Dark Earth Orders of Battle

[Simon Darkshade]

Royal Navy Order of Battle 1975

Royal Navy: 712,594 men, 938 warships, 142 submarines, 8510 aircraft

21 Aircraft Carriers (18 active, 3 reserve, 6 under construction)
12 Light Aircraft Carriers (10 active, 2 refit)
12 Escort Carriers (4 active, 8 reserve, 4 under construction)
4 Aviation Support Carriers (4 active)
21 Battleships (15 active, 6 reserve, 5 under construction)
5 Battlecruisers (5 active, 3 under construction)
48 Cruisers (40 active, 8 reserve)
192 Destroyers (148 active, 44 reserve, 40 under construction)
236 Frigates (136 active, 100 reserve, 32 under construction)
186 Corvettes (104 active, 82 reserve, 64 under construction)
142 Submarines (110 active, 32 reserve, 12 under construction)
118 Patrol Ships (60 active, 58 reserve)
123 Amphibious Warships (67 active, 56 reserve, 12 under construction)

328 Mine Warfare Ships (96 active, 232 reserve)
428 Coastal Forces

79 Support Ships
170 Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ships

Aircraft Carriers

6 Ark Royal class Nuclear Aircraft Carriers
149,000t, 1256ft x 149ft/284ft x 39ft, 148 aircraft, 8 Legion CWS, 96 Templar, 64 Sea Wolf, 32 Sea Rapier, 8 x 3.75”, 34kts

Ark Royal, Eagle, Invincible, Hermes, Victorious, Formidable

6 Invincible class Nuclear Aircraft Carriers
149,000t, 1256ft x 149ft/284ft x 39ft, 148 aircraft, 8 Legion CWS, 96 Templar, 64 Sea Wolf, 32 Sea Rapier, 8 x 3.75”, 34kts

Illustrious, Indomitable, Indefatigable, Implacable, Incomparable, Insuperable(+ Unicorn, Centaur, Pegasus, Leviathan; Majestic, Triumph) under construction

4 Audacious class Aircraft Carriers
89,000t, 1120ft x 142ft/254ft x 38ft, 124 aircraft, 4 Legion CWS, 64 Sea Wolf, 32 Sea Rapier, 12 x 3.75”, 34kts

Audacious, Irresistible, Courageous, Glorious

Malta class Aircraft Carriers
72,000t, 1000ft x 135.4ft/240ft x 36.5ft, 100 aircraft, 4 Legion CWS, 48 Sea Wolf, 32 Sea Rapier, 12 x 3.75”, 34kts

Malta, Singapore, Gibraltar, Africa, India

12 Mars class Light Anti-Submarine Warfare Carriers
45,000t, 800ft x 120ft x 28ft, 60 aircraft, 2 Legion CWS, 24 Sea Wolf, 32 Sea Rapier, 8 x 42mm, 32kts

Mars, Arion, Pericles, Endymion, Perseus, Colossus, Ethalion, Hector, Agamemnon, Alexander, Atlas, Justinian

12 Audacity class Escort Carriers
24,000t, 600ft x 84ft x 27ft, 36 aircraft, 24 Sea Wolf, 32 Sea Rapier, 8 x 42mm, 30kts

Audacity, Activity, Ability, Asperity, Admirable, Assurance, Atheling, Association, Argosy, Atlantis, Ascania, Advantage (+ Arcadia, Asterion, Assertive, Ausonia under construction)

4 Engadine class Aviation Support Carriers
36,000t, 700ft x 100ft x 27ft, 24-40 aircraft, 24 Sea Wolf, 32 Sea Rapier, 8 x 42mm, 30kts

Engadine, Campania, Athenian, Vindex

Battleships

6 Queen Elizabeth class Atomic Guided Missile Super Battleships
164,000t, 1287ft x 169ft x 40ft, 8 x 24"/50, 24 x 5.25", 48 x 3.75", 128 x 42mm, 256 x 25mm, 8 x Legion CWS; 96 Triumph, 256 Templar, 64 Sea Wolf, 64 Sea Rapier; 24 English Electric Solaris SLBM, 48 Supermarine Lancelot SLCM, 48 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin ASM; 32.5kts

Queen Elizabeth, Duke of Edinburgh, Victoria, Britannia, St George, Nelson

4 King George VI class Atomic Guided Missile Super Battleships
175,000t, 1296ft x 178ft x 40ft, 8 x 24"/50, 24 x 5.25", 48 x 3.75", 128 x 42mm, 256 x 25mm, 8 x Legion CWS; 96 Triumph, 256 Templar, 64 Sea Wolf, 64 Sea Rapier; 24 English Electric Solaris SLBM, 48 Supermarine Lancelot SLCM, 48 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin ASM; 32.5kts

King George VI, Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Princess Royal

4 Defence class Atomic Guided Missile Super Battleships
178,000t, 1300ft x 180ft x 40ft, 8 x 24"/50, 24 x 5.25", 48 x 3.75", 128 x 42mm, 256 x 25mm, 8 x Legion CWS; 96 Triumph, 256 Templar, 64 Sea Wolf, 64 Sea Rapier; 24 English Electric Solaris SLBM, 48 Supermarine Lancelot SLCM, 48 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin ASM; 32.5kts

Defence, Monarch, Lion, Dreadnought (+ Warspite, Valiant, Vanguard, Warrior, Dragon)

1 Hood class Guided Missile Super Battleship
154,000t, 1256ft x 154ft x 40ft, 8 x 24"/50, 24 x 5.25", 48 x 3.75", 128 x 42mm, 256 x 25mm, 8 x Legion CWS; 80 Triumph, 240 Templar, 64 Sea Wolf, 64 Sea Rapier; 24 English Electric Solaris SLBM, 32 Supermarine Lancelot SLCM, 32 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin ASM; 35kts

Hood

6 Superb class Guided Missile Super Battleships:
138,000t, 8 x 24”/50, 24 x 5.25”, 48 x 3.75”, 96 x 42mm, 128 x 25mm, 4 x Legion CWS; 64 Triumph, 128 Templar, 64 Sea Cat, 8 English Electric Green Knight SLBM, 16 Supermarine Lancelot SLCM, 32.5kts

Superb, Magnificent, Warrior, Centurion, Vengeance, Royal Sovereign

Battlecruisers

5 Tiger class Nuclear Guided Missile Super Battlecruisers:
96,000t, 1060ft x 138ft x 36ft, 8 x 18”/60, 12 x 5.25”, 24 x 3.75”, 48 x 42mm, 96 x 25mm, 4 Legion CWS, 128 Templar, 64 Sea Wolf, 64 Sea Rapier; 24 Supermarine Lancelot SLCM, 32 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin ASM, 32.5kts

Tiger, Royalist, Splendid, Argonaut, Ulysses (+ Thunderchild, Hero, Swiftsure)

Cruisers

16 County class Nuclear Guided Missile Cruisers:
56,000t, 860ft x 120ft x 32.5ft, 4 x 12”/60, 8 x 5.25”, 12 x 3.75”, 24 x 42mm, 48 x 25mm, 4 Legion CWS, 120 Thunderbolt, 128 Templar, 64 Sea Wolf, 64 Sea Rapier; 16 Supermarine Lancelot SLCM, 24 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin ASM, 32.5kts

London, Kent, Suffolk, Norfolk, Devonshire, Hampshire, Fife, Cornwall, Northumberland, Lancaster, Sussex, Essex, Cumberland, Monmouth, Wessex, Ulster

32 Leander class Guided Missile Cruisers
25000 tons, 729ft x 78ft x 25ft; 4 x 9.2”/60, 8 x 3.75”, 12 x 42mm, 4 Legion CWS, 64 Thunderbolt, 96 Templar, 32 Sea Wolf, 32 Sea Rapier; 8 Supermarine Lancelot SLCM, 12 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin ASM; 8 Gauntlet ASW, 2 Rotodynes, 32.5 knots

Leander, Arethusa, Apollo, Aurora, Minerva, Juno, Cleopatra, Euryalus, Penelope, Phoebe, Scylla, Lysander, Bellona, Dido, Danae, Spartacus, Telemachus, Naiad, Charybdis, Bacchante, Hermione, Diomede, Europa, Jason, Ceres, Telamon, Astraeus, Leonidas, Prometheus, Endymion, Phaeton, Polyphemus

Submarines

Ballistic Missile Submarines

20 SSBN
10,000t, 465ft x 45ft x 35ft, 24 English Electric Green Knight SLBM, 4 x 24” TT, 25kts

Resolution, Retribution, Resistance, Redoubtable, Ramillies, Reprisal, Raider, Regulus, Romulus, Retaliation, Regent, Ranger, Resurgent, Reward, Robust, Roman, Relentless, Righteous, Restless, Rigorous

Nuclear Submarines

4 Barham class Atomic Submarines
5400t, 395ft x 32ft x 32ft, 8 x 24” TT, 30kts

Barham, Devastation, Invictus, Edgar

4 Revenge class Atomic Submarines
5600t, 400ft x 35ft x 32ft, 8 x 24” TT, 32kts

Revenge, Royal Oak, Renown, Repulse

6 Howe class Atomic Submarines
6250t, 425ft x 35ft x 32ft, 8 x 24” TT, 35kts

Howe, Benbow, Hawke, Rodney, Anson, Collingwood

8 Churchill class Atomic Submarines
7500t, 475ft x 36ft x 32ft, 12 x Supermarine Lionheart SLCM, 8 x 24” TT, 32kts

Churchill, Cromwell, Cressy, Caesar, Conquest, Cornwallis, Cerberus, Concord

16 Drake class Atomic Submarines
6800t, 425ft x 36ft x 32ft, 4 x Supermarine Lionheart SLCM, 8 x 24” TT, 35kts

Drake, Raleigh, St. Vincent, Blake, Albemarle, Montagu, Russell, Exmouth, Hawkins, Frobisher, Effingham, Ratcliffe, Rupert, Jellicoe, Beatty, Cunningham

12 Rapid class Atomic Submarines
9600t, 480ft x 40ft x 32ft, 8 x Supermarine Lionheart SLCM, 8 x 24" TT, 35kts

Rapid, Racehorse, Rocket, Rover, Roebuck, Renard, Rorqual, Raglan, Ruby, Redgauntlet, Ready, Rambler

12 Sovereign class Atomic Submarines
12500t, 500ft x 45ft x 32ft, 8 x Blue Moon MRBM, 12 x Supermarine Lionheart SLCM, 24 x Hawker-Siddeley Paladin ASM, 8 x 24" TT, 35kts

Sovereign, Spitfire, Speedwell, Supreme, Spearhead, Swift, Strongbow, Spiteful; Seadog, Swordsman, Scorpion, Seawolf

4 Trafalgar class Atomic Submarines
18000t, 525ft x 60ft x 35ft, 12 x Blue Moon MRBM, 24 x Supermarine Lionheart SLCM, 32 x Hawker-Siddeley Paladin ASM, 8 x 32" TT, 12 x 6" CTT, 36kts

Trafalgar, Tempest, Trojan, Thunderbolt (+ Tenacious, Turbulent, Tireless, Talisman, Torbay, Trenchant, Talent, Traveller, Tudor, Thor, Theban, Trooper under construction)

Submarines

32 Oberon Class SSK
2500t, 300ft x 28ft x 28ft, 8 x 24” TT, 25kts

Oberon, Odin, Olympus, Ocelot, Onslaught, Onyx, Opportune, Otter, Otus, Orcus, Orpheus, Ormonde, Orontes, Orford, Oracle, Ogre, Opal, Ossory, Oriana, Oakheart, Opossum, Orissa, Oriana, Orinoco, Oryx, Ostrich, Otranto, Owl, Owen Glendower, Onward, Ophir, Oriole

24 P class SSK
2800t, 300ft x 30ft x 28ft, 8 x 24" TT, 26kts

Paris, Pearl, Pelican, Plantagenet, Polaris, Porcupine, Portcullis, Prometheus, Psyche, Persian, Pandour, Pompey, Pomone, Pyramus, Prudent, Prospero, Prodigal, Portia, Pluto, Prism, Pollux, Pique, Pallas, Pandora

Destroyers

Guided Missile Destroyers

40 Type 42 class DLGs
12500t; 600ft x 65ft x 25ft; COGAG; Range 6500nm @ 20kts; 2 x twin 6”, 8 x 2.5”, 6 x quad 42mm DACR, 12 x twin 25mm Maxim, 4 x 34mm; 4 x Legion CWS, 4 x Point Defence Missile Systems w. 64 Sea Wolf; 2 twin launchers with 48 Sea Dart each, 8 x Lionheart SLCM in ABL, 24 x Paladin SSM; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT; 2 x Westland Sea King, 35 kts

Sheffield, Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, Southampton, Edinburgh, Bristol, Manchester, Nottingham, Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh, Gloucester, Coventry, Lincoln, Oxford, Salisbury, York, Plymouth, Leicester, Middlesborough, Aberdeen, Cardiff, Exeter, Leeds, Avalon, Derby, Kingston, Worcester, Bradford, Sunderland, Chester, Cambridge, Luton, Peterborough, Reading, Brighton, Londonderry, Inverness, Swansea

152 Standard type DDGs + 24 under construction

8 C class DDGs
5800 tons; 500ft x 48ft x 23.5ft; 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 32 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Calypso, Comet, Crescent, Cavalier, Charger, Crafty, Cossack, Caroline

8 D class DDGs
6200 tons; 500ft x 50ft x 24ft; 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 32 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Daring, Defender, Demon, Duncan, Diamond, Delight, Dervish, Dexterous

8 E class DDGs
6240 tons; 500ft x 50ft x 24ft; 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 32 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Electra, Encounter, Eclipse, Echo, Escapade, Express, Endeavour, Earnest

8 F class DDGs
6590t, 500ft x 52ft x 24ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 32 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Fury, Fierce, Fame, Firedrake, Fortune, Falcon, Fox, Foresight

8 G class DDGs
6640t, 500ft x 52ft x 24.5ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 32 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Gallant, Glowworm, Gauntlet, Greyhound, Griffin, Gael, Gazelle, Gift

8 H class DDGs
7235t, 512ft x 54ft x 24.5ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 32 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Hart, Hotspur, Hurricane, Hereward, Hussar, Hind, Havock, Hardy

8 I class DDGs
7500t, 512ft x 54ft x 24.5ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 40 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Ithuriel, Isis, Imperial, Impulsive, Ivanhoe, Inconstant, Indignant

8 J class DDGs
7800t, 516ft x 54ft x 25ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 40 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Jackal, Jaguar, Janus, Javelin, Jubilant, Jerusalem, Jasper, Justice

8 K class DDGs
7800t, 516ft x 54ft x 25ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 40 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Kelly, Kandahar, Kashmir, Khartoum, Kimberley, Kipling, Kingfisher, Kestrel

8 L class DDGs
7800t, 516ft x 54ft x 25ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 40 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Lance, Lively, Legion, Lightning, Loyal, Leda, Laurel, Liberty

8 M class DDGs
7800t, 516ft x 54ft x 25ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 40 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Mystic, Marvel, Magic, Mermaid, Mirage, Meteor, Malice, Marathon

8 N class DDGs
8000t, 520ft x 54ft x 26.5ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 40 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Nomad, Noble, Norman, Norseman, North Star, Narwhal, Nonsuch, Nereide

8 O class DDGs
8000t, 520ft x 54ft x 26.5ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 40 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Orlando, Osborne, Orwell, Orestes, Orcadia, Observer, Offa, Osiris

8 P class DDGs
8000t, 520ft x 54ft x 26.5ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 40 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Peregrine, Phantom, Prince, Pathfinder, Persistent, Patriot, Panther, Providence

8 Q class DDGs
8200t, 526ft x 54ft x 27ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 40 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Queenborough, Quilliam, Quail, Quality, Quentin, Quiberon, Quickmatch, Quadrant

8 R class DDGs
8200t, 526ft x 54ft x 28ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 40 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Racehorse, Rapid, Rocket, Rover, Ruby, Raider, Redoubt, Rob Roy

8 S class DDGs
8200t, 526ft x 54ft x 28ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 40 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Scourge, Savage, Success, Speedy, Skillful, Satyr, Seneschal, Safari

8 T class DDGs
8400t, 529ft x 56ft x 28ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 48 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Tenacious, Templar, Tempest, Tradewind, Topaze, Thunderbolt, Torrin, Termagant

8 U class DDGs
8400t, 529ft x 56t x 28ft, 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS; 48 Sea Dart + 8 Icarus, 8 Gauntlet, 32 Sea Wolf, 8 Hawker-Siddeley Paladin; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35kts

Undine, Ursa, Urchin, Urania, Union, Unique, Urge, Ultimatum

(Varangian, Vandal, Vixen, Valentine, Verulam, Volage, Vortex, Vagabond)
(Wanderer, Wakeful, Warden, Watchman, Whirlwind, Whelp, Wolverine, Whippet)
(Xebec, Xerxes, Xenophon, Xantus, Xystus, Xental, Xanth, Xenos)
(Yeoman, Yarmouth, Yale, Yamel, Yarage, Yarrow, Yggsdrasil, Youthful)

Destroyers

0 + 8 + 24

8000t, 532ft x 56ft x 27ft, 6 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm Red Queen, 4 x 34mm DACR, 12 x 25mm, 2 Legion CWS, 48 cell VLS with Sea Dart, Icarus, Gauntlet and Paladin; 4 x 8 Sea Wolf, 32 Sea Rapier; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT”; 2 x Westland Sea King, 32kts

(Whitby, Ipswich, Rochester, Winchester, Northampton, Dover, Stirling, Wolverhampton)
(Newport, Blackburn, Colchester, Shrewsbury, Warwick, Grimsby, Cork, Bath)
(Weymouth, Tenby, Torquay, Carlisle, Llandaff, Birkenhead, Arundel, Weston-super-Mare)
(Taunton, Harwich, Queenstown, Rothesay, Lowestoft, Rhyl, Falmouth, Eastbourne)

A new class of general purpose destroyers was ordered in 1975, with the 8000t ships to provide a mixture of AAW, ASW and ASuW capabilities, whilst being classified as 'Destroyers' rather than guided missile ships. They are to reuse some of the names of the recently stricken Whitby class Type 12 frigates of the 1940s and 50s, as well as those of other towns and cities. Eight are under construction with an initial 24 other ships provisionally ordered.

