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Ships built by Swan Hunter (ordered by launch date)... :

NameLaunchedFate
HMS Hope6th September 1910Sold February 1920.
HMS Sandfly26th July 1911Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Sparrowhawk12th October 1912Collided at Battle of Jutland and torpedoed by HMS Marksman 1 June 1916
HMS Spitfire23rd December 1912Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Shark30th July 1912Sunk 31st May 1916.
HMS Lysander18th August 1913Sold for scrapping 1922
HMS Laertes30th September 1913Launched as Sarpedon 5th June 1913 and renamed Laertes on 30th September 1913. Sold for scrap 1st December 1921.
HMS Matchless5th October 1914Sold for scrap 26th October 1921.
HMS Comus16th December 1914Sold for scrap 28th July 1934
HMS Raven IIAugust 1914Seized (ex - German merchant vessel Rabenfels) August 1914. Renamed Ravenrock (non-naval) 1917.
HMS Mary Rose8th October 1915Sunk 17th October 1917.
HMS Nestor9th October 1915Sunk 31st May 1916.
HMS E4311th November 1915Scrapped January 1921
HMS Menace9th November 1915Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Poppy9th November 1915Sold April 1923
HMS Primula6th December 1915Sunk 1 March 1916
HMS Acacia15th April 1915Sold September 1922.
HMS Roberts15th April 1915Scrapped 1936.
HMS Marmion28th May 1915Sunk following collision with Tirade 21 October 1917 off Lerwick
HMS Anemone30th June 1915Scrapped September 1922
HMS Martial1st July 1915Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Zinnia12th August 1915To Belgium (Zinnia) 19th April 1920.
HMS Nessus24th August 1915Sunk in collision after colliding with HMS Amphitrite in the North Sea 8th September 1918.
HMS Jessamine9th September 1915Broken up December 1922
HMS E4421st February 1916Scrapped October 1921
HMS Partridge4th March 1916Sunk 12th December 1917 by German destroyer gunfire off Norwegian Coast.
HMS Pasley15th April 1916Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Radstock3rd June 1916Sold for breaking 29 April 1927
HMS Raider17th July 1916Sold 29th April 1927.
HMS Sorceress29th August 1916Sold 29th April 1927.
HMS E4918th September 1916Mined and sunk off Shetlands 12 March 1917
HMS Vittoria29th October 1917Sunk 1st September 1919.
HMS Sweetbriar5th October 1917Sold 7 October 1927
HMS Tuberose16th November 1917Sold January 1923
HMS Torrent26th November 1917Mined in North Sea 23 December 1917
HMS Whirlwind15th December 1917Sunk 5th July 1940.
HMS Torrid10th February 1917Handed over for scrap 27th January 1937.
HMS Tower5th April 1917Sold for breaking 17 May 1928
HMS AndromedaJune 1917Sold to France before completion
HMS Vimiera22nd June 1917Sunk 9th January 1942.
HMS Coventry6th July 1917Sunk 14th September 1942
HMS Violent1st September 1917Scrapped 8th March 1937.
HMS L526th January 1918Scrapped 20th November 1930.
HMS Orby22nd October 1918Sold November 1922
HMS Stalwart23rd October 1918To Australia (Stalwart) June 1919.
HMS Wrestler25th February 1918Sold for scrap 20th July 1944.
HMS Flying Fox28th March 1918Transferred to RNVR 24 March 1920, scrapped 1973
HMS Sparrowhawk14th May 1918Sold 5th February 1931.
HMS Tilbury13th June 1918Scrapped February 1931.
HMS Tintagel13th June 1918Sold for breaking February 1931.
HMS Ard Patrick6th June 1918Sold August 1920
HMS Splendid10th July 1918Sold for breaking 8 January 1931
HMS Rocksand10th July 1918Sold 15 November 1922
HMS Cicero26th July 1918Sold December 1921
HMS Shark14th September 1918Sold for scrap 5th February 1931.
HMS Sportive19th September 1918Sold for breaking 25 September 1936
HMS Spearmint23rd September 1918Sold November 1922
HMS Whitshed31st January 1919Sold for scrap 18th February 1947.
HMS Wild Swan17th May 1919Sunk by twelve German dive bombers, 17th June 1942.
HMS L3329th May 1919Sold February 1932.
HMAS Stalwart *June 1919From UK (ex - Stalwart) June 1919. Sold 4th June 1937.
