List of Eastern Fleet ships

The Eastern Fleet was a World War II formation of the British Royal Navy. It was formed from the ships and installations of the East Indies Station and the China Station (which are included in this list), with headquarters at Singapore, moving between Trincomalee and Kilindini after the Japanese advances in south east Asia made Singapore untenable as a naval base. See main article for details.

The following lists the warships and support ships of the Fleet, with dates served, fate and nationality.

## Battleships

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Howe |  UK | August 9,1944
September 1945  | November 1944
January 1946  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Joined Home Fleet
Nelson |  UK | July 1945  | September 1945  | Joined Home Fleet
Prince of Wales |  UK | December 1941  | 10 December 1941  | Sunk by air attack
Queen Elizabeth |  UK | January 1944  | July 1945  | Reserve
Ramillies |  UK | February 1942

October 1943  | June 1942

December 1943  | Damaged at Diego Suarez, repaired at Durban and Plymouth, then Home Fleet
Joined Home Fleet
Resolution |  UK | March 1942  | September 1943  | Reserve
Revenge |  UK | August 1941  | September 1943  | Reserve
Richelieu |  France | April 1944
March 1945  | October 1944
May 1945  | Toulon

Royal Sovereign |  UK | October 1941
October 1943  | January 1943
December 1943  | Refit in USA
Reserve and transfer to USSR
Valiant |  UK | August 1942
January 1944 | January 1943
August 8, 1944  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Repairs following damage in drydock collapse August 8, 1944 at Trincomalee
Warspite |  UK | March 1942  | March 1943  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet

## Battlecruisers

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Renown |  UK | January 1944  | March 1945  | Joined Home Fleet
Repulse |  UK | December 1941  | 10-December 1941  | Sunk by air attack

## Fleet aircraft carriers

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Eagle |  UK | <September 1939
March 1941  | May 1940
May 1941  | Mediterranean Fleet
South Atlantic and Africa Station
Formidable |  UK | March 1942  | August 1942  | Operation Torch
Hermes |  UK | <March 1942  | 9 April 1942  | Sunk by Japanese air attack off Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Illustrious |  UK | May 1942
January 1944  | January 1943
November 1944  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Joined British Pacific Fleet
Indefatigable |  UK | November 1944  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Indomitable |  UK | January 1942
July 1944  | July 1942
November 1944  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Joined British Pacific Fleet
Saratoga |  US | April 1944  | May 1944  | USA for refit
Unicorn |  UK | January 1944  | December 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet. Usually used as an aircraft maintenance ship
Victorious |  UK | July 1944  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet

## Escort aircraft carriers

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Activity |  UK | April 1945  | September 1945  | to UK into reserve
Ameer |  UK | June 1944  | October 1945  | Returned to USN
Atheling |  UK | May 1944  | December 1944  | Joined USN for operations SW Pacific
Attacker |  UK | April 1945  | September 1945  | Returned to USN
Battler |  UK | November 1943  | December 1944  | Joined Home Fleet
Begum |  UK | April 1944
June 1945  | January 1945
October 1945  | Refit on Clyde
Returned to USN
Emperor |  UK | March 1945  | November 1945  | Returned to USN
Empress |  UK | February 1945  | November 1945  | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[1]
Hunter |  UK | March 1945  | October 1945  | Returned to USN
Khedive |  UK | February 1945  | September 1945  | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[2]
Pursuer |  UK | August 1945  | November 1945  | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[3]
Searcher |  UK | August 1945  | August 1945  | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[4]
Shah |  UK | April 1944  | September 1945  | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[5]
Stalker |  UK | March 1945  | October 1945  | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[6]
Trouncer |  UK | October 1945  | October 1945  | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[7]
Trumpeter |  UK | July 1945  | January 1946  | Returned to UK for pay-off, then to USN[8]

