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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.

Events at a glance

Events per year 2022–2026
2022 — 4 events 4 2022 2023 — 2 events 2 2023 2024 — 4 events 4 2024 2025 — 6 events 6 2025 2026 to 22 Oct — 5 events 5 2026

2026 is a partial year: the bars run to 22 Oct 2026.

By event type 21 events logged · 0 hulls lost
  • Retired 14
  • Damaged 4
  • Commissioned 3

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

  1. OCT 132026 HMS Protector (Protector) Damaged 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Towed from Teesside into HMNB Devonport after a reported double engine defect at sea; Royal Navy investigating.
  2. JUL 132026 HMS Iron Duke (Type 23 / Duke) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Withdrawn from service at Devonport, retired on cost and maintenance-risk grounds after 33 years.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. MAR 32026 RFA Argus (Argus) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Towed out of Portsmouth for disposal after four decades with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
  6. 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.
  7. SEP 222025 HMS Agamemnon (Astute) Commissioned 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Commissioned at Barrow-in-Furness by the King, sixth Astute-class attack submarine.
  8. JUL 212025 HMS Stirling Castle (Stirling Castle) Commissioned 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Commissioned at Birkenhead as the Royal Navy's first mine hunting capability mother ship.
  9. JUL 12025 HMS Triumph (Trafalgar) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Decommissioned at Devonport in July 2025, last Trafalgar-class submarine, ending 34 years of service.
  10. MAR 12025 HMS Northumberland (Type 23 / Duke) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Retired in March 2025 after structural damage found in refit was judged uneconomical to repair.
  11. MAR 12025 HMS Bulwark (Albion) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Withdrawn from service in March 2025 under the November 2024 defence savings; sold to Brazil in September 2025.
  12. MAY 142024 HMS Westminster (Type 23 / Duke) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Retirement announced by the Defence Secretary at the Sea Power Conference in London; frigate withdrawn without returning to sea.
  13. MAY 142024 HMS Argyll (Type 23 / Duke) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Retirement announced by the Defence Secretary at the Sea Power Conference in London; sold to BAE Systems for apprentice training.
  14. JAN 192024 HMS Chiddingfold (Hunt) Damaged 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Struck the moored HMS Bangor while going astern at speed in Bahrain harbour; no injuries.
  15. JAN 192024 HMS Bangor (Sandown) Damaged 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Holed on the port side while moored in Bahrain when HMS Chiddingfold reversed into her; no injuries.
  16. APR 172023 HMS Montrose (Type 23 / Duke) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Decommissioned at Portsmouth after nearly 30 years' service; Type 23 frigate.
  17. MAR 302023 HMS Enterprise (Echo) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Decommissioned at HM Naval Base Portsmouth after about 20 years; Echo-class hydrographic survey ship.
  18. AUG 312022 HMS Anson (Astute) Commissioned 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Commissioned at BAE Systems' yard in Barrow-in-Furness; fifth Astute-class nuclear attack submarine.
  19. AUG 272022 HMS Prince of Wales (Queen Elizabeth) Damaged 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Starboard propeller shaft coupling failed shortly after leaving Portsmouth; carrier returned for inspection.
  20. MAY 202022 HMS Talent (Trafalgar) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base, Plymouth, after 32 years; one of two Trafalgar-class boats retired that day.
  21. MAY 202022 HMS Trenchant (Trafalgar) Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base, Plymouth, after 32 years; operational career had ended in 2021.