Talk:List of active Royal Navy ships

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Adding section of vessels currently under construction or on sea trials
Would it be possible to add a section of the non-commissioned vessels currently under construction or on sea trials for the Royal Navy. I would take the time to do it but if it's only going to get deleted soon after I want to ask first and hear any reasons for/against it. I feel that adding vessels currently under construction or on sea trials would add to the page more and give an insight in to the future vessels of the Royal Navy in the near future. Twistyoak (talk) 17:05, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support if it is clearly presented then I think it would be a good addition to the article.QuintusPetillius (talk) 17:36, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Agreed, not only would it give the depth that you have stated about the navies future, but it would also be more in line with other navy articles. Oliver Grundy (talk) 08:27, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Decision to list photos of vessels of each class below table rather then in-row
The way List of active Italian Navy ships and List of active French Navy ships show a photo of a vessel of each class within the rows of the table is a lot better in my opinion. Most readers are not going to know what every class looks like, it's nice to see a visualisation at the same time you can see how many vessels there are, the displacement, etc.

I don't know if there's some guideline reason this was changed here? But yeah, seemingly pointless and unnecessary since it barely condenses the table. Only saves a column, given most the rows are taller then the image height would be anyway.

Rob984 (talk) 16:23, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

I'm also not sure what condensing all the tables into one table was suppose to achieve. Just means you can't use the TOC to jump to each category. Those blue-shaded double-bold table headings badly need reverting back to normal inline section headings...

Rob984 (talk) 16:30, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Scimitar Class
Why has the Scimitar class been removed from this page?

- There has been no official article or documentation citing their decommissioning. The blog site 'Save the Royal Navy' stated that they were no longer operational, but this isn't an official MoD or UK Government source. - Contemporary photos and shipping movements show both vessels are still in active use.

- As of December 2020, HMS Scimitar has a Twitter page, in line with many other Royal Navy surface vessels. Yes, this also isn't an official source of information, but the media appears to be both recent and genuine.

The main point is that unlike the recent decommissioning of HMS Bristol, there hasn't been an official announcement. Why have these vessels mysteriously disappeared from this list?

2A00:23C4:E100:6E01:1823:3BE:91AC:145B (talk) 20:30, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * From what I can see, the Scimitar-class patrol vessel boats probably shouldn't have been removed. At least, not just because what appears to a personal blog claims they are "no longer operational". Per the MoD website, they appear to still be in active service. They were removed with this edit by back on August 4th, with no edit summary provided (perhaps he can stop by and clarify some?) In the meantime, they should probably go back on the list. -  wolf  23:33, 9 December 2020 (UTC)


 * I'd like to extend my most sincere apologies. I was led to believe that HMS Scimitar and Sabre were no longer operational from the 'Save the Royal Navy' blog mentioned above. I realise that this is not the case. This was a careless mistake on my part and I'll be more careful in future. DanJWilde (talk) 18:31, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't worry about it much, Dan... everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is that you try to fix them. So you'll re-add the class back to this list then? - wolf  20:18, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I've re-added it now, and thank you. DanJWilde (talk) 22:29, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Redesigning the Article
I would love to, but I don’t have the know how of how to remake the page - currently the Royal Navy page is the worst looking Wikipedia active ship list of all major navies. If you have a look at the: French - List of active French Navy ships Italian - List of active Italian Navy ships Japanese - List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships or even South Korean - List of active Republic of Korea Navy ships, you can see (especially in the first 3) how they use images of the ship next to the class description and also below it in some instances. Practically all modern navy articles also have a grey and white, muted colour scheme, which looks far more representable, formal and better, along with making it easier to use - while the Royal Navies looks like a 5 year old coloured it in!

Furthermore, from what I can see all the photos and information are already there, it just needs table formatting changes! Oliver Grundy (talk) 08:22, 22 February 2023 (UTC)