HMS Minoru16th June 1919Sold 1920
HMS Whitehall11th September 1919Scrapped 25th July 1945.
Zinnia *19th April 1920From UK (Zinnia) 19th April 1920. Captured by Germany (Barbara) 1940.
HMS Codrington7th August 1929Sunk 27th July 1940.
HMS Brilliant9th October 1930Scrapped 1947.
HMS Bulldog6th December 1930Scrapped January 1946.
HMS Folkestone12th February 1930Scrapped May 1947
HMS Scarborough14th March 1930Sold for scrap 3rd June 1949.
HMS Esk19th March 1934Sunk 31st August 1940.
HMS Express29th May 1934To Canada (Gatineau) 3rd June 1943.
HMAS Sydney22nd September 1934Sunk 19th November 1941.
HMS Hunter25th February 1936Sunk in collision 10th April 1940.
HMS Hyperion8th April 1936Sunk by a mine near Pantelleria 22 December 1940
HMS Tartar21st October 1937Sold for scrap 6th January 1948.
HMS Somali24th August 1937Foundered 24th September 1942.
HMS Mashona3rd September 1937Sunk 28th May 1941.
HMS Janus10th November 1938Sunk 23rd January 1944.
HMS Edinburgh31st March 1938Sunk 2nd May 1942
HMS Aurania2nd October 1939Built in 1924. Acquired by navy 1939 - 1940 as Armed Merchant Cruiser. Converted to repair ship and renamed Artifex, July 1944.
HMS Hambledon12th December 1939Scrapped 4 February 1958
HMS Khartoum6th February 1939Sank 23 June 1940
HMS Mauritius19th July 1939Scrapped 27th March 1965.
HMS Heythrop30th October 1940Lost 20 March 1942
HMS Gambia30th November 1940Scrapped 1968
HMS Lamerton14th December 1940Leased to India in 1952 renamed Gomati, sold to India April 1958
HMS Anson24th February 1940Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland 17th December 1957.
HMS Holderness8th February 1940Scrapped 20 November 1956
HMS Mendip9th April 1940Loaned to China May 1948 AND returned to RN control on 29th May 1949. Sold to Egyptian Navy and renamed Mohamed ali-El-Kebir on 15 November 1949, renamed Ibrahim-El-Awal in 1951. Captured on 31 October 1956, during the Suez crisis, by the Israeli Navy and re-commissioned as INS Haifa K38, sunk as target 1968.
Barbara *18th May 1940Captured from Belgium (Zinnia) 1940. Returned to Belgium (Breydel) May 1945.
HMS Meynell7th June 1940Sold to Ecuador 1954 and renamed Presidente Velasco Ibarra
HMS Eridge20th August 1940under the command of Lt.Cdr. William Frank Niemann Gregory-Smith, DSO, DSC, RN was torpedoed by an Italian MTSM (45 cm [18"]torpedo) in position 31º07'N, 28º26'E. Though towed by HMS Aldenham to Alexandria,Torpedoed and was constructive loss August 1942
HMS Farndale30th September 1940Scrapped 29th November 1962.
HMS Quality6th October 1941To Australia October 1945.
HMS Bolebroke5th November 1941Loaned to Greece (Pindos) 18th May 1942 before completion on 27th June 1942. Returned to the Royal Navy in September 1959 and was broken up 1960.
HMS Newfoundland19th December 1941To Peru (Almirante Grau) 2nd November 1959
HMS Exmoor12th March 1941Laid down as HMS Burton and renamed Exmoor in June 1941, following the loss (in February 1941)of the previous ship of that name. To Denmark (Valdemar Sejr), sold for breaking up in 1966.
HMS Calpe28th April 1941Sold to Royal Danish Navy in 1952 renamed Rolf Krake
HMS Grove29th May 1941Torpedoed 12 June 1942
HMS Hursley25th July 1941Transferred to Greece 2 November 1943 renamed Kriti
HMS Modbury1942Allocated to the Royal Hellenic Navy on 24th March 1942 and launched as HHMS MIAOULIS on 13th April 1942. She was completed on 25th November 1942. Remained with Greek Navy until 23rd September 1960, when she reverted to Royal Navy control. Sold for scrapping in Greece 1961.
HMS Queenborough16th January 1942Trasferred to Australia October 1945.
HMS Grenville12th October 1942Scrapped 1983.