Frigates

Guided Missile Frigates

80 Type 21 frigates
5000 tons; 480ft x 50ft x 18ft; COGAG; Range 5000nm @ 20kts; 1 x twin 125mm, 4 x 2.5"/75, 4 x twin 42mm, 4 x 25mm; 1 Legion CWS; 1 twin launcher with 24 Sea Wolf + 8 Icarus, 8 Paladin SSM; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT, 4 x 15" ASW rocket launchers; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35 knots

Amazon, Active, Antelope, Ambuscade, Arrow, Alacrity, Auburn, Avenger
Amethyst, Alarm, Agile, Acheron, Auriga, Anchorite, Alcide, Andromeda
Aeneas, Artemis, Achates, Acasta, Andromache, Aphrodite, Argosy, Antaeus
Austere, Awake, Abelard, Angelsea, Aladdin, Azure, Aztec, Alceste
Alcibiades, Asgard, Astarte, Adept, Aurochs, Avernus, Anthony, Abundance
Abigail, Acadia, Acorn, Ashton, Acute, Adder, Adam, Adonis
Advice, Aeolus, Africaine, Aid, Aimwell, Aspirant, Athlete, Augury
Akbar, Alcmene, Alecto, Alfred, Autumn, Alligator, Alpheus, Able
Amalthæa, Ambrose, Amelia, Amphitrite, Anglia, Apelles, Aquilon, Arachne
Aragon, Arbuthnot, Argo, Arcturus, Ariel, Arundel, Aesir, Atalanta

48 Type 22 frigates + 32 under construction
5250 tons; 480ft x 52ft x 18ft; COGAG; Range 5000nm @ 20kts; 1 x twin 125mm, 4 x 2.5"/75, 4 x twin 42mm, 8 x 25mm; 1 Legion CWS; 1 twin launcher with 24 "Sea Dart" + 8 Icarus, 8 Paladin SSM, 32 Sea Wolf SAM; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35 knots

Broadsword, Battleaxe, Brilliant, Bloodhound, Boadicea, Beaver, Bacchus, Banterer
Beagle, Bulldog, Bold, Bear, Banshee, Blazer, Brazen, Barbette
Baracoutta, Barbarian, Bastion, Bayonet, Burly, Beacon, Beaumont, Belette
Belleisle, Belisarius, Belmont, Berbice, Bethal, Bittern, Bull, Blade
Basilisk, Blast, Blonde, Boomerang, Border, Boston, Bounty, Bramble
Britomart, Breda, Briar, Brigandine, Brisk, Briseis, Bruce, Bucephalus

(Barbican, Barnard, Brutus, Brunswick, Buckingham, Busy, Buzzard, Brisk)
(Byron, Baron, Buffalo, Buck, Bagheera, Banner, Barricade, Bellatrix)
(Benevolent, Bernard, Birch, Bluebird, Buccaneer, Brumby, Balmoral, Brand)
(Bat, Boreas, Beatrice, Byzantium, Blanche, Belvidere, Bertha, Bishop)

36 Tribal class Guided Missile Frigates
4825 tons; 442ft x 42ft x 15ft; 4 x 125mm, 8 x 42mm, 4 x 25mm; 24 Templar, 8 Gauntlet, 8 Sea Cat, 4 x15” ASW TT; 1 x Westland Sea King, 32.5 knots

Afridi, Basuto, Dogra, Garwhali, Mashona, Matabele, Pathan, Gurkha, Bedouin, Nubian, Tartar, Punjabi, Ashanti, Mohawk, Eskimo, Masai, Rajput, Sikh, Saracen, Swahili, Zulu, Maratha, Somali, Kumaoni, Dayak, Kamba, Pashtun, Zande, Maori, Baluch, Mameluke, Pict, Watusi, Hausa, Herero, Waziri

Frigates

72 River class Frigates
4250 tons; 426ft x 42ft x 15ft; 4 x 125mm, 4 x 42mm, 4 x 25mm, 4 x 15” ASW TT, 8 Gauntlet, 8 Sea Cat; 1 x Westland Sea King, 32 knots

Boyne, Severn, Clyde, Mersey, Spey, Teviot, Tweed, Avon, Arun, Jed, Kale, Ness, Deveron, Helmsdale, Evenlode, Mourne, Nene, Shiel, Windrush, Thames, Eden, Stour, Welland, Rother, Dart, Ettrick, Itchen, Bann, Chelmer, Nith, Ribble, Swale, Test, Waveney, Wear, Aire, Adur, Annan, Barle, Braid, Cam, Cuckmere, Dovey, Fal, Findhorn, Frome, Glenhorn, Halladale, Helford, Inver, Lagan, Lochie, Lossie, Meon, Monnow, Moyola, Nadder, Parret, Plym, Taff, Tavy, Teme, Torridge, Towy, Usk, Wye, Kennet, Cherwell, Doon, Ouse, Colne, Blackwater

Sloops

4 Odyssey class Large Patrol Sloops
12500t, 650ft x 65ft x 25ft, 4 x 9.2", 12 x 2.5", 16 x 42mm, 24 x 25mm; 24 Sea Wolf, 32 Sea Rapier; 1 x 15" ASW rocket launcher, 2 x quad 15" Sting Ray ASW TT, 2 x Rotodynes, 32kts

Odyssey, Gothic, Everest, Roland

12 Sherwood class Medium Patrol Sloops
6250t, 600ft x 55ft x 20ft  4 x 6", 8 x 2.5", 12 x 42mm, 8 x 25mm; 1 x 15" ASW rocket launcher, 2 x quad 15" Sting Ray ASW TT, 1 x Rotodyne, 30kts

Sherwood, Dean, Epping, Arden, Ashdown, Selwood, Inglewood, Greenwood, Gaitres, Malvern, Needwood, Kingswood

64 Black Swan class Offshore Patrol Sloop
3200t, 400ft x 55ft x 15ft, 2 x 125mm, 4 x twin 42mm, 4 x 34mm, 8 x 25mm; 1 x 15” ASW rocket launcher, 2 x quad 15” Sting Ray ASW TT; 1 x Westland Sea King, 25kts

Black Swan, Flamingo, Erne, Ibis, Kingfisher, Whimbrel, Wild Goose, Woodpecker, Wren, Swallow, Starling, Crane, Cygnet, Kite, Lapwing, Lark, Magpie, Raven, Peacock, Pheasant, Redwing, Snipe, Woodcock, Partridge, Waterhen, Wryneck, Wild Swan, Vulture, Stork, Cormorant, Petrel, Skylark, Chanticleer, Auk, Ptarmigan, Bittern, Mallard, Puffin, Kittiwake, Sheldrake, Widgeon, Teal, Grouse, Roc, Quail, Nighthawk, Moorhen, Grebe, Plover, Whimbrel, Tern, Skua, Sparrow, Goldfinch, Fulmar, Shearwater, Gannet, Heron, Osprey, Goshawk, Kestrel, Peregrine, Gyrfalcon, Oriole

54 Island class Fishery Protection Sloops
2500t, 320ft x 46ft x 13ft, 2 x 105mm, 2 x 42mm, 4 x 34mm, 6 x 25mm; 1 x 15" ASW rocket launcher; 1 x Westland Sea King; 25kts

Westra, Rockall, Wight, Annet, Tresco,  Harris, Bardsey, Taransay,  Unst, Stronsay, Scarp, Iona, Hoy, Walney, Portsea, Lundy, Achill, Inishmore, Aran, Valentia, Craggy Island, Brownsea, Vatersay, Skomer, Rousay, Neave, Switha, Steepholm, Canvey, Furzey, Hayling, Bryher, Gugh, Samson, Pilsey, Mersea, Wallasea, Raasay, Rona, Eigg, Muck, Colonsay, Scarba, Coll, Tirree, Bernera, Sulisker, Berisay, Caldey, Skokholm, Sully, Priestholm, Falhane, Llyr

Corvettes

54 Castle class KG + 16 under construction
2500t, 360ft x 50ft x 15ft; COGAG; Range 5000nm @ 15kts; 2 x twin 105mm, 2 x twin 2.5", 2 x twin 42mm, 4 x 34mm, 8 x 25mm; 1 Legion CWS; VLS with 16 Sea Wolf, 8 Paladin, 16 Sea Skua; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT, 2 x 15" ASW rocket launchers; 1 x Westland Sea King, 35 knots

Arundel Castle, Bamborough Castle, Caerleon Castle, Dover Castle, Warwick Castle, Caernarfon Castle, Harlech Castle, Allington Castle, Lancaster Castle, Maiden Castle, Pembroke Castle, Alnwick Castle, Barnard Castle, Flint Castle, Sandgate Castle, York Castle, Walmer Castle, Tamworth Castle, Leeds Castle, Pevensey Castle, Scarborough Castle, Tintagel Castle, Oxford Castle, Amberley Castle, Carisbrooke Castle, Dumbarton Castle, Berkeley Castle, Portchester Castle, Dudley Castle, Alton Castle, Norwich Castle, Monmouth Castle, Canterbury Castle, Malmesbury Castle, Carew Castle, Bolton Castle, Cornet Castle, Colchester Castle, Clare Castle, Helmsley Castle, Egremont Castle, Pendennis Castle, Peckforton Castle, Pontefract Castle, Carlisle Castle, Pendragon Castle, Plympton Castle, Corfe Castle, Winchester Castle, Ludlow Castle, Conisbrough Castle, Stafford Castle, Framlingham Castle, Thornbury Castle

96 Flower class KGL + 24 under construction
1250t, 320ft x 36ft x 12ft; COGAG; Range 4000nm @ 15kts; 2 x 105mm, 2 x twin 2.5", 2 x 42mm, 4 x 34mm, 6 x 25mm; 1 Legion CWS; VLS with 8 Sea Wolf, 4 Paladin, 8 Sea Skua; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT, 2 x 15" ASW rocket launchers; 40 knots

Buttercup, Rose, Carnation, Arbutus, Asphodel, Azalea, Bluebell, Celandine, Columbine, Crocus, Dahlia, Geranium, Honeysuckle, Hydrangia, Jasmine, Jonquil, Lavender, Narcissus, Petunia, Primrose, Snapdragon, Snowdrop, Sunflower, Tulip, Veronica, Amaranthus, Arabis, Aster, Bittersweet, Camelia, Campion, Chrysanthemum, Clover, Eglantine, Eyebright, Heather, Hyacinth, Lotus, Mayflower, Pimpernel, Poppy, Rhododendron, Saxifrage, Starwort, Sundew, Sweetbriar, Tamarisk, Thyme, Trillum, Vervain, Violet, Windflower, Abelia, Arrowhead, Azalea, Fennel, Kingsfoil, Balsam, Begonia, Belwort, Bergamot, Borage, Bryony, Burdock, Triffid, Elanor, Evermind, Moly, Candytuft, Coltsfoot, Heartsease, Nettle, Kingcup, Larkspur, Loosestrife, Mallow, Marigold, Marjoram, Meadowsweet, Nasturtium, Pennywort, Pennyroyal, Daffodil, Dandelion, Daisy, Lily, Iris, Hydrangia, Lavender, Petunia, Myrtle, Lilac, Orchid, Foxglove, Pansy, Primrose

36 Bay class KSC + 24
640t, 250ft x 30ft x 9ft; COGAG; Range 4000nm @ 18kts; 2 x 2.5", 4 x 25mm; 4 x Skyflash, 8 x Sea Skua; 4 x 15" Sting Ray ASW TT; 50 knots

Jervis Bay, Largs Bay, Largo Bay, Morecambe Bay, Lyme Bay, Burghead Bay, Cardigan Bay, Carnarvon Bay, Bigbury Bay, Cawsand Bay, Enard Bay, Hollesley Bay, Mounts Bay, Padstow Bay, Porlock Bay, Veryan Bay, St Austell Bay, St Brides Bay, Start Bay, Tremadoc Bay, Whitesand Bay, Widemouth Bay, Wigtown Bay, Dundrum Bay, Gerrans Bay, Pegwel Bay, Luce Bay, Herne Bay, Thurso Bay, Budle Bay, Thorness Bay, Osborne Bay, Sandown Bay, Stonehaven Bay, Greyhope Bay, Spey Bay

Amphibious Warfare Ships

4 Royal Arthur class Nuclear Amphibious Battleships
132,000t, 1185ft x 162ft x 36ft, 6 x 24”/50, 12 x 5.25", 24 x 3.75”, 4 Legion CWS, 96 Sea Wolf, 24 Westland Commando assault helicopters, 12 Fairey Rotodynes, 2400 troops, 29kts

Royal Arthur, King Henry V, King Richard I, King Alfred

4 Ocean class Nuclear Commando Carriers
84,000t, 1050ft x 130ft/182ft x 32.5ft, 24 Hawker-Siddeley Sea Harriers, 24 Saunders-Roe Varangian attack helicopters, 32 Westland Commando assault helicopters, 24 Fairey Rotodynes, 3600 troops, 8 x 3.75", 12 x 42mm, 24 x 25mm, 4 x Legion CWS, 48 x Sea Wolf, 32kts

Ocean, Theseus, Albion, Bulwark

6 Remarkable class Commando Carriers
48,000t, 920ft x 115ft/164ft x 32.5ft, 32 Westland Commando assault helicopters, 16 Fairey Rotodynes, 2500 troops, 8 x 3.75", 24 Sea Cat, 32.5kts

Remarkable, Spectacular; Sans Pareil, Inflexible; Reliant, Radiant

6 Queen Anne class Amphibious Cruisers + 2 under construction
69,000t, 900ft x 125ft x 29ft, 4 x 6", 8 x 3.75", 12 x 42mm, 4 x Legion CWS, 48 x Sea Wolf, 8 Rotodynes, 24 landing craft, 48 amtraks, 29.5kts

Queen Anne, King Edward VII, King George III, King Henry VIII, King Charles I, King Edward I

12 Fearless class Amphibious Cruisers
24,000t, 702ft x 108ft x 24ft, 2 x 6”, 8 x 3.75”, 12 x 42mm, 4 Rotodynes, 12 landing craft, 24 amtraks, 25kts

Fearless, Intrepid, Ardent, Vindictive, Arrogant, Foudroyant, Tenacious, Tremendous, Camelot, Pendragon, Endeavour, Elephant

25 Island class Dock Landing Ships
18,000t, 610ft x 90ft x 23ft, 4 x 4.5"/55, 8 x 42mm, 2 Rotodynes, 12 Landing Craft, 500 troops, 25kts

Jersey, Shetland, Guernsey, Anglesey, Orkney, Alderney, Faroe, Skye, Arran, Mull, Lewis, Mann, Lindisfarne, Jura, Westray, St. Kilda, Benbecula, Islay, Foulness, Sheppey, Grimsay, Uist, Bute, Scilly, Avallae

24 Round Table class Logistic Landing Ships
12,000t, 530ft x 70ft x 19ft, 2 x 4.5"/55, 4 x 42mm, 1 Helicopter, 24 MBTs/64 Heavy Vehicles/150 Land Rovers, 500 troops, 25kts

Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Geraint, Sir Ector, Sir Percivale, Sir Tristram, Sir Agravaine, Sir Gareth, Sir Kay, Sir Lamorack, Sir Bedivere, Sir Bors, Sir Pellinore, Sir Sagramore, Sir Lionel, Sir Owain, Sir Cador, Sir Elyan, Sir Meliant, Sir Morholt, Sir Nentres, Sir Lucan, Sir Gaheris, Sir Astlabor

16 Assault Landing Ships
24,000t, 625ft x 95ft x 28ft, 4 x 3.75”/70, 2500 troops, 25kts

Royal Scotsman, Royal Welshman, Royal Lyonman, Royal Irishman; Empire Captain, Empire Castle, Empire Chieftain, Empire Cross, Empire Cymric, Empire Conqueror, Empire Crown, Empire Crusader, Empire Cavalier, Empire Clive, Empire Crown, Empire Cadmus

32 Attacker class LST
8500t, 450ft x 65ft x 16ft, 4 x 3.75"/70, 40 tanks, 18kts

Attacker, Battler, Stalker, Pursuer, Ravager, Tracker, Trouncer, Trumpeter, Hunter, Fencer, Striker, Chaser, Smiter, Puncher, Reaper, Fighter, Biter, Dasher, Archer, Charger, Searcher, Slinger, Patroller, Pelter, Boxer, Bouncer, Thrasher, Griper, Flamer, Growler, Rambler, Rattler

Coastal Forces

64 Ford class Seaward Defence Boats
250t, 125ft x 20ft x 6ft, 1 x 42mm, 20 knots

Aylesford, Ashford, Axford, Beckford, Bedford, Camberford, Chelmsford, Desford, Guildford, Greatford, Kingsford, Tilford, Montford, Aberford, Brayford, Bryansford, Eynsford, Exford, Gifford, Droxford, Mayford, Hinksford, Ickford, Ilford, Dubford, Glassford, Marlingford, Seaford, Shalford, Twyford, Thetford, Newford, Eastford, Stamford, Sandford, Retford, Lostford, Greyford, Hungerford, Cinderford, Catford, Salford, Dartford, Telford, Watford, Romford, Brentford, Castleford, Sleaford, Bideford, Byford, Milford, Knutsford, Chingford, Leaford, Winsford, Wallingford, Camelford, Crayford, Ammanford, Duxford, Belford, Bulford, Barford, Broadford

32 Pelter class Patrol Gunboats
850t, 280ft x 40ft x 9ft, 1 x 3.75", 2 x 25mm, 8 x Cormorant ASM, 8 x Sea Fox, 36kts

Pelter, Gleaner, Dapper, Fancy, Clinker, Cracker, Tickler, Sylvan, Forward, Griper, Grappler, Fidget, Pert, Rambler, Thistle, Cockatrice, Cherub, Portia, Seraphim, Pygmy, Bullfrog, Waterwitch, Plucky, Spanker, Gossamer, Porcupine, Renard, Pert, Alban, Flamingo, Elk, Reindeer

24 Tree class Gunboats
875t, 285ft x 42ft x 9ft, 1 x 3.75", 4 x 25mm, 8 x Cormorant ASM, 8 x Sea Fox SAM, 40kts

Acacia, Almond, Ash, Bay, Birch, Blackthorn, Juniper, Elm, Chestnut, Olive, Pine, Fir, Hazel, Hickory, Rowan, Walnut, Oak, Poplar, Alder, Beech, Hawthorn, Holly, Elder, Spruce

20 Insect class Gunboats
960t, 300ft x 42ft x 10ft, 1 x 3.75", 2 x 42mm, 4 x 25mm, 8 x Cormorant ASM, 8 x Sea Fox SAM, 40kts

Aphid, Bee, Cicala, Cockchafer, Cricket, Gnat, Ladybird, Mantis, Moth, Scarab, Tarantula, Dragonfly, Grasshopper, Locust, Mosquito, Midge, Termite, Beetle, Fire Ant, Horntail

16 Fly class Gunboats
1000t, 310ft x 42ft x 10ft, 1 x 3.75", 2 x 42mm, 4 x 25mm, 8 x Cormorant ASM, 8 x Sea Fox SAM, 42kts

Blackfly, Butterfly, Caddisfly, Cranefly, Gadfly, Grayfly, Greenfly, Horsefly, Hoverfly, Mayfly, Sawfly, Sedgefly, Snakefly, Stonefly, Waterfly, Druidfly

8 Argent class Super Hovercraft + 4 under construction
2500t, 350ft x 50ft x 10ft, 2 x 105mm, 4 x 42mm, 16 x Sea Eagle ASM, 24 x Sea Fox SAM, 125kts

Argent, Briton, Caspian, Dangereuse, Elkmar, Flash, Gorgon, Harlequin

21 Red class fast attack craft + 11 under construction
525t, 175ft x 29ft x 7ft, 1 x 2.5", 4 x Sea Eagle, 12 x Cormorant ASM, 1 x Legion CWS, 12 x Sea Fox SAM, 75kts

Red Wizard, Red Knight, Red Queen, Red King, Red Dwarf, Red Cavalier, Red Hero, Red Swordsman, Red Lancer, Red Scout, Red Archer, Red Avenger, Red Pioneer, Red Ranger, Red Trojan, Red Hunter, Red Hussar, Red Corsair, Red Brigand, Red Thane, Red Racer

32 Speedy class fast attack craft
480t, 160ft x 27ft x 6ft, 1 x 2.5", 2 x 34mm, 8 x Paladin ASM, 8 x Cormorant ASM, 1 x Legion CWS, 12 x Sea Fox SAM, 70kts

Speedy, Flirt, Sophie, Swallow, Emulous, Clio, Pilot, Frolic, Moorhen, Castilian, Hecate, Espiegle, Brevity, Cherokee, Ephira, Rinaldo, Helicon, Lyra, Rhodian, Procris, Hearty, Thais, Berling, Hyaena, Angler, Cracker, Sepoy, Prompt, Cochin, Confounder, Doterel, Trinculo

29 Strong class fast attack craft
450t, 165ft x 29ft x 7ft, 1 x 2.5", 8 x Paladin ASM, 1 x Legion CWS, 12 x Sea Fox SAM, 60kts

Strong Warrior, Strong Hunter, Strong Knight, Strong Hero, Strong Viking, Strong Ranger, Strong Cavalier, Strong Adventurer, Strong Archer, Strong Rover, Strong Emperor, Strong Champion, Strong Highlander, Strong Fighter, Strong Hussar, Strong Chieftain, Strong Intruder, Strong Wanderer, Strong Defender, Strong Racer, Strong Bruiser, Strong Dragoon, Strong Avenger, Strong Lancer, Strong Dasher, Strong Pioneer, Strong Watchman, Strong Tracker, Strong Housecarl

36 Faithful class fast attack craft
360t, 150ft x 25ft x 7ft, 1 x 2.5", 8 x Paladin ASM, 12 x Sea Fox SAM, 58kts

Faithful Warden, Faithful Defender, Faithful Crusader, Faithful Paladin, Faithful Hero, Faithful Warrior, Faithful Knight, Faithful Chieftain, Faithful Avenger, Faithful Pilgrim, Faithful Castellan, Faithful Seneschal, Faithful Justiciar, Faithful Magister, Faithful Bowman, Faithful Hunter, Faithful Ranger, Faithful Centurion, Faithful Legionary, Faithful Duke, Faithful Sovereign, Faithful Wizard, Faithful Lancer, Faithful Cavalier, Faithful Champion, Faithful Adventurer, Faithful Gladiator, Faithful Scout, Faithful Swordsman, Faithful Trojan, Faithful Viking, Faithful Dragoon, Faithful Archer, Faithful Highlander, Faithful Charger, Faithful Corsair