## Heavy cruisers

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Berwick |  UK | July 1927  | 1936  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Canberra |  Australia | <May 1940  | <December 1941  | US Pacific Fleet (Task Force 17)
Cornwall |  UK | December 1927
<September 1939
April 1941  | <1938
December 1939
5 April 1942  | UK for Refit
South Atlantic and Africa Station
Sunk by Japanese air attack[9]
Cumberland |  UK | December 1927
<1938
March 1944  | 1935
1938
November 1945  | UK for reconstruction
2nd Cruiser Squadron
Joined Home Fleet
Devonshire |  UK | December 1941
April 1942  | January 1942
March 1943  | Refit at Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Refit, then Home Fleet[10]
Dorsetshire |  UK | 1937
November 1940
March 1942  | October 1939
December 1940
5 April 1942  | South Atlantic and Africa Station
Atlantic
Sunk by Japanese air attack
Effingham |  UK | 1925  | <September 1932  | Joined Home Fleet
Frobisher |  UK | 1926
March 1942  | 1926
March 1944  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Joined Home Fleet
Hawkins |  UK | 1919
December 1929
September 1932
< February 1941
May 1942  | November 1928
May 1930
April 1935
> December 1941
February 1944  | Refit in UK
Reserve
Reserve
Refit at Portsmouth
Joined Home Fleet for D-day
Kent |  UK | June 1928
1938  | 1937
August 1940  | Reconstruction
Joined Mediterranean Fleet
London |  UK | March 1944  | June 1949  | Paid off
Suffolk |  UK | February 1928
April 1943  | <October 1939
<March 1948  | Joined Home Fleet
Joined Home Fleet
Sussex |  UK | >February 1943

July 1945

| April 1944

>Sept 1945

| to UK for refit April 1944

Rejoined Eastern Fleet July 1945

## Light cruisers

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Achilles |  New Zealand | June 1944  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Birmingham |  UK | January 1938  | September 1939  | Refit at Malta, then Home Fleet
Cairo |  UK | 1920  | 1927  | America and West Indies Station
Caledon |  UK | August 1940  | September 1942  | Joined Home Fleet
Capetown |  UK | July 1934
<August 1940
19 June 1942  | August 1938
<April 1941
> October 1942  | UK, Refit

Home Fleet
Caradoc |  UK | December 1926
July 1930
> February 1942
1944  | <September 1927
<October 1934
June 1943
<April 1946  | UK, Refit
Reserve
South Africa Station
UK, scrapped
Carlisle |  UK | March 1919
<August 1940  | 1928
<March 1941  | Refit
Mediterranean Fleet
Cardiff |  UK | July 1938  | April 1939  | Reserve
Ceres |  UK | April 1940  | October 1943  | Mediterranean Fleet
Ceylon |  UK | November 1943  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Colombo |  UK | June 1919
July 1932
<August 1940  | 1926
1935
June 1942  | America and West Indies Station
Reserve
UK for conversion
Danae |  UK | August 1936
February 1942
July 1943  | January 1938
July 1942
December 1943  | Joined Home Fleet
Modernisation in UK
Joined Home Fleet
Dauntless |  UK | December 1939
August 1942  | February 1942
February 1945  | Refit at Portsmouth
Reserve
Delhi |  UK | 1926  | 1928  |
Despatch |  UK | June 1922  | 1927  | America and West Indies Station
Diomede |  UK
New Zealand | 1922
1935  | 1925
March 1936  | New Zealand Squadron
Reverted to Royal Navy, placed in Reserve
Dragon |  UK | October 1926
January 1941  | December 1928
November 1942  | UK, Refit
Home Fleet
Durban |  UK | <March 1940
> June 1943  | >August 1942
November 1943  | Repairs at New York, Refit Portsmouth
UK, Reserve
Emerald |  UK | January 1926
August 1934
<April 1941
April 1943  | July 1933
September 1937
August 1942
<June 1944  | Refit
Reserve
Refit
Joined Home Fleet
Enterprise |  UK | April 1926
January 1936
January 1941  | <July 1934
December 1937
December 1942  | Reserve
Joined Home Fleet
Refit at Clyde
Gambia |  UK | February 1942  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Gloucester |  UK | <September 1939  | <May 1941  |
Hobart |  Australia | <April 1940  | >June 1941  | Pacific
Kenya |  UK | January 1944  | >February 1945  |
Leander |  New Zealand | <1931  | >1945  | Damaged in the Battle of Kolombangara
Liverpool |  UK | <September 1939  | >January 1940  |
Manchester |  UK | <September 1939  | <May 1940  |
Mauritius |  UK | February 1942  | April 1943  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Newcastle |  UK | April 1942
May 1943  | May 1942
March 1945  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Joined British Pacific Fleet
Nigeria |  UK | February 1944  | December 1945  | Refit
Swiftsure |  UK | <November 1944  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Tromp |  Netherlands | January 1944

