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Allied warship classes

Class	Type	# ships

	Tugs	1115
24	Sloops	4
A	Minesweepers	64
A (AG)	Submarines	5
Abdiel	Minelayers	6
Abnaki	Fleet tugs	38
Accentor	Minesweepers	70
Acciaio	Submarines	3
Active	Patrol vessels	33
Activity	Escort Carriers	1
Admirable	Minesweepers	131
Admiral	Battlecruisers	1
Admiralen	Destroyers	8
Admiralty Leader	Destroyers	6
Admiralty Modified W	Destroyers	15
Admiralty R	Destroyers	1
Admiralty S	Destroyers	11
Admiralty V & W	Destroyers	43
Adroit	Minesweepers	18
Adua	Submarines	2
Adventure	Cruiser minelayers	1
Aegir	Submarine tenders	4
Aetos	Destroyers	4
Agosta	Submarines	6
Aigle	Large destroyers	6
Ailanthus	Net tenders	30
Ailette	Gunboats	1
Aixos	Minelayers	4
Alaska	Large cruisers	3
Albatre	Gunboats	1
Alcyon	Torpedo boats	4
Algérie	Heavy cruisers	1
Algerine	Minesweepers	123
Algonquin	Cutters	6
Alliance	Tugs	4
Alligator	Tugs	2
Aloe	Net tenders	32
Altair	Gunboats	3
Ameer	Escort Carriers	23
Ammiraglio Cagni	Submarines	1
Amphion	Repair ships	3
Anchor	Salvage vessels	6
Animoso	Torpedo boats	5
Arbe	Minesweepers	4
Ardent	Gunboats	4
Arethusa	Light cruisers	4
Argo	Patrol vessels	17
Argonauta	Submarines	1
Argonaute	Submarines	5
Argus	Aircraft Carriers	1
Ariane	Submarines	3
Ariete	Torpedo boats	1
Ark Royal	Aircraft Carriers	1
Arras	Gunboats	11
Asheville	Gunboats	2
Ashland	Dock landing ships	8
Ashtabula	Oilers	23
Assistance	Repair Ships	5
Assurance	Rescue Tugs	21
Atlanta	Anti-aircraft cruisers	4
Attacker	Escort Carriers	11
Attilio Regolo	Light cruisers	3
Audacity	Escort carriers	1
Auk	Minesweepers	95
Avenger / Charger	Escort carriers	5
Axe	MS Trawlers	4
Azio	Minelayers	2
B	Submarines	16
Bagaduce	Fleet tugs	17
Bagley	Destroyers	8
Bahia	Light cruisers	2
Balao	Submarines	118
Baltimore	Heavy cruisers	18
Banff	Sloops	10
Bangkalan	Minelayers	1
Bangor	Minesweepers	128
Bar	Boom Defence Vessels	74
Barnegat	Seaplane tenders	31
Barracuda	Submarines	3
Basset	MS Trawlers	18
Bathurst	Minesweepers	60
Battle	Destroyers	18
Bay	Frigates	26
Beachy Head	Repair Ships	21
Béarn	Aircraft carriers	1
Belfast	Light cruisers	2
Bellona	Light cruisers	5
Benham	Destroyers	10
Benson / Gleaves	Destroyers	24
Birmingham	Light cruisers	1
Bittern	Sloops	3
Black Swan	Sloops	8
Bogatyr	Light cruisers	1
Bogue	Escort carriers	18
Bolster	Salvage vessels	9
Bougainville	Colonial sloops	8
Bourrasque	Destroyers	12
Bretagne	Battleships	3
Bridgewater	Sloops	2
Brigand	Rescue Tugs	5
Brin	Submarines	1
Bristol	Destroyers	72
Brooklyn	Light cruisers	7
Buckley	Destroyer Escorts	102
Burn	Tugs	2
Bustler	Rescue Tugs	8
Busy	Tugs	2
C	Destroyers	6
CA	Destroyers	8
Cachalot	Submarines	2
Caio Duilio	Battleships	2
Cairo	Light cruisers	5
Caldwell	Destroyers	4
Caledon	Light cruisers	3
Campania	Escort Carriers	1
Cannon	Destroyer Escorts	86
Captain	Frigates	78
Carioca	Minelayers	6
Carlo Mirabello	Destroyers	1
