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Allied warship classes

Class	Type	# ships

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

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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