HMS Artifex *November 1942Ex RMS Aurania. Converted July 1944. Scrapped 28th December 1960.
Miaoulis *November 1942Loaned from UK (ex - Modbury) November 1942. Sold for scrap 19th July 1961.
HMS Ulster9th November 1942Scrapped 4th August 1980.
HMS Vigilant22nd December 1942Scrapped 4th June 1965.
HMS Border3rd February 1942Transferred to Royal Hellenic Navy before completion, renamed Adrias
HMS Melbreak5th March 1942Scrapped 22nd November 1956.
Pindos *18th May 1942Loaned from UK (ex - Bolebroke) 18th May 1942 before completion. Returned to the Royal Navy in September 1959 and scrapped 1960.
HMS Tuscan28th May 1942 Scrapped May 1966
HMS Tyrian27th July 1942Scrapped 4th March 1965.
HMS Barfleur1st November 1943Scrapped 29th September 1966.
HMS Virago4th February 1943Scrapped June 1965.
HMS Vindex4th May 1943Sold privately (Port Vindex) 2nd October 1947.
HMS Porchester Castle21st June 1943Scrapped 14 May 1958
HMCS Gatineau *3rd June 1943From UK (ex - Express) 3rd June 1943. Sold 1956.
HMS Rushen Castle16th July 1943Sold 26 September 1960
HMS Shrewsbury Castle16th August 1943Transferred to Norway on completion April 1944, renamed HNoMS Tunsberg Castle
HMS Superb31st August 1943Scrapped 8th August 1960.
HMS Trafalgar12th January 1944Sold for scrap 8th June 1970.
HMS Loch Morlich25th January 1944On completion she was loaned to the Canadian Navy and returned to the Royal Navy on 20th June 1945. To New Zealand (Tutira) (F420) 11th April 1949.
HMS St Kitts4th October 1944Scrapped 19th February 1962.
HMS Vengeance23rd February 1944Served as HMAS Vengeance 1952 - 1955. To Brazil (Minas Gerais) 13th December 1956.
HMS Loch Shin23rd February 1944To New Zealand (Taupo) 13th September 1948.
HMSAS Natal19th June 1944Laid down as Loch Cree and handed over to South African Navy on 1st March 1945 and competed as HMSAS Natal. Sunk as target 19th September 1972.
Breydel *1945Returned from Germany (Barbara) 1945. Scrapped 1952.
HMS Woodbridge Haven11th January 1945Ordered as Loch Torridon in 1943, she was laid down as Woodbridge Haven in 1945. Scrapped August 1965.
HMAS Quality *October 1945Sold for scrap 10th April 1958.
HMAS Queenborough *October 1945Reclassified as Frigate 1954. Sold for scrap 8th April 1975.
HMS Gabbard16th March 1945To Pakistan (Badr) 3rd January 1957.
HMS Corunna29th May 1945Scrapped 8th August 1974 at Blyth, Northumberland.
HMS Leviathan7th June 1945Scrapped 27th May 1968.
HMS Albion6th May 1947Scrapped 9th July 1973.
Lin Fu *May 1948Loaned from UK (ex - Mendip) May 1948. Sold to Egypt (Mohammed Ali El Kebir) 15th November 1949.
HMNZS Taupo *13th September 1948From UK (ex - Loch Shin) 13th September 1948. Sold 15th December 1961.
Mohammed Ali El Kebir *15th November 1949Launched as HMS Mendip 1940. Sold to Chinese Navy 1948 as Lin Fu. Purchased (ex Lin Fu) 15th November 1949. Renamed Ibrahim El Awal 1951. Captured by Israel on 31st October 1956, during the Suez Crisis, and renamed Haifa. Scrapped 1972.
HMNZS Tutira *11th April 1949From UK (Loch Morlich). Sold 15th December 1961.
HMS Daring10th August 1949Scrapped 15th June 1971
Ibrahim El Awal *1951Renamed (ex - Mohammed Ale El Kebir) 1951. Captured by Israel (Haifa) January 1957.
Valdemar Sejr *July 1952From UK (ex - Exmoor) July 1952. Sold for scrap October 1966.
HMS Russell10th December 1954Sold for scrap 1st July 1985.
HMS Pellew29th September 1954Sold for scrap 26th April 1971.
Minas Gerais *13th December 1956From UK (Vengeance) 13th December 1956. Sold July 2002.
Haifa *January 1957Captured from Egypt (ex - Ibrahim El Awal) January 1957. Discarded 1972.
