List of ship decommissionings in 1993

The list of ship decommissionings in 1993 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1993.

OperatorShipFlagClass and typeFateOther notes
28 February Royal NavySiriusLeander-class frigateSunk as target in 1998[1]
31 March Royal NavyArgonautLeander-class frigateSold as scrap
31 March Hellenic NavyKatsonisTench-class submarine
June Royal NavyAndromedaLeander-class frigateSold to India in 1995
25 June Russian NavyGroznyyProject 58 Groznyy-class cruiserScrapped
30 June Russian NavyAdmiral FokinProject 58 Groznyy-class cruiserScrapped
30 June Russian NavyAdmiral IsakovProject 1134A Berkut A cruiserScrapped
30 June Russian NavyAdmiral OktyabrskyProject 1134A Berkut A cruiserScrapped
30 June Russian NavyKievKiev-class aircraft carrierSold to a Chinese company in 1996
30 June Russian NavyVasily ChapaevProject 1134A Berkut A cruiserScrapped
10 July United States NavyRangerForrestal-class aircraft carrierScrapped
31 July United States NavyIwo JimaIwo Jima-class amphibious assault shipScrapped
23 August Royal NavyKellingtonTon-class minesweeperHanded over to the Sea Cadets
10 September United States NavyForrestalForrestal-class aircraft carrierScrapped
15 September Hellenic NavyKanarisThemistoklis-class destroyerScrapped
27 September Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceTeruzukiAkizuki-class destroyer
30 September Royal NavyAmazonAmazon-class frigateRecommissioned by Pakistan as PNS Babur
3 December Royal Canadian NavyMackenzieMackenzie-class destroyerScuttled as an artificial reef 1995
3 December Royal Canadian NavyYukonMackenzie-class destroyerScuttled as an artificial reef 2000
7 December Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceAkizukiAkizuki-class destroyer
December Royal NavyScyllaLeander-class frigateSunk as artificial reef in 2004
Date uncertain Pakistan NavyBaburCounty-class destroyerScrapped

Citations

Bibliography

  • Friedman, Norman (2006). British Destroyers and Frigates, the Second World War and After. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-86176-137-6.