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Ships of the Royal Navy

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aircraft carriers

amphibious assault shipping

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mine countermeasure vessels

monitors

patrol and attack craft

Royal Yachts

submarines

support ships

survey vessels

fleet bases

shore establishments

hospitals and hospital ships

air stations

aircraft wings

fleets and major commands

squadrons and flotillas

This is a list of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy. In 1937, Escort Sloops were officially re-rated as Escort Vessels and Patrol Sloops as Patrol Vessels, although the traditional term continued in use. In 1948 surviving sloops and corvettes were redesignated as frigates.

19th century screw corvettes

• Jason class — 6 ships, 1859–1863
• Juno class — 2 ships, 1867–1869
• Eclipse class — 7 ships, 1867–1870
• Briton class — 3 ships, 1869–1871
• Volage class — 3 ships, 1869–1874
• Amethyst class — 5 ships, 1873–1874
• Bacchante class — 3 ships, 1875–1877
• Comus class — 9 ships, 1878–1881
• Satellite class — 7 ships, 1881–1884
• Calypso class — 2 ships, 1883–1884

World War II corvettes

• Flower class — 267 ships, 1939–1945
• Castle class — 44 ships, 1943–1944

19th century and pre-World War I sloops

• Fantome class — 6 ships, 1873–1874
• Osprey class — 14 ships, 1876–1880
• Dolphin class — 2 ships, 1882–1883
• Mariner class — 6 ships, 1884–1888
• Nymphe class — 4 ships, 1885–1888
• Beagle class — 2 ships, 1889
• Albert class — 2 ships, 1894
• Phoenix class — 2 ships, 1895
• Condor class — 6 ships, 1898–1900
• Cadmus class — 6 ships, 1901–1903

World War I sloops

• Flower classes of "convoy sloops"
  • Acacia class — 24 ships, 1915
  • Azalea class — 12 ships, 1915
  • Arabis class — 36 ships, 1915–1916
  • Aubretia class — 12 ships, 1916–1917
  • Anchusa class — 28 ships, 1917–1918
• P class — 45 ships, 1915–1917
• Kil class — 81 ships, 1917–1919
• PC class "Q-ships" — 19 ships, 1917–1918
• 24 class — 22 ships, 1918–1919

Inter-war sloops

• Bridgewater class — 2 ships, 1928
• Hastings class — 4 ships (+1 Royal Indian Navy), 1930
• Shoreham class — 8 ships, 1930–1932
• Grimsby class — 8 ships (+4 Royal Australian Navy, 1 Royal Indian Navy), 1933–1940
• Kingfisher class — 9 ships, 1934–1939
• Bittern class — 3 ships (+4 Royal Indian Navy), 1934–1943
• Egret class — 3 ships, 1938

World War II sloops

• Black Swan class — 4 ships, 1939–1941
• Modified Black Swan class — 30 ships (+4 Royal Indian Navy, 5 cancelled), 1940–1945
• Banff class — 10 ships, ex-United States Navy cutters, 1927–1931