February 1945

| September 1944

August 1945

| Refit at Sydney Australia

Joined British Pacific Fleet

## Anti-aircraft cruisers

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Argonaut |  UK | November 1944  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Black Prince |  UK | November 1944  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Euryalus |  UK | January 1945  | January 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Jacob van Heemskerck |  Netherlands | March 1942  | December 1943  |
Phoebe |  UK | June 1944  | September 1945  |
Royalist |  UK | March 1945  | >September 1945

## Armed merchant cruisers

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Arawa |  UK | September 1939  | November 1940  | South Atlantic Station
Canton |  UK | September 1942  | April 1944  | Converted to troopship
Corfu |  UK | March 1942  | August 1942  | South Atlantic Station
Hector |  UK | March 1942  | April 42  | Sunk by air attack in Colombo harbour
Ranchi |  UK | March 1942  | January 1943  | Used as troopship
Westralia |  Australia |  | 1943  | Converted to landing ship infantry

## Destroyers

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Active |  UK | <1942  | <May 1942  |
Anthony |  UK | <May 1942  | <February 1944  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Arrow |  UK | <June 1942  | <June 1943  |
Cummings |  US | April 1944  | May 1944  | Pacific
Dainty |  UK | <September 1939  | September 1939  | Joined Home Fleet
Daring |  UK | <September 1939  | September 1939  | Joined Home Fleet
Decoy |  UK | <September 1939  | <June 1940  |
Defender |  UK | <September 1939  | <June 1940  |
Delight |  UK | <September 1939  | <June 1940  |
Diamond |  UK | <September 1939  | <April 1941  |
Diana |  UK | <September 1939  | <February 1940  |
Duchess |  UK | <September 1939  | <December 1939  |
Duncan |  UK | January 1935
> March 1941  | September 1939
1942  | Repairs, then joined Home Fleet
Joined Home Fleet
Dunlap |  US | April 1944  | May 1944  | Pacific
Encounter |  UK |  | 1 March 1942  | Sunk
Eskimo |  UK | <May 1945  |  |
Express |  UK | November 1941  | February 1943  | Refit in UK
Fanning |  US | April 1944  | May 1944  | Pacific
Fortune |  UK | March 1942
September 1942  | April 1942
November 1942  |
Dry dock at Simonstown, South Africa
Foxhound |  UK | April 1942  | May 1943  | to UK for conversion to long-range ASW escort
Grenville |  UK | December 1944  | February 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Griffin |  UK | April 1942

