The Eastern Fleet was a World War II formation of the British Royal Navy. It was formed from the ships and installations of the East Indies Station and the China Station (which are included in this list), with headquarters at Singapore, moving between Trincomalee and Kilindini after the Japanese advances in south east Asia made Singapore untenable as a naval base. See main article for details.
The following lists the warships and support ships of the Fleet, with dates served, fate and nationality.
Battleships edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howe |  UK
|
August 9,1944 September 1945 |
November 1944 January 1946 |
Joined British Pacific Fleet Joined Home Fleet |
| Nelson | UK
|
July 1945 | September 1945 | Joined Home Fleet |
| Prince of Wales | UK
|
December 1941 | 10 December 1941 | Sunk by air attack |
| Queen Elizabeth | UK
|
January 1944 | July 1945 | Reserve |
| Ramillies | UK
|
February 1942 October 1943 |
June 1942 December 1943 |
Damaged at Diego Suarez, repaired at Durban and Plymouth, then Home Fleet Joined Home Fleet |
| Resolution | UK
|
March 1942 | September 1943 | Reserve |
| Revenge | UK
|
August 1941 | September 1943 | Reserve |
| Richelieu |  France
|
April 1944 March 1945 |
October 1944 May 1945 |
Toulon |
| Royal Sovereign | UK
|
October 1941 October 1943 |
January 1943 December 1943 |
Refit in USA Reserve and transfer to USSR |
| Valiant | UK
|
August 1942 January 1944 |
January 1943 August 8, 1944 |
Joined Mediterranean Fleet Repairs following damage in drydock collapse August 8, 1944 at Trincomalee |
| Warspite | UK
|
March 1942 | March 1943 | Joined Mediterranean Fleet |
Battlecruisers edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renown | UK
|
January 1944 | March 1945 | Joined Home Fleet |
| Repulse | UK
|
December 1941 | 10-December 1941 | Sunk by air attack |
Fleet aircraft carriers edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle | UK
|
<September 1939 March 1941 |
May 1940 May 1941 |
Mediterranean Fleet South Atlantic and Africa Station |
| Formidable | UK
|
March 1942 | August 1942 | Operation Torch |
| Hermes | UK
|
<March 1942 | 9 April 1942 | Sunk by Japanese air attack off Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
| Illustrious | UK
|
May 1942 January 1944 |
January 1943 November 1944 |
Joined Mediterranean Fleet Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Indefatigable | UK
|
November 1944 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Indomitable | UK
|
January 1942 July 1944 |
July 1942 November 1944 |
Joined Mediterranean Fleet Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Saratoga |  US
|
April 1944 | May 1944 | USA for refit |
| Unicorn | UK
|
January 1944 | December 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet. Usually used as an aircraft maintenance ship |
| Victorious | UK
|
July 1944 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
Escort aircraft carriers edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activity | UK
|
April 1945 | September 1945 | to UK into reserve |
| Ameer | UK
|
June 1944 | October 1945 | Returned to USN |
| Atheling | UK
|
May 1944 | December 1944 | Joined USN for operations SW Pacific |
| Attacker | UK
|
April 1945 | September 1945 | Returned to USN |
| Battler | UK
|
November 1943 | December 1944 | Joined Home Fleet |
| Begum | UK
|
April 1944 June 1945 |
January 1945 October 1945 |
Refit on Clyde Returned to USN |
| Emperor | UK
|
March 1945 | November 1945 | Returned to USN |
| Empress | UK
|
February 1945 | November 1945 | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[1] |
| Hunter | UK
|
March 1945 | October 1945 | Returned to USN |
| Khedive | UK
|
February 1945 | September 1945 | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[2] |
| Pursuer | UK
|
August 1945 | November 1945 | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[3] |
| Searcher | UK
|
August 1945 | August 1945 | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[4] |
