title: List of Royal Navy vessels active in 1981
text: # List of Royal Navy vessels active in 1981
  
  The following vessels were in commission, planned or under construction for Her Majesty's Royal Navy in 1981.
  
  ## Aircraft Carriers
  
  * Centaur-class – Hermes.
  * Invincible-class – Invincible, Illustrious, & Ark Royal.
  
  ## Destroyers
  
  * Type 82 – Bristol.
  * Type 42 – Sheffield, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Exeter, Southampton, Liverpool, Cardiff, & Coventry.
  * County-class – London, Antrim, Glamorgan, Fife & Norfolk.
  
  ## Frigates
  
  * Type 22 – Broadsword, Battleaxe, Brilliant, Brazen, Boxer & Beaver.
  * Type 21 – Amazon, Antelope, Active, Ambuscade, Arrow, Alacrity, Ardent & Avenger.
  * Leander-class (Type 12I) –
     * Batch 1 (Ikara Group): Aurora, Euryalus, Galatea, Arethusa, Naiad, Dido, Leander & Ajax.
     * Batch 2 (Exocet Group): Cleopatra, Sirius, Phoebe, Minerva, Danae, Juno, Argonaut & Penelope.
     * Batch 3 (Broad-Beamed Group): Achilles, Diomede, Andromeda, Hermione, Jupiter, Bacchante, Apollo, Scylla, Ariadne & Charybdis.
  * Rothesay-class – Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Brighton, Rothesay, Londonderry, Falmouth, Berwick, Plymouth & Rhyl.
  * Salisbury-class – Lincoln.
  * Whitby-class – Torquay.
  
  ## Amphibious Units
  
  * Fearless-class landing platform dock – Fearless & Intrepid.
  * Round Table-class landing ship logistics (RFA) – Sir Bedivere, Sir Galahad, Sir Geraint, Sir Lancelot, Sir Percivale & Sir Tristram.
  * Logistic Landing Craft (RCT) – HMAV Ardennes & HMAV Arakan.
  * LCM (9) Type – 14 craft
  * LCM (7) Type – 2 craft
  * Avon-class RPL – Avon, Bude, Clyde, Dart, Eden, Forth, Glen, Hamble, Itchen, Kennet, London & Medway.
  * LCVP –
     * LCVP 1: 9 craft
     * LCVP 2: 8 craft
     * LCVP 3: 9 craft
  * LCP(R) – 3 craft
  
  ## Mine Warfare Forces
  
  * Abdiel.
  * Hunt-class – Brecon, Ledbury, Cattistock, Cottesmore, Brocklesby, Middleton, Chiddingfold, Dulverton & Hurworth.
  * Wilton.
  * Ton-class –
     * Mine Hunters: Bilderston, Brereton, Brinton, Bronington, Bossington, Gavinton, Hubberston, Iverston, Kedleston, Kellington, Kirkliston, Maxton, Nurton & Sheraton.
     * Minesweepers: Alfringston, Bickington, Crichton, Cuxton, Glasserton, Hodgeston, Laleston, Pollington, Shavington, Upton, Walkerton, Wotton, Soberton, Stubbington, Lewiston & Crofton.
  * Venturer-class – St. David & Venturer.
  * Ley-class – Aveley.
  * Ham-class – Dittisham, Flintham & Thornham.
  
  ## Ice Patrol Ship
  
  * Endurance
  
  ## Offshore Patrol Vessels
  
  * Castle-class - Leeds Castle, Dumbarton Castle
  * Island-class - HMS Anglesey, HMS Alderney, HMS Jersey, HMS Guernsey, HMS Shetland, HMS Orkney, HMS Lindisfarne
  
  ## Submarine Service
  
  * Resolution-class – Resolution, Repulse, Renown & Revenge.
  * Trafalgar-class – Trafalgar, Turbulent, + 1.
  * Swiftsure-class – Swiftsure, Sovereign, Superb, Sceptre, Spartan & Splendid.
  * Valiant-class – Valiant & Warspite.
  * Churchill-class – Churchill, Conqueror & Courageous.
  * Dreadnought
  * Oberon-class – Oberon, Odin, Orpheus, Olympus, Osiris, Onslaught, Otter, Oracle, Ocelot, Otus, Opossum, Opportune & Onyx.
  * Porpoise-class – Porpoise, Sealion & Walrus.
  