List of ship decommissionings in 2001
The list of ship decommissionings in 2001 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 2001.
Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | |
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17 January | Royal Navy | Coventry | Type 22 frigate | Sold to Romania in 2003 | Renamed Regele Ferdinand | |
10 May | United States Navy | L. Mendel Rivers | Sturgeon-class submarine | Submarine recycling | ||
19 July | United States Navy | Hewitt | Spruance-class destroyer | Sold for scrap | ||
15 October | United States Navy | Caron | Spruance-class destroyer | Sunk during weapons testing in 2002 | ||
16 October | Brazilian Navy | Minas Gerais | Colossus-class aircraft carrier | Sold for scrap | ||
19 October | Royal Australian Navy | Brisbane | Perth-class destroyer | Sunk as a dive wreck in 2005 | ||
26 November | Royal Navy | Cromer | Sandown-class minehunter | Transferred to Britannia Naval College as Hindostan |