Mostly mild steel but I don't know the grade.
Ships of the Royal Navy was created in 1969.
As of July 2014, the British Royal Navy has 95 ships. The Royal Navy also has 149 aircraft and 33 landing craft.
Uhm.. lol
Ships - loads of them!
Prior to about 1975, asbestos was a common material in insulation around pipes and boilers in Navy Ships.
No less than 12 ships have been named HMS Resolution in the Royal Navy. It has been a long tradition to name ships after famous previous ships. The final Resolution was a nuclear submarine.
from the very first creation of a royal navy women have always served aboard war ships some actually giving birth on board this is were the phrase SON OF A GUN comes from
The Royal Navy (please note capitals) has never operated tourist cruises. Royal Navy ships travel thruoghout the world on their duties, though they are not so numerous as they were in the 1920s.
The Royal Navy will have crew lists for all of its ships.
The Navy flew the Union Jack which was called the Jack. Merchant ships and ships not sailing with a royal warrant from England flew the Cross of St George, called the George.
The Royal Navy did not "trade", it protected trading ships. However it did re-use captured French ships if they were considered suitable by the Admiralty and many French frigates and other types were incorporated into the Royal Navy, sometimes with modifications, as well as basic designs copied from captured vessels.
The Continental Navy in the 18th century was battling the British Royal Navy, who had more and better ships, and more and better-trained sailors.