Name: Follow links in this column for details of the career of unarmoured wooden screw vessels (or for snippets for other vessels).
Launched: "1800a" means acquired in 1800; "1800r" means renamed in 1800 to name shown in "Name" column; see "Note" column for original name, under which entry other details are given.
H(ull): C = composite, I = iron, S = steel, W = wood.
P(ropulsion): H = hydraulic, P = paddle, S = screw, W = sail.
B.M. = burthen, builders measure (tons).
Disp. = displacement (tons); during this period displacement was replacing burthen as a measure of the "size" of vessels.
Guns = initial number of guns (may have been different later in career). TT = torpedo tubes.
Fate: year of sale, breaking up or loss; if lost or sold for reuse see details in "Note" column.
SB = ships book in PRO London: ADM 135/xxx (giving the history of the maintenance of the ship - hull, machinery and armament - from construction to disposal).
Note: "1800 = Nnnnnn" means renamed to Nnnnnn in 1800; "1850 screw 1000 bm" means converted to a screw ship of 1000 tons burthen in 1850. c.h. = coal hulk; d.s. = depot ship.; h.s. = harbour service; r.s = receiving ship; t.s. = training ship; MV = mortar vessel; WV = watch vessel; YC = yard craft. Merchant ship names in italics. Data in red are alternate data when sources disagree.
| Ship | Launch | H. | P. | Type | B.M. | Disp. | Guns | Fate | S.B. | Note |
| Cadmus | 1808.02.26 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 237 | | 10 | 1864 | | 1835 Coastguard w.v. 1863 = WV.24 |
| Cadmus | 1856.05.20 | W | S | Corvette | 1461 | 2216 | 21 | 1879 | | |
| Cadmus | 1863r | | | | | | | | | See: Despatch 1851 |
| Caesar | 1853.08.07 | W | S | 2nd rate | 2767 | 3250 | 91 | 1870 | | Converted to screw on stocks |
| Calcutta | 1831.03.14 | W | W | 2nd rate | 2299 | | 84 | 1908 | | 1865 gunnery ship |
| Calcutta | 1909r | | | | | | | | | See: Hercules 1868 |
| Caledonia | 1808.06.25 | W | W | 1st rate | 2616 | | 120 | 1875 | | 1856 = Dreadnought, hospital ship |
| Caledonia | 1862.10.24 | W | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | 4125 | 6832 | 30 | 1886 | 74 | Laid down as 2nd rate, 91 guns |
| Caledonia | 1891r | | | | | | | | | See: Impregnable 1810 |
| Calliope | 1837.10.05 | W | W | 6th rate | 717 | | 28 | 1883 | | 1860 floating chapel. 1865 factory |
| Calypso | 1845.05 | W | W | 6th rate | 731 | | 20 | 1866 | | |
| Calypso | 1870r | | | | | | | | | See: Blonde 1819 |
| Cambrian | 1841.07.05 | W | W | 5th rate | 1622 | | 36 | 1892 | | 1872 hulk. 1880 floating factory |
| Cambridge | 1815.06.23 | W | W | 3rd rate | 2139 | | 80 | 1869 | | 1856 gunnery ship |
| Cambridge | 1869r | | | | | | | | 75 | See: Windsor Castle 1858 |
| Camel | 1855.04.21 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 117 | | 1 | 1901 | | 1855.10 = MV.14. 1871 = YC.6, crane lighter |
| Camel | 1856.05.03 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1864 | 76 | |
| Camel | 1866 | I | P | Tug | 319 | 521 | 0 | 1913 | 77 | |
| Cameleon | 1816.01.16 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 240 | | | 1849 | | |
