List of ship names of the Royal Navy (U–Z) explained

This is a list of Royal Navy ship names starting with U, V, W, X, Y, and Z.

U

• • U1407 Ufton
  • Ulex
    • • • • • • • • • • • Unbridled
        • Unicorn Prize
      • Unite
    • Unity II
• Unity III
  • • • • • • • • • • Upas
  • Uppingham
    • • • • Upward
  • Uranie
    • • • • • Urtica
          • Utopia
• Utrecht

V

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Vanneau
                                      • • • • • • • • • Vernon II
• Vernon III
• Vernon IV
  • • • • • • • Vesuve

• • Victory
    • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Vipere
    • Virginian
• Virginie
  • • Visenda

• • Vivo
    • • • • • • • • • • Vulcan II

W

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Wassenaar
                    • Weazle
                      • West Florida
      • Wexford

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • William & Mary
                          • Wivenhoe
                            • • Woolf
                            • Wulastock
• Wyandra
  • Wyvern

X

• Xenophon

Y

• • Yealmpton
    • • • Young Hebe
• Young Hoblin
• Young King
• Young Lady
• Young Lion
  • Young Shish
• Young Spragge
• Ypres

Z

• Z4
• Z5
• Z6
• Z7
• Z8
• Z10
• Z30
• Z38
  • • • Zealand
        • • • • • • • • ^[1]

See also

• List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
• List of amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Navy
• List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy
• List of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy
• List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy
• List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
• List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy
• List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy
• List of patrol vessels of the Royal Navy
• List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy
• List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy (includes minesweepers and mine hunters)
• List of monitors of the Royal Navy
• List of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names
• List of Royal Navy shore establishments
• List of submarines of the Royal Navy
• List of survey vessels of the Royal Navy

References

• • Lyon, David, and Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. .
• Winfield, Rif (2009). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, South York, England: Seaforth Publishing. .
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, South York, England: Seaforth Publishing. .
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. (2nd ed.). Barnsley, South York, England: Seaforth Publishing. .

Notes and References

1. A portmanteau name created for the reconstruction of two damaged ships, HMS Zulu and HMS Nubian, into a single vessel.