List of patrol vessels of the Royal Navy explained

This is a list of patrol boats of the Royal Navy.

Active

• patrol and training craft
  • Archer
  • Biter
  • Smiter
  • Pursuer
  • Blazer
  • Dasher
  • Puncher
  • Charger
  • Ranger
  • Trumpeter
  • Tracker
  • Raider
  • Express
  • Example
  • Explorer
  • Exploit
• offshore patrol craft
  • Tyne
  • Severn
  • Mersey
  • Forth
  • Medway
  • Trent
  • Tamar
  • Spey

Former

• Gibraltar patrol craft
  • Scimitar
  • Sabre
• offshore patrol craft
  • • MTB 102 motor torpedo boat
• interchangeable motor gunboat / torpedo boats ^[1]
  • - launched 20 August 1952
  • - launched 20 August 1952
  • - launched 19 December 1952
  • - launched 19 December 1952
  • - launched 22 January 1953
  • - launched 23 January 1953
  • - launched 3 September 1952
  • - launched 12 January 1953
  • - launched 12 June 1953
  • - launched 28 January 1953
  • - launched 18 February 1953
  • - launched 23 March 1954
• interchangeable motor gunboat / torpedo boats^[2]
  • - launched 28 October 1954
  • - launched 9 December 1954
  • - launched 11 December 1954
  • - launched 6 September 1955
  • - launched 23 June 1955
  • - launched 30 September 1954
  • - launched 9 February 1955
  • - launched 4 October 1955
  • - launched 5 December 1956
  • - launched 16 March 1957
  • - launched 29 March 1955
  • - launched 18 March 1954
  • - launched 16 May 1957
  • - launched 6 July 1955
  • - launched 5 September 1955
  • - launched 26 September 1956
  • - launched 30 August 1954
  • - launched 20 March 1958
• Harbour Defence Motor Launch designed for harbour defence but used in general escort and patrol roles.
• seaward defence boats
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • experimental gas-turbine powered attack craft
  • (1951) - scrapped 1962
  • (1951) - scrapped 1958
• Hong Kong patrol craft
  • (1953)
  • (1956)
  • (1956)
  • (1957)
  • (1956)
• fast attack craft
  • Brave Swordsman (1959)
  • Brave Borderer (1960)
• Endurance ice patrol ship (converted 1968)
• Tenacity fast patrol craft (1973)
• Scimitar-class fast training craft
  • (1970)
  • (1970)
  • (1971)
• large patrol craft
  • (1975)
  • (1976)
  • (1977)
  • (1977)
  • (1985)
• patrol craft
  • - commissioned 1985
  • - commissioned 1985
• (1972) offshore patrol craft
• offshore patrol craft
  • (1976)
  • Guernsey (1977)
  • Shetland (1977)
  • Orkney (1977)
  • Lindisfarne (1978)
  • Anglesey (1979)
  • Alderney (1979)
• offshore patrol craft
  • Leeds Castle (1981)
  • Dumbarton Castle (1982)
• patrol and training boat
  • Attacker (1983) to Lebanon 1992 as Trablous
  • Chaser (1983) to Lebanon 1992 as Jbeil
  • Fencer (1983) to Lebanon 1992 as Jounieh
  • Hunter (1983) to Lebanon 1992 as Saida
  • Striker (1983) to Lebanon 1992 as Arz
• Falkland Island patrol craft
  • Protector (1983)
  • Guardian (1983)
  • Sentinel (1984)
• Hong Kong patrol craft
  • Swallow (1984) to Ireland 1988 as Ciara
  • Swift (1984) to Ireland 1988 as Orla
  • Starling (1984) to Philippines 1997 as Artemio Ricarte
  • Peacock (1984) to Philippines 1997 as Emilio Jacinto
  • Plover (1984) to Philippines 1997 as Apolinario Mabini

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20071209062909/http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Postwar/Patrol/gay.htm Gay-class Fast Patrol Boats
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20081012170616/http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Postwar/Patrol/dark.htm Dark-class Fast Patrol Boats