| Shah | UK
|
April 1944 | September 1945 | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[5] |
| Stalker | UK
|
March 1945 | October 1945 | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[6] |
| Trouncer | UK
|
October 1945 | October 1945 | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[7] |
| Trumpeter | UK
|
July 1945 | January 1946 | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[8] |
Heavy cruisers edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berwick | UK
|
July 1927 | 1936 | Joined Mediterranean Fleet |
| Canberra |  Australia
|
<May 1940 | <December 1941 | US Pacific Fleet (Task Force 17) |
| Cornwall | UK
|
December 1927 <September 1939 April 1941 |
<1938 December 1939 5 April 1942 |
UK for Refit South Atlantic and Africa Station Sunk by Japanese air attack[9] |
| Cumberland | UK
|
December 1927 <1938 March 1944 |
1935 1938 November 1945 |
UK for reconstruction 2nd Cruiser Squadron Joined Home Fleet |
| Devonshire | UK
|
December 1941 April 1942 |
January 1942 March 1943 |
Refit at Norfolk Naval Shipyard Refit, then Home Fleet[10] |
| Dorsetshire | UK
|
1937 November 1940 March 1942 |
October 1939 December 1940 5 April 1942 |
South Atlantic and Africa Station Atlantic Sunk by Japanese air attack |
| Effingham | UK
|
1925 | <September 1932 | Joined Home Fleet |
| Frobisher | UK
|
1926 March 1942 |
1926 March 1944 |
Joined Mediterranean Fleet Joined Home Fleet |
| Hawkins | UK
|
1919 December 1929 September 1932 < February 1941 May 1942 |
November 1928 May 1930 April 1935 > December 1941 February 1944 |
Refit in UK Reserve Reserve Refit at Portsmouth Joined Home Fleet for D-day |
| Kent | UK
|
June 1928 1938 |
1937 August 1940 |
Reconstruction Joined Mediterranean Fleet |
| London | UK
|
May 1943 | June 1949 | Paid off |
| Suffolk | UK
|
February 1928 April 1943 |
<October 1939 <March 1948 |
Joined Home Fleet Joined Home Fleet |
| Sussex | UK
|
>February 1943
July 1945 |
April 1944
>Sept 1945 |
to UK for refit April 1944
Rejoined Eastern Fleet July 1945 |
Light cruisers edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achilles |  New Zealand
|
June 1944 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Birmingham | UK
|
January 1938 | September 1939 | Refit at Malta, then Home Fleet |
| Cairo | UK
|
1920 | 1927 | America and West Indies Station |
| Caledon | UK
|
August 1940 | September 1942 | Joined Home Fleet |
| Capetown | UK
|
July 1934 <August 1940 19 June 1942 |
August 1938 <April 1941 > October 1942 |
UK, Refit Home Fleet |
| Caradoc | UK
|
December 1926 July 1930 > February 1942 1944 |
<September 1927 <October 1934 June 1943 <April 1946 |
UK, Refit Reserve South Africa Station UK, scrapped |
| Carlisle | UK
|
March 1919 <August 1940 |
1928 <March 1941 |
Refit Mediterranean Fleet |
| Cardiff | UK
|
July 1938 | April 1939 | Reserve |
| Ceres | UK
|
April 1940 | October 1943 | Mediterranean Fleet |
| Ceylon | UK
|
November 1943 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Colombo | UK
|
June 1919 July 1932 <August 1940 |
1926 1935 June 1942 |
America and West Indies Station Reserve UK for conversion |
| Danae | UK
|
August 1936 February 1942 July 1943 |
January 1938 July 1942 December 1943 |
Joined Home Fleet Modernisation in UK Joined Home Fleet |
| Dauntless | UK
|
December 1939 August 1942 |
February 1942 February 1945 |
Refit at Portsmouth Reserve |
| Delhi | UK
|
1926 | 1928 | |
| Despatch | UK
|
June 1922 | 1927 | America and West Indies Station |
| Diomede | UK New Zealand
|
1922 1935 |
1925 March 1936 |
New Zealand Squadron Reverted to Royal Navy, placed in Reserve |
| Dragon | UK
|
October 1926 January 1941 |
December 1928 November 1942 |
UK, Refit Home Fleet |
| Durban | UK
|
<March 1940 > June 1943 |
>August 1942 November 1943 |
Repairs at New York, Refit Portsmouth UK, Reserve |
| Emerald | UK
|
January 1926 August 1934 <April 1941 April 1943 |
July 1933 September 1937 August 1942 <June 1944 |
