Royal Navy Fleet Flagship

In the Royal Navy, the Fleet flagship is the ship designated as the fleet's principal ship. In the modern era, it has usually been an aircraft carrier, but that changed in 2010 with the assignment of HMS Albion.

The flag was transferred to HMS Bulwark in 2011 and HMS Ocean in June 2015.

Flagship can also indicate that of shore establishments run by senior Naval commanders. In 1960, the Commanders-in-Chief of the Home Fleet and its successors the Western Fleet and the Fleet have flown their flags ashore in HMS Warrior in Northwood.

Following the decommissioning of HMS Ocean in March 2018[1], HMS Albion will once again see duty as fleet flagship,[2], until HMS Queen Elizabeth is ready to assume the role.[3]

Ship Dates
HMS Ark Royal / HMS Anne Royal 1587–1636
Naseby / HMS Royal Charles 1655-1667
HMS Iron Duke 1914–1917
HMS Queen Elizabeth 1917–1919
HMS Invincible 1993–2005
HMS Ark Royal 2005–2007
HMS Illustrious 2007–2009
HMS Ark Royal 2009–2010[4]
HMS Albion December 2010–October 2011
HMS Bulwark October 2011–June 2015
HMS Ocean June 2015–March 2018.[5][6][7]
HMS Queen Elizabeth 2018 - to date

References

  1. ↑ "Brazil says it has bagged Royal Navy flagship HMS Ocean for £84m". The Register. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Future flagship Albion completes sea trials after £90m overhaul". Royal Navy. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Queen Elizabeth Carriers | Royal Navy". Royal Navy. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "HMS Albion assumes role of fleet flagship". Ministry of Defence. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "HMS Ocean to assume Fleet Flagship role". Royal Navy. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Daly, Patrick (19 March 2015). "The Queen in Plymouth - live coverage of Her Majesty's visit". Plymouth Herald. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Queen decommissions British warship, HMS Ocean, in Devon". BBC. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.


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