PNS Badr *3rd January 1957From UK (Gabbard) 3rd January 1957. Deleted 1989.
Almirante Grau *2nd November 1959From UK (ex - Newfoundland) 2nd November 1959. Renamed Capitan Quinones 1973.
HMS Falmouth15th December 1959Sold for scrap 1989
HMS London7th December 1961To Pakistan (Babur), 24th March 1982.
HMS Galatea23rd May 1963Sunk as target, 21st July 1988.
HMS Norfolk16th November 1967To Chile (Capitan Prat) February 1982.
HMS Bristol30th June 1969Training ship 22nd March 1993.
Capitan Quinones *15th May 1973Launched as HMS Newfoundland 1941. Ex Almirante Grau. Renamed 1973
HMS Newcastle24th April 1975Decommissioned 1st February 2005 and scrapped November 2008.
HMS Glasgow14th April 1976Paid off 1st February 2005 and scrapped January 2009.
HMS Illustrious1st December 1978
HMS Exeter25th April 1978Decommissioned 27 May 2009, awaiting disposal 2012
HMS Ark Royal2nd June 1981Decommissioned December 2010.
Capitan PratFebruary 1982From UK (Norfolk) February 1982. Scrapped September 2008.
PNS Babur24th March 1982From UK (London), 24th March 1982. Out of service in 1993 and scrapped 1995.
HMS York20th June 1982Decommissioned 27 September 2012, awaiting disposal
HMS Sheffield26th March 1986To Chile (Almirante Williams) 4th September 2003.
HMS Coventry8th April 1986To Romania (Regele Ferdinand) 14th January 2003.
HMS Cumberland21st June 1986
HMS Chatham20th January 1988
HMS Marlborough21st January 1989To Chile (Almirante Condell) 28th May 2008.
HMS Westminster4th February 1992
HMS Northumberland4th April 1992
HMS Richmond6th April 1993
Regele Ferdinand *14th January 2003From UK (Coventry) 14th January 2003.
Almirante Williams *4th September 2003From UK (Sheffield) 4th September 2003.
Almirante Condell *28th May 2008From UK (Marlborough) 28th May 2008.

Ships built by Swan Hunter(ordered by name)... :

NameLaunchedFate
HMS Acacia15th April 1915Sold September 1922.
HMS Albion6th May 1947Scrapped 9th July 1973.
Almirante Condell *28th May 2008From UK (Marlborough) 28th May 2008.
Almirante Grau *2nd November 1959From UK (ex - Newfoundland) 2nd November 1959. Renamed Capitan Quinones 1973.
Almirante Williams *4th September 2003From UK (Sheffield) 4th September 2003.
HMS AndromedaJune 1917Sold to France before completion
HMS Anemone30th June 1915Scrapped September 1922
HMS Anson24th February 1940Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland 17th December 1957.
HMS Ard Patrick6th June 1918Sold August 1920
HMS Ark Royal2nd June 1981Decommissioned December 2010.
HMS Artifex *November 1942Ex RMS Aurania. Converted July 1944. Scrapped 28th December 1960.
HMS Aurania2nd October 1939Built in 1924. Acquired by navy 1939 - 1940 as Armed Merchant Cruiser. Converted to repair ship and renamed Artifex, July 1944.
PNS Babur24th March 1982From UK (London), 24th March 1982. Out of service in 1993 and scrapped 1995.
PNS Badr *3rd January 1957From UK (Gabbard) 3rd January 1957. Deleted 1989.
Barbara *18th May 1940Captured from Belgium (Zinnia) 1940. Returned to Belgium (Breydel) May 1945.
HMS Barfleur1st November 1943Scrapped 29th September 1966.
HMS Bolebroke5th November 1941Loaned to Greece (Pindos) 18th May 1942 before completion on 27th June 1942. Returned to the Royal Navy in September 1959 and was broken up 1960.
HMS Border3rd February 1942Transferred to Royal Hellenic Navy before completion, renamed Adrias
Breydel *1945Returned from Germany (Barbara) 1945. Scrapped 1952.
HMS Brilliant9th October 1930Scrapped 1947.
HMS Bristol30th June 1969Training ship 22nd March 1993.
HMS Bulldog6th December 1930Scrapped January 1946.
