List of ship decommissionings in 1993

Last updated February 28, 2024

The list of ship decommissionings in 1993 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1993.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
28 February	Royal Navy	*Sirius*	Leander-class frigate	Sunk as target in 1998	^[1]
31 March	Royal Navy	*Argonaut*	Leander-class frigate	Sold as scrap
31 March	Hellenic Navy	*Katsonis*	Tench-class submarine
June	Royal Navy	*Andromeda*	Leander-class frigate	Sold to India in 1995
25 June	Russian Navy	*Groznyy*	Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser	Scrapped
30 June	Russian Navy	*Admiral Fokin*	Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser	Scrapped
30 June	Russian Navy	*Admiral Isakov*	Project 1134A Berkut A cruiser	Scrapped
30 June	Russian Navy	*Admiral Oktyabrsky*	Project 1134A Berkut A cruiser	Scrapped
30 June	Russian Navy	*Kiev*	Kiev-class aircraft carrier	Sold to a Chinese company in 1996
30 June	Russian Navy	*Vasily Chapaev*	Project 1134A Berkut A cruiser	Scrapped
10 July	United States Navy	*Ranger*	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier	Scrapped
31 July	United States Navy	*Iwo Jima*	Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship	Scrapped
23 August	Royal Navy	*Kellington*	Ton-class minesweeper	Handed over to the Sea Cadets
10 September	United States Navy	*Forrestal*	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier	Scrapped
15 September	Hellenic Navy	*Kanaris*	Themistoklis-class destroyer	Scrapped
27 September	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force	*Teruzuki*	Akizuki-class destroyer
30 September	Royal Navy	*Amazon*	Amazon-class frigate	Recommissioned by Pakistan as PNS Babur
3 December	Royal Canadian Navy	*Mackenzie*	Mackenzie-class destroyer	Scuttled as an artificial reef 1995
3 December	Royal Canadian Navy	*Yukon*	Mackenzie-class destroyer	Scuttled as an artificial reef 2000
7 December	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force	*Akizuki*	Akizuki-class destroyer
December	Royal Navy	*Scylla*	Leander-class frigate	Sunk as artificial reef in 2004
Date uncertain	Pakistan Navy	*Babur*	County-class destroyer	Scrapped

Citations

↑ Friedman, p. 338

Bibliography

Friedman, Norman (2006). British Destroyers and Frigates, the Second World War and After. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-86176-137-6.

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[1] Friedman, p. 338

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