42 Brave class fast attack craft
250t, 100ft x 25ft x 6ft, 1 x 25mm, 4 x Paladin ASM, 56kts

Brave Swordsman, Brave Borderer, Brave Warrior, Brave Lancer, Brave Paladin, Brave Hunter, Brave Invader, Brave Reaper, Brave Sorcerer, Brave Trojan, Brave Watchman, Brave Pilgrim, Brave Magician, Brave Wizard, Brave Knight, Brave Pioneer, Brave Dragoon, Brave Warden, Brave Defender, Brave Avenger, Brave Centurion, Brave Adventurer, Brave Emperor, Brave Chieftain, Brave Cavalier, Brave Warder, Brave Seneschal, Brave Hussar, Brave Housecarl, Brave Ranger, Brave Venturer, Brave Highlander, Brave Carabineer, Brave Bowman, Brave Charger, Brave Scout, Brave Explorer, Brave Gladiator, Brave Chaser, Brave Wanderer, Brave Viking, Brave Hero

25 Bold class fast attack craft
200t, 92ft x 24ft x 6ft, 1 x 25mm, 2 x Paladin ASM, 48kts

Bold Adventurer, Bold Cavalier, Bold Centurion, Bold Champion, Bold Crusader, Bold Pathfinder, Bold Pioneer, Bold Dasher, Bold Discoverer, Bold Dragoon, Bold Swashbuckler, Bold Striker, Bold Ravager, Bold Rogue, Bold Thane, Bold Venturer, Bold Hussar, Bold Lancer, Bold Ranger, Bold Dragoon, Bold Hero, Bold Chieftain, Bold Highlander, Bold Corsair, Bold Knight

27 Dark class fast attack craft
180t, 85ft x 24ft x 6ft, 1 x 25mm, 2 x Paladin ASM, 42kts

Dark Avenger, Dark Adventurer, Dark Aggressor, Dark Antagonist, Dark Battler, Dark Biter, Dark Buccaneer, Dark Cavalier, Dark Chaser, Dark Chieftain, Dark Clipper, Dark Defender, Dark Explorer, Dark Fighter, Dark Gladiator, Dark Hero, Dark Highwayman, Dark Hussar, Dark Horseman, Dark Intruder, Dark Invader, Dark Killer, Dark Knight, Dark Ranger, Dark Rover, Dark Scout, Dark Wanderer

16 Gay class fast attack craft
160t, 80ft x 24ft x 6ft, 1 x 25mm, 2 x Paladin ASM, 42kts

Gay Archer, Gay Bombardier, Gay Bowman, Gay Bruiser, Gay Caribineer, Gay Cavalier, Gay Centurion, Gay Charger, Gay Charioteer, Gay Corsair, Gay Dragoon, Gay Fencer, Gay Forester, Gay Hussar, Gay Racer, Gay Viking

Mine Warfare Ships

0 + 8 Minelayers

76 Loch class fleet minesweepers
1250t, 250ft x 37ft x 12ft, 1 x 105mm, 2 x 42mm, 4 x 25mm, 18kts

Loch Ness, Loch Dunvegan, Loch Achray, Loch Alvie, Loch Ard, Loch Arkaig, Loch Assynt, Loch Boisdale, Loch Craggie, Loch Cree, Loch Fyne, Loch Glendhu, Loch Gorm, Loch Insh, Loch Katrine, Loch Killin, Loch Killisport, Loch Lomond, Loch More, Loch Morlich, Loch Quoich, Loch Ruthven, Loch Scavaig, Loch Shin, Loch Tarbert, Loch Torridon, Loch Tralaig, Loch Veyatie, Loch Affric, Loch Clunie, Loch Ericht, Loch Erisort, Loch Garve, Loch Griam, Loch Harray, Loch Ken, Loch Kirbister, Loch Linfern, Loch Linnhe, Loch Lyon, Loch Minnick, Loch Nell, Loch Odairn, Loch Ossian, Loch Ryan, Loch Scrivain, Loch Tanna, Loch Tilt, Loch Urgill, Loch Vennacher, Loch Watten, Loch Awe, Loch Badcall, Loch Caroy, Loch Doine, Loch Creran, Loch Earn, Loch Enoch, Loch Eye, Loch Eyenort, Loch Glashan, Loch Goil, Loch Hourn, Loch Inchard, Loch Kirkaig, Loch Kishorn, Loch Knochie, Loch Laro, Loch Lurgan, Loch Maberry, Loch Ronald, Loch Sheallah, Loch Shiel, Loch Skaig, Loch Skerrow, Loch Stenness

132 Ton class minesweepers 
525t, 160ft x 28ft x 8ft, 1 x 42mm, 1 x 25mm, 15kts

Ackleton, Alcaston, Aldington, Alfriston, Alverton, Amerton, Appleton, Ashburton, Badminton, Beachampton, Belton, Bevington, Bickington, Bildeston, Blaxton, Bossington, Boraston, Boulston, Brereton, Brinton, Bronington, Burnaston, Buttington, Calton, Carhampton, Cardeston, Castleton, Caunton, Chawton, Cheddington, Chediston, Chilcompto, Chilton, Clarbeston, Coniston, Crichton, Crofton, Culmington, Cuxton, Dalswinton, Darlaston, Derriton, Dilston, Donnington, Dorton, Dufton, Dumbleton, Dunkerton, Durweston, Eardington, Edgton, Edderton, Essington, Fenton, Fiskerton, Fittleton, Flockton, Floriston, Gavinton, Glasserton, Hazleton, Hexton, Hickleton, Highburton, Hodgeston, Houghton, Hubberston, Ilmington, Invermoriston, Iveston, Jackton, Kedleston, Kellington, Kemerton, Kempton, Kildarton, Kirkliston, Laleston, Lanton, Leaton, Letterston, Leverton, Lewiston, Loughton, Lullington, Maddiston, Maryton, Maxton, Monkton, Nurton, Oakington, Oulston, Overton, Packington, Penston, Picton, Pollington, Puncheston, Quainton, Rennington, Repton, Roddington, Santon, Sefton, Shavington, Sheraton, Shoulton, Singleton, Soberton, Somerleyton, Stratton, Stubbington, Sullington, Swanston, Tarlton, Thankerton, Upton, Walkerton, Wasperton, Wennington, Whitton, Wiston, Wlkieston, Wolverton, Woolaston, Wotherton, Wotton, Yarnton

96 Ham class inshore minesweepers
125t, 100ft x 22ft x 6ft, 1 x 42mm, 15kts

Abbotsham, Altham, Arlingham, Asheldham, Bassingham, Bedham, Birdham, Bisham, Blunham, Bodenham, Boreham, Bottisham, Brantingham, Brigham, Bucklesham, Cardinham, Chelsham, Chillingham, Cobham, Cranham, Damerham, Darsham, Davenham, Dittisham, Downham, Edlingham, Elsenham, Etchingham, Everingham, Felmersham, Flintham, Fordham, Frettenham, Fritham, Georgeham, Glentham, Greetham, Halsham, Harpham, Haversham, Hildersham, Hovingham, Inglesham, Isham, Kingham, Lasham, Ledsham, Littleham, Ludham, Malham, Mersham, Mickleham, Mileham, Neasham, Nettleham, Ockham, Odiham, Ottringham, Pagham, Petersham, Pineham, Polsham, Popham, Portisham, Powderham, Pulham, Puttenham, Rackham, Rampisham, Reedham, Rendlesham, Riplingham, Sandringham, Saxlingham, Shipham, Shrivenham, Sidlesham, Sparham, Stedham, Sulham, Thakeham, Thatcham, Thornham, Tibenham, Tongham, Tresham, Warmingham, Wexham, Whippingham, Wintringham, Woldingham, Wrentham, Yaxham, Stoneham, Markham, Saxham

24 Ley class riverine minesweepers
125t, 100ft x 22ft x 6ft, 1 x 42mm, 14kts

Aveley, Bingley, Brearley, Brenchley, Brinkley, Broadley, Broomley, Burley, Burnley, Chailey, Cradley, Crawley, Dingley, Dudley, Easley, Fernley, Huntley, Morley, Oakley, Purley, Ripley, Standley, Shipley, Yaxley

Support Ships

8 Greenwich class Destroyer Tenders
24,560t, 720ft x 85ft x 26ft, 4 x 105mm, 8 x 42mm, 12 x 25mm, 20kts

Greenwich, Woolwich, Caspian, Goodgrace, Citadel, Whitehall, Hampton Court, Sandhurst

8 Forth class Submarine Depot Ships
24,000t, 640ft x 85ft x 25ft, 4 x 105mm, 6 x 42mm, 12 x 25mm, 18kts

Forth, Maidstone, Chatham, Rosyth, Clyde, Portland, Deptford, Haven

8 Seneschal class Maintenance Ships
18,000t, 600ft x 75ft x 20ft, 1 x 105mm, 4 x 25mm, 18kts

Seneschal, Sturdy, Constant, Counterguard, Flambard, Silverain, Ringhorn

10 Beachy Head class Repair Ships
8590t, 425ft x 56ft x 20ft, 1 x 105mm, 12 x 25mm, 12kts

Beachy Head, Berry Head, Buchan Ness, Cape Wrath, Dungeness, Flamborough Head, Mull of Kintyre, Orford Ness, Selsey Bill, Girdle Ness

3 Reclaim class Submarine Rescue Ships
1360t, 218ft x 40ft x 16ft, 1 x 25mm, 12kts

Reclaim, Rescue, Deliverance

2 Endurance class Nuclear Antarctic Icebreaker Cruisers
25,000t, 750ft x 80ft  x 26ft, 4 x 12", 8 x 105mm, 4 x 42mm, 4 x 34mm, 8 x 25mm, 32 x Sea Wolf SAM, 4 Helicopters, 28 kts

Endurance, Protector

10 Endeavour class Survey Ships
5200t, 375ft x 60ft x 20ft, CODAD, 1 x 42mm, 4 x 25mm, 16kts

Endeavour, Investigator, Research, Discovery, Echo, Scott, Expedition, Shackleton, Cook, Franklin

6 Nimble class Dispatch Ships
3200t, 330ft x 40ft x 15ft, COGAG, 1 x 105mm, 4 x 25mm, 29kts

Nimble, Impervious, Exultant, Esteem, Restless, Reynard

16 Saint class Tugs
1250t, 160ft x 30ft x 11ft, 1 x 42mm, 16kts

St. Cuthbert, St. Crispin, St. Aubin, St. Giles, St. Sampson, St. Fagan, St. Cyrus, St. Just, St. Martin, St. Dominic, St. Fergus, St. Osmund, St. Fulk, St. Dunstan, St. Oswulf, St. Boniface 

8 Roisterer class Tugs
1650t, 180ft x 30ft x 12ft, 1 x 42mm, 16kts

Roisterer, Rollicker, Reward, Retort, Respond, Revue, Rosario, Rollo

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

12 Wave class supertankers
240,000t, 1100ft x 180ft x 42ft, 4 x 42mm, 8 x 25mm, 16 x  Sea Wolf, 2 x Westland Sea King, 21kts

Wave Knight, Wave Ruler, Wave Queen, Wave Commander, Wave Baron, Wave Emperor, Wave Governor, Wave Liberator, Wave Protector, Wave Regent, Wave Sovereign, Wave Victor

12 Rover class tankers
125,000t, 960ft x 140ft x 40ft, 4 x 42mm, 8 x 25mm, 2 x Westland Sea King, 21kts

Green Rover, Blue Rover, Red Rover, Grey Rover, Gold Rover, Silver Rover, White Rover, Black Rover, Purple Rover, Orange Rover, Yellow Rover, Violet Rover

8 Dale class tankers
90,000t, 820ft x 125ft x 40ft, 4 x 42mm, 8 x 25mm, 4 x Westland Sea King, 21kts

Derwentdale, Ennerdale, Dewdale, Arndale, Darkdale, Eaglesdale, Bishopdale, Shadowdale

16 Ol class fleet tankers
56,000t, 750ft x 96ft x 35ft, 4 x 42mm, 8 x 25mm, 4 x Westland Sea King, 21kts

Olwen, Olna, Olmeda, Olcardes, Oligarch, Olynthus, Oleander, Oliphaunt, Olden, Olorus, Olmec, Oldbury, Oleanna, Oliver, Olybrius, Oleaceous

12 Tide class Fleet Tanker
32,400t, 590ft x 72ft x 32ft, 4 x 25mm, 18kts

Tidereach, Tideflow, Tidepool, Tidespring, Tidesurge, Tideforce, Tiderace, Tidesurf, Tidewash, Tiderun, Tidebreak, Tidemark

8 Leaf class Tankers
36,450t, 560ft x 85ft x 36ft, 4 x 42mm, 8 x 25mm, 15kts

Appleleaf, Bayleaf, Brambleleaf, Cherryleaf, Oakleaf, Orangeleaf, Pearleaf, Plumleaf

4 Supply class Fast Auxiliary Combat Supply Ships
87,000t, 1025ft x 140ft x 40ft, 1 x 105mm, 8 x 42mm, 12 x 25mm, 32kts

Supply, Support, Stalwart, Standard

8 Resourceful class Large Fast Combat Supply Ships
60,000t, 845ft x 112ft x 38ft, 1 x 105mm, 4 x 42mm, 30kts

Resourceful, Retainer, Robust, Ragnar, Reliance, Resolve, Roland, Romulus

12 Fort Victoria class Fast Auxiliary Oiler Replenisher Ships
42,500t, 700ft x 100ft x 32ft, 1 x 105mm, 4 x 42mm, 8 x 25mm, 2 x Legion CWS, 24 x Sea Wolf, 4 Rotodynes, 25kts

Fort Victoria, Fort George, Fort Charlotte, Fort Albert, Fort Grange, Fort Nelson, Fort Henry, Fort William, Fort Raleigh, Fort Hawkins, Fort Richard, Fort Matilda

10 Ness class Combat Stores Ship
17,500t, 524ft x 72ft x 26ft, 2 x 25mm, 18kts

Stromness, Lyness, Tarbatness, Sheerness, Skegness, Furness, Dungeness, Durness, Breckness, Westness

10 Shakespeare class Fast Auxiliary Dry Cargo Ships
50,000t, 750ft x 120ft x 30ft, 1 x 105mm, 4 x 42mm, 8 x 25mm, 2 x Legion CWS, 2 helicopters, 25kts

Shakespeare, Merlin, Taliesin, Chaucer, Dickens, Tennyson, Spenser, Milton, Defoe, Marlowe, Dee, Bacon

4 Menestheus class Fleet Amenities Ships
29,000t, 640ft x 78ft x 32ft, 1 x 105mm, 4 x 42mm, 8 x 25mm, 20kts

Menestheus, Meriones, Memnon, Menelaus

6 Demeter class Fleet Stores Issues Ships
16,425t, 520ft x 64ft x 27ft, 1 x 105mm, 4 x 42mm, 20kts

Demeter, Ixion, Bacchus, Hebe, Rhea, Kratos

12 Eadmund class Fast Refrigerated Supply Ships
52,000t, 760ft x 108ft x 39ft, 1 x 105mm, 4 x 42mm, 24 x Sea Wolf, 28kts

Eadmund, Æthelred, Egbert, Æthelwulf, Æthelbald, Æthelberht, Cynewulf, Æthelheard, Æscwine, Ælfwine

12 Archmail class Fast Vehicle Cargo Ships
87,000t, 1000ft x 120ft x 38ft, 1 x 105mm, 4 x 42mm, 24 x Sea Wolf, 35kts

Archmail, Elidor, Aurelius, Merianus, Elihud, Andragius, Leir, Ebraucus, Rivallo, Brennius, Peredur, Gwydion

4 Diligent class Heavy Combat Repair Ships
42,580t, 750ft x 82ft x 29ft, 1 x 105mm, 4 x 42mm, 20kts

Diligent, Pioneer, Persistent, Recovery

4 Artifex class Fleet Repair Ships
23,790t, 525ft x 65ft x 28ft, 4 x 42mm, 20kts

Artifex, Antioch, Restoration, Industrious

4 Salvor class Salvage Ships
2500t, 240ft x 40ft x 18ft, 4 x 25mm, 15kts

Ocean Salvor, Prince Salvor, King Salvor, Queen Salvor

2 Faraday class Cable Repair Ships
3000t, 480ft x 65ft x 25ft, 1 x 42mm, 18kts

Faraday, James Watt

2 Marlion class Pipelayers
132,000t, 984ft x 132ft x 55ft, 1 x 105mm, 4 x 42mm, 24 x Sea Wolf, 18kts

Marlion, Merhonour

8 Hospital Ships
15,200t, 500ft x 72ft x 24ft, 800 patients, 15kts

Salvation, Hope, Welcome, Goodwill, Aid, Samaritan, Sanctuary, Trinity

Royal Naval Air Service: 18 skyships, 72 airships, 3524 aircraft

18 Skyships
72 Airships

156 Vickers Vimy heavy bombers

112 Armstrong-Whitworth Sealion seaplane bombers
390 Saunders-Roe Calypso seaplane fighters

256 Hawker-Siddeley Phantom fighters
312 Blackburn Buccaneer maritime strike bombers
254 de Havilland Tornado maritime strike fighters
263 Fairey Swordfish ASW/attack

392 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods (4 jet MPA)
105 Avro Atlantics (8 jet MPA)

296 Short Sydney ASW jet flying boats
156 Saunders-Roe Queen flying boats

288 Fairey Rotodyne ASW
160 Fairey Rotodyne ASR
96 Fairey Rotodyne MSW

96 Sopwith Camels
96 Westland Westminsters
96 Bristol Buckinghams

Home Command

RNAS Attlebridge: 24 Vickers Vimys
RNAS Braemar: 24 Vickers Vimys
RNAS Goole: 24 Vickers Vimys
RNAS Culham: 24 Vickers Vimys

RNAS Dallachy: 24 Blackburn Buccaneers
RNAS Banff: 24 Blackburn Buccaneers
RNAS Tain: 24 Blackburn Buccaneers
RNAS Strubby: 24 Blackburn Buccaneers
RNAS Thorshaven: 24 Blackburn Buccaneers
RNAS Lerwick: 24 Blackburn Buccaneers
RNAS Brackla: 24 Blackburn Buccaneers
RNAS Bedlington: 24 Blackburn Buccaneers

RNAS Boston: 24 de Havilland Tornados
RNAS Scarborough: 24 de Havilland Tornados
RNAS St. Eval: 24 de Havilland Tornados
RNAS Oban: 24 de Havilland Tornados
RNAS Kinloss: 24 de Havilland Tornados
RNAS Castletown: 24 de Havilland Tornados
RNAS Evanton: 24 de Havilland Tornados
RNAS Haldon: 24 de Havilland Tornados

RNAS Gosport: 24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos
RNAS Chatham: 24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos
RNAS Falmouth: 24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos
RNAS Portland: 24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos

RNAS Galway: 16 Fairey Rotodyne ASR
RNAS Invergordon: 16 Fairey Rotodyne ASR
RNAS Immingham: 16 Fairey Rotodyne ASR
RNAS Baldurnesse: 16 Fairey Rotodyne ASR

RNAS Playden: 24 Fairey Rotodyne MSW
RNAS Ballasalla: 24 Fairey Rotodyne MSW
RNAS Grindale: 24 Fairey Rotodyne MSW
RNAS Dunino: 24 Fairey Rotodyne MSW

RNAS Stranraer: 12 Avro Atlantics
RNAS Tresco: 12 Avro Atlantics

RNAS Yarmouth: 16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
RNAS Londonderry: 16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
RNAS Stornaway: 16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
RNAS Jarrow: 16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
RNAS Berehaven: 16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
RNAS Macrihanish: 16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
RNAS Sundernesse: 16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
RNAS Galway: 16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
RNAS Loch Erne: 16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
RNAS Halkirk: 16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods

RNAS Pembroke Dock: 12 Short Sydneys
RNAS Eliagonne: 12 Short Sydneys
RNAS Portland: 12 Short Sydneys
RNAS Scapa Flow: 12 Short Sydneys
RNAS Sullom Voe: 12 Short Sydneys
RNAS Donegal: 12 Short Sydneys