July 1942

| May 1942

October 1942

| to Mediterranean Fleet

to UK for conversion to long-range ASW escort

Hotspur |  UK | September 1942
September 1943  | January 1943
December 1943  | Dry dock at Simonstown, South Africa
Returned to Home Fleet
Isaac Sweers |  Netherlands | April 1942  | May 1942  | Refit at Southampton
Isis |  UK | <June 1941  |  |
Inconstant |  UK | April 1942  | May 1942  | to Mediterranean Fleet
Javelin |  UK | April 1942  | May 1942  | to Mediterranean Fleet
Kempenfelt |  UK | November 1944  |  |
Laforey |  UK | <May 1942  | July 1942  | to Mediterranean Fleet
Lightning |  UK | <May 1942  | July 1942  | to Mediterranean Fleet
Lookout |  UK | <May 1942  | July 1942  | to Mediterranean Fleet
Napier |  Australia | February 1942  | February 1945  |
Nepal |  Australia | July 1942  | March 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Nestor |  Australia | January 1942  | June 1942  | Sunk in Mediterranean, during Operation Vigorous
Nizam |  Australia | January 1942  | November 1944  |
Norman |  Australia | January 1942  | February 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Nubian |  UK | <May 1945  |  |
Pakenham |  UK | April 1942  | May 1942  | to Mediterranean Fleet
Paladin |  UK | March 1942

February 1944

| May 1942

>May 1945

| to Mediterranean Fleet
Panther |  UK | <April 1942  | May 1942  | to UK for refit/Home Fleet duty
Pathfinder |  UK | February 1944  | February 1945  | Reserve
Penn |  UK | February 1944  | September 1944  | to UK for refit
Petard |  UK | February 1944  | August 1944  | to UK for refit
Quadrant |  UK | March 1944  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Quality |  UK | March 1944  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Queenborough |  UK | March 1944  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Quiberon |  Australia | March 1943  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Quickmatch |  Australia | May 1943  | October 1944  |
Quilliam |  UK | March 1944  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Racehorse |  UK | January 1944  |  |
Raider |  UK | April 1944  | >January 1945  |
Rapid |  UK | March 1944  | >January 1945  |
Redoubt |  UK | March 1944  |  |
Relentless |  UK | <September 1943  | >February 1944  |
Rocket |  UK | February 1944  |  |
Roebuck |  UK | September 1943  | >May 1945  |
Rotherham |  UK | <December 1943  |  |
Saumarez |  UK | March 1945  | June 1945  | to Simonstown for repair
Scout |  UK | <September 1939  | <March 1946  |
Tartar |  UK | Feb 1945  | Nov 1945?  |
Tenedos |  UK | <September 1939  | April 1942  | Sunk by air attack in Colombo harbour
Thanet |  UK | <September 1939  | 27 January 1942  | Sunk by Japanese destroyers off east coast of Malaya
Thracian |  UK | <September 1939  | December 1941  | Run aground at Hong Kong; salvaged by the IJN, repaired and recommissioned on 25 November 1942 as Patrol Vessel No.101
Tjerk Hiddes |  Netherlands | Feb 1944  | October 1944  | to UK for convoy defence
Le Triomphant |  France | May 1945  |  |
Undaunted |  UK | December 1944  | February 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Undine |  UK | December 1944  | February 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Ursa |  UK | December 1944  | February 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Vampire |  Australia | February 1942  | 9 April 1942  | Sunk by Japanese air attack off Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Van Galen |  Netherlands | June 1942  | November 1944  | to UK for convoy defence
Vendetta |  Australia |  | August 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Venus |  UK | March 1945  | >August 1945  |
Verulam |  UK | March 1945  | >September 1945  |
Vigilant |  UK | February 1945  | >August 1945  |
Virago |  UK | January 1945  | >September 1945  |
Volage |  UK | February 1945  | >September 1945  |
Wager |  UK | September 1944  | January 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Wakeful |  UK | September 1944  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Wessex |  UK | September 1944  | November 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Whelp |  UK | October 1944  | January 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet

## Frigates

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Avon |  UK | March 1944  | December 1944  | to British Pacific Fleet
Bann |  UK | <November 1943  | December 1945  | transferred to Royal Indian Navy; renamed Tir
Derg |  UK | <November 1943  |  |
Deveron |  UK | October 1944  | late 1945  | Transferred to Royal Indian Navy
Findhorn |  UK | <May 1944  |  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Inver |  UK | >July 1943  |  |
Jed |  UK | November 1944  |  |
Kale |  UK | <December 1943  |  |
Lossie |  UK | June 1944  |  |
Nadder |  UK | <August 1944  |  |
Parrett |  UK | <August 1944  |  |
Plym |  UK | November 1943  |  |
Taff |  UK | <August 1944  |  |
Tay |  UK | September 1943  |  |
Teviot |  UK | November 1944  | June 1945  | Transferred to the South African Navy June 1945
Trent |  UK | September 1943  | April 1946  | Transferred to the Royal Indian Navy April 1946

## Corvettes

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Auricula |  UK | April 1942  | May 1942  | Mined and sunk off Diego Suarez
Fritillary |  UK | June 1942  | March 1944  |
Genista |  UK | <May 1942  | >February 1943  |
Hollyhock |  UK |  | 9 April 1942  | Sunk by Japanese air attack off Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Honesty |  UK | November 1943  |  |
Integrity |  UK | <December 1943  |  |
Jasmine |  UK | <December 1943  |  |
Rosebay |  UK | December 1943  | March 1946  | returned to USN
Thyme |  UK | <August 1943  |  |
Tulip |  UK | <December 1943  |  |

## Minesweepers

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Aberdare |  UK | <September 1939  | <March 1947  |
Abingdon |  UK | <September 1939  | <April 1942  |
Bagshot |  UK | <September 1939  | <April 1945  |
Bathurst |  Australia | June 1941  | August 1944  | Australia
Bengal |  British India | <November 1942  |  |
Bihar |  British India | >Feb 1944  |  |
Bombay |  British India | >September 1942  |  |
Burnie |  Australia | September 1942  | December 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Cairns |  Australia | November 1942  | January 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Cessnock |  Australia | December 1942  | January 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Chameleon |  UK | April 1945  |  |
Derby |  UK | <September 1939  | <April 1941  |
Fareham |  UK | <September 1939  | <February 1941  |
Gawler |  Australia | January 1943

October 1943

| April 1943

January 1945

| to Mediterranean

refit in Adelaide

Geraldton |  Australia | August 1942  | January 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Harrow |  UK | <September 1939  | <1947  |
Huntley |  UK | <September 1939  | <January 1941  |
Ipswich |  Australia | November 1942  | January 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Launceston |  Australia | September 1942  | September 1944  | refit at Fremantle
Lismore |  Australia | December 1941  | December 1944  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Madras |  British India | 1942  |  |
Maryborough |  Australia | November 1942  | December 1944  |
Orissa |  British India | 1943  | <February 1944  |
Pickle |  UK | April 1945  |  |
Pincher |  UK | April 1945  |  |
Plucky |  UK | April 1945  |  |
Punjab |  British India | March 1942  | >July 1945  |
Recruit |  UK | April 1945  |  |
Rifleman |  UK | April 1945  |  |
Squirrel |  UK | July 1945  | 24 July 1945  | Mined and sunk off Phuket
Stoke |  UK | <September 1939  | <May 1941  |
Tamworth |  Australia | February 1943  | January 1945  | Joined British Pacific Fleet
Toowoomba |  Australia | December 1942  | December 1944  |
Vestal |  UK | 1945  | 26 July 1945  | Scuttled after damage from kamikaze
Widnes |  UK | <September 1939  | <May 1941  |
Wollongong |  Australia | September 1942  | February 1945  |

## Monitors

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Erebus |  UK | <April 1942  | <July 1943  |
Terror |  UK | <September 1939  | <April 1940  |

## Oilers

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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RFA Echodale |  UK | <January 1945  | >May 1945  |
RFA Olwen |  UK | 1942  | 1946  |
RFA Wave King |  UK |  |  |