Refit Reserve Refit Joined Home Fleet |
| Enterprise | UK
|
April 1926 January 1936 January 1941 |
<July 1934 December 1937 December 1942 |
Reserve Joined Home Fleet Refit at Clyde |
| Gambia | UK
|
February 1942 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Gloucester | UK
|
<September 1939 | <May 1941 | |
| Hobart | Australia
|
<April 1940 | >June 1941 | Pacific |
| Kenya | UK
|
January 1944 | >February 1945 | |
| Leander | New Zealand
|
<1931 | >1945 | Damaged in the Battle of Kolombangara |
| Liverpool | UK
|
<September 1939 | >January 1940 | |
| Manchester | UK
|
<September 1939 | <May 1940 | |
| Mauritius | UK
|
February 1942 | April 1943 | Joined Mediterranean Fleet |
| Newcastle | UK
|
April 1942 May 1943 |
May 1942 March 1945 |
Joined Mediterranean Fleet Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Nigeria | UK
|
February 1944 | December 1945 | Refit |
| Swiftsure | UK
|
<November 1944 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Tromp |  Netherlands
|
January 1944
February 1945 |
September 1944
August 1945 |
Refit at Sydney Australia
Joined British Pacific Fleet |
Anti-aircraft cruisers edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argonaut | UK
|
November 1944 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Black Prince | UK
|
November 1944 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Euryalus | UK
|
January 1945 | January 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Jacob van Heemskerck | Netherlands
|
March 1942 | December 1943 | |
| Phoebe | UK
|
June 1944 | September 1945 | |
| Royalist | UK
|
March 1945 | >September 1945 |
Armed merchant cruisers edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arawa | UK
|
September 1939 | November 1940 | South Atlantic Station |
| Canton | UK
|
September 1942 | April 1944 | Converted to troopship |
| Corfu | UK
|
March 1942 | August 1942 | South Atlantic Station |
| Hector | UK
|
March 1942 | April 42 | Sunk by air attack in Colombo harbour |
| Ranchi | UK
|
March 1942 | January 1943 | Used as troopship |
| Westralia | Australia
|
1943 | Converted to landing ship infantry |
Destroyers edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active | UK
|
<1942 | <May 1942 | |
| Anthony | UK
|
<May 1942 | <February 1944 | Joined Mediterranean Fleet |
| Arrow | UK
|
<June 1942 | <June 1943 | |
| Cummings | US
|
April 1944 | May 1944 | Pacific |
| Dainty | UK
|
<September 1939 | September 1939 | Joined Home Fleet |
| Daring | UK
|
<September 1939 | September 1939 | Joined Home Fleet |
| Decoy | UK
|
<September 1939 | <June 1940 | |
| Defender | UK
|
<September 1939 | <June 1940 | |
| Delight | UK
|
<September 1939 | <June 1940 | |
| Diamond | UK
|
<September 1939 | <April 1941 | |
| Diana | UK
|
<September 1939 | <February 1940 | |
| Duchess | UK
|
<September 1939 | <December 1939 | |
| Duncan | UK
|
January 1935 > March 1941 |
September 1939 1942 |
Repairs, then joined Home Fleet Joined Home Fleet |
| Dunlap | US
|
April 1944 | May 1944 | Pacific |
| Encounter | UK
|
1 March 1942 | Sunk | |
| Eskimo | UK
|
<May 1945 | ||
| Express | UK
|
November 1941 | February 1943 | Refit in UK |
| Fanning | US
|
April 1944 | May 1944 | Pacific |
| Fortune | UK
|
March 1942 September 1942 |
April 1942 November 1942 |
Dry dock at Simonstown, South Africa |
| Foxhound | UK
|
April 1942 | May 1943 | to UK for conversion to long-range ASW escort |
| Grenville | UK
|
December 1944 | February 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Griffin | UK
|
April 1942
July 1942 |
May 1942
October 1942 |
to Mediterranean Fleet
to UK for conversion to long-range ASW escort |
| Hotspur | UK
|
September 1942 September 1943 |
January 1943 December 1943 |
Dry dock at Simonstown, South Africa Returned to Home Fleet |
| Isaac Sweers | Netherlands
|
April 1942 | May 1942 | Refit at Southampton |
| Isis | UK
|
<June 1941 | ||
| Inconstant | UK
|
April 1942 | May 1942 | to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Javelin | UK
