Editor's Foreword

170 ThE MiliTary BalancE 2010
tactical SSM, 2 sextuple (12 eff.) each with 1 Sea Wolf
SAM, 1 Goalkeeper CIWS, 1 114mm gun, (capacity 2
Lynx utl hel)
13 Norfolk (Type-23) each with 2 twin 324mm ASTT (4
eff.) each with Sting Ray LWT, 2 Mk 141 Harpoon quad
(8 eff.) each with 1 RGM-84C Harpoon tactical SSM, 1
32 canister Sea Wolf VLS with Sea Wolf SAM, 1 114mm
gun, (capacity either 2 Lynx utl hel or 1 Merlin HM
MK1 ASW hel)
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 23
PSOH 1 River (mod)
PSO 3 River
PCI 16 Archer (trg)
PBF 2 Scimitar
ICE PATROL 1 Endurance
MINE WARFARE • MINE COUNTERMEASURES 16
MCC 8 Hunt (incl 4 mod Hunt)
MHO 8 Sandown
AMPHIBIOUS
PRINCIPAL AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS 7
LPD 2 Albion (capacity 2 med hel; 4 LCVP; 6 MBT; 300
troops)
LPH 1 Ocean (capacity 18 hel; 4 LCU or 2 LCAC; 4
LCVP; 800 troops)
LSD 4 Bay (capacity 4 LCU; 2 LCVP; 1 LCU; 24 CR2
Challenger 2 MBT; 350 troops) (RFA manned)
CRAFT 47: 13 LCU; 34 LCVP
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 5
AGHS 3: 1 Scott; 2 Echo
AGS 2: 1 Roebuck; 1 Gleaner (inshore/coastal)
fORCEs By ROLE
Navy/Marine 1 party located at Diego Garcia, BIOT
fACILITIEs
Bases Located at Portsmouth (Fleet HQ), Faslane,
Devonport, Gibraltar
Naval Located at Prestwick, Culdrose, Yeovilton
airbases
royal Fleet auxiliary
Support and Miscellaneous vessels are mostly manned
and maintained by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA),
a civilian fleet owned by the UK MoD, which has
approximately 2,500 personnel with type comd under
CINCFLEET.
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 12
AORH 4: 2 Wave Knight; 2 Fort Victoria
AOR 2 Leaf
AORLH 2 Rover
AFH 2 Fort Grange
AR 1 Diligence
AG 1 Argus (Aviation trg ship with secondary role as
Primarily Casualty Receiving Ship)
RoRo 6 (Not RFA manned)
naval aviation (Fleet air arm) 5,520
fORCEs By ROLE
FGA 1 sqn (Joint Force Harrier) with 13
Harrier GR9A; 1 T10 Harrier
ASW/ASUW 4 sqn with Merlin HM MK1
ASW/Atk hel 1 sqn with Lynx MK3 / Lynx MK8; Lynx
MK3 (in indep flt)
AEW 3 sqn with Sea King AEW MK7
SAR 1 sqn and detached flt with Sea King HAS
MK5 utl
Spt 3 sqn with Sea King HC MK4; some
(Fleet) sqn with Beech 55 Baron (civil
registration); Cessna 441 Conquest (civil
registration); Falcon 20 (civil registration);
Grob 115 (op under contract); 1 sqn with
Lynx AH MK7 (incl in Royal Marines
entry)
Trg 1 (operational evaluation) sqn with
Merlin HM MK1*; Sea King HC MK4; 1
sqn with Jetstream T MK2/TMK3; 1 sqn
with Lynx MK3
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT 13 combat capable
FGA 13 Harrier GR8/9A
TPT 21: 1 Beech 55 Baron (civil registration); 1 Cessna
441 Conquest (civil registration); 19 Falcon 20 (civil
registration)
TRG 29: 5 Grob 115 (op under contract); 2 Harrier T10;
12 Hawk T MK1 (spt); 10 Jetstream T MK2/T MK3
HELICOPTERS 119 atk hel
ATK 6 Lynx AH MK7 (incl in Royal Marines entry)
ASW/ASuW 113: 71 Lynx MK3/Lynx MK8; 42 Merlin
HM MK1
UTL/SAR 15 Sea King HAS MK5 Utility
AEW 13 Sea King AEW MK7
SPT 37 Sea King HC MK4 (for RM)
MSL
ASM Sea Skua
AAM AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-120C AMRAAM
royal Marines command 6,840 (excl Army
elements)
fORCEs By ROLE
LCA 3 sqn opcon Royal Navy; 1 sqn (539
Aslt Sqn RM)
Sy 1 Fleet Protection Group, opcon Royal
Navy
Navy Naval Parties. Various Royal Marines
det opcon to RN
SF 4 sqn
Cdo 1 (declared to NATO) bde (3 cdo
regt, 1 lt inf bn (army) 1 cdo arty regt
(army))
Cdo AD arty 1 bty (army)
Cdo engr 2 sqn (1 army, 1 TA)
Logistic 1 bn
Cdo lt hel 2 sqn opcon Royal Navy
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
APC (T) 150 BvS-10 Viking
MOR 81mm
AMPHIBIOUS 28
ACV 4 Griffon 2000 TDX (M)