List of ship decommissionings in 2006

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The list of ship decommissionings in 2006 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 2006.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
24 February	Royal Navy	Grey Rover		Rover-class tanker	Scrapped in Liverpool 2009/2011
26 February	Royal Australian Navy	Wollongong		Fremantle-class patrol boat
31 March	Royal Navy	Grafton		Type 23 frigate	Sold to Chile[1]
31 March	Italian Navy	Alpino		Alpino-class frigate
8 July	Royal Australian Navy	Gawler		Fremantle-class patrol boat	Awaiting disposal
8 July	Royal Australian Navy	Geelong		Fremantle-class patrol boat	Awaiting disposal
11 August	Chilean Navy	Capitán Prat		County-class destroyer
11 August	Chilean Navy	Ministro Zenteno		Leander-class frigate
11 August	Royal Australian Navy	Fremantle		Fremantle-class patrol boat	Awaiting disposal
12 September	Royal Navy	Sovereign		Swiftsure-class submarine	Awaiting disposal
16 September	Royal Australian Navy	Westralia		Leaf-class tanker	Sold	renamed Shiraz, converted to FPSO vessel
22 September	Chilean Navy	Almirante Cochrane		County-class destroyer		Last County class to be decommissioned

See also

References

1. Salerno-Garthwaite, Andrew (2023-03-06). "UK MoD says significant interest in HMS Scott and Type 23 frigates". Naval Technology. Archived from the original on 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.