HMS Calpe28th April 1941Sold to Royal Danish Navy in 1952 renamed Rolf Krake
Capitan PratFebruary 1982From UK (Norfolk) February 1982. Scrapped September 2008.
Capitan Quinones *15th May 1973Launched as HMS Newfoundland 1941. Ex Almirante Grau. Renamed 1973
HMS Chatham20th January 1988
HMS Cicero26th July 1918Sold December 1921
HMS Codrington7th August 1929Sunk 27th July 1940.
HMS Comus16th December 1914Sold for scrap 28th July 1934
HMS Corunna29th May 1945Scrapped 8th August 1974 at Blyth, Northumberland.
HMS Coventry6th July 1917Sunk 14th September 1942
HMS Coventry8th April 1986To Romania (Regele Ferdinand) 14th January 2003.
HMS Cumberland21st June 1986
HMS Daring10th August 1949Scrapped 15th June 1971
HMS E4311th November 1915Scrapped January 1921
HMS E4421st February 1916Scrapped October 1921
HMS E4918th September 1916Mined and sunk off Shetlands 12 March 1917
HMS Edinburgh31st March 1938Sunk 2nd May 1942
HMS Eridge20th August 1940under the command of Lt.Cdr. William Frank Niemann Gregory-Smith, DSO, DSC, RN was torpedoed by an Italian MTSM (45 cm [18"]torpedo) in position 31º07'N, 28º26'E. Though towed by HMS Aldenham to Alexandria,Torpedoed and was constructive loss August 1942
HMS Esk19th March 1934Sunk 31st August 1940.
HMS Exeter25th April 1978Decommissioned 27 May 2009, awaiting disposal 2012
HMS Exmoor12th March 1941Laid down as HMS Burton and renamed Exmoor in June 1941, following the loss (in February 1941)of the previous ship of that name. To Denmark (Valdemar Sejr), sold for breaking up in 1966.
HMS Express29th May 1934To Canada (Gatineau) 3rd June 1943.
HMS Falmouth15th December 1959Sold for scrap 1989
HMS Farndale30th September 1940Scrapped 29th November 1962.
HMS Flying Fox28th March 1918Transferred to RNVR 24 March 1920, scrapped 1973
HMS Folkestone12th February 1930Scrapped May 1947
HMS Gabbard16th March 1945To Pakistan (Badr) 3rd January 1957.
HMS Galatea23rd May 1963Sunk as target, 21st July 1988.
HMS Gambia30th November 1940Scrapped 1968
HMCS Gatineau *3rd June 1943From UK (ex - Express) 3rd June 1943. Sold 1956.
HMS Glasgow14th April 1976Paid off 1st February 2005 and scrapped January 2009.
HMS Grenville12th October 1942Scrapped 1983.
HMS Grove29th May 1941Torpedoed 12 June 1942
Haifa *January 1957Captured from Egypt (ex - Ibrahim El Awal) January 1957. Discarded 1972.
HMS Hambledon12th December 1939Scrapped 4 February 1958
HMS Heythrop30th October 1940Lost 20 March 1942
HMS Holderness8th February 1940Scrapped 20 November 1956
HMS Hope6th September 1910Sold February 1920.
HMS Hunter25th February 1936Sunk in collision 10th April 1940.
HMS Hursley25th July 1941Transferred to Greece 2 November 1943 renamed Kriti
HMS Hyperion8th April 1936Sunk by a mine near Pantelleria 22 December 1940
Ibrahim El Awal *1951Renamed (ex - Mohammed Ale El Kebir) 1951. Captured by Israel (Haifa) January 1957.
HMS Illustrious1st December 1978
HMS Janus10th November 1938Sunk 23rd January 1944.
HMS Jessamine9th September 1915Broken up December 1922
HMS Khartoum6th February 1939Sank 23 June 1940
HMS L3329th May 1919Sold February 1932.
HMS L526th January 1918Scrapped 20th November 1930.
HMS Laertes30th September 1913Launched as Sarpedon 5th June 1913 and renamed Laertes on 30th September 1913. Sold for scrap 1st December 1921.
HMS Lamerton14th December 1940Leased to India in 1952 renamed Gomati, sold to India April 1958
HMS Leviathan7th June 1945Scrapped 27th May 1968.
Lin Fu *May 1948Loaned from UK (ex - Mendip) May 1948. Sold to Egypt (Mohammed Ali El Kebir) 15th November 1949.