|
April 1942 | May 1942 | to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Kempenfelt | UK
|
November 1944 | ||
| Laforey | UK
|
<May 1942 | July 1942 | to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Lightning | UK
|
<May 1942 | July 1942 | to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Lookout | UK
|
<May 1942 | July 1942 | to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Napier | Australia
|
February 1942 | February 1945 | |
| Nepal | Australia
|
July 1942 | March 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Nestor | Australia
|
January 1942 | June 1942 | Sunk in Mediterranean, during Operation Vigorous |
| Nizam | Australia
|
January 1942 | November 1944 | |
| Norman | Australia
|
January 1942 | February 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Nubian | UK
|
<May 1945 | ||
| Pakenham | UK
|
April 1942 | May 1942 | to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Paladin | UK
|
March 1942
February 1944 |
May 1942
>May 1945 |
to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Panther | UK
|
<April 1942 | May 1942 | to UK for refit/Home Fleet duty |
| Pathfinder | UK
|
February 1944 | February 1945 | Reserve |
| Penn | UK
|
February 1944 | September 1944 | to UK for refit |
| Petard | UK
|
February 1944 | August 1944 | to UK for refit |
| Quadrant | UK
|
March 1944 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Quality | UK
|
March 1944 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Queenborough | UK
|
March 1944 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Quiberon | Australia
|
March 1943 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Quickmatch | Australia
|
May 1943 | October 1944 | |
| Quilliam | UK
|
March 1944 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Racehorse | UK
|
January 1944 | ||
| Raider | UK
|
April 1944 | >January 1945 | |
| Rapid | UK
|
March 1944 | >January 1945 | |
| Redoubt | UK
|
March 1944 | ||
| Relentless | UK
|
<September 1943 | >February 1944 | |
| Rocket | UK
|
February 1944 | ||
| Roebuck | UK
|
September 1943 | >May 1945 | |
| Rotherham | UK
|
<December 1943 | ||
| Saumarez | UK
|
March 1945 | June 1945 | to Simonstown for repair |
| Scout | UK
|
<September 1939 | <March 1946 | |
| Tartar | UK
|
Feb 1945 | Nov 1945? | |
| Tenedos | UK
|
<September 1939 | April 1942 | Sunk by air attack in Colombo harbour |
| Thanet | UK
|
<September 1939 | 27 January 1942 | Sunk by Japanese destroyers off east coast of Malaya |
| Thracian | UK
|
<September 1939 | December 1941 | Run aground at Hong Kong; salvaged by the IJN, repaired and recommissioned on 25 November 1942 as Patrol Vessel No.101 |
| Tjerk Hiddes | Netherlands
|
Feb 1944 | October 1944 | to UK for convoy defence |
| Le Triomphant | France
|
May 1945 | ||
| Undaunted | UK
|
December 1944 | February 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Undine | UK
|
December 1944 | February 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Ursa | UK
|
December 1944 | February 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Vampire | Australia
|
February 1942 | 9 April 1942 | Sunk by Japanese air attack off Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
| Van Galen | Netherlands
|
June 1942 | November 1944 | to UK for convoy defence |
| Vendetta | Australia
|
August 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet | |
| Venus | UK
|
March 1945 | >August 1945 | |
| Verulam | UK
|
March 1945 | >September 1945 | |
| Vigilant | UK
|
February 1945 | >August 1945 | |
| Virago | UK
|
January 1945 | >September 1945 | |
| Volage | UK
|
February 1945 | >September 1945 | |
| Wager | UK
|
September 1944 | January 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Wakeful | UK
|
September 1944 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Wessex | UK
|
September 1944 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Whelp | UK
|
October 1944 | January 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