RNAS St. Davids: 12 Saunders-Roe Queens
RNAS Lough Swilly: 12 Saunders-Roe Queens
RNAS Rosyth: 12 Saunders-Roe Queens
RNAS Plymouth: 12 Saunders-Roe Queens

Atlantic Command

Iceland (RNAS Selfoss)
24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms
16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods

Iceland (RNAS Hornafjordur)
12 Short Sydneys
12 Saunders-Roe Queens

Bermuda (RNAS St. David’s)
16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
12 Saunders-Roe Queens
12 Short Sydneys

Azure Islands (RNAS Lagens)
24 Armstrong-Whitworth Sealions
12 Avro Atlantics
12 Short Sydneys

Newfoundland (RNAS Gander)
12 Avro Atlantics
12 Saunders-Roe Queens

Canary Islands
12 Short Sydneys
24 Fairey Rotodynes ASW

Floating Fortress 1
48 Fairey Rotodynes ASW
24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms
24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos
16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
24 Fairey Swordfish
24 Blackburn Buccaneers
24 Westland Westminsters
24 Sopwith Camels
24 Bristol Buckinghams

Floating Fortress 2
48 Fairey Rotodynes ASW
24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms
24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos
16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
24 Fairey Swordfish
24 Blackburn Buccaneers
24 Westland Westminsters
24 Sopwith Camels
24 Bristol Buckinghams

Floating Fortress 3
48 Fairey Rotodynes ASW
24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms
24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos
16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
24 Fairey Swordfish
24 Blackburn Buccaneers
24 Westland Westminsters
24 Sopwith Camels
24 Bristol Buckinghams

Floating Fortress 4
48 Fairey Rotodynes ASW
24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms
24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos
16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
24 Fairey Swordfish
24 Blackburn Buccaneers
24 Westland Westminsters
24 Sopwith Camels
24 Bristol Buckinghams

Mediterranean Command

Gibraltar
16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos
12 Saunders-Roe Queens
16 Fairey Rotodyne ASR
12 Short Sydneys
12 Avro Atlantics

Minorca
24 Armstrong-Whitworth Sealions
24 Fairey Rotodyne ASW
24 Fairey Swordfish
12 Short Sydneys

Malta
24 Vickers Vimys
24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms
16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
12 Saunders-Roe Queens
16 Fairey Rotodyne ASR
12 Short Sydneys

Cyprus
16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
24 de Havilland Tornados
16 Fairey Rotodyne ASR
12 Short Sydneys

Souda Bay
24 Fairey Rotodyne ASW
24 Fairey Swordfish
12 Short Sydneys

Middle East Command

Alexandria
24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos
24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms
16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
24 Fairey Swordfish
12 Short Sydneys

Aden
16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos

Masirah
24 Fairey Rotodynes ASW
24 Fairey Swordfish
12 Short Sydneys

Bahrain
16 Fairey Rotodynes ASR
12 Short Sydneys

Addu
24 Armstrong-Whitworth Sealions
12 Avro Atlantics
12 Saunders-Roe Queens
12 Short Sydneys

Far East Command

Singapore
48 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms
24 Vickers Vimys
16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos
24 de Havilland Tornados
12 Short Sydneys
16 Fairey Rotodynes ASR
12 Saunders-Roe Queens

Trincomalee
24 Armstrong-Whitworth Sealions
24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos
24 Fairey Swordfish
12 Avro Atlantics
12 Saunders-Roe Queens
12 Short Sydneys

Hong Kong
24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms
24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos
24 Fairey Swordfish
12 Short Sydneys
16 Fairey Rotodyne ASRs

North Borneo
16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
24 Saunders-Roe Calypsos
12 Short Sydneys

Hollandia
16 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods
12 Avro Atlantics
12 Short Sydneys

Fleet Air Arm: 4986 aircraft
512 Westland Sea Kings
492 de Havilland Vanguards
483 Blackburn Buccaneers
479 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms
467 Westland Commandos
462 English Electric Scimitars
412 Fairey Rotodyne Junglies
336 Fairey Fireflies
325 Hawker-Siddeley Sea Harriers
324 Supermarine Excaliburs
254 Fairey Rotodyne Avengers
236 Fairey Swordfish
108 Blackburn Stalker EW
96 Armstrong-Whitworth Watchman AEW

Grand Fleet

CVN: Invincible, Indefatigable, Implacable, Incomparable
CVA: Audacious
CVL: Ethalion, Endymion
CVE: Admirable

BBGN: Queen Elizabeth, Victoria, St. George, Dreadnought, Prince of Wales
BBG: Hood

BCGN: Royalist, Ulysses

CGN: Norfolk, Devonshire, Essex, Sussex, Cumberland, Ulster
CG: Phoebe, Astraeus, Lysander, Scylla, Dido, Telamon, Apollo, Leonidas

DLG: Sheffield, York, Edinburgh, Coventry, Cardiff, Nottingham, Lincoln, Reading, Plymouth, Newcastle, Avalon, Exeter
DDG: Hart, Hotspur, Hurricane, Hereward, Hussar, Hind, Havock, Hardy, Jackal, Jaguar, Janus, Javelin, Jubilant, Jerusalem, Jasper, Justice, Nomad, Noble, Norman, Norseman, North Star, Narwhal, Nonsuch, Nereide, Tenacious, Templar, Tempest, Tradewind, Topaze, Thunderbolt, Torrin, Termagant, Undine, Ursa, Urchin, Urania, Union, Unique, Urge, Ultimatum
FFG: Amazon, Active, Antelope, Ambuscade, Arrow, Alacrity, Auburn, Avenger, Austere, Awake, Abelard, Angelsea, Aladdin, Azure, Aztec, Alceste,Akbar, Alcmene, Alecto, Alfred, Autumn, Alligator, Alpheus, Able; Broadsword, Battleaxe, Brilliant, Bloodhound, Boadicea, Beaver, Bacchus, Banterer, Britomart, Breda, Briar, Brigandine, Brisk, Briseis, Bruce, Bucephalus, Baracoutta, Barbarian, Bastion, Bayonet, Burly, Beacon, Beaumont, Belette
PCG: Arundel Castle, Bamborough Castle, Caerleon Castle, Dover Castle, Warwick Castle, Caernarfon Castle, Harlech Castle, Allington Castle, Lancaster Castle, Maiden Castle, Pembroke Castle, Alnwick Castle, Barnard Castle, Flint Castle, Sandgate Castle, York Castle, Walmer Castle, Tamworth Castle, Leeds Castle, Pevensey Castle, Scarborough Castle, Tintagel Castle, Oxford Castle, Amberley Castle
SCG: Jervis Bay, Largs Bay, Largo Bay, Morecambe Bay, Lyme Bay, Burghead Bay, Cardigan Bay, Carnarvon Bay, Bigbury Bay, Cawsand Bay, Enard Bay, Hollesley Bay

BBLN: Royal Arthur, King Alfred
LHDN: Albion, Bulwark
LHD: Spectacular, Hercules
LPDN: Queen Anne, King Edward VII
LPD: Camelot, Pendragon, Endeavour, Elephant
LSD: Jersey, Shetland, Guernsey, Anglesey, Orkney, Alderney, Mull, Lewis
LSL: Sir Percivale, Sir Tristram, Sir Agravaine, Sir Gareth, Sir Kay, Sir Lamorack
LST: Attacker, Battler

SSBN: Resolution, Retribution, Resistance, Redoubtable, Ramillies, Reprisal, Raider, Regulus, Romulus, Retaliation
SSN: Trafalgar, Tempest, Trojan, Thunderbolt; Sovereign, Spitfire, Speedwell, Supreme, Spearhead, Swift, Strongbow, Spiteful; Seadog, Swordsman, Scorpion, Seawolf; Rapid, Racehorse, Rocket, Rover, Roebuck, Renard, Rorqual, Raglan, Ruby, Redgauntlet, Ready, Rambler; Churchill, Cromwell, Cressy, Caesar
SSK: Oberon, Odin, Olympus, Ocelot, Onslaught, Onyx, Opportune, Otter

MS: Loch Ness, Loch Dunvegan, Loch Achray, Loch Alvie, Loch Ard, Loch Arkaig, Loch Assynt, Loch Boisdale, Loch Craggie, Loch Cree, Loch Fyne, Loch Glendhu, Loch Gorm, Loch Insh, Loch Katrine, Loch Killin, Loch Killisport, Loch Lomond, Loch More, Loch Morlich, Loch Quoich, Loch Ruthven, Loch Scavaig, Loch Shin, Loch Tarbert, Loch Torridon, Loch Tralaig, Loch Veyatie, Loch Affric, Loch Clunie, Loch Ericht, Loch Erisort; Ackleton, Alcaston, Aldington, Alfriston, Alverton, Amerton, Appleton, Ashburton, Badminton, Beachampton, Belton, Bevington, Bickington, Bildeston, Blaxton, Bossington, Boraston, Boulston, Brereton, Brinton, Bronington, Burnaston, Buttington, Calton, Carhampton, Cardeston, Castleton, Caunton, Chawton, Cheddington, Chediston, Chilcompton

Atlantic Fleet

CVSL: Mars, Pericles
CVHE: Advantage

BCGN: Tiger

CGN: Monmouth
CG: Bellona, Charybdis

DLG: Kingston, Peterborough, Manchester, Gloucester
DDG: Gallant, Glowworm, Gauntlet, Greyhound, Griffin, Gael, Gazelle, Gift, Queenborough, Quilliam, Quail, Quality, Quentin, Quiberon, Quickmatch, Quadrant
FFG: Amethyst, Alarm, Agile, Acheron, Auriga, Anchorite, Alcide, Andromeda, Aragon, Arbuthnot, Argo, Arcturus, Ariel, Arundel, Aesir, Atalanta
OPV: Craggy Island, Brownsea, Vatersay, Skomer, Rousay, Neave, Switha, Steepholm, Canvey, Furzey, Hayling, Bryher, Gugh, Samson, Pilsey, Mersea, Wallasea, Raasay, Rona, Eigg, Muck, Colonsay, Scarba, Coll
PCG: Conisbrough Castle, Stafford Castle, Framlingham Castle, Thornbury Castle

LHD: Telamon
LPD: Arrogant, Foudroyant
LSD: Faroe, Skye, Arran
LSL: Sir Bedivere, Sir Bors
LST: Stalker, Trumpeter

SSN: Revenge, Royal Oak, Renown, Repulse, Barham, Devastation, Invictus, Edgar
SSK: Psyche, Persian, Pandour, Pompey

Mediterranean Fleet

CVN: Ark Royal, Illustrious, Indomitable
CVA: Courageous
CVSL: Perseus, Agamemnon
CVHE: Ability

BBGN: King George VI, Britannia, Nelson, Defence
BCGN: Splendid

CGN: Wessex, Cornwall, Hampshire
CG: Leander, Arethusa, Danae, Euryalus

DLG: Birmingham, Glasgow, Southampton, Bristol, Leeds, Worcester, Chester, Swansea
DDG: Ithuriel, Isis, Imperial, Impulsive, Ivanhoe, Inconstant, Indignant, Lance, Lively, Legion, Lightning, Loyal, Leda, Laurel, Liberty, Mystic, Marvel, Magic, Mermaid, Mirage, Meteor, Malice, Marathon, Racehorse, Rapid, Rocket, Rover, Ruby, Raider, Redoubt, Rob Roy
FFG: Amalthæa, Ambrose, Amelia, Amphitrite, Anglia, Apelles, Aquilon, Arachne, Alcibiades, Asgard, Astarte, Adept, Aurochs, Avernus, Anthony, Abundance; Beagle, Bulldog, Bold, Bear, Banshee, Blazer, Brazen, Barbette, Basilisk, Blast, Blonde, Boomerang, Border, Boston, Bounty, Bramble
OPV: Goshawk, Kestrel, Peregrine, Gyrfalcon, Oriole
PCG: Carisbrooke Castle, Dumbarton Castle, Berkeley Castle, Portchester Castle, Dudley Castle, Alton Castle, Norwich Castle, Monmouth Castle
SCG: Mounts Bay, Padstow Bay, Porlock Bay, Veryan Bay, St Austell Bay, St Brides Bay, Start Bay, Tremadoc Bay

BBLN: King Richard I
LHDN: Theseus
LHD: Reliant
LPDN: King Henry VIII, King Charles I
LPD: Tenacious, Tremendous
LSD: Grimsay, Uist, Bute, Scilly, Sheppey, Avallae
LSL: Sir Pellinore, Sir Sagramore, Sir Lionel, Sir Owain
LST: Ravager, Tracker

SSBN: Resurgent, Reward, Robust, Roman, Regent
SSN: Conquest, Cornwallis, Cerberus, Concord, Hawkins, Frobisher, Effingham, Ratcliffe, Rupert, Jellicoe, Beatty, Cunningham
SSK: Paris, Pearl, Pelican, Plantagenet, Polaris, Porcupine, Portcullis, Prometheus

MS: Loch Garve, Loch Griam, Loch Harray, Loch Ken, Loch Kirbister, Loch Linfern, Loch Linnhe, Loch Lyon, Loch Minnick, Loch Nell, Loch Odairn, Loch Ossian, Loch Ryan, Loch Scrivain, Loch Tanna, Loch Tilt

Far Eastern Fleet

CVN: Victorious
CVA: Irresistible, Singapore
CVSL: Colossus
CVHE: Association

BBGN: Lion, Duke of York
BCGN: Argonaut

CGN: London, Kent
CG: Aurora, Juno, Penelope, Bacchante, Diomede

DLG: Belfast, Oxford, Salisbury, Derby, Leicester, Middlesborough, Aberdeen, Londonderry
DDG: Kelly, Kandahar, Kashmir, Khartoum, Kimberley, Kipling, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Orlando, Osborne, Orwell, Orestes, Orcadia, Observer, Offa, Osiris Peregrine, Phantom, Prince, Pathfinder, Persistent, Patriot, Panther, Providence, Scourge, Savage, Success, Speedy, Skillful, Satyr, Seneschal, Safari

FFG: Aeneas, Artemis, Achates, Acasta, Andromache, Aphrodite, Argosy, Antaeus, Abigail, Acadia, Acorn, Ashton, Acute, Adder, Adam, Adonis; Belleisle, Belisarius, Belmont, Berbice, Bethal, Bittern, Bull, Blade
OPV: Chanticleer, Auk, Ptarmigan, Bittern
PCG: Canterbury Castle, Malmesbury Castle, Carew Castle, Bolton Castle, Cornet Castle, Colchester Castle, Clare Castle, Helmsley Castle, Egremont Castle, Pendennis Castle, Peckforton Castle, Pontefract Castle
SCG: Whitesand Bay, Widemouth Bay, Wigtown Bay, Dundrum Bay, Gerrans Bay, Pegwel Bay, Luce Bay, Herne Bay

BBLN: King Henry V
LHDN: Ocean
LHD: Radiant, Sans Pareil
LPDN: King George III, King Edward I
LPD: Fearless, Intrepid, Ardent, Vindictive
LSD: Mann, Lindisfarne, Jura, Westray, St. Kilda, Benbecula, Islay, Foulness
LSL: Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Geraint, Sir Ector
LST: Pursuer, Trouncer

SSBN: Relentless, Righteous, Restless, Rigorous, Ranger,
SSN: Drake, Raleigh, St. Vincent, Blake, Albemarle, Montagu, Russell, Exmouth, Howe, Benbow, Hawke, Rodney, Anson, Collingwood
SSK: Otus, Orcus, Orpheus, Ormonde, Orontes, Orford, Oracle, Ogre

MS: Loch Urgill, Loch Vennacher, Loch Watten, Loch Awe, Loch Badcall, Loch Caroy, Loch Doine, Loch Creran, Loch Earn, Loch Enoch, Loch Eye, Loch Eyenort, Loch Glashan, Loch Goil, Loch Hourn, Loch Inchard

West Indies and North America Station
CG: Cleopatra
CVS: Vindex
FFG: Pathan, Bedouin, Sikh, Saracen
OPV: Malvern, Ashdown; Moorhen, Grebe, Plover, Whimbrel

South Atlantic Station
CG: Hermione
CVSL: Justinian
CVS: Campania
FFG: Augury, Aimwell
OPV: Sherwood, Needwood; Grouse, Roc, Quail, Nighthawk

West Africa Station
FFG: Aspirant
OPV: Kingswood; Tern, Skua, Sparrow
PC: Daffodil, Dandelion, Daisy, Lily

East Africa Station
FFG: Athlete
OPV: Epping; Goldfinch, Fulmar, Shearwater
PC: Orchid, Foxglove, Pansy, Primrose

Persian Gulf Station
CG: Minerva
CVSL: Alexander
FFG: Advice
OPV: Inglewood; Mallard, Puffin, Kittiwake
SCG: Thurso Bay, Budle Bay, Thorness Bay, Osborne Bay

East Indies Station
CVSL: Atlas
CVS: Athenian
FFG: Aeolus, Africaine
SL: Everest, Roland; Greenwood; Sheldrake, Widgeon, Teal
PC: Iris, Hydrangia, Lavender, Petunia, Myrtle, Lilac

China Station
CG: Phaeton, Spartacus
DDG: Calypso, Cavalier, Dervish, Fury
FFG: Māori, Gurkha, Afridi, Zulu
OPV: Gaitres, Dean; Gannet, Heron, Osprey
PCG: Carlisle Castle, Pendragon Castle, Plympton Castle, Corfe Castle, Winchester Castle, Ludlow Castle
SCG: Sandown Bay, Stonehaven Bay, Greyhope Bay, Spey Bay

Pacific Station
CVS: Engadine
FFG: Aid
OPV: Odyssey, Gothic; Arden, Selwood; Tirree, Bernera, Sulisker, Berisay

Refit
BBGN: Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Royal, Monarch
CVN: Eagle, Hermes, Formidable
CVA: Glorious
CVSL: Hector, Arion
LHD: Remarkable, Inflexible
CGN: Suffolk, Fife, Northumberland, Lancaster
DLG: Cambridge, Luton, Brighton, Inverness

Royal Naval Reserve: 579 ships, 28 submarines, 2987 aircraft, 679,528 personnel

6 Battleships
3 Aircraft Carriers
8 Escort Carriers
8 Cruisers
32 Destroyers
100 Frigates
58 Sloops
84 Corvettes
48 Amphibious Warships
28 Submarines
232 Minesweepers

BBG: Superb, Magnificent, Warrior, Centurion, Vengeance, Royal Sovereign

CVA: Gibraltar, Africa, India

CVHE: Audacity, Activity, Asperity, Assurance, Atheling, Argosy, Atlantis, Ascania

CG: Europa, Jason, Ceres, Prometheus, Ganymede, Telemachus, Naiad, Polyphemus

DLG: Dublin, Derby, Bradford, Sunderland

DDG: Comet, Crescent, Charger, Crafty, Cossack, Caroline; Daring, Defender, Demon, Duncan, Diamond, Delight, Dexterous; Electra, Encounter, Eclipse, Echo, Escapade, Express, Endeavour, Earnest; Fierce, Fame, Firedrake, Fortune, Falcon, Fox, Foresight

FFG: Basuto, Dogra, Garwhali, Mashona, Matabele, Nubian, Tartar, Punjabi, Ashanti, Mohawk, Eskimo, Masai, Rajput, Swahili, Maratha, Somali, Kumaoni, Dayak, Kamba, Pashtun, Zande, Baluch, Mameluke, Pict, Watusi, Hausa, Herero, Waziri

FF: Boyne, Severn, Clyde, Mersey, Spey, Teviot, Tweed, Avon, Arun, Jed, Kale, Ness, Deveron, Helmsdale, Evenlode, Mourne, Nene, Shiel, Windrush, Thames, Eden, Stour, Welland, Rother, Dart, Ettrick, Itchen, Bann, Chelmer, Nith, Ribble, Swale, Test, Waveney, Wear, Aire, Adur, Annan, Barle, Braid, Cam, Cuckmere, Dovey, Fal, Findhorn, Frome, Glenhorn, Halladale, Helford, Inver, Lagan, Lochie, Lossie, Meon, Monnow, Moyola, Nadder, Parret, Plym, Taff, Tavy, Teme, Torridge, Towy, Usk, Wye, Kennet, Cherwell, Doon, Ouse, Colne, Blackwater