HMS Loch Morlich25th January 1944On completion she was loaned to the Canadian Navy and returned to the Royal Navy on 20th June 1945. To New Zealand (Tutira) (F420) 11th April 1949.
HMS Loch Shin23rd February 1944To New Zealand (Taupo) 13th September 1948.
HMS London7th December 1961To Pakistan (Babur), 24th March 1982.
HMS Lysander18th August 1913Sold for scrapping 1922
HMS Marlborough21st January 1989To Chile (Almirante Condell) 28th May 2008.
HMS Marmion28th May 1915Sunk following collision with Tirade 21 October 1917 off Lerwick
HMS Martial1st July 1915Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Mary Rose8th October 1915Sunk 17th October 1917.
HMS Mashona3rd September 1937Sunk 28th May 1941.
HMS Matchless5th October 1914Sold for scrap 26th October 1921.
HMS Mauritius19th July 1939Scrapped 27th March 1965.
HMS Melbreak5th March 1942Scrapped 22nd November 1956.
HMS Menace9th November 1915Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Mendip9th April 1940Loaned to China May 1948 AND returned to RN control on 29th May 1949. Sold to Egyptian Navy and renamed Mohamed ali-El-Kebir on 15 November 1949, renamed Ibrahim-El-Awal in 1951. Captured on 31 October 1956, during the Suez crisis, by the Israeli Navy and re-commissioned as INS Haifa K38, sunk as target 1968.
HMS Meynell7th June 1940Sold to Ecuador 1954 and renamed Presidente Velasco Ibarra
Miaoulis *November 1942Loaned from UK (ex - Modbury) November 1942. Sold for scrap 19th July 1961.
Minas Gerais *13th December 1956From UK (Vengeance) 13th December 1956. Sold July 2002.
HMS Minoru16th June 1919Sold 1920
HMS Modbury1942Allocated to the Royal Hellenic Navy on 24th March 1942 and launched as HHMS MIAOULIS on 13th April 1942. She was completed on 25th November 1942. Remained with Greek Navy until 23rd September 1960, when she reverted to Royal Navy control. Sold for scrapping in Greece 1961.
Mohammed Ali El Kebir *15th November 1949Launched as HMS Mendip 1940. Sold to Chinese Navy 1948 as Lin Fu. Purchased (ex Lin Fu) 15th November 1949. Renamed Ibrahim El Awal 1951. Captured by Israel on 31st October 1956, during the Suez Crisis, and renamed Haifa. Scrapped 1972.
HMSAS Natal19th June 1944Laid down as Loch Cree and handed over to South African Navy on 1st March 1945 and competed as HMSAS Natal. Sunk as target 19th September 1972.
HMS Nessus24th August 1915Sunk in collision after colliding with HMS Amphitrite in the North Sea 8th September 1918.
HMS Nestor9th October 1915Sunk 31st May 1916.
HMS Newcastle24th April 1975Decommissioned 1st February 2005 and scrapped November 2008.
HMS Newfoundland19th December 1941To Peru (Almirante Grau) 2nd November 1959
HMS Norfolk16th November 1967To Chile (Capitan Prat) February 1982.
HMS Northumberland4th April 1992
HMS Orby22nd October 1918Sold November 1922
HMS Partridge4th March 1916Sunk 12th December 1917 by German destroyer gunfire off Norwegian Coast.
HMS Pasley15th April 1916Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Pellew29th September 1954Sold for scrap 26th April 1971.
Pindos *18th May 1942Loaned from UK (ex - Bolebroke) 18th May 1942 before completion. Returned to the Royal Navy in September 1959 and scrapped 1960.
HMS Poppy9th November 1915Sold April 1923
HMS Porchester Castle21st June 1943Scrapped 14 May 1958
HMS Primula6th December 1915Sunk 1 March 1916
HMS Quality6th October 1941To Australia October 1945.
HMAS Quality *October 1945Sold for scrap 10th April 1958.
HMS Queenborough16th January 1942Trasferred to Australia October 1945.
HMAS Queenborough *October 1945Reclassified as Frigate 1954. Sold for scrap 8th April 1975.
HMS Radstock3rd June 1916Sold for breaking 29 April 1927
HMS Raider17th July 1916Sold 29th April 1927.
HMS Raven IIAugust 1914Seized (ex - German merchant vessel Rabenfels) August 1914. Renamed Ravenrock (non-naval) 1917.
Regele Ferdinand *14th January 2003From UK (Coventry) 14th January 2003.