Frigates edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | UK
|
March 1944 | December 1944 | to British Pacific Fleet |
| Bann | UK
|
<November 1943 | December 1945 | transferred to Royal Indian Navy; renamed Tir |
| Derg | UK
|
<November 1943 | ||
| Deveron | UK
|
October 1944 | late 1945 | Transferred to Royal Indian Navy |
| Findhorn | UK
|
<May 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet | |
| Inver | UK
|
>July 1943 | ||
| Jed | UK
|
November 1944 | ||
| Kale | UK
|
<December 1943 | ||
| Lossie | UK
|
June 1944 | ||
| Nadder | UK
|
<August 1944 | ||
| Parrett | UK
|
<August 1944 | ||
| Plym | UK
|
November 1943 | ||
| Taff | UK
|
<August 1944 | ||
| Tay | UK
|
September 1943 | ||
| Teviot | UK
|
November 1944 | June 1945 | Transferred to the South African Navy June 1945 |
| Trent | UK
|
September 1943 | April 1946 | Transferred to the Royal Indian Navy April 1946 |
Corvettes edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auricula | UK
|
April 1942 | May 1942 | Mined and sunk off Diego Suarez |
| Fritillary | UK
|
June 1942 | March 1944 | |
| Genista | UK
|
<May 1942 | >February 1943 | |
| Hollyhock | UK
|
9 April 1942 | Sunk by Japanese air attack off Ceylon (Sri Lanka) | |
| Honesty | UK
|
November 1943 | ||
| Integrity | UK
|
<December 1943 | ||
| Jasmine | UK
|
<December 1943 | ||
| Rosebay | UK
|
December 1943 | March 1946 | returned to USN |
| Thyme | UK
|
<August 1943 | ||
| Tulip | UK
|
<December 1943 |
Minesweepers edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdare | UK
|
<September 1939 | <March 1947 | |
| Abingdon | UK
|
<September 1939 | <April 1942 | |
| Bagshot | UK
|
<September 1939 | <April 1945 | |
| Bathurst | Australia
|
June 1941 | August 1944 | Australia |
| Bengal |  British India
|
<November 1942 | ||
| Bihar | British India
|
>Feb 1944 | ||
| Bombay | British India
|
>September 1942 | ||
| Burnie | Australia
|
September 1942 | December 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Cairns | Australia
|
November 1942 | January 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Cessnock | Australia
|
December 1942 | January 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Chameleon | UK
|
April 1945 | ||
| Derby | UK
|
<September 1939 | <April 1941 | |
| Fareham | UK
|
<September 1939 | <February 1941 | |
| Gawler | Australia
|
January 1943
October 1943 |
April 1943
January 1945 |
to Mediterranean
refit in Adelaide |
| Geraldton | Australia
|
August 1942 | January 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Harrow | UK
|
<September 1939 | <1947 | |
| Huntley | UK
|
<September 1939 | <January 1941 | |
| Ipswich | Australia
|
November 1942 | January 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Launceston | Australia
|
September 1942 | September 1944 | refit at Fremantle |
| Lismore | Australia
|
December 1941 | December 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Madras | British India
|
1942 | ||
| Maryborough | Australia
|
November 1942 | December 1944 | |
| Orissa | British India
|
1943 | <February 1944 | |
| Pickle | UK
|
April 1945 | ||
| Pincher | UK
|
April 1945 | ||
| Plucky | UK
|
April 1945 | ||
| Punjab | British India
|
March 1942 | >July 1945 | |
| Recruit | UK
|
April 1945 | ||
| Rifleman | UK
|
April 1945 | ||
| Squirrel | UK
|
July 1945 | 24 July 1945 | Mined and sunk off Phuket |
| Stoke | UK
|
<September 1939 | <May 1941 | |
| Tamworth | Australia
|
February 1943 | January 1945 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Toowoomba | Australia
|
December 1942 | December 1944 | |
| Vestal | UK
|
1945 | 26 July 1945 | Scuttled after damage from kamikaze |
| Widnes | UK
|
<September 1939 | <May 1941 | |
| Wollongong | Australia
|
September 1942 | February 1945 |
Monitors edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erebus | UK
|
<April 1942 | <July 1943 | |
| Terror | UK
|
<September 1939 | <April 1940 |
