See also: List of amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Navy. This is a list of amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom.
There are two types of amphibious warfare ships currently in service with the RFA as of 2024, totalling four vessels: One littoral strike ship and three s.
Argus and Lyme Bay make up the Littoral Response Group (South) which formed in September 2023,[1] and is forward deployed to the UK Joint Logistics Support Base in Oman for the Indo-Pacific region.[2]
The three Bay class ships are projected to be removed from service by 2032.[3]
| List of current amphibious warefare ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary | ||||||||||
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| Dock landing ships | ||||||||||
| Class / Type | Ship | Pennant No. | Image | In service | Out of service | Service life | Status | |||
| dock landing ship | L3007 | 26 November 2007 | — | , to calculate final value for service life----> | Active | [4] | ||||
| L3009 | 18 December 2006 | — | , to calculate final value for service life----> | Active | [5] [6] | |||||
| L3008 | 13 July 2006 | — | , to calculate final value for service life----> | Active | [7] [8] | |||||
| Littoral Strike Ships | ||||||||||
| Class / Type | Ship | Pennant No. | Image | In service | Out of service | Service life | Status | |||
| — | A135 | 1 June 1988 | — | , to calculate final value for service life----> | Active | [9] [10] [11] | ||||
In service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary between 2006 and 2011, she was sold to the Royal Australian Navy.[12]
See main article: Round Table class landing ship logistics. The Round Table-class landing ship logistics were a class of six ships, all of which would be named after Knights of the Round Table.
After the loss of RFA Sir Galahad and the damage to RFA Sir Tristam during the Falklands War, two commercial Roll-on/roll-off ferries were temporarily chartered.[13]
Two commercial Ro/Ro vessels bareboat chartered for additional freight carrying capacity with formation of the Joint Rapid Deployment Force (JRDF).[14]
Originally operated by the Royal Navy, in 1956 she was transferred to civilian administration as SS Empire Gull. She joined the RFA in 1970 and was in service until 1978, being the only Landing Ship Tank operated as an Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[15]
See main article: Dale-class oiler. Three Dale-class tankers were converted into Landing Ship Gantry’s and were then reconverted back into tankers at the end of the Second World War.[16]