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FM 30-51 Military Intelligence Identification of British Naval Ships 1941

Restricted 
(Declassified)

FM 30-51 December 29, 1941

War Department 
Basic Field Manual
Military Intelligence 
Identification of 
British Naval Ships
(includes Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy,
Royal Indian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, and New Zealand Navy)

251 page document describing 115 ships/classes
including 125 pictures, 55 silhouettes, and 106 line drawings

A510 includes the following ships/classes*:

Royal Navy
Battleships:
King George V Class
Nelson Class
Queen Elizabeth Class (1st 3 ships)
Queen Elizabeth Class (4th & 5th Ships)
Royal Sovereign Class

Battle Cruisers:
Renown Class

Aircraft Carriers:
Illustrious Class
Ark Royal
Furious
Eagle
Hermes

Cruisers:
Exeter
Dorsetshire Class
London Class
Kent Class
Fiji Class
Dido Class
Edinburgh Class
Southampton Class
Arethusa Class
Leander Class
Emerald
Enterprise
Hawkins Class
"D" Class
Capetown
Colombo
Cardiff
Ceres
Caledon Class

Antiaircraft Ships:
Coventry
Cairo Class

Mine Layers:
"Cruiser-Mine Layer" Type
Latonia Class

Destroyers:
Lightning Class
Japelin Class
Tribal Class
Intrepid Class
Hero Class
Greyhound Class
Inglefield
Admiralty Type Leaders
Eclipse Class
Fearless Class
Defender Class
Beagle Class
Achates Class
Codrington
"A" Type
Admiralty "Modified W" Class
Thornycroft "Modified W" Class
Thornycroft Leaders
Campbell Class
Admiralty "W" Class
Admiratly "V" Class
Thornycroft "V" Class
Admiralty "R" Class
Admiralty "S" Class
Ex-American "Flush Deck" Type
Hunt Class

Torpedo Boats:
Nos. 22, 24, 25
Nos. 101-103
Nos. 1-12, 14-19, 100
M.A.S.B. Nos 1-6

Submarines:
Triton Class
Porpoise Class
Severn Class
Regent Class
Parthian Class
Olympus Class
"L" Class
Oberon Class
Sealion Class
Ursula Class
"H" Class

Escort Vessels:
Wallace & Wolsey Types
Black Swan Class
Egret Class
Enchantress Class
Aberdeen Class
Grimsby Class
Hastings & Shoreham Classes
Flower Class

Patrol Vessels:
Guillemot Class
Kingfisher Class
P.C. 74

Minesweepers:
Bangor Class
Halcyon Class
Improved Hunt Class
M.M.S. Class

Training Ships:
Vindictive
Iron Duke

Monitors:
Erebus Class
Marshal Soult

Training Aircraft Carriers:
Albatross
Pegasus
Argus

Submarine Tenders:
Maidstone Class

Royal Australian Navy
Cruisers:
Australia Class
Perth Class
Adelaide

Destroyers:
"W" and "V" Types
Arunta Class
Stuart

Escort Vessels:
Yarra Class

Royal Indian Navy
Escort Vessels:
Cornwallis
Indus Class
Lawrence
Clive

Royal Canadian Navy
Destroyers:
Assiniboine
Ottawa Class
Skeena Class
St. Croix Class
Annapolis Class

New Zealand Navy
Cruisers:
Achilles Class

Thanks to Xrypto :)