The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the Second World War, regardless of where they were built or previous service history. Submarines show submerged displacement.
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+ List of ships of World War II (V)ShipCountry or organizationClassTypeDisplacement (tons)First commissionedFateV7V7river gunboat1943Built at the Galați shipyard in Romania in 1943, armed with one 37 mm AA cannon and four machine guns, to Soviet Union September 1944V8V7river gunboat1943Built at the Galați shipyard in Romania in 1943, armed with one 37 mm AA cannon and four machine guns, fate unknownV12Project 1125river gunboat1943Damaged captured Soviet warship, rebuilt at the Galați shipyard in Romania in 1943, armed with one 76 mm gun in a standard T-34 turret and up to 5 machine guns, to Soviet Union September 1944Väinämöinencoastal defence ship3,90029 April 1932To Soviet Union 29 May 1947, scrapped 1968Queen Elizabethbattleship31,00013 January 1916Scrapped 1950Riverfrigate1,4457 December 1943Paid off 7 May 1944 (I)Admiralendestroyer1,68020 February 1929Sunk 10 May 1940 (II)Ndestroyer1,80120 February 1942Struck October 1956Admiralendestroyer1,68031 May 1928Ran aground and was scuttled 15 February 1942 Van Kinsbergensloop1,76024 August 1939Decommissioned 29 May 1959, sold for scrap 19 February 1974Admiralendestroyer1,33712 March 1931Sunk 17 February 1942Flowercorvette92520 March 1942Paid off 26 June 1945VântulVedeniamotor torpedo boat301943VardarSavariver monitor58015 April 1920Scuttled 11 April 1941VârtejulVedeniamotor torpedo boat301944Gdestroyer1,35015 February 1939Captured, became ZG3 Hermes (Germany) 21 March 1942, scuttled 7 May 1943Gdestroyer1,350February 1939Sunk 26 September 1943VedeniaVedeniamotor torpedo boat301943heavy cruiser6,80018 July 1931Scrapped 1962escort carrier10,9009 April 1945Scrapped 1971Colossusaircraft carrier13,20017 January 1945Paid off April 1947Colossusaircraft carrier13,20015 January 1945Paid off 1952Vdestroyer1,71028 August 1943Scrapped 1972Flowercorvette92519 December 1940Flowercorvette92518 February 1941To USA as Temptress 16 February 1942, to UK 26 August 1945Vdestroyer1,71010 December 1943Scrapped 1972Flowercorvette9259 June 194120 February 1945Flowercorvette92511 August 1941 light cruiser11,80012 June 1944Scrapped 1964Riverfrigate1,44511 November 1944Paid off 31 December 1973Illustriousaircraft carrier23,00029 May 1941Scrapped 1969Serranodestroyer1,090Discarded 1960ViforulVospermotor torpedo boat321940Built by Vosper for Romania in 1940, sunk by Soviet mines in November 1941ViforulVedeniamotor torpedo boat301944Vdestroyer1,71022 December 1942Paid off 1963, Scrapped 6 June 1965VijeliaVospermotor torpedo boat321940Built by Vosper for Romania in 1940, sunk by Soviet mines in November 1941VijeliaVedeniamotor torpedo boat301943Flowercorvette92524 May 1942Paid off 6 July 1945 heavy cruiser9,40024 February 1937Sunk 9 August 1942light cruiser11,80021 January 1944Sunk as target 1966Nairanaescort carrier13,6713 December 1943Paid off 1947, scrapped August 1971Hawkinsrepair ship9,3941 October 1918Former seaplane carrier and cruiser, paid off 8 September 1945Flowercorvette9253 February 194110 February 1946Vdestroyer1,7105 November 1943Scrapped 1965ViscolulVospermotor torpedo boat321940Built by Vosper for Romania in 1940, to Soviet Union September 1944 Littoriobattleship41,00028 April 1940Scrapped 1948heavy cruiser7,88020 June 1940Scrapped 1960sVdestroyer1,71026 May 1944Scrapped 1977VulcanulVedeniamotor torpedo boat301944
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