Casa Grande	Dock landing ships	19
Casablanca	Escort carriers	50
Castle	Corvettes	72
Catskill	Vehicle landing ships	2
Cavendish	Light cruisers	3
Ceres	Light cruisers	5
Ch	Destroyers	8
Chacal	Large destroyers	7
Chamois	Minesweepers	4
Chanticleer	Submarine rescue vessels	9
Charles Lawrence	High speed transports	6
Chervona Ukraina	Light cruisers	1
Chicopee	Oilers	2
Chiwawa	Oilers	5
Cimarron	Oilers	8
Circé	Submarines	4
Clemson	Destroyers	88
Cleveland	Light cruisers	28
Co	Destroyers	8
Cohoes	Net tenders	15
Colony	Frigates	21
Colorado	Battleships	3
Colossus	Aircraft Carriers	10
Commencement Bay	Escort carriers	23
Conte di Cavour	Battleships	1
Cornwallis	Sloops	1
Courageous	Aircraft Carriers	2
Courbet	Battleships	2
Cr	Destroyers	8
Crosley	High speed transports	50
Currituck	Seaplane tenders	4
Curtatone	Torpedo boats	1
Curtiss	Seaplane tenders	2
D	Light cruisers	21
D (Dekabrist)	Submarines	6
Dance	ASW Trawlers	20
De Ruyter	Light cruisers	1
Delta	Repair ships	2
Diane	Submarines	9
Dido	Light cruisers	11
Director	Rescue Tugs	4
Dispenser	Salvage vessels	9
Diver	Salvage vessels	19
Dixie	Destroyer tenders	5
Dobbin	Destroyer tenders	2
Dog	ASW Trawlers	2
Dolphin	Submarines	1
Dorsetshire	Heavy cruisers	2
Douwe Aukes	Minelayers	3
Dromedary	Tugs	5
Dubourdieu	Gunboats	2
Dubuque	Gunboats	2
Duguay-Trouin	Light cruisers	3
Dunkerque	Battlecruisers	2
Dunnet	Boom defence vessels	1
Duquesne	Heavy cruisers	2
E	Light cruisers	13
Eagle	Aircraft Carriers	9
Edsall	Destroyer Escorts	85
Egret	Sloops	3
Eidsvold	Coastal defence ships	2
Elan	Minesweepers	14
ELCO 70'	Motor torpedo boats	10
ELCO 77'	Motor torpedo boats	49
ELCO 80'	Motor torpedo boats	346
Emanuelle Filiberto Duca d’Aosta	Light cruisers	2
Emile Bertin	Light cruisers	1
Envoy	Rescue Tugs	6
Erebus	Monitors	2
Erie	Gunboats	2
Eritrea	Sloops	1
Escambia	Oilers	14
Essex	Aircraft carriers	26
Evarts	Destroyer Escorts	73
F	Destroyers	11
Falmouth	Sloops	4
Farragut	Destroyers	8
Favourite	Rescue Tugs	23
Ferraris	Submarines	1
Fiji	Light cruisers	13
Fish	ASW Trawlers	8
Fisher 58'	Motor torpedo boats	2
Fletcher	Destroyers	175
Flores	Sloops	2
Florida	Battleships	1
Flower	Corvettes	262
Flower (rev.)	Corvettes	82
Flutto	Submarines	2
Foca	Submarines	2
Fogal 58'	Motor torpedo boats	2
Folkestone	Sloops	5
Fratelli Bandiera	Submarines	3
Friponne	Gunboats	2
Fulton	Submarine tenders	7
Fundy	Minesweepers	4
Furious	Aircraft Carriers	1
G	Destroyers	11
G 13	Torpedo boats	3
Gabbiano	Corvettes	19
Gar	Submarines	6
Gato	Submarines	77
Gearing	Destroyers	98
General Haller	Gunboats	2
Gerard Callenburgh	Destroyers	4
Giorgios Averoff	Armoured cruisers	1
Giuseppe Cesare Abba	Torpedo boats	3
Giuseppe Garibaldi	Light cruisers	2
Giuseppe La Masa	Torpedo boats	3
Giuseppe Sirtori	Torpedo boats	2
Glauco	Submarines	1
Gloucester	Light cruisers	3
Goffredo Mameli	Submarines	3
Granit	Gunboats	1
Gridley	Destroyers	4