Oilers edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFA Echodale | UK
|
<January 1945 | >May 1945 | |
| RFA Olwen | UK
|
1942 | 1946 | |
| RFA Wave King | UK
|
Sloops edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banff | UK
|
November 1943 | ||
| Bideford | UK
|
June 1939 | >September 1939 | |
| Cauvery | British India
|
April 1944 | >April 1945 | |
| Clive | British India
|
<September 1939 | >September 1939 | |
| Cornwallis | British India
|
<September 1939 | >September 1939 | |
| Deptford | UK
|
<September 1939 | September 1939 | Joined Mediterranean Fleet |
| Egret | UK
|
<September 1939 | <August 1943 | |
| Falmouth | UK
|
<September 1939
March 1944 |
December 1943
March 1945 |
refit at Simonstown
refit at Simonstown |
| Fishguard | UK
|
February 1944 | ||
| Flamingo | UK
|
January 1944 | April 1945 | to UK for refit |
| Fleetwood | UK
|
<September 1939 | September 1939 | Joined Mediterranean Fleet |
| Folkestone | UK
|
<September 1939 | <October 1940 | |
| Fowey | UK
|
<September 1939 | September 1939 | Joined Mediterranean Fleet |
| Godavari | British India
|
April 1944 | >April 1945 | |
| Gorleston | UK
|
August 1944 | ||
| Grimsby | UK
|
<September 1939 | September 1939 | Joined Mediterranean Fleet |
| Hindustan | British India
|
<September 1939 | >April 1945 | |
| Indus | British India
|
April 1942 | 6 April 1942 | Sunk off Akyab |
| Jumna | British India
|
<February 1944 | >January 1945 | |
| Kistna | British India
|
February 1944 | >April 1945 | |
| Landguard | UK
|
September 1943 | ||
| Lawrence | British India
|
<September 1939 | >September 1939 | |
| Lowestoft | UK
|
<September 1939 | >September 1939 | |
| Lulworth | UK
|
November 1943 | ||
| Narbada | British India
|
September 1943 | >March 1945 | |
| Redpole | UK
|
November 1944 | February 1945 to BPF | |
| Rochester | UK
|
<September 1939 | >September 1939 | |
| Sandwich | UK
|
<September 1939 | <June 1940 | |
| Sennen | UK
|
October 1943 | ||
| Shoreham | UK
|
1932 September 1943 |
February 1943 July 1946 |
Joined Mediterranean Fleet Scrapped 1946 |
| Soemba | Netherlands
|
April 1942 | early 1943 | Joined Mediterranean Fleet |
| Sutlej | British India
|
December 1943 | >April 1945 | |
| Totland | UK
|
July 1944 | ||
| Warrego | Australia
|
Submarines edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde | UK
|
May 1944 | May 1945 | to Mombasa for repair, then to UK August 1945 into reserve |
| Grampus | UK
|
<September 1939 | <June 1940 | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet |
| K XIV | Netherlands
|
<May 1940 | April 1946 | Decommissioned |
| K XV | Netherlands
|
<May 1940 | January 1946 | at Fremantle for repair |
| O 19 | Netherlands
|
September 1939 | July 1945 | scuttled |
| Odin | UK
|
<September 1939 | <June 1940 | |
| Olympus | UK
|
<September 1939 | <May 1942 | |
| Otus | UK
|
<September 1939 | <August 1941 | |
| Pandora | UK
|
<September 1939 | <July 1940 | |
| Parthian | UK
|
<September 1939 | May 1940 | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Perseus | UK
|
<September 1939 | August 1940 | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Phoenix | UK
|
<September 1939 | <July 1940 | |
| Porpoise | UK
|
June 1944 | 19 January 1945 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft, Malacca Strait |
| Proteus | UK
|
<September 1939 | <November 1941 | |
| Rainbow | UK
|
<September 1939 | <September 1940 | |
| Regent | UK
|
<September 1939 | <October 1940 | |
| Regulus | UK
|
<September 1939 | <November 1940 | |
| Rorqual | UK
|
<September 1939 | <June 1940 | |
| Rover | UK
|
<September 1939 | <January 1941 | |
| Scythian | UK
|
February 1945 | September 1945 | to UK into reserve |
| Seal | UK
|
September 1939 | October 1939 | Joined Home Fleet |
| Severn | UK
|
>April 1944 | ||
| Shakespeare | UK
|
>December 1944 | 3 January 1945 | Damaged by gunfire and air attack in the Nankauri Strait, Andaman Islands; written off as a constructive total loss |
| Shalimar | UK
|
