List of Royal Navy vessels active in 1982

The following vessels were in commission, planned or under construction for HM Royal Navy in 1982. Many of these vessels took part in the 1982 Falklands War.

Aircraft Carriers

 * Centaur-class aircraft carrier – HMS Hermes (R12).
 * Invincible-class aircraft carrier – HMS Invincible (R05), HMS Illustrious (R06), & HMS Ark Royal (R07).

The carriers Hermes and Invincible were deployed to the Falkland Islands in April 1982 as the centre piece of Rear Admiral Woodward's Carrier Battle Group.

Destroyers

 * Type 82 – HMS Bristol (D23).
 * Type 42 – HMS Sheffield (D80), HMS Birmingham (D86), HMS Newcastle (D87), HMS Glasgow (D88), HMS Exeter (D89), HMS Southampton (D90), HMS Liverpool (D92), HMS Cardiff (D108), HMS Coventry (D118) & HMS Manchester (D95) (commissioned in December 1982) and four more fitting-out/in-build as of end-1982.
 * County-class destroyer – HMS Antrim (D18), HMS Glamorgan (D19) & HMS Fife (D20).

The destroyers Bristol, Sheffield, Coventry, Exeter, Cardiff, Glasgow, Antrim & Glamorgan were all present in the South Atlantic during the Falklands War.

Sheffield and Coventry were lost to enemy action, Sheffield by air launched Exocet missile and Coventry to bombs. Glamorgan was struck by a modified air-launch Exocet from a land-based launcher causing extensive damage, however she was not crippled.

Frigates

 * Type 22 – Broadsword, Battleaxe, Brilliant & Brazen, Boxer, & Beaver + 2 planned.
 * Type 21 – Amazon, Antelope, Active, Ambuscade, Arrow, Alacrity, Ardent & Avenger.
 * Leander-class frigate (Type 12I) –
 * Batch 1 (Ikara Group): Aurora, Euryalus, Galatea, Arethusa, Naiad, Dido, Leander, & Ajax.
 * Batch 2 (Exocet Group): Cleopatra, Sirius, Phoebe, Minerva, Danae, Juno, Argonaut, & Penelope
 * Batch 3 (Broad-Beamed Group): Achilles, Diomede, Andromeda, Hermione, Jupiter, Apollo, Scylla, Ariadne, & Charybdis
 * Rothesay-class frigate – Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Brighton, Rothesay, Londonderry, Falmouth, BerwickStand-by Squadron, Plymouth, & Rhyl.
 * Whitby-class frigate – Torquay & EastbourneHarbour training ship.
 * Type 81 - Gurkha, Tartar & Zulu (all reactivated from reserve for Falklands War)

Ardent and Antelope lost due to enemy action.

Amphibious Units

 * Fearless-class landing platform dock – Fearless & Intrepid.
 * Round Table-class landing ship logistics Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Sir Bedivere, Sir Galahad, Sir Geraint, Sir Lancelot, Sir Percivale & Sir Tristram.
 * Logistic Landing Craft (RCT) – HMAV Ardennes & HMAV Arakan.
 * LCM (9) Type – 14 craft
 * LCM (7) Type – 2 craft
 * Avon-class RPL – Avon, Bude, Clyde, Dart, Eden, Forth, Glen, Hamble, Itchen, Kennet, London & Medway.
 * LCVP -
 * LCVP 1: 9 craft
 * LCVP 2: 8 craft
 * LCVP 3: 9 craft
 * LCP(R) – 3 craft

Sir Galahad lost due to enemy action.

Mine Warfare Forces

 * HMS Abdiel (N21).
 * Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel – Brecon, Ledbury, Cattistock, Cottesmore, Brocklesby, Middleton, Chiddingfold, Dulverton & Hurworth.
 * HMS Wilton (M1116).
 * Ton-class minesweeper -
 * Mine Hunters: Bilderston, HMS Brereton (M1113), Brinton, HMS Bronington (M1115), Bossington, Gavinton, Hubberston, Iverston, Kedleston, Kellington, Kirkliston, Maxton, Nurton & Sheraton.
 * Minesweepers: Alfringston, Bickington, Crichton, Cuxton, Glasserton, Hodgeston, Laleston, Pollington, Shavington, Upton, Walkerton, Wotton, Soberton, Stubbington, Lewiston & Crofton.
 * Venturer-class minesweeper – St. David & Venturer.
 * Ley-class minehunter – Aveley.
 * Ham-class minesweeper – Dittisham, Flintham & Thornham.

Ice Patrol Ship

 * HMS Endurance (1967)

Offshore Patrol Vessels

 * Castle-class - Leeds Castle, Dumbarton Castle
 * Island-class - Anglesey, Alderney, Jersey, Guernsey, Shetland, Orkney, Lindisfarne

Submarine Service

 * Resolution-class submarine - Resolution, Renown, Repulse, Revenge
 * Trafalgar-class submarine - Five fitting out/in build as of December 1982
 * Swiftsure-class submarine - Swiftsure, Sovereign, Superb, Sceptre, Spartan, Splendid
 * Valiant-class submarine - Valiant, Warspite
 * Churchill-class submarine - Churchill, Conqueror, Courageous
 * Oberon-class submarine - Oberon, Ocelot, Odin, Olympus, Onslaught, Onyx, Opportune, Oppossum, Oracle, Orpheus, Osiris, Otter, Otis,
 * Porpoise-class - Porpoise, Finwhale (harbour training vessel), Sealion, Walrus