List of amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

See also: List of amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Navy

This is a list of amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom.

Ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

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Amphibious warfare ships

Replenishment ships

Miscellaneous ships

Active

There are two types of amphibious warfare ships currently in service with the RFA as of 2024, totalling four vessels: One littoral strike ship RFA Argus (A135) and three Bay-class landing ships.

The three Bay class ships are projected to be removed from service by 2032.^[1]

List of current amphibious warefare ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Dock landing ships
Class / Type	Ship	Pennant No.	Image	In service	Out of service	Service life	Status	Ref.
Bay-class dock landing ship	Lyme Bay	L3007		26 November 2007	—	17 years, 259 days	Active, entering refit as of June 2025[2]	[3]
Cardigan Bay	L3009		18 December 2006	—	18 years, 237 days	Laid up awaiting refit as of mid-2025[4]	[5][6]
Mounts Bay	L3008		13 July 2006	—	19 years, 30 days	Active, completing refit as of mid-2025[7]	[8][9]
Littoral Strike Ship
Class / Type	Ship	Pennant No.	Image	In service	Out of service	Service life	Status	Ref.
—	Argus	A135		1 June 1988	—	37 years, 72 days	Assessed as "unsafe to sail" in July 2025 pending needed maintenance work[10]	[11][12][13]

Decommissioned

Dock landing ships

Bay-class dock landing ship

In service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary between 2006 and 2011, she was sold to the Royal Australian Navy.^[14]

• RFA Largs Bay (L3006)

Landing ship logistics

Round table class

Main article: Round Table class landing ship logistics

The Round Table-class landing ship logistics were a class of six ships, all of which would be named after Knights of the Round Table.

RFA Sir Percivale

• RFA Sir Lancelot (L3029)
• RFA Sir Galahad (1966) (L3005)
• RFA Sir Geraint (L3027)
• RFA Sir Percivale (L3036)
• RFA Sir Tristram (L3505) (as of 2024, used as static special forces training vessel)
• RFA Sir Galahad (1987) (L3005)
• RFA Sir Bedivere (L3004)

Chartered Landing Ship Logistics

After the loss of RFA Sir Galahad and the damage to RFA Sir Tristam during the Falklands War, two commercial Roll-on/roll-off ferries were temporarily chartered.^[15]

• RFA Sir Caradoc (L3522)
• RFA Sir Lamorak (L3532)

Strategic Sealift

Strategic Sealift Ro/Ro

Two commercial Ro/Ro vessels bareboat chartered for additional freight carrying capacity with formation of the Joint Rapid Deployment Force (JRDF).^[16]

• RFA Sea Centurion (A98)
• RFA Sea Crusader (A96)

Landing Ship Tank

RFA Empire Gull

Originally operated by the Royal Navy, in 1956 she was transferred to civilian administration as SS Empire Gull. She joined the RFA in 1970 and was in service until 1978, being the only Landing Ship Tank operated as an Royal Fleet Auxiliary.^[17]

• RFA Empire Gull

Landing Ship Gantry

Dale class

Main article: Dale-class oiler

Three Dale-class tankers were converted into Landing Ship Gantry’s and were then reconverted back into tankers at the end of the Second World War.^[18]

• RFA Derwentdale (A114)
• RFA Dewdale (A151)
• RFA Ennerdale (A173)

See also

Roles and types

• Dock landing ship
• Landing Ship Logistics
• Landing Ship, Tank
• Amphibious transport dock

Future

• Multi-role support ship (UK)