September 1944 | September 1945 | to UK into reserve |
| Sleuth | UK
|
March 1945 | September 1945 | to UK into reserve |
| Solent | UK
|
February 1945 | September 1945 | to UK into reserve |
| Spark | UK
|
<December 1944 | >July 1945 | |
| Spirit | UK
|
June 1944 | April 1945 | to UK for refit |
| Statesman | UK
|
<August 1944 | >August 1945 | |
| Stoic | UK
|
February 1944 | January 1945 | to UK for refit |
| Stonehenge | UK
|
<February 1944 | March 1944 | Overdue, assumed lost |
| Storm | UK
|
February 1944 | February 1945 | to UK for refit |
| Stratagem | UK
|
<August 1944 | 22 November 1944 | Damaged by depth charges and scuttled in the Malacca Straits |
| Stygian | UK
|
<September 1944 | >July 1945 | |
| Subtle | UK
|
<December 1944 | >May 1945 | |
| Tactician | UK
|
October 43 | June 1944 | to UK for refit |
| Tally-Ho | UK
|
October 43 | December 1944 | to UK for refit |
| Tantalus | UK
|
<April 1944 | March 1945 | to UK for refit |
| Tantivy | UK
|
late 1943 | March 1945 | to UK for refit |
| Taurus | UK
|
November 1943
June 1945 |
May 1944 | to UK for refit |
| Telemachus | UK
|
June 1944 | May 1945 | to UK for refit |
| Templar | UK
|
October 43 | August 1944 | to UK for refit |
| Terrapin | UK
|
<August 1944 | May 1945 | Damaged by depth charges west of Batavia, Java in the Java Sea; declared a constructive total loss |
| Thorough | UK
|
<November 1944 | October 1945 | to UK for refit |
| Thule | UK
|
October 1944 | November 1945 | to UK for refit |
| Torbay | UK
|
January 1945 | September 1945 | to UK for refit |
| Tradewind | UK
|
April 1944 | June 1945 | to UK for refit |
| Trenchant | UK
|
July 1944 | September 1945 | to UK for refit |
| Trespasser | UK
|
October 1943 | April 1944 | to UK for refit |
| Truant | UK
|
January 1942 | September 1942 | to UK for refit |
| Truculent | UK
|
January 1944 | July 1944 | to UK for refit |
| Tudor | UK
|
July 1944 | August 1945 | to UK for refit |
| Zwaardvisch | Netherlands
|
July 1944 | June 1945 | to UK for refit |
Gunboats edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aphis | UK
|
1927 | <June 1942 | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Cicala | UK
|
<September 1939 | 21 December 1941 | Bombed and sunk (probably scuttled) near Hong Kong |
| Cockchafer | UK
|
<September 1926 | <March 1943 | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet[11] |
| Cricket | UK
|
<1939 | November 1940 | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet[12] |
| Dragonfly | UK
|
June 1939 | 14 February 1942 | Sunk in Riau Archipelago |
| Falcon | UK
|
<September 1939 | February 1942 | Transferred to China; renamed Luan Huan |
| Gannet | UK
|
<September 1939 | February 1942 | Transferred to China; renamed Ying Shan ("British Mountain") |
| Gnat | UK
|
<September 1939 | >December 1941 | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Grasshopper | UK
|
<September 1939 | 14 February 1942 | Beached after dive bombers hit her (wreck still there today) in Riau Archipelago |
| Ladybird | UK
|
1927 | >December 1941 | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Mantis | UK
|
1927 | January 1940 | Scrapped Shanghai |
| Moth | UK
|
<September 1939 | 12 December 1941 | Sunk and refloated by Japanese; renamed Suma; mined and sunk 19 March 1945 near Nanking |
| Peterel | UK
|
<September 1939 | 8 December 1941 | Sunk at Shanghai |
| Robin | UK
|
<September 1939 | 25 December 1941 | Scuttled near Hong Kong |
| Sandpiper | UK
|
1933 | February 1942 | Transferred to China; renamed Ying Hao ("British Hero") |
| Scarab | UK
|
<September 1926 | >December 1941 | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Scorpion | UK
|
1937 | February 1942 | Sunk near Singapore |
| Seamew | UK
|
1927 | 18 August 1947 | Scrapped at Basra |
| Smilax | UK
|
>June 1943 | October 1946 | returned to USA |
| Tarantula | UK
|
<September 1939 | 1 May 1946 | Sunk during target practice |
| Tern | UK
|
<September 1939 | 19 December 1941 | Scuttled at Deep Water Bay |