| Camelion | 1860.02.23 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 952 | 1365 | 17 | 1883 | 78 | |
| Camilla | 1847.09.08 | W | W | Sloop | 549 | | 16 | 1861 | | 1860 foundered on China station |
| Camperdown | 1825r | | | | | | | | | See: Trafalgar 1820 |
| Camperdown | 1885.11.24 | I | S | Barbette battleship | | 10600 | 10 | 1911 | | 1908 hulk |
| Canopus | 1798a | W | W | 3rd rate | 2257 | | 80 | 1887 | | Was Franklin (French) captured 1798.08.01 at the Nile. 1863 h.s. |
| Captain | 1787.11.26 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1639 | | 74 | 1813 | | 1809 h.s. 1813.03.22 burnt by accident |
| Captain | 1825r | | | | | | | | | See: Royal Sovereign 1786 |
| Captain | 1869.03.27 | I | S | Turret ship | 4272 | 7767 | 6 | 1870 | | Ships book ADM 136/3. 1870.09.07 capsized in storm off Cape Finisterre |
| Caradoc | 1847.07.03 | I | P | Gunboat | 676 | | 1 | 1870 | 79 | |
| Carnatic | 1823.10.21 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1790 | | 72 | 1914 | | Never commissioned. 1860 c.h. 1886 powder hulk. 1886-1891 lent War Dept. |
| Carnation | 1855.10.20 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1863 | 80 | |
| Caroline | 1856.05.09 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1862 | 81 | |
| Caroline | 1882.11.25 | C | S | Corvette | | 1420 | 14 | 1929 | | 1897 h.s. 1908 = Ganges, t.s. 1913 = Powerful III. 1919 = Impregnable IV |
| Carron | 1827.01.09 | W | P | Gunvessel | 295 | | 2 | 1877 | | |
| Carron | 1855.04.28 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 160 | | 1 | 1884 | | 1855.10 = MV.17. 1866 hulk |
| Carron | 1867 | | | Tug | | | | 1885 | 82 | |
| Carysfort | 1836.08.12 | W | W | 6th rate | 911 | | 26 | 1861 | | |
| Carysfort | 1878.09.26 | S | S | Corvette | | 2380 | 14 | 1899 | | |
| Cassius | 1847a | W | W | Diving-bell vessel | | | | 1852 | | Was U.S.A. schooner |
| Castlereagh | 1846a | W | W | Survey schooner | | | | 1848 | | |
| Castor | 1832.05.02 | W | W | 5th rate | 1293 | 1808 | 26 | 1902 | | 1860 t.s. |
| Celebes | 1806a | W | W | 5th rate | | | 36 | | | 1806.07.26 Dutch Pallas captured in East Indies. Originally renamed Macassar |
| Centaur | 1845.10.06 | W | P | 2nd class frigate | 1270 | 2100 | 6 | 1864 | | |
| Centurion | 1844.05.02 | W | W | 2nd rate | 2580 | | 80 | 1870 | 83 | 1855 screw |
| Cerberus | 1827.03.30 | W | W | 5th rate | 1079 | | 46 | 1866 | | |
| Cerberus | 1867r | | | | | | | | | See: Volage 1869 |
| Cerberus | 1870.03.02 | I | S | Breastwork monitor | | 3340 | 4 | 1924 | 0 | 1918=Platypus II d.s. |
| Ceylon | 1808r | W | W | | | | | | | See: Bombay 1805 |
| Challenger | 1826.11.14 | W | W | 6th rate | 603 | | 28 | 1835 | | 1835.05.19 wrecked off the coast of Chile |
| Challenger | 1858.02.13 | W | S | Corvette | 1465 | 2137 | 21 | 1921 | 84 | 1872 survey ship 4 guns. 1880 hulk |
| Champion | 1824.05.31 | W | W | Sloop | 456 | | 18 | 1867 | | Wrecked as a target |
| Chanticleer | 1808.07.26 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 237 | | 10 | 1871 | | 1828 survey ship. 1830 Customs watch vessel. 1863.05.25 = WV.5 |
| Chanticleer | 1861.02.09 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 950 | 1419 | 17 | 1875 | 85 | |