OPV: Black Swan, Flamingo, Erne, Ibis, Kingfisher, Whimbrel, Wild Goose, Woodpecker, Wren, Swallow, Starling, Crane, Cygnet, Kite, Lapwing, Lark, Magpie, Raven, Peacock, Pheasant, Redwing, Snipe, Woodcock, Partridge, Waterhen, Wryneck, Wild Swan, Vulture, Stork, Cormorant, Petrel, Skylark; Westra, Rockall, Wight, Annet, Tresco, Harris, Bardsey, Taransay, Unst, Stronsay, Scarp, Iona, Hoy, Walney, Portsea, Lundy, Achill, Inishmore, Aran, Valentia, Caldey, Skokholm, Sully, Priestholm, Falhane, Llyr

PC: Buttercup, Rose, Carnation, Arbutus, Asphodel, Azalea, Bluebell, Celandine, Columbine, Crocus, Dahlia, Geranium, Honeysuckle, Hydrangia, Jasmine, Jonquil, Lavender, Narcissus, Petunia, Primrose, Snapdragon, Snowdrop, Sunflower, Tulip, Veronica, Amaranthus, Arabis, Aster, Bittersweet, Camelia, Campion, Chrysanthemum, Clover, Eglantine, Eyebright, Heather, Hyacinth, Lotus, Mayflower, Pimpernel, Poppy, Rhododendron, Saxifrage, Starwort, Sundew, Sweetbriar, Tamarisk, Thyme, Trillum, Vervain, Violet, Windflower, Abelia, Arrowhead, Azalea, Fennel, Kingsfoil, Balsam, Begonia, Belwort, Bergamot, Borage, Bryony, Burdock, Triffid, Elanor, Evermind, Moly, Candytuft, Coltsfoot, Heartsease, Nettle, Kingcup, Larkspur, Loosestrife, Mallow, Marigold, Marjoram, Meadowsweet, Nasturtium, Pennywort, Pennyroyal

LSL: Sir Cador, Sir Elyan, Sir Meliant, Sir Morholt, Sir Nentres, Sir Lucan, Sir Gaheris, Sir Astlabor

LSA: Royal Scotsman, Royal Welshman, Royal Lyonman, Royal Irishman; Empire Captain, Empire Castle, Empire Chieftain, Empire Cross, Empire Cymric, Empire Conqueror, Empire Crown, Empire Crusader, Empire Cavalier, Empire Clive, Empire Crown, Empire Cadmus

LST: Hunter, Fencer, Striker, Chaser, Smiter, Puncher, Reaper, Fighter, Biter, Dasher, Archer, Charger, Searcher, Slinger, Patroller, Pelter, Boxer, Bouncer, Thrasher, Griper, Flamer, Growler, Rambler, Rattler

SSK: Opal, Ossory, Oriana, Oakheart, Opossum, Orissa, Oriana, Orinoco, Oryx, Ostrich, Otranto, Owl, Owen Glendower, Onward, Ophir, Oriole; Pomone, Pyramus, Prudent, Prospero, Prodigal, Portia, Pluto, Prism, Pollux, Pique, Pallas, Pandora

MS: Loch Kirkaig, Loch Kishorn, Loch Knochie, Loch Laro, Loch Lurgan, Loch Maberry, Loch Ronald, Loch Sheallah, Loch Shiel, Loch Skaig, Loch Skerrow, Loch Stenness; Chilton, Clarbeston, Coniston, Crichton, Crofton, Culmington, Cuxton, Dalswinton, Darlaston, Derriton, Dilston, Donnington, Dorton, Dufton, Dumbleton, Dunkerton, Durweston, Eardington, Edgton, Edderton, Essington, Fenton, Fiskerton, Fittleton, Flockton, Floriston, Gavinton, Glasserton, Hazleton, Hexton, Hickleton, Highburton, Hodgeston, Houghton, Hubberston, Ilmington, Invermoriston, Iveston, Jackton, Kedleston, Kellington, Kemerton, Kempton, Kildarton, Kirkliston, Laleston, Lanton, Leaton, Letterston, Leverton, Lewiston, Loughton, Lullington, Maddiston, Maryton, Maxton, Monkton, Nurton, Oakington, Oulston, Overton, Packington, Penston, Picton, Pollington, Puncheston, Quainton, Rennington, Repton, Roddington, Santon, Sefton, Shavington, Sheraton, Shoulton, Singleton, Soberton, Somerleyton, Stratton, Stubbington, Sullington, Swanston, Tarlton, Thankerton, Upton, Walkerton, Wasperton, Wennington, Whitton, Wiston, Wlkieston, Wolverton, Woolaston, Wotherton, Wotton, Yarnton, Abbotsham, Altham, Arlingham, Asheldham, Bassingham, Bedham, Birdham, Bisham, Blunham, Bodenham, Boreham, Bottisham, Brantingham, Brigham, Bucklesham, Cardinham, Chelsham, Chillingham, Cobham, Cranham, Damerham, Darsham, Davenham, Dittisham, Downham, Edlingham, Elsenham, Etchingham, Everingham, Felmersham, Flintham, Fordham, Frettenham, Fritham, Georgeham, Glentham, Greetham, Halsham, Harpham, Haversham, Hildersham, Hovingham, Inglesham, Isham, Kingham, Lasham, Ledsham, Littleham, Ludham, Malham, Mersham, Mickleham, Mileham, Neasham, Nettleham, Ockham, Odiham, Ottringham, Pagham, Petersham, Pineham, Polsham, Popham, Portisham, Powderham, Pulham, Puttenham, Rackham, Rampisham, Reedham, Rendlesham, Riplingham, Sandringham, Saxlingham, Shipham, Shrivenham, Sidlesham, Sparham, Stedham, Sulham, Thakeham, Thatcham, Thornham, Tibenham, Tongham, Tresham, Warmingham, Wexham, Whippingham, Wintringham, Woldingham, Wrentham, Yaxham, Stoneham, Markham, Saxham;  Aveley, Bingley, Brearley, Brenchley, Brinkley, Broadley, Broomley, Burley, Burnley, Chailey, Cradley, Crawley, Dingley, Dudley, Easley, Fernley, Huntley, Morley, Oakley, Purley, Ripley, Standley, Shipley, Yaxley

[Belushi TD]

As always, I am in awe of the depth and breadth of your work. The sheer details involved in this OOB is amazing to me.

Well done, Sir.

Belushi TD

[Simon Darkshade]

Thank you, kind sir. It is nice to get some feedback, as ever.

I might jot down some little accompanying notes for this one; there are a few tiny 'Easter Eggs' in this little orbat, if they could be termed as such, in terms of names and roles, but it will be more in the realm of explanation than revelation.

A very good feature of Stuart's TBOverse orbats in days of yore was being able to map the changes over time, and once I get the RAF one done, there will be some small measure of comparison with 1960. The first and most noticeable feature is that there hasn't been the same level of force contraction seen if we compared the 1960 British Army, RAF and RN of Earth and that of 1975, for reasons explained at length; and there is also a lot of 1960s ship types that either never made it or were severely chopped off by the fell winds of circumstance.

[Simon Darkshade]

RN 1975 Orbat Notes

Carriers and Aviation
- The largest driver of increased numbers has been through the fielding of aviation, and specifically ship-borne helicopters and rotodynes, as well as some changes to the RNAS
- The Maltas don’t have long to go before they enter a well earned retirement, which will then result in one of the Audacious class getting the training carrier role
- The Ark Royals and subsequent CVNs are larger, more flexible and carry an air group equivalent to perhaps 3 to 3.5 Earthly supercarriers of a 1975 vintage in terms of capability, range/performance and armament
- Their armament reflects the generational impact of WW2’s grinding carrier offensive through the South China Sea, in that there is no such thing as too much air defence
- The mooted CVVs would mainly be built for the Commonwealth, but having additional decks is seen as a potential boon

Carrier Aviation
- If there is one weakness to their CVGs, it is that they perhaps lack a light attack element in terms of numbers; there is an option that has been gamed out whereby a Sea Harrier squadron could be attached, but they don’t have the legs of the Corsair or Skyhawk II, for example
- In the de Havilland Vanguard, they have a fighter akin to the F-14: 2 x Rolls Royce Empire turbofans w. 18750lbf/32500lbf; Mach 2.85@ 60000ft; ceiling of 85000ft; 875nm combat radius; armament of 4 x 1.25” ADEN and 4 x Firebolt SRAAM, 4 x Skyblade MRAAM and 8 x Galahad LRAAM
- The Phantom is well established in its ‘swing role’ as a secondary fighter, secondary attack plane and, more importantly, being able to do both
- This Blackburn Buccaneer is based on the Blackburn P.150, but hotter: 2 x RR Thames RB.106 turbojets w. 25000lbf; Mach 2.5@ 40000ft, ceiling of 60000ft, 960nm combat range, 24000lb maximum bombload in internal bomb bay (8000lb) and four underwing pylons
- The two new 1970s planes are the EE Scimitar and the Fairey Firefly
- The former is based on the Hawker-Siddeley P.1207, an F-18 like fighter-bomber with 2 x Bristol Hercules reheat turbofans (14000lbf dry/24500 reheat) and a top speed of Mach 2.4, 12 external hardpoints for 16,000lb maximum warload and a combat radius of 640nm
- The Firefly is a strike fighter akin to the Vought V-507 with an F-15 tail in appearance, and in the general class of the F-111B Vindicator II in performance: 2 x Rolls-Royce Empire 18000/27500lb engines, 20,000lb maximum warload, Mach 2.7 top speed and a combat radius of 780nm
- The Supermarine Excalibur strike bomber is based on the BAC Type 589. It is equipped powered by 2 x Rolls Royce Empire turbofans w. 24000/36000lbf; a maximum speed of Mach 3.125@ 70000ft; a combat ceiling of 80000ft; 1250nm combat radius; 2 x 1.25” ADEN; 32000lb bombload, including nominal capacity for self defence missiles
- The Sea Harrier isn’t a derivation of the P.1127, but the P.1154:
1 x Bristol BS125 Pegasus w. 32000lbf; Mach 2.5 @40000ft; ceiling of 60000ft; 425nm combat radius; 4 x Firebolt, 2 x Skyblade, 4 x 1.25” ADEN cannon; 8000lb bombload
- It is mainly deployed on the CVSLs and CVHAs, but there is some consideration and testing of some sort of deployment on fleet carriers for some contingencies
- The Fairey Swordfish is a British counterpart to the A/S-3 Viking ASW/ASuW, with both planes absolutely having a strong anti-ship and ground attack secondary role


Battleships and Battlecruisers
- The Superbs are going to be stricken from the second half of 1976, leaving an all nuclear battlefleet
- The question of further orders for the Tigers is one being kicked down the road

Cruisers
- New cruiser designs are still under development, with the oldest Leander turning 20 in 1979, and having a nominal service life of 25 years; it would take an equivalent of an NTU style modernisation to eke out but a few more years on top of that
- The Counties are very large, reflecting the costs of design and mission creep

Submarines
- The Barhams and Revenges are due to decommission soon, as the earlier designs are replaced by the Trafalgars
- A successor SSBN class armed with a next generation SLBM, probably based on the Solaris missile, is under development
- There is a need for new non-nuclear submarine class to replace the Oberons, possibly similar in some respects to our Upholders

Destroyers:
The Cs and Ds are to be stricken soon, and there is consideration of selling the Es, Fs and Gs
- The remaining 152 ships of the H-Z flotillas will provide the backbone of the DDG force, augmented by the new Whitbys/Type 43s. The use of that Type number isn’t a particular indicator that they look like the @ Type 43s
- RN postwar destroyer design grew out of late WW2 building and the chains of gold inflicted by it. Essentially, after the Wartime Emergency destroyers, there were 6 C class flotillas and 4 Weapon class flotillas, followed by 32 Battles in 1943, 32 in 1944 and 64 in 1945; only 16 of the 1945 ships were completed down the line
- This glut of new, very decent, large destroyers put a stake through the heart of what we’d think of as the Darings, which on Dark Earth were very powerful 4800t super destroyers with 5.25” guns supported by a lot of AA. The closest Earthly ships to them would be the early 1950s Cruiser-Destroyers with an extra gun, and the Mitschers with their original gun armament
- As there were a lot of perfectly good Battles, their urgency dropped, and as this occurred, Korea kicked off and there was an urgent need for a lot of frigates. As well as this, guided missiles were coming along in leaps and bounds, such that the likes of Tartar/Templar could be fielded on a large destroyer hill
- The first Daring flotilla of a planned 6 was reordered as the A class DDGs
- 1950s RN DDGs essentially had County or Bristol sized hulls, but with more American style missile magazines rather than Sea Slug, and four single gun mounts in ABXY. Their missile launcher was foreward and their helicopter hangar aft
- The Type DLGs are double ended ships whose displacement bulked up a fair bit during design, construction and testing
- The next class of DDGs after the Zs will apparently be known as the Battles, and be around 9600t
- Should Destroyer Escorts be acquired, they will fill an interesting gap between fleet destroyers and frigates


Frigates
- Similar to destroyers, the best way to understand the evolution of British frigates in 1945-1975 is to look how they got there. The frigate returned to major naval service as a type with the escort role through the War, and at the end, the bulk of RN numbers were made up of vessels with a relatively limited postwar life - the 254 River, 129 Captain and 47 Colony class frigates were seen as too slow for modern submarine threats and were too small for future growth, leaving just the 78 larger 2500t 25 knot Loch class as vessels that could be of significant use in the postwar world
- This lead to a dual track approach of the development of a new ASW fast frigate, the Type 12, and the conversion of 60 Standard type destroyers to Type 15 fast frigate
- These two types were accompanied in the 1950s by the Type 13/Hunt class and Type 14/Captain class, which were later rebadged as corvettes in the 1960s during one of the Andrew's frequent bouts of nomenclature alteration; the real reason for this change was to be able to successfully decry the RN's lack of frigates when the 1960s generation of ships were being proposed, but given the general receptiveness of the PM at the time, this wasn't a particularly difficult task
- The Type 12 was an excellent design for the threats of the 1945-1955 period, and came early enough and in large enough numbers to make it very much worthwhile. However, once the Soviets fielded nuclear submarines, the threat picture changed yet again, making them a bit too small to fit the new generation of weapons and, most significantly, to operate an ASW helicopter with dipping sonar effectively in rough Atlantic conditions
- The end of the 1950s saw the entry of the River class frigates, which were helicopter capable, and the guided missile Tribal class frigates, which provided the prospect of short range defensive missiles for convoys and ASW hunting groups
- Frigates were getting more and more expensive at this time, with the mid 1960s being one of the 'inflection points' of the Cold War period on DE and Earth where the cost of computers, electronic systems, radars, sonars and guided weapons 'knock things up a notch' (albeit sans spice weasel)
- The Treasury did try and make noises around 1963/64 about limiting the cost of the next generation of frigates to between £3.5 and 4.5 million, but these were quashed when Stanley Barton entered Number 10 on a platform of being stronger than the Conservatives on defence. This gave scope for the new frigate to not fall into the category of 'fitted for, but not with'
- At this time, cooperation with the Americans and Canadians in development of weapons systems was the flavour de jeur, leading to the Joint Light ASW Frigate, initially described as "displacing ~4800t, carrying a single medium calibre gun, light AA guns, some sort of light AAW missile, ASW missiles, a pair of Sea King helicopters and a towed array sonar"
- This set of requirements inflated and contorted over the next few years, resulting in the RN Type 21 FFGs and the USN Knox class DEG:
HMS Amazon: 5000 tons; 480ft x 50ft x 18ft; COGAG; Range 5000nm @ 20kts; 1 x twin 125mm, 4 x 2.5"/75, 4 x twin 42mm, 4 x 25mm; 1 Legion CWS; 1 twin launcher with 24 Sea Wolf + 8 Icarus, 8 Paladin SSM; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT, 4 x 15" ASW rocket launchers; 2 x Westland Sea King, 35 knots
USS Knox: 5200 tons; 480ft x 50ft x 18ft; COGAG; Range 5000nm @ 20kts; 1 x twin 5”, 4 x 50mm, 6 x twin 25mm; 1 Legion 37mm CWS; 1 x 24 Sea Sparrow, 8 x ASROC, 8 Harpoon SSM; 2 x quadruple 15” Sting Ray ASW TT; 2 x SH-3 Sea King, 32 knots
- The single medium calibre guns grew into twin mounts and there was an increase in design displacement of 5-10%, but the most significant increase came in cost, which was eventually £7.7 million for Amazon and $39 million for Knox
- Following on from the ASW focused Type 21s, the Type 22s sported longer range missiles than the Tribals, and there are plans to fit a pair of smaller Sea Rapier systems on each, directly in new construction and on the first refit of those ships already building or in service
- What of the Type 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20? The Type 16s were a proposed cheaper alternative to the Type 15s that never saw the light of day as they offered an uncompetitive price/capability ratio; Type 17 was for a mass production, austere version of the Type 12s; Type 18 were the River class; Type 19 a missile armed AAW version of the Rivers that was not built due to increased orders for the baseline ASW version; and Type 20 was a large frigate which was subsequently built for export to the South American navies

Corvettes
- The return of the corvette name, as mentioned above, was initially a gambit to fudge escort numbers, but over time, a clearer distinction between the corvette (1250-2500t) and the frigate (4000-6000t) has grown apparent. The earlier late 1940s/early 1950s corvettes were decent ships, but even the larger ones couldn't fit a frontline helicopter or have any real margin for a useful guided weapon armament
- The Castles are little pocket rockets which do compared favourably with many Earthly frigates, but they are still mainly employed in suitably 'corvettish missions', such as coastal convoys, littoral operations, green water zones, anti-piracy patrol and other such unglamourous grunt work

OPVs/Sloops
- The sloop never really went away, put have changed their names around the place. The wartime Black Swan survivors variously were known as frigates, patrol vessels and sloops before they were decommissioned in 1962, with the replacement Island class serving in the frontline sloop role during the 1960s, prior to being kicked downstairs to the Fishery Protection Squadron, which has Arctic, Home, Channel and North Atlantic divisions
- The late 1950s Shakespearean class Patrol Ships/Patrol Sloops were transferred to HM Coastguard, which has a rather broader remit here, and has a dual-hatted military/civilian role in mobilisation
- A number of significantly larger sloops, effectively light cruiser sized ships, are in service in some very specific areas and roles
- The mainstream of the RN's OPV fleet are the new Black Swans, which in wartime would be able to switch reasonably seamlessly into the third class convoy escort role

Coastal Forces
- The biggest change is that they exist
- Britain has invested in a small yet significant number of FACs during the 1950s and 1960s, driven in large part by the situations regarding Indonesia and China, and also by seeking to be able to contribute to potential wartime operations in the Baltic and littoral Norwegian Sea, and, by extension, maximise British influence over Denmark, Norway and Sweden
- Operations in Malaya and Vietnam, both coastal and riverine, drove some of the developments seen in this orbat in this regard

Weapons
- Gauntlet is a British equivalent to ASROC, Icarus is a more streamlined Ikara, and Sea Rapier is, as the name suggests, a naval adaption of the PT.428 which is equivalent in role to Sea Sparrow
- The 125mm is a 1960s gun, adapting the land based weapon in single and twin mounts, and akin in general appearance to the AK-130, albeit in a nicer, more ‘Western looking’ turret
- The 105mm gun comes from a nominal marriage of the Vickers 4”/62 and the 36pdr/105mm tank gun, with the Swedish Bofors 105mm coastal gun acting as the completely unrelated postman who delivers more than letters
- The 2.5” is a British attempt to outclass the 57mm. It has its ups and downs, but has some quite good performance
- The 34mm DACR is a quad ADEN type revolver cannon mount that packs a fearsome wallop and trains/traverses unnaturally fast through...unnatural means
- The 25mm is the general purpose, Jack-of-all-trades, junk-basher autocannon deployed in mounts like a cross between the Bushmaster Mk 38 and the earlier Oerlikon

[Simon Darkshade]

Royal Air Force Order of Battle 1975

12809 aircraft, 8 skyship aerocarriers, 20 skyship aerodreadnoughts, 42 skyships, 108 airships

