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Royal Navy Active Fleet - December 2005
Major Units

HMS Artful - Keel laid 11-Mar-2005
HMS Bulwark - Commissioned 18-May-2005
HMS Cardiff - Decommissioned 18-Jul-2005
HMS Diamond - Construction started 25-Feb-2005
HMS Glasgow - Decommissioned Late 2005
HMS Marlborough - Decommissioned 2005
HMS Newcastle - Decommissioned Late 2005
HMS Norfolk - Decommissioned 31-Mar-2005.

Aircraft Carriers - 
Invincible Class - CVS

Ark Royal - R07
Illustrious - R06
Invincible - R05

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 *
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
Defender - Ordered
Diamond - Building 25-Feb-2005 *
Dragon - Ordered
Duncan - 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 - Building  11-Mar-2005 *
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

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