United Kingdom Navy Losses, Sinkings & Commissionings
Every recorded change to the United Kingdom fleet: warships sunk, destroyed, delivered, commissioned or retired, each with a date and source. View all navy events.
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2022–2026
2026 is a partial year: the bars run to 10 Sep 2026.
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These totals count what GlobalMilitary.net has logged from public reports since 2022, not a complete register: an event we have not recorded is not an event that did not happen. Coverage of the tracked wars is much denser than coverage of peacetime events, so the two do not compare directly.
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United Kingdom navy losses, sinkings & commissionings
- JUL 132026 HMS Iron Duke (Type 23 / Duke) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Withdrawn from service at Devonport, retired on cost and maintenance-risk grounds after 33 years.
- JUL 132026 HMS Richmond (Type 23 / Duke) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Decommissioned at Devonport on cost grounds, months after escorting the carrier strike group to the Indo-Pacific.
- JUL 132026 HMS Chiddingfold (Hunt) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Officially retired at Portsmouth after a spell in extended readiness as a spares donor for her sister ships.
- DEC 52025 HMS Lancaster (Type 23 / Duke) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Decommissioned at the UK Naval Support Facility in Bahrain after 34 years, to be disposed of locally.
- SEP 222025 HMS Agamemnon (Astute) Commissioned 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Commissioned at Barrow-in-Furness by the King, sixth Astute-class attack submarine.
- JUL 212025 HMS Stirling Castle (Stirling Castle) Commissioned 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Commissioned at Birkenhead as the Royal Navy's first mine hunting capability mother ship.