650 Squadrons, 1,082,564 personnel

Skyship Aerocarriers
Arion
Gloriana
Fantasia
Titania

Hyperion
Solstice
Jubilee
Providence

Skyship Aerodreadnoughts
Solaris
Aquarius
Pendragon
Beowulf

Goliath
Daedalus
Saturn
Polyphemus

Valkyrie
Odyssey
Nemesis
Zodiac

Artegal
Britomart
Redcrosse
Serenity

Trinity Royal
Goodgrace
Mary Rose
Celestial

Bomber Command: 2637 aircraft, 143 Squadrons, 2181 missiles (HQ RAF High Wycombe)

587 Avro Vulcans (24 Squadrons)
396 Handley-Page Vengeance (16 Squadrons)
502 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (20 Squadrons)
256 Supermarine Victorys (10 Squadrons)

60 Bristol Bluebirds (4 Squadrons)
104 Avro Vindicators (4 Squadrons)
107 Armstrong-Whitworth Argonaut (4 Squadrons)
110 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2 EW (4 Squadrons)

24 Armstrong-Whitworth Solaris (1 Squadron)

495 Bristol Skytankers (20 Squadrons)

1000 Blue Streak ICBM (16 Squadrons; 6400 miles; 5 Mt or 10 x 1 Mt)
128 Golden Arrow ICBM (2 Squadrons; 25 Mt or 24 x 1 Mt)
640 Black Arrow MRBM (10 Squadrons; 2500 miles; 2.5 Mt)
389 Red King GLCM (8 Squadrons; 3200 miles; 1 Mt)

12 Skyships
HM Skyship R235
HM Skyship R236
HM Skyship R237
HM Skyship R240
HM Skyship R242
HM Skyship R246
HM Skyship R249
HM Skyship R250
HM Skyship R251
HM Skyship R254
HM Skyship R255
HM Skyship R256

Bomber Command Memorial Flight

Bomber Command Communications Flight: 4 x Hawker-Siddeley P.1128 Huntsman

No. 225 OCU: TSR-2
No. 233 OCU: Vulcan
No. 234 OCU: Vengeance
No. 238 OCU: Victory

No. 1 Group (HQ RAF Burtonwood)

No. 9 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Shobdon)
No. 27 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Shobdon)
No. 44 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Madley)
No. 60 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Ashbourne)
No. 79 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Burtonwood)
No. 100 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Madley)
No. 129 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Ashbourne)
No. 164 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Burtonwood)
No. 239 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Lichfield)
No. 256 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Fairford)
No. 617 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Fairford)
No. 625 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Lichfield)

No. 400 Squadron - 24 Armstrong-Whitworth Solaris (RAF Greenham Common)

No. 30 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Victorys (RAF Crosland Moor)
No. 45 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Victorys (RAF East Moor)
No. 95 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Victorys (RAF Tholthorpe)
No. 130 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Victorys (RAF Elvington)
No. 155 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Victorys (RAF Carnaby)

No. 299 Squadron – 12 Bristol Bluebirds (RAF Melton Mowbray)
No. 317 Squadron – 24 Avro Vindicators (RAF Marston Moor)
No. 384 Squadron - 24 Armstrong-Whitworth Argonauts (RAF Causton)
No. 629 Squadron - 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2 EW (RAF Deenethorpe)

No. 197 Squadron – 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Coningsby)
No. 217 Squadron – 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Marham)
No. 341 Squadron – 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Sculthorpe)
No. 199 Squadron – 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Finningley)
No. 581 Squadron - 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Bassingbourn)

No. 2 Group (HQ RAF Abingdon)
No. 12 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Upper Heyford)
No. 54 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Upper Heyford)
No. 75 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Wyton)
No. 83 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Gaydon)
No. 132 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Molesworth)
No. 178 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Wittering)
No. 259 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Wyton)
No. 325 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Gaydon)
No. 343 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Wittering)
No. 365 Squadron – 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Molesworth)
No. 623 Squadron - 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Watchfield)
No. 648 Squadron - 24 Avro Vulcans (RAF Watchfield)

No. 204 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Victorys (RAF Finningley)
No. 254 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Victorys (RAF East Moor)
No. 267 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Victorys (RAF Melbourne)
No. 297 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Victorys (RAF Wombleton)
No. 321 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Victorys (RAF Leeming)

No. 305 Squadron – 24 Avro Vindicators (RAF East Kirkby)
No. 357 Squadron – 12 Bristol Bluebirds (RAF Bicester)
No. 376 Squadron - 24 Armstrong-Whitworth Argonauts (RAF Barchester)
No. 621 Squadron - 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2 EW (RAF Tamzeth Low)

No. 228 Squadron – 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Wyton)
No. 277 Squadron – 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Carnaby)
No. 261 Squadron – 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Lakenheath)
No. 313 Squadron – 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Mildenhall)
No. 575 Squadron - 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Manywells Height)

No. 3 Group (HQ RAF Bawtry)
No. 52 Squadron – 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF Sculthorpe)
No. 55 Squadron – 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF Sculthorpe)
No. 77 Squadron – 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF North Pickenham)
No. 123 Squadron – 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF North Pickenham)
No. 128 Squadron - 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF Fowlmere)
No. 143 Squadron – 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF Tuddenham)
No. 150 Squadron - 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF Little Staughton)
No. 187 Squadron - 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF Tempsford)
No. 269 Squadron – 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF Shepherd’s Grove)
No. 334 Squadron – 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF Honington)
No. 350 Squadron - 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF Bourn)
No. 545 Squadron – 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF Tuddenham)
No. 568 Squadron – 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF Honington)
No. 620 Squadron – 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF Marham)
No. 632 Squadron – 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF Marham)
No. 633 Squadron – 24 Handley-Page Vengeances (RAF Shepherd’s Grove)

No. 362 Squadron - 12 Bristol Bluebirds (RAF Desborough)
No. 345 Squadron – 24 Avro Vindicators (RAF Burn)
No. 369 Squadron - 24 Armstrong-Whitworth Argonauts (RAF Lilbourne)
No. 628 Squadron - 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2 EW (RAF Upper Astrop)

No. 221 Squadron – 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Scampton)
No. 319 Squadron – 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Waddington)
No. 335 Squadron - 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Spanhoe)
No. 374 Squadron - 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Bruntingthorpe)
No. 588 Squadron - 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Chipping Warden)

No. 4 Group (HQ RAF Fiskerton)
No. 7 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s(RAF Scampton)
No. 32 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Waddington)
No. 35 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Scampton)
No. 90 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Coningsby)
No. 109 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Coleby Grange)
No. 110 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Waddington)
No. 124 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Coningsby)
No. 138 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Bardney)
No. 162 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Buckminster)
No. 207 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Caistor)
No. 210 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Coleby Grange)
No. 235 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Buckminster)
No. 356 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Folkingham)
No. 387 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Caistor)
No. 532 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Folkingham)
No. 536 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Ludford Magna)
No. 618 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Bardney)
No. 624 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Ludford Magna)
No. 368 Squadron - 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Grafton Underwood)
No. 379 Squadron - 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2s (RAF Grafton Underwood)

No. 364 Squadron - 12 Bristol Bluebirds (RAF Wymeswold)
No. 339 Squadron – 24 Avro Vindicators (RAF Leadenham)
No. 375 Squadron - 24 Armstrong-Whitworth Argonauts (RAF Dudleston Heath)
No. 635 Squadron - 24 Supermarine Eagle TSR-2 EW (RAF Sherburn)

No. 573 Squadron - 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Market Harborough)
No. 574 Squadron - 32 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Bottesford)
No. 585 Squadron - 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Stragglethorpe)
No. 590 Squadron - 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Eastwell)
No. 594 Squadron - 24 Bristol Skytankers (RAF Syerston)

No. 21 Group
No. 525 Squadron - 64 Golden Arrow ICBMs (RAF Spadeadam) Cumberland
No. 529 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Moorcock) Lancashire
No. 530 Squadron - 64 Golden Arrow ICBMs (RAF Tinwald Downs) Scotland
No. 533 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Rookhope) Yorkshire
No. 535 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Kirkhaugh) Northumberland
No. 541 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Llandeusant) Wales
No. 562 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Ericsfane) Scotland
No. 544 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Osmotherley) Yorkshire
No. 547 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Braemar) Scotland
No. 550 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Ledgowan) Scotland
No. 553 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Derrygoolin) Ireland
No. 556 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Blacktown) Ireland
No. 557 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Warland) Lancashire
No. 558 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Llanfachreth) Wales
No. 565 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Foulbog) Scotland
No. 566 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Caldbeck) Cumberland
No. 569 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Cwmystwyth) Wales
No. 570 Squadron - 64 Blue Streak ICBMs (RAF Drummury) Ireland

No. 22 Group
No. 512 Squadron - 48 Red King GLCMs (RAF Slieve Bloom) Ireland
No. 522 Squadron - 48 Red King GLCMs (RAF Mont Lyon) Lyonesse
No. 538 Squadron – 48 Red King GLCMs (RAF Edzell) Scotland
No. 559 Squadron – 48 Red King GLCMs (RAF Ballater) Scotland
No. 534 Squadron - 48 Red King GLCMs (RAF Ys Sal) Lyonesse
No. 551 Squadron - 48 Red King GLCMs (RAF Nantmor) Wales
No. 571 Squadron - 48 Red King GLCMs (RAF Dorstone) Herefordshire
No. 577 Squadron - 48 Red King GLCMs (RAF Kirkham) Lancashire

No. 24 Group
No. 523 Squadron – 64 Black Arrow MRBMs (RAF Holme on Spalding Moor)
No. 524 Squadron – 64 Black Arrow MRBMs (RAF Hemswell)
No. 526 Squadron – 64 Black Arrow MRBMs (RAF North Luffenham)
No. 516 Squadron - 64 Black Arrow MRBMs (RAF Caistor)
No. 519 Squadron - 64 Black Arrow MRBMs (RAF Full Sutton)
No. 537 Squadron - 64 Black Arrow MRBMs (RAF Harrington)
No. 543 Squadron - 64 Black Arrow MRBMs (RAF Polebrook)
No. 546 Squadron - 64 Black Arrow MRBMs (RAF Dunny-on-the-Wold)
No. 548 Squadron - 64 Black Arrow MRBMs (RAF Great Snoring)
No. 600 Squadron – 64 Black Arrow MRBMs (RAF North Witham)

Fighter Command: 2032 aircraft, 145 Squadrons, 3200 SAMs (HQ RAF Bentley Priory)

401 English Electric Super Lightnings (16 Squadrons)
354 Avro Arrows (14 Squadrons)
356 Fairey Delta IIs (14 Squadrons)
405 Supermarine Spitfires (16 Squadrons)
492 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (20 Squadrons)
24 Hawker-Siddeley Sentinel AWACs (1 Squadron)

1792 Bristol Bloodhound (28 Squadrons of 64 Missiles)
2304 Bristol Blue Envoy (36 Squadrons of 64 Missiles)

12 Skyships
HM Skyship R215
HM Skyship R216
HM Skyship R219
HM Skyship R220
HM Skyship R221
HM Skyship R224
HM Skyship R225
HM Skyship R229
HM Skyship R230
HM Skyship R234
HM Skyship R238
HM Skyship R239

No. 212 Squadron - 24 Handley-Page Sentinel AWACS

Great War Memorial Flight
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
Fighter Command Communications Flight: 4 x Hawker-Siddeley P.1128 Huntsman

No. 221 OCU: Lightning
No. 224 OCU: Spitfire
No. 232 OCU: Hurricane
No. 228 OCU: Delta II
No. 227 OCU: Arrow

9 Group – Northern England and Scotland (HQ RAF Newcastle) 24 Squadrons

No. 19 Squadron – 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Lossiemouth)
No. 46 Squadron - 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Dyce)
No. 47 Squadron - 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Inverness)
No. 105 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Vagar)
No. 139 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Usworth)
No. 170 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Kirkwall)
No. 206 Squadron - 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Wick)
No. 271 Squadron – 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Lossiemouth)
No. 280 Squadron - 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Prestwick)
No. 284 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Turnhouse)
No. 285 Squadron - 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Prestwick)
No. 287 Squadron - 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Usworth)
No. 289 Squadron – 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Lossiemouth)
No. 296 Squadron - 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Leuchars)
No. 298 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Leuchars)
No. 300 Squadron - 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Croft)
No. 301 Squadron - 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Catterick)
No. 302 Squadron – 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Inverness)
No. 303 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Grangemouth)
No. 308 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Sumburgh)

No. 373 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Lindholme)
No. 389 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Woodvale)
No. 521 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Buchan)
No. 520 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Misson)
No. 528 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Carnaby)
No. 552 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Kirknewton)
No. 646 Squadron - 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Invergarry)
No. 644 Squadron - 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Invergordon)

No. 561 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Blakelaw)
No. 580 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Breighton)
No. 582 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Carnaby)
No. 583 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Thornaby)
No. 371 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Prestwick)
No. 391 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF York)
No. 392 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Newcastle)
No. 640 Squadron - 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Sullom Voe)

10 Group - SW England, Wales, Lyonesse and Ireland (HQ RAF Baldonnel) 20 Squadrons

No. 17 Squadron - 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Exeter)
No. 48 Squadron – 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Hawarden)
No. 51 Squadron - 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Filton)
No. 59 Squadron - 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Roborough)
No. 63 Squadron - 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Pembrey)
No. 65 Squadron - 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Exeter)*
No. 85 Squadron - 24 English Electric Lightnings (RAF Lyonesse)
No. 92 Squadron - 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF St. Eval)
No. 93 Squadron – 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Colerne)
No. 126 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Waterford)
No. 141 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Aldergrove)
No. 142 Squadron – 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Cathbad)
No. 145 Squadron - 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Avalon)
No. 149 Squadron - 24 English Electric Lightnings (RAF Warmwell)
No. 151 Squadron – 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Sydenham)
No. 152 Squadron - 24 English Electric Lightnings (RAF Baldonnel)
No. 173 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Cathbad)
No. 177 Squadron – 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Davidstow Moor)
No. 189 Squadron - 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Cork)
No. 198 Squadron - 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Foynes)
No. 314 Squadron– 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Towyn)

No. 399 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Lyonesse)
No. 540 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Dublin)
No. 555 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Aldergrove)
No. 390 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Avalon)
No. 641 Squadron - 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Haven)
No. 638 Squadron - 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Cardiff)
No. 642 Squadron - 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Exeter)
No. 645 Squadron - 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Plymouth)

No. 395 Squadron - 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Queenstown)
No. 397 Squadron - 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Waterford)
No. 386 Squadron - 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Filton)
No. 380 Squadron - 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Weston-super-Mare)

11 Group - SE England (HQ RAF Uxbridge) - 20 Squadrons

No. 1 (F) Squadron – 24 English Electric Lightnings (RAF Biggin Hill)
No. 5 Squadron - 24 English Electric Lightnings (RAF Rochford)
No. 8 Squadron - 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Tangmere)
No. XI Squadron - 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Martlesham Heath)
No. 25 (F) Squadron – 24 English Electric Lightnings (RAF Biggin Hill)
No. 29 (F) Squadron – 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Kenley)
No. 33 Squadron - 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Eastchurch)
No. 42 Squadron – 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Manston)
No. 43 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Detling)
No. 56 Squadron – 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Tangmere)
No. 62 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Wormingford)
No. 64 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Hornchurch)
No. 70 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Little Whinging)
No. 72 Squadron – 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Debden)
No. 101 Squadron – 24 English Electric Lightnings (RAF Biggin Hill)
No. 111 (F) Squadron – 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF North Weald)
No. 125 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Rochford)
No. 191 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Redhill)
No. 266 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Great Dunmow)

No. 363 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Tilbury)
No. 386 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Bawdsy)
No. 395 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Enfield)
No. 397 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Maidstone)
No. 530 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Hawkinge)
No. 550 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Croydon)
No. 634 Squadron - 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Sevenoaks)
No. 645 Squadron - 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Chatham)

No. 351 Squadron - 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Lenham Heath)
No. 355 Squadron - 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Redhill)
No. 358 Squadron - 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Farnham)
No. 363 Squadron - 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Bushey Hall)
No. 383 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Maplin Sands)
No. 385 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Appledram)
No. 560 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Rattlesden)
No. 579 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Northolt)

12 Group – Midlands (HQ RAF Hucknall) - 20 Squadrons

No. 4 Squadron - 24 English Electric Lightnings (RAF Kettering)
No. 10 Squadron - 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Graveley)
No. 37 Squadron - 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Watnall)
No. 39 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Kettering)
No. 41 Squadron - 24 English Electric Lightnings (RAF Duxford)
No. 49 Squadron - 24 English Electric Lightnings (RAF Duxford)
No. 127 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Kettering)
No. 144 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Digby)
No. 195 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Cranage)
No. 219 Squadron - 24 English Electric Lightnings (RAF Silverstone)
No. 222 Squadron – 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Church Fenton)
No. 229 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Silverstone)
No. 234 Squadron - 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Digby)
No. 236 Squadron - 24 English Electric Lightnings (RAF Coltishall)
No. 238 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Blyton)
No. 242 Squadron - 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Church Fenton)
No. 245 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Leconfield)
No. 247 Squadron - 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Linton-on-Ouse)
No. 249 Squadron - 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Leadenham)
No. 264 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Coltishall)

No. 361 Squadron - 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Wyton)
No. 372 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Dunholme Lodge)
No. 377 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF West Raynham)
No. 381 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Ringway)
No. 382 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Barkston Heath)
No. 398 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF West Raynham)
No. 393 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Wattisham)
No. 513 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Abingdon)

No. 527 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Warboys)
No. 542 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Woodhall Spa)
No. 549 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Watton)
No. 539 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Marham)
No. 554 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Marham)
No. 572 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF North Coates)
No. 584 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Donna Nook)
No. 366 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Cosford)
No. 388 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Boston)
No. 394 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Grimsby)
No. 396 Squadron – 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF West Raynham)
No. 630 Squadron - 64 Bristol Blue Envoys (RAF Hornsea)

Strike Command: 2098 aircraft, 82 Squadrons (HQ RAF Salisbury)

350 Vickers Thunderbolts (14 Squadrons)
307 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (12 Squadrons)
210 de Havilland Tornadoes (8 Squadrons)
205 Blackburn Buccaneers (8 Squadrons)
204 Gloster Lions (8 Squadrons)
203 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (8 Squadrons)
200 Supermarine Cavalier F-111s (8 Squadrons)

105 de Havilland Tornado ECR (4 Squadrons)
101 Vickers Thunderbolt TSPR.10 (4 Squadrons)

52 Bristol Strikemasters (2 Squadrons)
54 Hawker-Siddeley Salamander COIN (2 Squadrons)

28 Hawker-Siddeley Gideon EW (1 Squadron)
27 Handley-Page Sentinel AWACS (1 Squadron)
24 Avro Argus ISTAR (1 Squadron)
24 Fairey Rotodyne CSAR (1 Squadron)

Strike Command Communications Flight: 4 x Hawker-Siddeley P.1128 Huntsman

No. 222 OCU: Phantom
No. 223 OCU: Tornado
No. 226 OCU: Harrier
No. 229 OCU: Lion
No. 230 OCU: Thunderbolt
No. 235 OCU: Buccaneer
No. 241 OCU: Cavalier
No. 244 OCU: Strikemaster/Salamander

No. 316 Squadron - 24 Handley-Page Sentinel AWACS (RAF Wellesbourne Mountford)
No. 511 Squadron - 24 Avro Argus ISTAR (RAF Saltby)
No. 595 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Gideon EW (RAF Church Broughton)
No. 637 Squadron - 24 Fairey Rotodyne CSAR (RAF Midsomer)

No. 5 Group (HQ RAF Newmarket, Suffolk)

No. 209 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Lakenheath)
No. 214 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Lakenheath)
No. 240 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Lakenheath)

No. 225 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Mildenhall)
No. 246 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Mildenhall)
No. 324 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Mildenhall)

No. 342 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Tuddenham)
No. 348 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Tuddenham)
No. 352 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Tuddenham)

No. 509 Squadron - 24 de Havilland Tornado ECR (RAF Stradishall)
No. 586 Squadron - 24 Blackburn Buccaneers (RAF Stradishall)
No. 589 Squadron - 24 Blackburn Buccaneers (RAF Stradishall)

No. 593 Squadron - 24 Blackburn Buccaneers (RAF Knettishall)
No. 598 Squadron - 24 Blackburn Buccaneers (RAF Knettishall)
No. 614 Squadron - 24 Vickers Thunderbolt TSPR.10 (RAF Knettishall)