## Sloops

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Banff |  UK | November 1943  |  |
Bideford |  UK | June 1939  | >September 1939  |
Cauvery |  British India | April 1944  | >April 1945  |
Clive |  British India | <September 1939  | >September 1939  |
Cornwallis |  British India | <September 1939  | >September 1939  |
Deptford |  UK | <September 1939  | September 1939  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Egret |  UK | <September 1939  | <August 1943  |
Falmouth |  UK | <September 1939

March 1944

| December 1943

March 1945

| refit at Simonstown

refit at Simonstown

Fishguard |  UK | February 1944  |  |
Flamingo |  UK | January 1944  | April 1945  | to UK for refit
Fleetwood |  UK | <September 1939  | September 1939  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Folkestone |  UK | <September 1939  | <October 1940  |
Fowey |  UK | <September 1939  | September 1939  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Godavari |  British India | April 1944  | >April 1945  |
Gorleston |  UK | August 1944  |  |
Grimsby |  UK | <September 1939  | September 1939  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Hindustan |  British India | <September 1939  | >April 1945  |
Indus |  British India | April 1942  | 6 April 1942  | Sunk off Akyab
Jumna |  British India | <February 1944  | >January 1945  |
Kistna |  British India | February 1944  | >April 1945  |
Landguard |  UK | September 1943  |  |
Lawrence |  British India | <September 1939  | >September 1939  |
Lowestoft |  UK | <September 1939  | >September 1939  |
Lulworth |  UK | November 1943  |  |
Narbada |  British India | September 1943  | >March 1945  |
Redpole |  UK | November 1944  | February 1945 to BPF  |
Rochester |  UK | <September 1939  | >September 1939  |
Sandwich |  UK | <September 1939  | <June 1940  |
Sennen |  UK | October 1943  |  |
Shoreham |  UK | 1932
September 1943  | February 1943
July 1946  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Scrapped 1946
Soemba |  Netherlands | April 1942  | early 1943  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Sutlej |  British India | December 1943  | >April 1945  |
Totland |  UK | July 1944  |  |
Warrego |  Australia |  |  |

## Submarines

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Ship  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Clyde |  UK | May 1944  | May 1945  | to Mombasa for repair, then to UK August 1945 into reserve
Grampus |  UK | <September 1939  | <June 1940  | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet
K XIV |  Netherlands | <May 1940  | April 1946  | Decommissioned
K XV |  Netherlands | <May 1940  | January 1946  | at Fremantle for repair
O 19 |  Netherlands | September 1939  | July 1945  | scuttled
Odin |  UK | <September 1939  | <June 1940  |
Olympus |  UK | <September 1939  | <May 1942  |
Otus |  UK | <September 1939  | <August 1941  |
Pandora |  UK | <September 1939  | <July 1940  |
Parthian |  UK | <September 1939  | May 1940  | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet
Perseus |  UK | <September 1939  | August 1940  | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet
Phoenix |  UK | <September 1939  | <July 1940  |
Porpoise |  UK | June 1944  | 19 January 1945  | Sunk by Japanese aircraft, Malacca Strait
Proteus |  UK | <September 1939  | <November 1941  |
Rainbow |  UK | <September 1939  | <September 1940  |
Regent |  UK | <September 1939  | <October 1940  |
Regulus |  UK | <September 1939  | <November 1940  |
Rorqual |  UK | <September 1939  | <June 1940  |
Rover |  UK | <September 1939  | <January 1941  |
Scythian |  UK | February 1945  | September 1945  | to UK into reserve
Seal |  UK | September 1939  | October 1939  | Joined Home Fleet
Severn |  UK | >April 1944  |  |
Shakespeare |  UK | >December 1944  | 3 January 1945  | Damaged by gunfire and air attack in the Nankauri Strait, Andaman Islands; written off as a constructive total loss
Shalimar |  UK | September 1944  | September 1945  | to UK into reserve
Sleuth |  UK | March 1945  | September 1945  | to UK into reserve
Solent |  UK | February 1945  | September 1945  | to UK into reserve
Spark |  UK | <December 1944  | >July 1945  |
Spirit |  UK | June 1944  | April 1945  | to UK for refit
Statesman |  UK | <August 1944  | >August 1945  |
Stoic |  UK | February 1944  | January 1945  | to UK for refit
Stonehenge |  UK | <February 1944  | March 1944  | Overdue, assumed lost
Storm |  UK | February 1944  | February 1945  | to UK for refit
Stratagem |  UK | <August 1944  | 22 November 1944  | Damaged by depth charges and scuttled in the Malacca Straits
Stygian |  UK | <September 1944  | >July 1945  |
Subtle |  UK | <December 1944  | >May 1945  |
Tactician |  UK | October 43  | June 1944  | to UK for refit
Tally-Ho |  UK | October 43  | December 1944  | to UK for refit
Tantalus |  UK | <April 1944  | March 1945  | to UK for refit
Tantivy |  UK | late 1943  | March 1945  | to UK for refit
Taurus |  UK | November 1943