Griffin	Submarine tenders	2
Grimsby	Sloops	13
Grom	Destroyers	2
Gruno	Gunboats	3
Gryf	Minelayers	1
Guepard	Large destroyers	6
H	Submarines	19
Haida	Cutters	4
Halcyon	Minesweepers	21
Hamul	Destroyer tenders	2
Havant	Destroyers	6
Hecla	Destroyer Depot Ships	2
Helli	Minelaying cruisers	1
Henrique Dias	ASW Trawlers	6
Hermes	Aircraft Carriers	1
Higgins 78'	Motor torpedo boats	217
Hill	ASW Trawlers	8
Huckins 78'	Motor torpedo boats	18
Humaita	Submarines	1
Hunt	Minesweepers	25
Hunt (Type I)	Escort destroyers	20
Hunt (Type II)	Escort destroyers	44
Hunt (Type III)	Escort destroyers	33
Hunt (Type IV)	Escort destroyers	2
Hydra	Minelayers	2
I	Destroyers	11
Illustrious	Aircraft Carriers	3
Impetus	Tugs	5
Implacable	Aircraft Carriers	2
Independence	Light fleet carriers	9
Indomitable	Aircraft Carriers	1
Iowa	Battleships	6
Isles	MS Trawlers	128
J	Destroyers	8
Jan van Amstel	Minesweepers	8
Jan van Brakel	Minelayers	1
Jaskolka	Minesweepers	6
Java	Light cruisers	2
Jeanne d'Arc	Light cruisers	1
Johan Maurits van Nassau	Sloops	1
John C. Butler	Destroyer Escorts	87
K	Destroyers	9
K (Katjusa)	Submarines	12
K V	Submarines	1
K VIII	Submarines	4
K XI	Submarines	3
K XIV	Submarines	5
Kalev	Submarines	2
Kanawha	Oilers	6
Katsonis	Submarines	2
Kaweah	Oilers	3
Kennebec	Oilers	6
Kenneth Whiting	Seaplane tenders	5
Kent	Heavy cruisers	7
Kidonia	Torpedo boats	4
Kidoniai	Torpedo boats	1
Kil	Patrol vessels	15
Kilkis	Coastal defence ships	2
King George V	Battleships	5
King Salvor	Salvage vessels	13
Kingfisher	Patrol vessels	9
Kirov (Project 26)	Heavy cruisers	2
Klondike	Destroyer tenders	4
Kondouriotis	Destroyers	4
Krakatau	Minelayers	1
Kraznyi Kavkaz	Light cruisers	1
Kraznyi Krim	Light cruisers	1
L	Submarines	11
L (former British)	Submarines	1
L (Leninec)	Submarines	25
L'Adroit	Destroyers	14
L'Espoire	Submarines	6
La Galissonniere	Light cruisers	6
La Melpomène	Torpedo boats	13
Laertes	Repair ships	2
Lake	Minesweepers	29
Lapwing	Minesweepers	49
Le Fantasque	Large destroyers	6
Le Hardi	Destroyers	8
Leander	Light cruisers	6
Leningrad (Project 1)	Flotilla leaders	3
Lexington	Aircraft Carriers	2
Littorio	Battleships	2
Llewellyn	Minesweepers	10
Loch	Frigates	82
London	Heavy cruisers	5
Long Island/Archer	Escort carriers	2
LSM	Medium landing ships	33
LST	Tank landing ships	1156
Luigi Cadorna	Light cruisers	1
Luigi Settembrini	Submarines	2
Luronne	Gunboats	1
Luzon	River gunboats	2
M	Minesweepers	13
M (Malyutka)	Submarines	111
Mackerel	Submarines	2
Maestrale	Destroyers	1
Mahan	Destroyers	18
Maidstone	Submarine Depot Ships	2
Marashti	Destroyers	2
Marcantonio Bragadin	Submarines	2
Marcello	Submarines	1
Marcilio Dias	Destroyers	3
Mattaponi	Oilers	5
Maxim Gorkiy (Project 26bis)	Heavy cruisers	4
Mazur	Torpedo boats	1
Merchantile Conversion	Escort Carriers	19
Mersey	MS Trawlers	11
Midway	Aircraft Carriers	3
Military	ASW Trawlers	9