No. 329 Squadron – 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Bentwaters)
No. 333 Squadron – 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Bentwaters)
No. 226 Squadron - 24 Supermarine F-111 Cavaliers (RAF Bentwaters)

No. 349 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Oulton)
No. 360 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Oulton)

No. 6 Group (HQ RAF Silverstone, Northamptonshire)

No. 120 Squadron – 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Newton)
No. 112 Squadron - 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Newton)
No. 201 Squadron - 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Newton)

No. 102 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Harrington)
No. 224 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Harrington)
No. 626 Squadron - 24 de Havilland Tornado ECR (RAF Harrington)

No. 257 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Spanhoe)
No. 295 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Spanhoe)
No. 320 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Spanhoe)

No. 338 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Syerston)
No. 503 Squadron - 24 Bristol Strikemaster (RAF Syerston)
No. 505 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Salamander COIN (RAF Syerston)

No. 508 Squadron - 24 Bristol Strikemaster (RAF Langar)
No. 607 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Salamander COIN (RAF Langar)

No. 322 Squadron - 24 Supermarine F-111 Cavaliers (RAF Greatworth)
No. 330 Squadron - 24 Supermarine F-111 Cavaliers (RAF Greatworth)
No. 336 Squadron - 24 Supermarine F-111 Cavaliers (RAF Greatworth)

No. 169 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Collyweston)
No. 188 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Collyweston)
No. 603 Squadron - 24 Vickers Thunderbolt TSPR.10 (RAF Collyweston)

No. 7 Group (HQ RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire)

No. 76 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Cottesmore)
No. 98 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Cottesmore)
No. 113 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Cottesmore)

No. 88 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms(RAF Peterborough)
No. 99 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Peterborough)
No. 136 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms(RAF Peterborough)

No. 106 Squadron - 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Henlow)
No. 182 Squadron – 24 Supermarine F-111 Cavaliers (RAF Henlow)
No. 288 Squadron - 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Henlow)
No. 619 Squadron - 24 de Havilland Tornado ECR (RAF Henlow)

No. 255 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Alconbury)
No. 268 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Alconbury)
No. 283 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Alconbury)
No. 622 Squadron - 24 Vickers Thunderbolt TSPR.10 (RAF Alconbury)

No. 104 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Nunthampstead)
No. 243 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Nunthampstead)

No. 309 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Ridgewell)
No. 311 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Ridgewell)
No. 315 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Ridgewell)
No. 318 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Ridgewell)

No. 8 Group (HQ RAF Ouston Northumberland)

No. 108 Squadron - 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Breighton)
No. 135 Squadron - 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Breighton)
No. 203 Squadron – 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Breighton)
No. 610 Squadron - 24 de Havilland Tornado ECR (RAF Breighton)

No. 161 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Snaith)
No. 175 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Snaith)

No. 183 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Topcliffe)
No. 215 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Topcliffe)
No. 265 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Topcliffe)

No. 71 Squadron - 24 Supermarine F-111 Cavaliers (RAF Dalton)
No. 157 Squadron - 24 Supermarine F-111 Cavaliers (RAF Dalton)
No. 211 Squadron - 24 Supermarine F-111 Cavaliers (RAF Dalton)
No. 605 Squadron - 24 Vickers Thunderbolt TSPR.10 (RAF Dalton)

No. 502 Squadron - 24 Blackburn Buccaneers (RAF Morpeth)
No. 510 Squadron - 24 Blackburn Buccaneers (RAF Morpeth)
No. 514 Squadron - 24 Blackburn Buccaneers (RAF Morpeth)
No. 517 Squadron - 24 Blackburn Buccaneers (RAF Morpeth)

No. 182 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Scorton)
No. 165 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Scorton)
No. 180 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Scorton)

RAF Germany: 1248 aircraft, 48 Squadrons (HQ RAF Bielefeld)

256 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (10 Squadrons)
249 Gloster Lions (10 Squadrons)
205 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (8 Squadrons)
196 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (8 Squadrons)
120 Supermarine Spitfires (5 Squadrons)
120 English Electric Lightnings (5 Squadrons)
102 de Havilland Tornados (4 Squadrons)

RAF Germany Communications Flight: 4 x Hawker-Siddeley P.1128 Huntsman

1st Tactical Air Force (HQ RAF Rheindahlen)
No. 3 Squadron - 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Rheindahlen)
No. 16 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Laarbruch)
No. 21 Squadron– 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Bruggen)
No. 22 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Geilenkirchen)

No. 26 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Wildenrath)
No. 31 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Laarbruch)
No. 86 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Wildenrath)
No. 103 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Norvenich)

No. 121 Squadron - 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Geilenkirchen)
No. 154 Squadron– 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Bruggen)
No. 176 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Nordhorn)
No. 179 Squadron – 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Koln)

No. 200 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Norvenich)
No. 233 Squadron – 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Nordhorn)
No. 237 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Wildenrath)
No. 378 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Bruggen)

No. 14 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Hannover)
No. 53 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Varrelbusch)
No. 66 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Varrelbusch)
No. 71 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Hannover)

No. 272 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Celle)
No. 278 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Diepholz)
No. 310 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Celle)
No. 332 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Diepholz)

2nd Tactical Air Force (HQ RAF Luneberg)
No. II (AC) Squadron – 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Gutersloh)
No. 15 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Buckeberg)
No. 20 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Luneberg)
No. 28 Squadron - 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Hildersheim)

No. 50 Squadron - 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Ahlorn)
No. 69 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Buckeberg)
No. 78 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Uetersen)
No. 97 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Ahlorn)

No. 114 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Wunstorf)
No. 122 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Wunstorf)
No. 140 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Uetersen)
No. 171 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Luneberg)

No. 205 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Oldenburg)
No. 216 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Oldenburg)
No. 227 Squadron – 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Gutersloh)
No. 251 Squadron – 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Gutersloh)

No. 148 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Hopen)
No. 157 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Norderstedt)
No. 211 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Hopen)
No. 226 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Norderstedt)

No. 340 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Osnabruck)
No. 344 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Ratzeburg)
No. 348 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Ratzeburg)
No. 354 Squadron - 24 Gloster Lions (RAF Osnabruck)

Middle East Air Force: 480 aircraft, 22 Squadrons (HQ Cairo)

96 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (4 Squadrons)
96 Vickers Thunderbolts (4 Squadrons)
96 English Electric Lightnings (4 Squadrons)
72 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (3 Squadrons)
48 de Havilland Tornados (2 Squadrons)
48 Hawker Siddeley Harriers (2 Squadrons)
48 Supermarine Spitfires (2 Squadrons)
24 Avro Arrows (1 Squadron)
24 Fairey Rotodynes (1 Squadron)

RAF Middle East Air Force Communications Flight: 4 x Hawker-Siddeley P.1128 Huntsmen

No. 73 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Muscat)
No. 160 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Ramleh)
No. 184 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Ismaila)
No. 202 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Aden)

No. 230 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Sharjah)
No. 253 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Haifa)
No. 294 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Habbaniya)

No. 116 Squadron - 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Sharjah)
No. 118 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Kuwait)
No. 119 Squadron - 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Ascalon)
No. 133 Squadron - 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Habbaniya)

No. 185 Squadron - 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Ascalon)
No. 223 Squadron – 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Sharjah)
No. 244 Squadron - 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Helwan)

No. 38 Squadron – 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Idris)
No. 137 Squadron – 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Zarqa)

No. 81 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Sharjah)
No. 147 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Ascalon)

No. 163 Squadron - 24 Fairey Rotodynes (RAF Ismaila)
No. 194 Squadron – 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Heliopolis)

No. 370 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhound (RAF Sharjah)
No. 515 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhound (RAF Heliopolis)

Far East Air Force: 480 aircraft, 22 Squadrons (HQ Singapore)
96 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (4 Squadrons)
96 English Electric Lightnings (4 Squadrons)
96 Vickers Thunderbolts (4 Squadrons)
48 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (2 Squadrons)
48 de Havilland Tornados (2 Squadrons)
48 Supermarine Spitfires (2 Squadrons)
48 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (2 Squadrons)
24 Avro Arrows (1 Squadron)
24 Fairey Rotodynes (1 Squadron)

RAF Far East Air Force Communications Flight: 4 x Hawker-Siddeley P.1128 Huntsmen

No. 40 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Kuala Lumpur)
No. 82 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Butterworth)
No. 117 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Kai Tak)
No. 167 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Brunei)

No. 67 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Butterworth)
No. 153 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Tengah)
No. 186 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Jesselton)

No. 57 Squadron – 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Shek Kong)
No. 68 Squadron – 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Kai Tek)
No. 84 Squadron – 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Tengah)

No. 192 Squadron - 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Butterworth)
No. 218 Squadron - 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Singgora)
No. 263 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Mandalay)
No. 286 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Korat)

No. 131 Squadron – 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Kuantan)
No. 172 Squadron – 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Changi)

No. 80 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Kuantan)
No. 134 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Harriers (RAF Kai Tek)

No. 208 Squadron – 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Kuala Lumpur)
No. 279 Squadron – 24 Fairey Rotodynes (RAF Changi)

No. 576 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Seletar)
No. 578 Squadron – 64 Bristol Bloodhounds (RAF Kai Tek)

RAF Mediterranean (HQ RAF Luqa): 298 aircraft, 12 squadrons

RAF Mediterranean Communications Flight: 4 x Hawker-Siddeley P.1128 Huntsmen

No. 6 Squadron - 24 English Electric Lightning (RAF Luqa, Malta)
No. 18 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Nicosia)
No. 23 (F) Squadron – 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Maleme)
No. 36 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Gibraltar)
No. 58 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Akrotiri)
No. 87 Squadron - 24 English Electric Lightnings (RAF Gibraltar)
No. 94 Squadron – 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Minorca)
No. 248 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Luqa, Malta)

No. 94 Squadron - 24 Supermarine F-111 Cavaliers (RAF Hal Far, Malta)
No. 274 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Nicosia, Cyprus)
No. 258 Squadron - 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus)
No. 327 Squadron - 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Luqa, Malta)

RAF Scandinavia (HQ RAF Trondheim): 294 aircraft, 12 squadrons

No. 13 Squadron - 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Uppsala)
No. 34 Squadron - 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Bodo)
No. 74 Squadron - 24 Fairey Delta IIs (RAF Aalborg)
No. 91 Squadron – 24 Avro Arrows (RAF Trondheim)
No. 213 Squadron – 24 Hawker Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Jonkoping)
No. 250 Squadron - 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Narvik)
No. 276 Squadron – 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Falun)
No. 293 Squadron – 24 Supermarine Spitfires (RAF Skrydstrup)

No. 66 Squadron - 24 Supermarine F-111 Cavaliers (RAF Sola)
No. 156 Squadron – 24 Vickers Thunderbolts (RAF Trondheim)
No. 61 Squadron – 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Trondheim)
No. 193 Squadron – 24 de Havilland Tornados (RAF Malmo)

RAF Africa (HQ RAF Eastleigh) - 96 aircraft, 4 squadrons

No. 306 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAF Eastleigh)
No. 107 Squadron – 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAF Salisbury)
No. 220 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Takoradi)
No. 89 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (RAF Elizabethville)

RAF Australia - 48 aircraft, 2 squadrons

No. 115 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (RAAF Tindal)
No. 168 Squadron – 24 English Electric Super Lightnings (RAAF Darwin)

Global and Imperial Deployments
No. 504 Squadron - Independent Composite Air Squadron (Prydain)
No. 506 Squadron - Independent Composite Air Squadron (Jamaica)
No. 601 Squadron - Independent Composite Air Squadron (Freetown)
No. 602 Squadron - Independent Composite Air Squadron (Mombasa)
No. 604 Squadron - Independent Composite Air Squadron (Tobruk)
No. 606 Squadron - Independent Composite Air Squadron (Salisbury)
No. 609 Squadron - Independent Composite Air Squadron (Cythera)
No. 612 Squadron - Independent Composite Air Squadron (Ceylon)
No. 613 Squadron - Independent Composite Air Squadron (Guadalcanal)
No. 615 Squadron - Independent Composite Air Squadron (Anchorage)

No. 1237 Flight: 6 Fairey Rotodyne (Heligoland)
No. 1256 Flight: 6 Fairey Delta II (Timor)
No. 1323 Flight: 6 Shorts Skyvan (Falklands)
No. 1387 Flight: 6 Hawker-Siddeley Hurricanes (Corfu)
No. 1395 Flight: 6 Avro Andover (Galapagos)
No. 1417 Flight: 6 Avro Arrows (Falklands)
No. 1433 Flight: 6 Short Skyvan (Khartoum)
No. 1435 Flight: 6 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (British Honduras)
No. 1502 Flight: 6 Westland Westminster (British Honduras)
No. 1529 Flight: 6 Avro Arrows (Bermuda)
No. 1547 Flight: 6 Fairey Rotodynes (Brunei)
No. 1562 Flight: 6 Fairey Delta II (Gan)
No. 1564 Flight: 6 Hawker-Siddeley Phantoms (Brunei)
No. 1598 Flight: 6 Westland Westminster (Socotra)
No. 1615 Flight: 6 Avro Andover (Madeira)
No. 1625 Flight: 6 de Havilland Tornados (Vung Tau)
No. 1640 Flight: 6 Supermarine Spitfires (Saigon)

Transport Command: 718 aircraft, 40 Squadrons (HQ RAF Bovingdon)
256 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (15 Squadrons) C-17
187 Shorts Belfasts (10 Squadrons) C-141
92 Vickers Super VC10s (5 Squadrons)
96 Armstrong-Whitworth Atlases (5 Squadrons) C-5
87 Vickers VC25 Victorias (5 Squadrons)

18 Skyships
HM Skyship R241
HM Skyship R243
HM Skyship R245
HM Skyship R252
HM Skyship R253
HM Skyship R257
HM Skyship R258
HM Skyship R259
HM Skyship R260
HM Skyship R261
HM Skyship R262
HM Skyship R263
HM Skyship R264
HM Skyship R265
HM Skyship R266
HM Skyship R267
HM Skyship R268
HM Skyship R269

Transport Command Communications Flight: 4 x Hawker-Siddeley P.1128 Huntsmen

No. 236 OCU: Skyblazer
No. 237 OCU: Belfast
No. 239 OCU: Rotodyne
No. 245 OCU: Atlas/VC.10

No. 13 Group (HQ RAF Mepal)
No. 146 Squadron – 16 Vickers VC25 Victorias (RAF Great Sampford)
No. 158 Squadron – 16 Vickers VC25 Victorias (RAF Mepal)
No. 174 Squadron – 16 Vickers VC25 Victorias (RAF Greatworth)
No. 181 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (RAF Fowlmere)
No. 241 Squadron – 16 Shorts Belfasts (RAF Woodbridge)
No. 252 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (RAF Woodbridge)
No. 232 Squadron – 16 Shorts Belfasts (RAF Deenethorpe)
No. 275 Squadron – 16 Shorts Belfasts (RAF Fowlmere)
No. 634 Squadron - 16 Shorts Belfasts (RAF Deenethorpe)

No. 14 Group (HQ RAF Brize Norton)
No. 260 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (RAF Brize Norton)
No. 166 Squadron – 16 Armstrong-Whitworth Atlases (RAF Ashbury)
No. 231 Squadron – 16 Armstrong-Whitworth Atlases (RAF Grove)
No. 367 Squadron - 16 Vickers Super VC10s (RAF Buscot)
No. 292 Squadron – 16 Shorts Belfasts (RAF Lyneham)
No. 326 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (RAF Lyneham)
No. 281 Squadron – 16 Shorts Belfasts (RAF Grove)
No. 649 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (RAF Buscot)
No. 262 Squadron – 16 Armstrong-Whitworth Atlases(RAF Brize Norton)
No. 353 Squadron – 16 Vickers Super VC10s (RAF Benson)
No. 647 Squadron - 16 Vickers Super VC10s (RAF Kineton)

No. 15 Group (HQ RAF Hixon)
No. 159 Squadron – 16 Shorts Belfasts (RAF Saltby)
No. 190 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (RAF Husbands Bosworth)
No. 304 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (RAF Hixon)
No. 347 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (RAF Wymeswold)
No. 282 Squadron – 16 Armstrong-Whitworth Atlases (RAF Hixon)
No. 337 Squadron – 16 Vickers Super VC10s (RAF Honiley)
No. 531 Squadron – 16 Armstrong-Whitworth Atlases (RAF Wymeswold)
No. 643 Squadron – 16 Vickers Super VC10s (RAF Wrexham)
No. 312 Squadron – 16 Shorts Belfasts (RAF Hodney)
No. 639 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers(RAF Honiley)

No. 16 Group (HQ RAF Andover)
No. 196 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (RAF Ibsley)
No. 323 Squadron - 16 Vickers VC25 Victorias (RAF Farnham)
No. 273 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (RAF Rotherwick)
No. 290 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (RAF Farnham)
No. 270 Squadron – 16 Shorts Belfasts (RAF Andover)
No. 291 Squadron – 16 Vickers VC25 Victorias (RAF Clandon)
No. 307 Squadron – 16 Vickers Super VC10s(RAF Ewhurst)
No. 344 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (RAF Andover)
No. 328 Squadron – 16 Shorts Belfasts (RAF Ibsley)
No. 331 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (RAF Andover)
No. 359 Squadron – 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers (RAF Dunsfold)

Special Duties Command: 228 aircraft, 12 Squadrons (HQ RAF Llanbrynmair)

No. 23 Group

Special Duties Command Communications Flight: 4 x Hawker-Siddeley P.1128 Huntsmen

373 Rapid Deployment Wing (RAF Sutton Craddock)
No. 567 Squadron - Composite Rapid Deployment Squadron
No. 587 Squadron - Composite Rapid Deployment Squadron
No. 592 Squadron - Composite Rapid Deployment Squadron
No. 596 Squadron - Composite Rapid Deployment Squadron

383 Transport Wing (RAF Methven)
No. 599 Squadron - 16 Fairey Rotodynes
No. 600 Squadron - 16 Fairey Rotodynes
No. 608 Squadron - 16 Sopwith Camels
No. 636 Squadron - 16 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazers

363 Ground Attack Wing (RAF Steeple Ashton)
No. 507 Squadron - 16 Armstrong Whitworth Warspites
No. 518 Squadron - 16 Armstrong Whitworth Warspites
No. 591 Squadron - 16 Armstrong Whitworth Warspites
No. 597 Squadron - 16 Armstrong Whitworth Warspites

Training Command: 1592 aircraft, 60 Squadrons (HQ RAF Shinfield Park)

526 Bristol Rover jet trainers (20 Squadrons)
324 Scottish Aviation Beagle basic trainers (12 Squadrons)
316 Hawker-Siddeley Hawk advanced jet trainers (12 Squadrons)
164 Fairey Sprite helicopter trainers (6 Squadrons)
102 English Electric Canberra trainers (4 Squadrons)
56 de Havilland DH.125 Jet Dragons (2 Squadrons)
54 Fairey Rotodyne Dominies (2 Squadrons)
30 Bristol Britannias (1 Squadron)
20 Vickers Valiants (1 Squadron)

Central Fighter Establishment (RAF Uxbridge)
English Electric Super Lightning T.12
Hawker-Siddeley Phantom T.15
Supermarine Spitfire T.7
de Havilland Tornado T.9

Empire Central Flying School (RAF Little Rissington)
No. 401 Squadron - 24 Bristol Rovers
No. 415 Squadron - 24 Bristol Rovers

No. 422 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hawks
No. 435 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hawks

No. 469 Squadron - 24 English Electric Canberra T. Mark 23s
No. 487 Squadron - 24 English Electric Canberra T. Mark 23s

No. 17 Group

No.1 Flying Training School (RAF Linton-on-Ouse)
No. 430 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hawks
No. 438 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hawks
No. 444 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hawks

No. 5 Flying Training School (RAF Shotwick)
No. 416 Squadron - 24 Bristol Rovers
No. 451 Squadron - 24 Bristol Rovers
No. 455 Squadron - 24 Bristol Rovers

No. 6 Flying Training School (RAF Tipperary)
No. 410 Squadron - 24 Bristol Rovers
No. 462 Squadron – 24 Bristol Rovers
No. 456 Squadron – 24 Bristol Rovers

No. 12 Flying Training School (RAF Welford)
No. 470 Squadron - 24 Fairey Rotodyne Dominie T.11
No. 483 Squadron - 24 Fairey Rotodyne Dominie T.11
No. 495 Squadron - 16 Vickers Valiant T.10