June 1945

| May 1944  | to UK for refit
Telemachus |  UK | June 1944  | May 1945  | to UK for refit
Templar |  UK | October 43  | August 1944  | to UK for refit
Terrapin |  UK | <August 1944  | May 1945  | Damaged by depth charges west of Batavia, Java in the Java Sea; declared a constructive total loss
Thorough |  UK | <November 1944  | October 1945  | to UK for refit
Thule |  UK | October 1944  | November 1945  | to UK for refit
Torbay |  UK | January 1945  | September 1945  | to UK for refit
Tradewind |  UK | April 1944  | June 1945  | to UK for refit
Trenchant |  UK | July 1944  | September 1945  | to UK for refit
Trespasser |  UK | October 1943  | April 1944  | to UK for refit
Truant |  UK | January 1942  | September 1942  | to UK for refit
Truculent |  UK | January 1944  | July 1944  | to UK for refit
Tudor |  UK | July 1944  | August 1945  | to UK for refit
Zwaardvisch |  Netherlands | July 1944  | June 1945  | to UK for refit

## Gunboats

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Aphis |  UK | 1927  | <June 1942  | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet
Cicala |  UK | <September 1939  | 21 December 1941  | Bombed and sunk (probably scuttled) near Hong Kong
Cockchafer |  UK | <September 1926  | <March 1943  | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet[11]
Cricket |  UK | <1939  | November 1940  | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet[12]
Dragonfly |  UK | June 1939  | 14 February 1942  | Sunk in Riau Archipelago
Falcon |  UK | <September 1939  | February 1942  | Transferred to China; renamed Luan Huan
Gannet |  UK | <September 1939  | February 1942  | Transferred to China; renamed Ying Shan ("British Mountain")
Gnat |  UK | <September 1939  | >December 1941  | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet
Grasshopper |  UK | <September 1939  | 14 February 1942  | Beached after dive bombers hit her (wreck still there today) in Riau Archipelago
Ladybird |  UK | 1927  | >December 1941  | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet
Mantis |  UK | 1927  | January 1940  | Scrapped Shanghai
Moth |  UK | <September 1939  | 12 December 1941  | Sunk and refloated by Japanese; renamed Suma; mined and sunk 19 March 1945 near Nanking
Peterel |  UK | <September 1939  | 8 December 1941  | Sunk at Shanghai
Robin |  UK | <September 1939  | 25 December 1941  | Scuttled near Hong Kong
Sandpiper |  UK | 1933  | February 1942  | Transferred to China; renamed Ying Hao ("British Hero")
Scarab |  UK | <September 1926  | >December 1941  | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet
Scorpion |  UK | 1937  | February 1942  | Sunk near Singapore
Seamew |  UK | 1927  | 18 August 1947  | Scrapped at Basra
Smilax |  UK | >June 1943  | October 1946  | returned to USA
Tarantula |  UK | <September 1939  | 1 May 1946  | Sunk during target practice
Tern |  UK | <September 1939  | 19 December 1941  | Scuttled at Deep Water Bay