Minas Gerais	Battleships	2
Minerve	Submarines	6
Minotaur	Light cruisers	9
Minsk (Project 38)	Flotilla leaders	3
Modified Black Swan	Sloops	34
Mogador	Large destroyers	2
Moor	Mooring vessels	6
Moorburn	Mooring vessels	12
Moorgate	Barrage / Gate vessels	6
Moray Firth	Repair Ships	7
N	Destroyers	16
Nairana	Escort Carriers	2
Narwhal	Submarines	2
Nautilus	Minelayers	1
Navajo	Fleet tugs	28
Navigatori	Destroyers	1
Nelson	Battleships	2
Net	Boom Defence Vessels	11
Nevada	Battleships	2
New Mexico	Battleships	3
New Orleans	Heavy cruisers	7
New York	Battleships	2
Niki	Torpedo boats	2
Nimble	Rescue Tugs	2
North Carolina	Battleships	2
Northampton	Heavy cruisers	6
Novik	Destroyers	17
O	Submarines	17
O 12	Submarines	4
O 16	Submarines	1
O 19	Submarines	2
O 21	Submarines	7
O 7	Submarines	1
O 8	Submarines	1
O 9	Submarines	3
O-1	Submarines	8
Oakland	Anti-aircraft cruisers	4
Omaha	Light cruisers	11
Oriani	Destroyers	3
Orion	Submarines	2
Orsa	Torpedo boats	2
Orzel	Submarines	2
Osage	Vehicle landing ships	4
Owasco	Cutters	13
P	Submarines	25
P (Pravda)	Submarines	3
P 611	Submarines	4
Panay	River gunboats	1
Para	Torpedo boats	6
Parkgate	Barrage / Gate vessels	11
Patoka	Oilers	8
Patrol Craft Escort	Patrol crafts	48
PC	Patrol crafts	1
PC-461	Patrol crafts	352
PCS-1376	Patrol crafts	59
Penguin	Submarine rescue vessels	3
Pennsylvania	Battleships	2
Pensacola	Heavy cruisers	2
Perch	Submarines	6
Perla	Submarines	5
Perth	Light cruisers	3
Platino	Submarines	2
Pluton	Light cruisers	1
Porpoise	Submarines	8
Porter	Destroyers	8
Portland	Heavy cruisers	2
Poultry	Tugs	2
Pre	Boom defence vessels	5
Pretoria Castle	Escort Carriers	1
Prince	Armed Merchant Cruisers	3
Prins van Oranje	Minelayers	2
Pro Patria	Minelayers	1
Project 30	Destroyers	1
Project 7	Destroyers	28
Project 7u	Destroyers	18
Proteus	Submarines	4
Prototype	Destroyers	2
Prototypes	Submarine chasers	5
PT 5	Motor torpedo boats	1
PT 6	Motor torpedo boats	1
PT 7	Motor torpedo boats	1
PT 8	Motor torpedo boats	1
PT 9	Motor torpedo boats	1
Q	Destroyers	10
Queen Elizabeth	Battleships	5
R	Submarines	12
R-1	Submarines	22
Raimondo Montecuccoli	Light cruisers	1
Ranger	Aircraft carriers	1
Raven	Minesweepers	2
RD	Minesweepers	12
Redoutable	Submarines	17
Regele Ferdinand	Destroyers	2
Renown	Battlecruisers	2
Repeat Bogue	Escort carriers	24
Requin	Submarines	10
Richelieu	Battleships	2
Rigel	Minelayers	1
River	Frigates	161
Roberts	Monitors	2
Robust	Tugs	10
Rollicker	Rescue Tugs	5
Ronis	Submarines	2
Round Table	MS Trawlers	8
Royal Sovereign	Battleships	6
Rudderow	Destroyer Escorts	22
S	Destroyers	78
S (Stalinec)	Submarines	51
S-1	Submarines	30
S-3	Submarines	3
S-4	Submarines	4
S-42	Submarines	6
S-48	Submarines	1
Sacramento	Gunboats	1
Saint	Rescue Tugs	18
Salmon	Submarines	6
Sampson	Destroyers	1
Sangamon	Escort carriers	4
Saphir	Submarines	6
Sargo	Submarines	10
SC (Scuka)	Submarines	87
SC-497	Submarine chasers	443
