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Ships of the Royal Navy is a naval history reference work by J. J. Colledge (1908–1997); it provides brief entries on all recorded ships in commission in the Royal Navy from the 15th century, giving location of constructions, date of launch, tonnage, specification and fate.

It was published in two volumes by Greenhill Books. Volume 1, first published in 1969, covers major ships; Volume 2, first published in 1970, covers Navy-built trawlers, drifters, tugs and requisitioned ships including Armed Merchant Cruisers.

The book is the standard single-volume reference work on ships of the Royal Navy, and Colledge's conventions and spellings of names are used by museums, libraries and archives. For more data on ships of the pre-1863 Royal Navy, see British Warships in the Age of Sail.

A revised third version of the Volume 1 work was published in 2003 which added the ships of the late 20th century. The revision was conducted by Ben Warlow. A fourth edition was published in 2006, reinstating some of the smaller vessels that the third edition had omitted. A further revised fourth edition was published in 2010 to include requisitioned ships, e.g. Armed merchant cruisers, Merchant aircraft carriers, as well as small craft, e.g. landing craft and Admiralty-built trawlers.

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Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2010) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (4th Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-935149-07-1.

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-'''''Ships of the Royal Navy''''' is a naval history reference work by [[J. J. Colledge]] (1908-1997); it provides brief entries on all recorded ships in commission in the [[Royal Navy]] from the 15th century, giving location of constructions, date of launch, tonnage, specification and fate.
+'''''Ships of the Royal Navy''''' is a naval history reference work by [[J. J. Colledge]] (1908–1997); it provides brief entries on all recorded ships in commission in the [[Royal Navy]] from the 15th century, giving location of constructions, date of launch, tonnage, specification and fate.
-It was published in two volumes by Greenhill Books. Volume 1, first published in 1969, covers major ships; Volume 2, first published in 1970, covers Navy-built [[naval trawler|trawler]]s, [[Naval drifter|drifters]], [[Tugboat|tug]]s and requisitioned ships including [[Auxiliary cruiser|Armed Merchant Cruiser]]s.
+It was published in two volumes by Greenhill Books. Volume 1, first published in 1969, covers major ships; Volume 2, first published in 1970, covers Navy-built [[naval trawler|trawlers]], [[Naval drifter|drifters]], [[Tugboat|tugs]] and requisitioned ships including [[Auxiliary cruiser|Armed Merchant Cruisers]].
-The book is the standard single-volume reference work on ships of the Royal Navy, and Colledge's conventions and spellings of names are used by museums, libraries and archives. For more data on the ships of the pre-1863 British Navy, see ''[[British Warships in the Age of Sail]]''.
-A revised third version of the Volume 1 work was published in 2003 which added the ships of the late 20th century. The revision was conducted by [[Ben Warlow]]. A fourth edition was published in 2006, reinstating some of the smaller vessels that the third edition had omitted.  A further revised fourth edition was published in 2010 to include requisitioned ships, e.g., [[Armed merchantman|Armed merchant cruisers]], [[Merchant aircraft carrier]]s, as well as small craft, e.g., [[landing craft]] and [[Admiralty]]-built trawlers.
+The book is the standard single-volume reference work on ships of the Royal Navy, and Colledge's conventions and spellings of names are used by museums, libraries and archives. For more data on ships of the pre-1863 Royal Navy, see ''[[British Warships in the Age of Sail]]''.
+A revised third version of the Volume 1 work was published in 2003 which added the ships of the late 20th century. The revision was conducted by Ben Warlow. A fourth edition was published in 2006, reinstating some of the smaller vessels that the third edition had omitted.  A further revised fourth edition was published in 2010 to include requisitioned ships, e.g. [[Armed merchantman|Armed merchant cruisers]], [[Merchant aircraft carrier]]s, as well as small craft, e.g. [[landing craft]] and [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]]-built trawlers.
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