| Charger | 1835r | | | | | | | | | See: Courier 1829 |
| Charger | 1855.11.13 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1887 | 86 | 1866 buoy boat. 18?? = YC.3. 1887 sold for mercantile service as Rescue |
| Charon | 1837.04a | W | P | Packet | 125 | | | 1849 | | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Crusader. 1849 sold to Trinity House |
| Charon | 1856.02.09 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1865 | | |
| Charybdis | 1831.02.27 | W | W | Brigantine | 232 | | 3 | 1843 | | |
| Charybdis | 1859.06.01 | W | S | Corvette | 1506 | 2187 | 21 | 1884 | | 1881-1882 lent to Canadian govt as t.s. |
| Chasseur | 1855a | I | P | Floating factory | 543 | | | 1901 | | |
| Chatham | 1741.10.01 | W | W | Yacht | 74 | | 6 | 1867 | | 1793 rebuilt 93 bm. 1842 rebuilt 104 bm |
| Chatham | 1812.02.14 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1788 | 1817 | 74 | 1817 | | Built from frames captured at Flushing. 1814 sheer hulk |
| Cheerful | 1855.10.06 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | | 2 | 1869 | 87 | |
| Cherokee | 1842.09.22 | W | P | Vessel | 750 | | | 1851 | | |
| Cherokee | 1856.04.30 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1869 | 88 | Never completed for sea |
| Cherub | 1806.12.27 | W | W | Sloop | 424 | | 18 | 1820 | | |
| Cherub | 1865.03.27 | W | S | Gunboat | | 330 | 2 | 1890 | | |
| Chesapeake | 1855.09.27 | W | S | Frigate | 2377 | 3334 | 51 | 1867 | 89 | |
| Chester | 1861.03.14 | I | S | Tank vessel | 164 | 234 | 0 | 1925 | 90 | |
| Chichester | 1843.07.12 | W | W | 4th rate | 1468 | | 52 | 1889 | | 1866 lent as t.s. |
| Chiffonne | 1801a | W | W | 5th rate | 945 | | 36 | 18?? | | 1801.08.19 captured from French off Sychelles |
| Childers | 1827.08.23 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 385 | | 16 | 1865 | | |
| Chub | 1855.10.15 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | | 2 | 1869 | 91 | |
| Circassian | 1854.07a | W | P | Vessel | 170 | | 0 | 1856 | | 1854.07.21 purchased at Constantinople ex-Swan. 1856.07.28 sold |
| Circe | 1804.11.17 | W | W | 5th rate | 670 | | 32 | 1814 | | |
| Circe | 1827.09.22 | W | W | 5th rate | 1079 | | 46 | 1922 | | 1866 h.s. 1916 = Impregnable IV |
| Clarence | 1827.07.25 | W | W | 2nd rate | 2288 | | 84 | 1884 | | Laid down as Goliath. 1872 t.s. 1884.01.17 accidentally burnt on Mersey |
| Clarence | 1885r | | | | | | | | | See: Royal William 1833 |
| Cleopatra | 1779.11.26 | W | W | 5th rate | 689 | | 32 | 1814 | | |
| Cleopatra | 1835.04.28 | W | W | 6th rate | 918 | | 26 | 1862 | | |
| Cleopatra | 1878.08.01 | S | S | Corvette | | 2380 | 14 | 1931 | | 1922.01 = Defiance III |
| Clinker | 1813.07.15 | W | W | Gun-brig | 183 | | 12 | 1867 | | 1831 Coastguard. 1863 = WV.12 |
| Clinker | 1855.04.02 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 3 | 1871 | 92 | |
| Clinker | 1882r | | | | | | | | | See: Wave 1856 |
| Clio | 1807.01.10 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 389 | | 18 | 1845 | | |
| Clio | 1858.08.28 | W | S | Corvette | 1462 | 2187 | 21 | 1919 | | 1877 t.s. |
