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The Royal Navy Pennant Numbering System

Pennant, or Pendant, numbers were introduced to help to abbreviate signalling and to help make signals

more secure, they also served to clear up confusion between ships with similar names and as an aid in

identifying ships visually, particularly where ships of the sa m e classificatio n were grouped in a Squ a dro n During the war, many ships were transferred between Commonwealth and Allied Navies. Where this did

occur, the ship usually kept the same Pennant Number (even though the ships name may well have changed).

If a ship was sunk in action, it was usual for the Pennant Number of that ship to be allocated to the next ship

to be launched. Renaming of ships was also regularly carried out. During and after the war, some ships had

received up to three or four changes of Flag Superior, with many destroyers changing from F to G in 1940,

then to L, and later to R, and finally to D after the war.

Usually, ships of the same Classification were grouped under the same Flag Superior, although this wasn't

always the case. Due to shear numbers of ships in the Second World War a greater number of Flag Superior

allocations were in use. Today, the Flag Superior generally helps to identify the Class of ship, i.e. A -

Auxiliaries, D = Destroyers, F = Frigates, R = Aircraft Carriers (A already in use for Auxiliaries), S =

Submarine.

Until the Second World War, it was usual for submarines to have only a Pennant Number and no name, Winston Churchill directed that all Submarines be named. Some minor ships had no Pennant Number,

whilst others had them removed from photographs due to censorship. It is believed that the pennant system

was last revised in 1947. Some of the information on the lists was gleaned from an old copy of the BR619 (Admiralty Book of

Reference) and publication contained a

number in brackets following the Flag Superior heading. The number

in brackets is the amount of space allocated to the number of vessels in that section, for additions. Some of

the allocations were not used, whilst others may have been exceeded.

The following is a list of official class designators and their meanings for United Kingdom Ships under

Naval control by class. The list was taken from an Unclassified NATO document:

AFS Combat Stores Ship

AG Auxiliary,

Miscellaneous

AGH Auxiliary Helicopter

Support

AGS Survey Ship

AGSA Survey Ship, Polar

AGSC Survey Ship, Coastal

AOR Oiler Replenishment

ATA Tug, Ocean going,

Auxiliary

CSB Combat Support Boat

CVS Aircraft Carrier, ASW

DD Destroyer

FF Frigate

LPD Amphibious

Transport, Dock LPH Amphibious Assault

Ship

LSL Landing Ship,

Logistic

LSU Landing Ship, Utility

MCS Mine

Countermeasures

Support Ship

MHC Minehunter, Coastal

MHSC Minehunter/Sweeper,

Coastal

MS Minesweeper

MSC Minesweeper,

Coastal

MSF Minesweeper, Fleet

NCTY Naval College

Training Yacht

PB Patrol Boat PP Patrol Vessel,

General

SS Submarine

SSBN Primary Strategic

Nuclear Submarine

armed with Ballistic

Missiles

SSG Submarine, Attack,

Surface Missiles

SSK Submarine, Patrol

Key:

NC = Not Completed

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SURFACE SHIPS

NO FLAG SUPERIOR

BATTLESHIPS, CRUISERS AND

CARRIERS

00 QUEEN ELIZABETH

01 MALAYA

02 VALIANT

03 WARSPITE

04 BARHAM

LOST

04 VENERABLE

05 ROYAL SOVEREIGN

TO

USSR ARKHANGELSK

05 GLOIRE

06 REVENGE

07 RAMILLIES

08 ROYAL OAK

LOST

08 SWIFTSURE

09 RESOLUTION

10 INDEFATIGABLE

11 LIVERPOOL

12 AURORA

14 KENYA

14 ARROGANT

CANC

15 MANCHESTER

LOST

15 COLOSSUS

16 EDINBURGH

LOST

16 TRIUMPH

17 DUKE OF YORK

18 IRON DUKE

19 BIRMINGHAM

20 NEPTUNE

20 TIGER

21 GLASGOW

22 AJAX

23 VANGUARD

24 SHEFFIELD

25 CHAMPION

25 MEDWAY

25 SUPERB

26 ARETHUSA

27 LION

CANC

27 HAWKE

CANC

27 ADVENTURE

28 NELSON

29 RODNEY

30 CEYLON

31 BONAVENTURE

LOST

31 WARRIOR

32 HOWE

33 CLEOPATRA

34 REPULSE

LOST

34 DEFENCE 34 LION

35 BELFAST

36 TEMERAIRE

CANC

36 MAGNIFICENT

37 DIDO

38 VICTORIOUS

39 DEVONSHIRE

40 DORSETSHIRE

40 SUMATRA

41 KING GEORGE V

42 EURYALUS

43 PHOEBE

44 MELAMPUS

C1920

44 JAMAICA

45 EMILE BERTIN

45 CONQUEROR

CANC

46 TRINIDAD LOST

47 FURIOUS

48 GAMBIA

49 THUNDERER

CANC

49 HERCULES

50 COURAGEOUS

LOST

50 BELLEROPHON

50 TIGER

50 COURAGEOUS

51 HOOD

LOST

51 PERSEUS

52 BERMUDA

53 PRINCE OF WALES

LOST

53 MINOTAUR

53 ONTARIO

EX MINOTAUR

54 KENT

55 SUFFOLK

56 CORNWALL

LOST

56 MONTCALM

57 CUMBERLAND

57 POLYPHEMUS

CANC

58 FIJI

58 RICHELIEU

59 NEWFOUNDLAND

60 NIGERIA

61 ELEPHANT

CANC

61 ARGONAUT

62 GLOUCESTER

LOST

62 GLORY

63 BELLONA

64 THESEUS

65 BERWICK

66 UGANDA

66 QUEBEC

67 FORMIDABLE

68 EXETER

68 OCEAN 69 LONDON

70 ACHILLES

71 GALATEA

71 VENGEANCE

72 RENOWN

73 SHROPSHIRE

74 HERMIONE

LOST

75 LEANDER

76 NEWCASTLE

77 MAJESTIC

77 GLORIOUS

78 NORFOLK

79 ANSON

80 MAURITIUS

81 BLACK PRINCE

82 SIRIUS

83 SOUTHAMPTON

84 DIADEM

85 ORION

86 IMPLACABLE

87 CAROLINE

1914-18

87 ILLUSTRIOUS

88 JEANNE D'ARC

88 CHARYBDIS

89 ROYALIST

90 GEORGES LEYGUES

90 YORK

91 ARK ROYAL 3

92 INDOMITABLE

93 TERRIBLE

93 NAIAD

94 EAGLE

CANC

95 POWERFUL

95 SPARTAN

LOST 1944

96 SUSSEX

96 MONMOUTH

CANC 1945

97 PENELOPE

97 LEVIATHAN

NOT COMP

98 SCYLLA

99 BLAKE

A FLAG SUPERIOR

Auxiliary and Support Vessels

A00 BRITTANIA

HMY

A70 ECHO

A71

WAVE PRINCE AOR

A71 ENTERPRISE

A72 EGERIA

A72 CAMERON

AG

A75 TIDESPRING

AOR

A76 TIDEPOOL

AOR

A77 PEARLEAF 2

AOR

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A78 PLUMLEAF 2

AOR

A79 APPLELEAF 3

AOR

A79 BAYLEAF 2

AOR A80

ORANGELEAF 2 AOR

A81

BRAMBLELEAF 2&3

AOR

A83 APPLELEAF 2 AOR

A83 MELTON

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