HMS Richmond6th April 1993
HMS Roberts15th April 1915Scrapped 1936.
HMS Rocksand10th July 1918Sold 15 November 1922
HMS Rushen Castle16th July 1943Sold 26 September 1960
HMS Russell10th December 1954Sold for scrap 1st July 1985.
HMS Sandfly26th July 1911Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Scarborough14th March 1930Sold for scrap 3rd June 1949.
HMS Shark30th July 1912Sunk 31st May 1916.
HMS Shark14th September 1918Sold for scrap 5th February 1931.
HMS Sheffield26th March 1986To Chile (Almirante Williams) 4th September 2003.
HMS Shrewsbury Castle16th August 1943Transferred to Norway on completion April 1944, renamed HNoMS Tunsberg Castle
HMS Somali24th August 1937Foundered 24th September 1942.
HMS Sorceress29th August 1916Sold 29th April 1927.
HMS Sparrowhawk14th May 1918Sold 5th February 1931.
HMS Sparrowhawk12th October 1912Collided at Battle of Jutland and torpedoed by HMS Marksman 1 June 1916
HMS Spearmint23rd September 1918Sold November 1922
HMS Spitfire23rd December 1912Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Splendid10th July 1918Sold for breaking 8 January 1931
HMS Sportive19th September 1918Sold for breaking 25 September 1936
HMS St Kitts4th October 1944Scrapped 19th February 1962.
HMS Stalwart23rd October 1918To Australia (Stalwart) June 1919.
HMAS Stalwart *June 1919From UK (ex - Stalwart) June 1919. Sold 4th June 1937.
HMS Superb31st August 1943Scrapped 8th August 1960.
HMS Sweetbriar5th October 1917Sold 7 October 1927
HMAS Sydney22nd September 1934Sunk 19th November 1941.
HMS Tartar21st October 1937Sold for scrap 6th January 1948.
HMNZS Taupo *13th September 1948From UK (ex - Loch Shin) 13th September 1948. Sold 15th December 1961.
HMS Tilbury13th June 1918Scrapped February 1931.
HMS Tintagel13th June 1918Sold for breaking February 1931.
HMS Torrent26th November 1917Mined in North Sea 23 December 1917
HMS Torrid10th February 1917Handed over for scrap 27th January 1937.
HMS Tower5th April 1917Sold for breaking 17 May 1928
HMS Trafalgar12th January 1944Sold for scrap 8th June 1970.
HMS Tuberose16th November 1917Sold January 1923
HMS Tuscan28th May 1942 Scrapped May 1966
HMNZS Tutira *11th April 1949From UK (Loch Morlich). Sold 15th December 1961.
HMS Tyrian27th July 1942Scrapped 4th March 1965.
HMS Ulster9th November 1942Scrapped 4th August 1980.
Valdemar Sejr *July 1952From UK (ex - Exmoor) July 1952. Sold for scrap October 1966.
HMS Vengeance23rd February 1944Served as HMAS Vengeance 1952 - 1955. To Brazil (Minas Gerais) 13th December 1956.
HMS Vigilant22nd December 1942Scrapped 4th June 1965.
HMS Vimiera22nd June 1917Sunk 9th January 1942.
HMS Vindex4th May 1943Sold privately (Port Vindex) 2nd October 1947.
HMS Violent1st September 1917Scrapped 8th March 1937.
HMS Virago4th February 1943Scrapped June 1965.
HMS Vittoria29th October 1917Sunk 1st September 1919.
HMS Westminster4th February 1992
HMS Whirlwind15th December 1917Sunk 5th July 1940.
HMS Whitehall11th September 1919Scrapped 25th July 1945.
HMS Whitshed31st January 1919Sold for scrap 18th February 1947.
HMS Wild Swan17th May 1919Sunk by twelve German dive bombers, 17th June 1942.
HMS Woodbridge Haven11th January 1945Ordered as Loch Torridon in 1943, she was laid down as Woodbridge Haven in 1945. Scrapped August 1965.
HMS Wrestler25th February 1918Sold for scrap 20th July 1944.
HMS York20th June 1982Decommissioned 27 September 2012, awaiting disposal
HMS Zinnia12th August 1915To Belgium (Zinnia) 19th April 1920.
Zinnia *19th April 1920From UK (Zinnia) 19th April 1920. Captured by Germany (Barbara) 1940.

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