| Roma |
Italy |
Vittorio Veneto class battleship |
41,000 |
14 June 1942 |
sunk 9 Sep 1943 |
| Rosario |
Argentina |
Rosario class gunboat |
1,055 |
|
Sold 4th Dec 1959 |
| Royal Oak |
UK |
Revenge class battleship |
29,150 |
1 May, 1916 |
sunk Oct 14, 1939 |
| Royal Sovereign |
UK |
Revenge class battleship |
29,150 |
1 Feb, 1916 |
transferred to USSR as Arkhangelsk 1944 |
| Ruler |
UK |
Ruler class escort aircraft carrier |
11,400 |
22 Dec, 1943 (former USS St. Joseph) |
returned to USN 29 Jan 1946, scrapped 31 May 1946. |
| Ryuho |
Japan |
aircraft carrier |
13,360 |
|
Scrapped in 1946 |
| Ryūjō |
Japan |
aircraft carrier |
10,600 |
|
sunk Aug 24, 1942 |