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Royal Navy Active Fleet - December 2004
Major Units

Aircraft Carriers - 
Invincible Class - CVS

Invincible - R05
Illustrious - R06
Ark Royal - R07

Vanguard Class 
Submarines - SSBN

Vanguard - S28
Vengeance - S31
Victorious - S29
Vigilant - S30

Destroyers - Type 42

Cardiff - D108
Edinburgh - D97
Exeter - D89
Glasgow - D88
Gloucester - D96
Liverpool - D92
Manchester - D95
Newcastle - D87
Nottingham - D91
Southampton - D90
York - D98 

Assault/Amphibious Ships

Albion - L14
Bulwark - L15 - Sea trials 12-Jul-2004
Ocean - L12

Swiftsure Class 
Submarines - SSN

Sceptre - S104
Spartan - S105
Sovereign - S108
Superb - S109

Destroyers - Type 45 
Daring Class

Daring - Building 28-Mar-2003
Dauntless - Building 26-Aug-2004 *
Diamond - Ordered

Trafalgar Class 
Submarines - SSN

Talent - S92
Tireless - S88
Torbay - S90
Trafalgar - S107
Trenchant - S91
Triumph - S93
Turbulent - S87

Frigates - Type 22 
Cornwall Class

Campbeltown - F86
Chatham - F87
Cornwall - F99
Cumberland - F85

Astute Class 
Submarines - SSN

Ambush - Building 22-Oct-2003
Artful - Ordered
Astute - S119 - Building 31-Jan-2001

Frigates - Type 23 
Duke Class

Argyll - F231
Grafton - F80
Iron Duke - F234
Kent - F78
Lancaster - F229
Marlborough - F233
Monmouth - F235
Montrose - F236
Norfolk - F230
Northumberland - F238
Portland - F79
Richmond - F239
Somerset F82 
St Albans - F83
Sutherland - F81
Westminster - F237

HMS Ambush - Construction started 22-Oct-2003
HMS Bulwark - Undergoing RN Sea Trials and operational training from 12-July-2004.;
HMS Dauntless - 2nd Type45 Destroyer construction begun 26-Aug-2004.;

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