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Special Boat Service

Special forces unit of the Royal Navy

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Feb 3, 2026

how many personnel are in the U.K.'s Special Air Service

The publicly available reporting supplied does not include an authoritative headcount for the ; the UK government maintains a long‑standing policy of not commenting on , and open sources describe unit...

Feb 3, 2026

how many personnel are in the UK's Special Boat Service

Open-source reporting and specialist sites converge on an approximate strength for the ) in the low hundreds: most accessible references put the unit at roughly 200–250 operators at any one time, whil...