List of Royal Navy vessels active in 1982

The following vessels were in commission, planned or under construction for HM Royal Navy in 1982.^[1] Many of these vessels took part in the 1982 Falklands War.^[2]^[3]

Aircraft Carriers

Centaur-class – Hermes.
Invincible-class – Invincible, Illustrious,^{[Note 1]} & Ark Royal.^{[Note 2]}

The carriers Hermes and Invincible were deployed to the Falkland Islands in April 1982 as the centre piece of Rear Admiral Woodward's Carrier Battle Group.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Destroyers

Type 82 – Bristol.
Type 42 – Sheffield, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Exeter, Southampton, Liverpool, Cardiff, Coventry & Manchester (commissioned in December 1982) and four more fitting-out/in-build as of end-1982.
County-class – Antrim, Glamorgan & Fife.

The destroyers Bristol, Sheffield, Coventry,^[4] Exeter, Cardiff, Glasgow, Antrim & Glamorgan were all present in the South Atlantic during the Falklands War.^[2]^[3]^[5]

Sheffield and Coventry were lost to enemy action, Sheffield by air launched Exocet missile and Coventry to bombs. Glamorgan was struck by a modified air-launch Exocet^[6] from a land-based launcher causing extensive damage, however she was not crippled.

Frigates

Type 22 – Broadsword, Battleaxe, Brilliant & Brazen, Boxer,^{[Note 3]} & Beaver^{[Note 3]} + 2 planned.
Type 21 – Amazon, Antelope, Active, Ambuscade, Arrow, Alacrity, Ardent & Avenger.
Leander-class (Type 12I) –
- Batch 1 (Ikara Group): Aurora, Euryalus, Galatea, Arethusa, Naiad, Dido, Leander, & Ajax.
- Batch 2 (Exocet Group): Cleopatra, Sirius, Phoebe, Minerva, Danae, Juno, Argonaut, & Penelope
- Batch 3 (Broad-Beamed Group): Achilles, Diomede, Andromeda, Hermione, Jupiter, Apollo, Scylla, Ariadne, & Charybdis
Rothesay-class – Yarmouth, Lowestoft,^{[Note 4]} Brighton, Rothesay, Londonderry,^{[Note 4]} Falmouth, Berwick^{Stand-by Squadron}, Plymouth, & Rhyl.
Whitby-class – Torquay & Eastbourne^{Harbour training ship.}
Type 81 - Gurkha, Tartar & Zulu (all reactivated from reserve for Falklands War)

Ardent and Antelope lost due to enemy action.

Amphibious Units

Fearless-class – Fearless & Intrepid.
Round Table-class Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Sir Bedivere, Sir Galahad, Sir Geraint, Sir Lancelot, Sir Percivale & Sir Tristram.
Logistic Landing Craft (RCT) – HMAV Ardennes & HMAV Arakan.
LCM (9) Type – 14 craft
LCM (7) Type – 2 craft
Avon-class RPL – Avon, Bude, Clyde, Dart, Eden, Forth, Glen, Hamble, Itchen, Kennet, London & Medway.
LCVP -
- LCVP 1: 9 craft
- LCVP 2: 8 craft
- LCVP 3: 9 craft
LCP(R) – 3 craft

Sir Galahad lost due to enemy action.

Mine Warfare Forces

Abdiel.^{[Note 5]}
Hunt-class – Brecon, Ledbury, Cattistock, Cottesmore, Brocklesby, Middleton, Chiddingfold, Dulverton & Hurworth.
Wilton.^{[Note 6]}
Ton-class -
- Mine Hunters: Bilderston, Brereton, Brinton, Bronington, Bossington, Gavinton, Hubberston, Iverston, Kedleston, Kellington, Kirkliston, Maxton, Nurton & Sheraton.
- Minesweepers: Alfringston, Bickington, Crichton, Cuxton, Glasserton, Hodgeston, Laleston, Pollington, Shavington, Upton, Walkerton, Wotton, Soberton, Stubbington, Lewiston & Crofton.
Venturer-class – St. David & Venturer.
Ley-class – Aveley.
Ham-class – Dittisham, Flintham & Thornham.

Ice Patrol Ship

Endurance

Offshore Patrol Vessels

Castle-class - Leeds Castle, Dumbarton Castle
Island-class - Anglesey, Alderney, Jersey, Guernsey, Shetland, Orkney, Lindisfarne

Submarine Service

Resolution-class - Resolution, Renown, Repulse, Revenge
Trafalgar-class - Five fitting out/in build as of December 1982
Swiftsure-class - Swiftsure, Sovereign, Superb, Sceptre, Spartan, Splendid
Valiant-class - Valiant, Warspite
Churchill-class - Churchill, Conqueror, Courageous
Oberon-class - Oberon, Ocelot, Odin, Olympus, Onslaught, Onyx, Opportune, Oppossum, Oracle, Orpheus, Osiris, Otter, Otis,
Porpoise-class - Porpoise, Finwhale (harbour training vessel), Sealion, Walrus

Notes

† - Royal Navy Reserve

^ Commissioned whilst underway on 20 June 1982.
^ In Build, launched 2 June 1982.
^ ^a ^b In Build.
^ ^a ^b Trials Ship.
^ Exercise Minelayer.
^ prototype Coastal Minesweeper/hunter.

References

^ Moore, J., ed. (1982). Jane's Fighting Ships 1982-83 (85th ed.). London, UK: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0710607423.
^ ^a ^b ^c Woodward, John (2012). One Hundred Days: The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander (3rd ed.). Hammersmith, London: Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-00743-640-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sunday Express Magazine Team (1982). War in the Falklands, The Campaign in Pictures. London, UK: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 0297782029.
^ ^a ^b Hart Dyke, David (2007). Four Weeks in May: The Loss of HMS Coventry, A Captain's Story. London, UK: Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1-84354-590-3.
^ ^a ^b Freedman, Lawrence (2005). The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Vol.1 - The Origins of the Falklands War. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-71465-206-1.
^ Inskip, Ian (2012). Ordeal by Exocet: HMS Glamorgan and the Falklands War 1982. Chatham: Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1-84832-131-1.

[Note02-4] Commissioned whilst underway on 20 June 1982.

[Note03-5] In Build, launched 2 June 1982.

[Note01-9] In Build.

[Note06-10] Trials Ship.

[Note04-11] Exercise Minelayer.

[Note05-12] rototype Coastal Minesweeper/hunter.

[Jane's_Fighting_Ships-1] Moore, J., ed. (1982). Jane's Fighting Ships 1982-83 (85th ed.). London, UK: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0710607423.

[One_Hundred_Days-2] Woodward, John (2012). One Hundred Days: The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander (3rd ed.). Hammersmith, London: Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-00743-640-8.

[Falklands_in_Pictures-3] Sunday Express Magazine Team (1982). War in the Falklands, The Campaign in Pictures. London, UK: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 0297782029.

[Four_Weeks_in_May-6] Hart Dyke, David (2007). Four Weeks in May: The Loss of HMS Coventry, A Captain's Story. London, UK: Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1-84354-590-3.

[Official_history-7] Freedman, Lawrence (2005). The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Vol.1 - The Origins of the Falklands War. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-71465-206-1.

[Ordeal_by_Exocet-8] Inskip, Ian (2012). Ordeal by Exocet: HMS Glamorgan and the Falklands War 1982. Chatham: Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1-84832-131-1.

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