## Torpedo boats

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MTB.7  |  UK | <September 1939  | December 1941  | Scuttled in Hong Kong Harbour
MTB.8  |  UK | <September 1939  | December 1941  | Scuttled in Hong Kong Harbour
MTB.9  |  UK | <September 1939  | December 1941  | Scuttled in Hong Kong Harbour
MTB.10  |  UK | <September 1939  | December 1941  | Scuttled in Hong Kong Harbour
MTB.11  |  UK | <September 1939  | December 1941  | Scuttled in Hong Kong Harbour
MTB.12  |  UK | <September 1939  | December 1941  | Scuttled in Hong Kong Harbour

## Miscellaneous

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Ship  | Type  | Nationality  | Date joined  | Date left  | Fate/ next assignment

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Adamant | Submarine depot ship  |  UK | April 1943  | April 1945  | to British Pacific Fleet
Albatross | Seaplane tender |  UK | May 1942  | July 1943  | UK for paying off & conversion to repair ship[13]
Ausonia | Heavy Repair Ship  |  UK | >June 1944  | June 1946  | into reserve
Barlane | Boom defence vessel  |  UK |  |  |
Barlight | Boom defence vessel  |  UK |  | 19 December 1941  | Scuttled Hong Kong to prevent capture by the Japanese: subsequently raised and commissioned on 20 September 1942 into the IJN as Netlayer 101. Netlayer 101 sunk 15 June 1944 off Saipan.
Barricade | Boom defence vessel  |  UK |  |  |
Barrier | Boom defence vessel  |  UK |  |  |
Forth | Submarine depot ship  |  UK |  |  |
Maidstone | Submarine depot ship  |  UK | March 1944  | April 1945  | then to British Pacific Fleet
Medway | Submarine depot ship  |  UK | <September 1939  | April 1940  | Joined Mediterranean Fleet
Resource | Fleet repair ship  |  UK | 1944  | >August 1945  |
St Breock | Rescue tug  |  UK |  | 4 February 1942  | Bombed & sunk off Sumatra
St Just | Rescue tug  |  UK |  |  |
Willem van der Zaan | Minelayer/Escort ship  |  Netherlands | March 1942  | October 1944  |
Wolfe | Submarine depot ship  |  UK | August 1944  | >August 1945  |
Woolwich | Destroyer Depot ship  |  UK | late 1943  | >August 1945  |

## Also to be classified

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RFA Empire Salvage |  UK |  |  |
Endeavour |  |  |  |
Karanja |  |  |  |
Lucia |  UK | September 1939  | >April 1942  |
Barbette |  UK | <September 1939  |  | Sold to the Turkish Navy March 1941
Barnet |  UK | <September 1939  |  |
Fastnet |  UK |  |  |
Redstart |  UK | <September 1939  |  |

## References

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Notes

1. ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2005). "HMS Empress (D42)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
2. ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2006). "HMS Khedive (D62)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
3. ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2003). "HMS Pursuer (D73)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
4. ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2006). "HMS Searcher (D40)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
5. ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2006). "HMS Shah (D21)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
6. ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2006). "HMS Stalker (D91)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
7. ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2006). "HMS Trouncer (D85)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
8. ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2006). "HMS Trumpeter (D09)". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
9. ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2005). "HMS Cornwall". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
10. ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2003). "HMS Devonshire". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
11. ^ Mason, Geoffrey (1997). "HMS Cockchafer". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
12. ^ Mason, Geoffrey (1997). "HMS Cricket". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
13. ^ Mason, Geoffrey (2005). "HMS Albatross". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008.

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