| Clown | 1856.05.20 | W | S | Gunboat | 233 | | | 1871 | 93 | 1867 coal lighter. 18?? = YC.1. 18?? = YC.6. 1871 lost |
| Clyde | 1828.10.09 | W | W | 5th rate | 1081 | 1447 | 46 | 1904 | | 1870 = RNR drill ship |
| Cochin | 1820.04.23 | W | W | Schooner | 54 | | | 1850 | | 1840 tank vessel |
| Cochin | 1856.04.08 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1863 | | |
| Cockatrice | 1832.05.14 | W | W | Schooner | 182 | | | 1858 | | |
| Cockatrice | 1860.05.26 | W | S | Gunboat | 268 | 330 | 2 | 1885 | 94 | 1882 = YC.10 luggage lighter |
| Cockburn | 1827 | | | Schooner | 70 | | 1 | 1837 | | |
| Cockchafer | 1855.11.24 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1872 | 95 | |
| Colleen | 1905r | | | | | | | | | See: Hawk 1869 |
| Colleen (old) | 1916r | | | | | | | | | See: Hawk 1869 |
| Collingwood | 1841.08.17 | W | W | 2nd rate | 2589 | | 80 | 1867 | 96 | 1861 screw |
| Colossus | 1848.06.01 | W | W | 2nd rate | 2590 | | 80 | 1867 | 97 | 1855 screw |
| Columbia | 1813a | W | W | Sloop | 294 | | 18 | 1820 | | American privateer Curlew captured 1813 off Cape Sable |
| Columbia | 1829.07.01 | W | P | Packet | 361 | 504 | 3 | 1859 | | 1842 survey vessel. 1857 c.h. |
| Columbine | 1826.12.01 | W | W | Sloop | 492 | | 18 | 1892 | | 1849 12 gun brig. 1854 c.h. |
| Columbine | 1862.04.02 | W | S | Sloop | 669 | 913 | 11 | 1875 | 98 | |
| Comet | 1822.05.23 | W | P | Tug and ferry | 238 | 239 | 2 | 1868 | 99 | First steamship ordered by Admiralty |
| Comet | 1828.08.11 | W | W | Sloop | 462 | | 18 | 1862 | | 1832 = Comus |
| Comet | 1869r | | | | | | | | | See: Thunderer 1831 |
| Comet | 1870.12.08 | I | S | Gunboat | | 254 | 1 | 1908 | | |
| Comus | 1832r | | | | | | | | | See: Comet 1828 |
| Confiance | 1827.03.28 | W | P | Gunvessel | 295 | | 2 | 1873 | 100 | |
| Conflict | 1812.09.26 | W | S | Gunboat | 180 | | 12 | 1840 | | 1832 r.s. Sierre Leone |
| Conflict | 1846.08.05 | W | S | Sloop | 992 | 1628 | 8 | 1863 | | 1848 lengthened to 1848 bm |
| Conflict | 1873.02.11 | W | W | Schooner | 120 | | 1 | 1882 | | |
| Confounder | 1856.05.21 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1864 | | |
| Congo | 1816.01.11 | W | P | Survey schooner | 83 | | 1 | 1826 | | 1816 engine removed |
| Conqueror | 1855.05.02 | W | S | 2nd rate | 3225 | 5720 | 101 | 1861 | | 1861.12.29 wrecked Rum Key, West Indies |
| Conqueror | 1862r | | | | | | | | | See: Waterloo 1833 |
| Conquestador | 1810.08.01 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1773 | | 74 | 1897 | | 1831 4th rate. 1860 powder hulk. |
| Constance | 1846.03.12 | W | W | 4th rate | 2132 | | 50 | 1875 | 101 | 1862 screw |
| Contest | 1846.04.11 | W | W | Brig | 459 | | 12 | 1868 | | |
| Contest | 1874.08.29 | C | S | Gunboat | | 455 | 4 | 1889 | | |
| Conway | 1814.03.10 | W | W | 6th rate | 451 | | 20 | 1825 | | |
| Conway | 1832.02.02 | W | W | 6th rate | 652 | | 26 | 1871 | | 1859 t.s. 1861 = Winchester |
| Conway | 1861r | | | | | | | | | See: Winchester 1822 |
| Conway | 1876r | | | | | | | | | See: Nile 1839 |
| Coquette | 1855.10.25 | W | S | Gunvessel | 677 | | 4 | 1868 | 102 | |