No. 13 Flying Training School (RAF Drem)
No. 403 Squadron - 24 Scottish Aviation Beagles
No. 406 Squadron - 24 Scottish Aviation Beagles
No. 412 Squadron - 24 Scottish Aviation Beagles

No. 18 Group

No. 7 Flying Training School (RAF Ker Ys)
No. 449 Squadron - 24 Bristol Rovers
No. 476 Squadron – 24 Bristol Rovers
No. 480 Squadron – 24 Bristol Rovers

No. 3 Flying Training School (RAF Cranwell)
No. 442 Squadron - 24 English Electric Canberra T Mk. 23
No. 448 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hawks
No. 475 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hawks

No. 4 Flying Training School (RAF Valley)
No. 440 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hawks
No. 458 Squadron – 24 English Electric Canberra T Mk. 23
No. 464 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hawks

No. 11 Flying Training School (RAF Wheaton Aston)
No. 429 Squadron - 24 de Havilland DH.125 Jet Dragon
No. 433 Squadron - 24 Bristol Britannia T.24
No. 459 Squadron - 24 de Havilland DH.125 Jet Dragon

No. 16 Flying Training School (RAF Enstone)
No. 443 Squadron - 24 Scottish Aviation Beagles
No. 481 Squadron - 24 Scottish Aviation Beagles
No. 493 Squadron - 24 Scottish Aviation Beagles

No. 19 Group

No. 2 Flying Training School (RAF Middleton St. George)
No. 432 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hawks
No. 446 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hawks
No. 484 Squadron – 24 Hawker-Siddeley Hawks

No. 8 Flying Training School (RAF Shawbury)
No. 436 Squadron - 24 Bristol Rovers
No. 452 Squadron – 24 Bristol Rovers
No. 474 Squadron – 24 Bristol Rovers

No. 10 Flying Training School (RAF Cosford)
No. 402 Squadron - 24 Bristol Rovers
No. 413 Squadron - 24 Bristol Rovers
No. 425 Squadron - 24 Bristol Rovers

No. 15 Flying Training School (RAF Clonbullogue)
No. 423 Squadron - 24 Scottish Aviation Beagles
No. 428 Squadron - 24 Scottish Aviation Beagles
No. 434 Squadron - 24 Scottish Aviation Beagles

No. 20 Group

No. 9 Flying Training School (RAF Skryne)
No. 427 Squadron - 24 Bristol Rovers
No. 431 Squadron - 24 Bristol Rovers
No. 460 Squadron - 24 Bristol Rovers

No. 14 Flying Training School (RAF Ossington)
No. 408 Squadron - 24 Scottish Aviation Beagles
No. 417 Squadron - 24 Scottish Aviation Beagles
No. 419 Squadron - 24 Scottish Aviation Beagles

No. 17 Flying Training School (RAF Wellingore)
No. 437 Squadron - 24 Fairey Sprites
No. 466 Squadron - 24 Fairey Sprites
No. 472 Squadron - 24 Fairey Sprites

No. 18 Flying Training School (RAF Long Kesh)
No. 454 Squadron - 24 Fairey Sprites
No. 488 Squadron - 24 Fairey Sprites
No. 497 Squadron - 24 Fairey Sprites

Helicopter Command: 632 aircraft, 36 squadrons (HQ RAF Elwick)

206 Bristol Bloodaxe (12 Squadrons)
203 Saunders-Roe Pegasus (12 Squadrons)
145 Westland Westminster (8 Squadrons)
78 Sopwith Hind (4 Squadrons)

Helicopter Command Communications Flight: 4 Fairey Sprites

No. 240 OCU: Westminster
No. 231 OCU: Bloodaxe
No. 242 OCU: Pegasus
No. 243 OCU: Hind

No. 26 Group (RAF Didsbury)
No. 411 Squadron - 16 Bristol Bloodaxes (RAF Thornaby)
No. 420 Squadron - 16 Bristol Bloodaxes (RAF Marske)
No. 441 Squadron - 16 Bristol Bloodaxes (RAF Didsbury)
No. 450 Squadron - 16 Bristol Bloodaxes (RAF Bracebridge Heath)
No. 463 Squadron - 16 Bristol Bloodaxes (RAF Brough)
No. 473 Squadron - 16 Bristol Bloodaxes (RAF Seaton Carew)
No. 482 Squadron - 16 Bristol Bloodaxes (RAF Thornaby)
No. 485 Squadron - 16 Bristol Bloodaxes (RAF Marske)
No. 491 Squadron - 16 Bristol Bloodaxes (RAF Didsbury)
No. 492 Squadron - 16 Bristol Bloodaxes (RAF Bracebridge Heath)
No. 496 Squadron - 16 Bristol Bloodaxes (RAF Brough)
No. 500 Squadron - 16 Bristol Bloodaxes (RAF Seaton Carew)

No. 27 Group (RAF Odiham)
No. 407 Squadron - 16 Saunders-Roe Pegasus (RAF Carfax)
No. 409 Squadron - 16 Saunders-Roe Pegasus (RAF Benson)
No. 414 Squadron - 16 Saunders-Roe Pegasus (RAF Walton-on-the-Hill)
No. 426 Squadron - 16 Saunders-Roe Pegasus (RAF Archbury)
No. 445 Squadron - 16 Saunders-Roe Pegasus (RAF Benson)
No. 461 Squadron - 16 Saunders-Roe Pegasus (RAF Highbury)
No. 465 Squadron - 16 Saunders-Roe Pegasus (RAF Odiham)
No. 467 Squadron - 16 Saunders-Roe Pegasus (RAF Carfax)
No. 478 Squadron - 16 Saunders-Roe Pegasus (RAF Walton-on-the-Hill)
No. 479 Squadron - 16 Saunders-Roe Pegasus (RAF Archbury)
No. 490 Squadron - 16 Saunders-Roe Pegasus (RAF Odiham)
No. 498 Squadron - 16 Saunders-Roe Pegasus (RAF Highbury)

No. 28 Group (HQ RAF Sealand)
No. 404 Squadron - 16 Westland Westminsters (RAF Croesor)
No. 421 Squadron - 16 Westland Westminsters (RAF Sealand)
No. 424 Squadron - 16 Sopwith Hinds (RAF Llandrindod)
No. 447 Squadron - 16 Sopwith Hinds (RAF Llandrindod)
No. 453 Squadron - 16 Westland Westminsters (RAF Sealand)
No. 468 Squadron - 16 Westland Westminsters(RAF Ysbyty Ystwyth)
No. 471 Squadron - 16 Sopwith Hinds (RAF Templeton)
No. 477 Squadron - 16 Westland Westminsters (RAF Croesor)
No. 486 Squadron - 16 Sopwith Hinds (RAF Templeton)
No. 489 Squadron - 16 Westland Westminsters (RAF Talgarth)
No. 494 Squadron - 16 Westland Westminsters (RAF Talgarth)
No. 499 Squadron - 16 Westland Westminsters (RAF Ysbyty Ystwyth)

Home Command (HQ RAF White Waltham): 100 aircraft, 4 squadrons

24 Bristol Britannia S15 (1 Squadron)
24 Bristol Britannia W12 (1 Squadron)
24 Fairey Rotodynes (1 Squadron)
24 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazer AM (1 Squadron)

Home Command Communications Flight - 4 x Hawker-Siddeley P.1128 Huntsmen

No. 501 Squadron - 24 Fairey Rotodyne (Metropolitan Communications Squadron) (RAF Northolt)
No. 611 Squadron - 24 Hawker-Siddeley Skyblazer AM (Aeromedical Evacuation) (RAF Eastcote)
No. 616 Squadron - 24 Bristol Britannia S15 (Signals Test Squadron) (RAF Longtown)
No. 631 Squadron - 24 Bristol Britannia W12 (Weather Squadron) (RAF Lossiemouth)

[Simon Darkshade]

That is the last of the bulky British orbat updates done; working on it whilst trying to avoid/evade being killed by a teething puppy has been an interesting challenge.

Some notes on aircraft, arrangements, structure, Easter Eggs and so forth will follow in due course. I have left off the RAF Regiment, RAuxAF and RAFR (note the absence of the V there) for the moment for the sake of sanity/completion.

[Bernard Woolley]

Now that is what I call an orbat! The rest of us are not worthy!

[Simon Darkshade]

Thank you, Bernard. Your works and ideas have paved the way for the rest of us in this regard.

In my eagerness to get it uploaded this afternoon and not to lose anything to the vagaries of computer crashes (again), I've gone and posted it here rather than in the DE Order of Battle thread In my limited defence, it has taken the better part of a month of work, and there are plenty of little odds and sods that I'll outline in the notes.

Would it be at all possible to please get the above post, your most gracious reply and this response moved to said Orbat thread at some juncture?

My style is to list the number of aircraft on strength in a particular squadron, just as with land forces and navies. This can get a bit more of a crowded look, so I had to work some variable formatting so that it read more easily, I hope.

Cheers again.

Edit: Thank you very much!

(I didn't include Signals Command, Maintenance Command, Logistics Command or Technical Command here, but as the notes will outline, they still exist)

[Rocket J Squrriel]

I tend to agree with Bernard, We are NOT worthy!

This, the other OOBs, and Dark Earth itself are great!

[Simon Darkshade]

Thank you most kindly, Mr. Squirrel, for that.

I would say that ye are worthy, as there is so much knowledge and experience that it can provide for richer, useful feedback for any writer.

This orbat is a bit of a microcosm of DE in a way - I get caught up on detail and research it thoroughly to create something big, such that it takes a lot of time to craft.

Hopefully, when I knock out the notes in a bit (after Someone stops barking and goes down for his nap), there will be a bit more to chew on, and potential basis for comment.

[Simon Darkshade]

RAF 1975 Orbat Notes

General
- Whilst strength has increased from 1960, it has largely come in the form of non-combat and support aircraft
- For example, Training Command numbers are nominally counted towards the RAF's strength, in a bit of a political shell game (just the inverse of the type we see these days), it is largely funded through the joint British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
- Each of the major operational commands (Fighter, Bomber, Strike, Transport, Training, Special Duties, Helicopter, Home, RAFG, MEAF, FEAF and RAFMED) as well as the four major non-flying commands (Maintenance Command, Signals Command, Technical Command and Logistics Command) has a communications flight, equipped with P.1128 Huntsmen for transport of senior officers
- There hasn't been the same mania for internationalisation of aircraft requirements due to the different scales of the extant aircraft industries of Britain, France, Germany, Italy et al. Thus, the likes of MRCA (well, AFVG without the F) have been national projects rather than multinational ventures, to this point, with the most significant multinational plane project to date being the Saab Viking fighter fielded by Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland

Bomber Command
- Mainstay is still the eight engined Avro Vulcan, although there is a programme to develop a replacement heavy in the form of Specification B.24/73. It calls for a multi-engine supersonic jet bomber capable of carrying a bombload of 60,000lb to a range of 6400nm at a cruising speed of 875 knots at 75,000ft, with considerably greater maximum speed, altitude and bombload and provision for a range of defensive armament
- The Handley-Page Vengeance is the current medium/four engine bomber, with a role of Pathfinder and strategic reconnaissance/door kicking
- The Supermarine Victory is a very high altitude Mach 3.6+ penetrator, whilst the single squadron of the Armstrong-Whitworth Solaris represents Britain's foray into the nuclear powered strategic bomber stakes; the latter is very expensive, albeit effective, but ultimately Britain doesn't lack bases at this time
- TSR-2 is a larger aircraft around the size and role of the Tu-22M Backfire, with a swing-wing a la Vickers Type 583. It also fills the EW role for jamming and various fun and games
- Armstrong Whitworth's Argonaut is a penetrator/intruder bomber that kind of bears a resemblance to Have Blue
- The Bluebird is a very expensive, very fast strategic recce plane, whilst the Avro 730 Vindicator (which looks a bit different) is the more armed version of that, for post-strike recce and pre-strike welcoming festivities
- Golden Arrow is a thumper of a missile: "with a throw-weight of 50 tons to a range of 10,000 miles or 32 tons to 15,000 miles, and a 250” solid fuel first stage, the Golden Arrow is designed to carry a large number of maneuverable reentry vehicles, as well as having a secondary role against space based threats"
- With Fighter Command choosing the Fairey Delta III for their Very Long Range Fighter Interceptor, there is some consideration being given to transferring the Avro Arrows through to Bomber Command as a strategic fighter as an interim measure, with the current Canadian project for a new version of the Arrow being the longer term option
- There are proposals afoot for a reduction in squadron strength to 16 aircraft, reflecting actual current operational strength and moving the reserve aircraft 'off the books'
- Bomber Command's skyships combine the roles of airborne command posts, airborne refueling and rearming depots, deployment support, very long range airborne RDF
- Bomber detachments, usually of TSR-2s, rotate through the regional air forces in addition to regular global dispersal of Vulcans

Fighter Command
- As mentioned above, there is to be a consolidation to 4 types, but the minimum strength of Fighter Command under legislation is set at 2000 planes
- The Supermarine Spitfire is a fighter with no OTL parallels, given the particular developments in British fighter design 1957-1970. Powered by two Rolls Royce Mersey reheat turbofan engines (16250lbf/27500lbf) to a top speed of over Mach 3.2 and has a combat radius of 960 miles in air to air mode. Armament is four 25mm ADEN autocannon, 4 Firebolt SRAAM, 8 Skyblade MRAAM and 4 Galahad LRAAM, along with eight of the new self defence 'micromissiles'. It is in the same general class as the F-15, Mirage 4000, Su-27 and MiG-25
- The Hawker-Siddeley P.1204 Hurricane is a single engine general purpose fighter or fighter-bomber. It has a top speed of Mach 2.5, a ceiling of 70,000ft, a combat radius of 700 miles and an armament of four 25mm ADEN cannon, with a maximum bombload of 12000lb. In the medium to long term, it is hoped that it will be developed into new variants to fill the role of the Phantom as a multirole fighter-bomber with a comparable absolute maximum bombload of ~ 20000lb. It is in the same general class as the F-16, Mirage 2000 and Mig-29
- In the interceptor role are the English Electric Super Lightnings, with a top speed stated as being in excess of Mach 3.6 and a combat radius of 600 miles. Powered by twin Rolls-Royce RB.125 Severn reheat turbofans with 29625lbf and 42500lbf reheat, the Super Lightning is also equipped with thrust-vectoring for what is being termed as 'supermaneuverability', an intelligent digital flight control system and an active electrically scanned array radar with integrated advanced infrared search, track and rangefinder system and an intelligent computerised voice communicant, whilst it is armed with four new design automatic 25mm cannon, up to 16 air to air guided missiles and 8 self defence 'micromissiles' (depending on configuration) and two laser rayguns fitted in the wing roots
- Long range fighter/interception is going to be covered by the Fairey Delta III, replacing the current mix of Delta IIs and Avro Arrows. It is powered by two new Rolls Royce Severn Mk II turbofans and has a combat radius of 1350 nautical miles, a combat ceiling of over 80,000ft and a top speed of well over Mach 3.5, and will add the capability to join in any air battles over Europe and Scandinavia from British bases
- Their skyships provide airborne refueling, constant very long range airborne radar coverage of each of the avenues of approach to the British Isles, airborne command facilities and much more
- The Sentinel AWACs is a more conventional sort, and provides extra layers of coverage at home, as well as deploying some aircraft to the Empire and the Continent as needed
- The Bristol Bloodhound SAM is to be replaced by the Bloodhound, whilst the Blue Envoy's replacement is going to be started soon
- With each new generation of fighters, capabilities and performance increases, along with those of their weapons and the C3I systems behind them both. More can be done with less, which equals more FC squadrons available for rolling deployments around the world as and when needed

Strike Command
- The British equivalent to TAC, it controls fighters, light bombers and ground attack as well as strike planes
- It has a couple of specialised support planes - the Argus and the Gideon. Argus is the equivalent to the RC-135W, whilst the Gideon is equivalent to the EC-130 Compass Call on a 4 jet airframe
- The Strikemasters and Salamanders (a cross between the best features of the Pucara and OV-1 Mohawk) are COIN specialists lately redeployed from Rhodesia in the aftermath of the end of the Bush War
- Buccaneer was procured somewhat grudgingly as a result of one of Barton’s more mercurial brainwaves, but is quite well regarded as a supersonic capable attack bomber that is superior to the Soviet Sturmoviks
- It compliments the Gloster Lion, which is a ground attack fighter in the category of the A-10 and Su-25
- The RAF was dragged to the F-111 in the early 70s as part of a deal whereby the USAF acquired a number of TSR-2s and then a production licence with a lot of conditions. Built as the Cavalier, the F-111 is used less in the strike role and more as a longer ranged and heavier brother to the Phantom
- The Vickers Thunderbolt is equivalent to the FB-111 in general specs and capabilities, but with the distances of DE, is rather more in the role of the @ F-111 and TSR-2
- Thunderbolt can’t be fully understood ( in terms of niche) without Tornado, which here is very much in the category of the AFVG. Tornado as a strike fighter covers everything in an arc up to Western Poland, with Thunderbolt being the deeper strike bomber
- Harrier is of course the P.1154 version here, and will be replaced in a couple of years by the P.1216 ASTOVL Harrier II, which won't have the same twin boom structure, but rather a more conventional rear end
- Phantom is a very popular and capable plane, but in DE, has never been significantly employed in the air defence role, but rather focusing on the ground attack, fighter-bomber and tactical recce missions
- Current plans are for the partial or full replacement of some current aircraft, such as the Phantom, with the planned Multirole Fighter and the Joint Strike Fighter/Bomber and with conversion to Tornados as the latter type is fielded in variants with more air defence capability in addition to their strike fighter role. The MRF is broadly analogous to the Eurofighter predecessor/AST 403
- Political interference is seen as complicating RAF 1960s plans to streamline the number of types in service, but politics can never be fully controlled by the services

RAF Germany
- It is a pretty big command, with the addition of the forward based Gloster Lion attack fighter squadrons kicking it up beyond anticipated levels
- The one area where RAFG might see development in coming years is in the form of the proposed Battlefield Fighter, but technology is moving very quickly
- It is headquartered in a city which does not exist

Global and Empire Deployments
- There is a preference for composite squadrons and independent flights to take over the forward deployed role as much as possible

Transport Command
- What is missing from RAF Transport Command is a tactical turboprop troop carrier/light transport, which is intended to be filled by the resurrected Britannia II
- The Skyblazer is the HS.681, the Belfast is analogous to the proposed jet conversion and the VC10 is broadly analogous to the Boeing 747 as compared to the OTL plane, but the Atlas and Victoria are original designs
- Atlas is broadly similar to the An-124, whilst the VC25 is a new supersonic intercontinental superjumbo that can carry 500 passengers at 2500mph in luxury, or fly the personnel of a whole infantry battalion and their personal weapons in slightly less luxury from London to Sydney in 7 hours

Special Duties Command
- The transport wing is for support of SF, with the Warspite being an advanced VSTOL gunship which markedly outguns the OTL AC-130

Training Command
- The Scottish Aviation Beagle is the SA Bulldog under a different name; the Rover is broadly similar to the Aermacchi S-211 as a primary jet trainer; the Hawk is a supersonic advanced trainer with additional missions
- The Fairey Sprite is the Saro P.531

Helicopter Command
- The Bloodaxe is a new helo which is to the old Bristol Bulldog as the UH-60 Blackhawk is to the UH-1 Huey
- Pegasus is analogous to the Super Puma
- The Hind is akin to the Mil-26 Halo

Easter Eggs
- Placing nuclear powered aircraft at Greenham Common will make someone, somewhere, feel uneasy
- Note the presence of a Great War Memorial Flight, reflecting the different profile of that war in public understanding and discourse
- RAF Carfax is near an abbey
- Archbury, Highbury, Little Whinging and Walton-on-the-Hill are from Twelve O’Clock High, Jane Austen’s Emma, Harry Potter and War of the Worlds, whilst Dunny-on-the-Wold is from Blackadder III
- Having the RAF’s Search and Rescue squadron based in Midsomer
- Near RAF Benson is the village of Dibley, which is noted for its newish vicar, Father Sidney Chambers, who relocated from Grantchester, Cambridgeshire
- No. 18 Flying Training School at Long Kesh is better known for other things on Earth