Torpedo boats edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTB.7 | UK
|
<September 1939 | ||
| MTB.8 | UK
|
<September 1939 | ||
| MTB.9 | UK
|
<September 1939 | ||
| MTB.10 | UK
|
<September 1939 | ||
| MTB.11 | UK
|
<September 1939 | ||
| MTB.12 | UK
|
<September 1939 |
Miscellaneous edit
| Ship | Type | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adamant | Submarine depot ship | UK
|
April 1943 | April 1945 | to British Pacific Fleet |
| Albatross | Seaplane tender | UK
|
May 1942 | July 1943 | UK for paying off & conversion to repair ship[13] |
| Ausonia | Heavy Repair Ship | UK
|
>June 1944 | June 1946 | into reserve |
| Barlane | Boom defence vessel | UK
|
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| Barlight | Boom defence vessel | UK
|
19 December 1941 | Scuttled Hong Kong to prevent capture by the Japanese: subsequently raised and commissioned on 20 September 1942 into the IJN as Netlayer 101. Netlayer 101 sunk 15 June 1944 off Saipan. | |
| Barricade | Boom defence vessel | UK
|
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| Barrier | Boom defence vessel | UK
|
|||
| Forth | Submarine depot ship | UK
|
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| Maidstone | Submarine depot ship | UK
|
March 1944 | April 1945 | then to British Pacific Fleet |
| Medway | Submarine depot ship | UK
|
<September 1939 | April 1940 | Joined Mediterranean Fleet |
| Resource | Fleet repair ship | UK
|
1944 | >August 1945 | |
| St Breock | Rescue tug | UK
|
4 February 1942 | Bombed & sunk off Sumatra | |
| St Just | Rescue tug | UK
|
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| Willem van der Zaan | Minelayer/Escort ship | Netherlands
|
March 1942 | October 1944 | |
| Wolfe | Submarine depot ship | UK
|
August 1944 | >August 1945 | |
| Woolwich | Destroyer Depot ship | UK
|
late 1943 | >August 1945 |
Also to be classified edit
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFA Empire Salvage | UK
|
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| Endeavour | ||||
| Karanja | ||||
| Lucia | UK
|
September 1939 | >April 1942 | |
| Barbette | UK
|
<September 1939 | Sold to the Turkish Navy March 1941 | |
| Barnet | UK
|
<September 1939 | ||
| Fastnet | UK
|
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| Redstart | UK
|
<September 1939 |
References edit
- Notes
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2005). "HMS Empress (D42)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2006). "HMS Khedive (D62)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2003). "HMS Pursuer (D73)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2006). "HMS Searcher (D40)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2006). "HMS Shah (D21)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2006). "HMS Stalker (D91)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2006). "HMS Trouncer (D85)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2006). "HMS Trumpeter (D09)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2005). "HMS Cornwall". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2003). "HMS Devonshire". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey (1997). "HMS Cockchafer". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey (1997). "HMS Cricket". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2005). "HMS Albatross". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- Bibliography
- Jackson, Ashley (2006). The British Empire and the Second World War. London: Hambledon Continuum. p. 260. ISBN 1-85285-417-0.
- Whitley, M J (1995). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 1-85409-225-1.
- Royal navy escort carriers
- U-boat.net: records of Allied warships
- Royal Navy day-by-day in WWII
- Lemaire's Naval Encyclopedia of World War 2
- China gunboats
- Fleet Air Arm aircraft carrier database
- http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/BPF-EIF/index.htm