Sevastopol	Battleships	3
Shakespeare	Destroyers	3
Shakespearian	MS Trawlers	12
Shark	Submarines	2
Shenandoah	Destroyer tenders	10
Shoreham	Sloops	4
Sims	Destroyers	12
Sirena	Submarines	1
Sirene	Submarines	3
Sleipner	Destroyers	6
Soemenep	Minelayers	1
Soldati (1st series)	Destroyers	4
Soldati (2nd series)	Destroyers	3
Somers	Destroyers	5
Somme	Gunboats	3
Sonoma	Fleet tugs	2
South Dakota	Battleships	4
Southampton	Light cruisers	5
Spica	Torpedo boats	7
Squalo	Submarines	1
St. Louis	Light cruisers	2
Suamico	Oilers	11
Suffren	Heavy cruisers	4
Suippe	Gunboats	1
Sumner	Destroyers	70
Surcouf	Submarines	1
T	Destroyers	68
Tacoma	Frigates	75
Tambor	Submarines	6
Tangier	Seaplane tenders	3
Tashkent (Project 20)	Flotilla leaders	1
Tench	Submarines	35
Tennessee	Battleships	2
Thyella	Torpedo boats	2
Tordenskjold	Coastal defence ships	2
Town	Destroyers	66
Treasury	Cutters	7
Tree	MS Trawlers	20
Tribal	Destroyers	27
Trinculo	Mooring vessels	5
Tromp	Light cruisers	2
Tupy	Submarines	3
Turbine	Destroyers	1
Type VIIC	Submarines	1
U	Submarines	61
Unicorn	Aircraft Carriers	1
Unknown class	Armed Yachts	5
V	Destroyers	44
V-4	Submarines	1
Valliante	Gunboats	1
Van Kinsbergen	Sloops	1
Vasilefs Georgios	Destroyers	2
Vauquelin	Large destroyers	6
Vedetta	Minesweepers	1
Ville d'Ys	Colonial sloops	1
Vosper 72'	Motor torpedo boats	136
Vulcan	Repair ships	4
W	Destroyers	8
Wake	River gunboats	2
Wasp	Aircraft Carriers	1
West	Tugs	6
Wicher	Destroyers	2
Wichita	Heavy Cruisers	1
Wickes	Destroyers	79
Wilk	Submarines	3
Willem van der Zaan	Minelayers	1
Wind	Icebreakers	5
Wyoming	Battleships	2
YMS	Minesweepers	633
York	Heavy cruisers	2
Yorktown	Aircraft carriers	3
Z	Destroyers	8
Z 1	Torpedo boats	1
Z 5	Torpedo boats	4

British Warships of the Second World War
Roberts, John

Books dealing with this subject include:

A Blue Water Navy, WAB Douglas, R. Sarty, M. Whitby et al., 2007
Bombs, Torpedoes and Kamikazes (Air Combat Photo History Series), Lambert, John W., 1997
British and Dominion Warships of World War II, Lenton, H.T.and Colledge, J.J., 1968
British and Empire Warships of the Second World War, Lenton, H.T., 1998
British Vessels Lost at Sea 1914-18, N/A, 1977
British Warships of the Second World War, Roberts, John, 2001
British Warships since 1945, Critchley, Mike, 1982
The Canadian Naval Chronicle 1939-1945, Darlington, Robert and McKee, Fraser M., 1998
The Design & Construction of British Warships 1939-1945, Brown, David K., 1996
German Warships of the Second World War, Lenton, H.T., 1975
German Warships of World War I, Friedman, Norman and Gardiner, Robert, 1992
German Warships of World War II, Taylor, J.C., 1968
German Warships, 1815-1945, Gröner, Erich, 1990
Italian Warships of World War II, Fraccaroli, Aldo, 1978
Jane's World War II Warships, Ireland, Bernard, 1999

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