List of ship decommissionings in 2006

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

	Operator	Ship	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

References

^ 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.