List of equipment of the Royal Navy

Last updated October 16, 2025

This is a list of equipment used in the Royal Navy .

Contents

Naval ships

Lists of active ships

List of ships by name

List of ship names of the Royal Navy
List of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names

Lists of ships by type

Aircraft and helicopters

Anti-aircraft weapons and equipment

Holman Projector – retired

Naval anti-aircraft guns

30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun
4.7 inch QF Mark IX & XII – retired
Bofors 40mm gun – retired
Oerlikon 20mm cannon
Ordnance QF 3-pounder Vickers – retired
Phalanx CIWS
QF 2-pounder naval gun – retired
QF 3-inch 20 cwt – retired
QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun – retired
QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun – retired
QF 4.5-inch Mk I - V naval gun – retired
QF 4.7 inch Mk VIII naval gun – retired
Vickers .50 machine gun – retired

Surface-to-air anti-aircraft missiles

Fairey Stooge – retired
Seacat – retired
Sea Ceptor
Sea Dart – retired
Seaslug – retired
Sea Viper
Sea Wolf

Surface-to-air anti-aircraft rockets

Unrotated projectile - retired

Anti-aircraft equipment

Anti-submarine weapons and equipment

Anti-submarine missiles

Ikara - retired

Anti-submarine mortars

BL 7.5-inch naval howitzer - retired
Fairlie Mortar – retired
Hedgehog – retired
Limbo – retired
Squid – retired

Anti-submarine sonar and equipment

Depth charges

Mk 11 depth charge

Nuclear bombs 1950s-1990s

WE.177 - retired
Red Beard - retired

Homing torpedoes

18" Mark 30 torpedo - retired
Stingray
Tigerfish - retired

Guided missiles

Air-to-air missiles

Air-to-surface missiles

AGM-12 Bullpup – retired
Martlet
SS.11 – retired
SS.12/AS.12 – retired
Sea Skua – retired
Sea Eagle – retired
Sea Venom

Land attack missiles

Tomahawk

Anti-ship missiles

Submarine-launched ballistic missiles

UGM-27 Polaris – Retired. See the ET.317 nuclear warhead, Chevaline and the Polaris (UK nuclear programme)
Trident II D5 missile - See the Trident (UK nuclear programme)

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Boeing Insitu ScanEagle
Target Technology Ltd Imp

Target drones

Mine disposal systems

Paravane

Remotely operated underwater vehicles

Seafox drone

Unguided rockets

Air-to-surface rockets

Naval artillery weapons and equipment

Naval guns

4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun

Naval artillery equipment

Admiralty Fire Control Table - retired
Vickers range clock - retired

Torpedoes

British 18 inch torpedo
British 21 inch torpedo
British 24.5 inch torpedo
Spearfish torpedo
Whitehead torpedo – retired

Naval radars

Uniforms

Royal Marines

Equipment by era

Other equipment

See also

Active Royal Navy weapon systems

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