- Source: List of Royal Navy vessels active in 1982
The following vessels were in commission, planned or under construction for HM Royal Navy in 1982. Many of these vessels took part in the 1982 Falklands War.
Aircraft Carriers
Centaur-class – Hermes.
Invincible-class – Invincible, Illustrious, & Ark Royal.
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.
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, Exeter, Cardiff, Glasgow, Antrim & Glamorgan were all present in the South Atlantic during the Falklands War.
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 from a land-based launcher causing extensive damage, however she was not crippled.
Frigates
Type 22 – Broadsword, Battleaxe, Brilliant & Brazen, Boxer, & Beaver + 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, Brighton, Rothesay, Londonderry, Falmouth, BerwickStand-by Squadron, Plymouth, & Rhyl.
Whitby-class – Torquay & EastbourneHarbour 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.
Hunt-class – Brecon, Ledbury, Cattistock, Cottesmore, Brocklesby, Middleton, Chiddingfold, Dulverton & Hurworth.
Wilton.
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
See also
List of Royal Navy vessels active in 1981
Notes
† - Royal Navy Reserve
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