| Coquette | 1871.04.05 | C | S | Gunboat | 295 | 430 | 4 | 1889 | 103 | |
| Cordelia | 1808.07.26 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 239 | | 10 | 1833 | | |
| Cordelia | 1856.07.03 | W | S | Sloop | 579 | 876 | 11 | 1870 | 104 | |
| Cormorant | 1842.03.29 | W | P | 1st class sloop | 1054 | 1379 | 6 | 1853 | | |
| Cormorant | 1856.02.23 | W | S | Gunvessel | 675 | | 4 | 1859 | | 1859.06.28 sunk at Peiho forts |
| Cormorant | 1860.02.09 | W | S | Gunvessel | 695 | 877 | 4 | 1870 | 105 | |
| Cornwall | 1812.01.16 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1751 | | 74 | 1875 | | 1831 50 guns.1869 = Wellesley, t.s. |
| Cornwallis | 1801a | W | W | 4th rate | 1388 | | 54 | 1862 | | Was Marquis Cornwallis, East Indiaman, purchased. 1806 = Akbar, troopship. 1824 h.s. |
| Cornwallis | 1813.05.12 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1809 | | 74 | 1957 | 106 | 1855 screw blockship, 60 guns. 1865 jetty at Sheerness. 1916 = Wildfire, base ship |
| Cornwallis | 1868r | | | | | | | | | See: Wellesley 1815 |
| Coromandel | 1815r | | | | | | | | | See: Malabar 1804 |
| Coromandel | 1855a | W | P | Dispatch vessel | 303 | | | 1866 | | 1855 purchased. 1866 = Naruto (Japanese navy). 1876 broken up. |
| Cossack | 1854.05.15 | W | S | Corvette | 1296 | 1965 | 20 | 1875 | 107 | Laid down as Witjas for Russian navy. seized on stocks 1854.04.05 |
| Courier | 1829a | W | P | Packet | 733 | 912 | | 1854 | | 1824 launched. Acquired for Corfu service (was George IV). 1830 = Hermes. 1835 = Charger, c.h. |
| Cowper | 1860a | W | P | Vessel | 342 | | | 1861 | | 1860 purchased. 1861 sold and renamed !Fei Seen |
| Cracker | 1855.04.02 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 3 | 1864 | | |
| Cracker | 1867.11.27 | C | S | Gunboat | 465 | 605 | 4 | 1889 | 108 | |
| Crane | 1839.05.28 | W | W | Packet brig | 359 | | 6 | 1862 | | |
| Creole | 1845.10.01 | W | W | 6th rate | 911 | | 26 | 1875 | | |
| Crescent | 1810.12.11 | W | W | 5th rate | 1084 | | 38 | 1854 | | 1840 h.s. |
| Crescent | 1854a | W | P | Tender | 90 | | | 1855 | | 1854 purchased |
| Cressy | 1853.07.21 | W | S | 2nd rate | 2539 | 3707 | 80 | 1867 | 109 | Converted to screw on stocks |
| Cressy | 1941r | | | | | | | | | See: Unicorn 1824 |
| Crocodile | 1825.10.28 | W | W | 6th rate | 500 | | 28 | 1861 | | |
| Crocodile | 1867.01.07 | I | S | Troopship | 4173 | 6211 | 3 | 1894 | 110 | |
| Crocus | 1856.06.04 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1864 | | |
| Cromer | 1867.08.20 | W | S | Gunboat | 268 | 330 | 2 | 1886 | 111 | |
| Cruiser | 1857r | | | | | | | | | See: Cruizer 1852 |
| Cruizer | 1828.01.19 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 385 | | 18 | 1849 | | |
| Cruizer | 1852.06.19 | W | S | Sloop | 747 | 1045 | 17 | 1912 | 272 | 1856 = Cruiser. 1893 = Lark, sail t.s. |
| Cuckoo | 1837a | W | P | Packet | 234 | 36 | | 1865 | | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Cinderella. 185? gunboat |
| Cuckoo | 1873.08.14 | I | S | Gunboat | | 254 | 1 | 1958 | | 1912 = Vivid, base ship. 1920 = Vivid (Old). 1923 = YC.37 |
| Cuckoo | 1918r | | | | | | | | | See: Hawk 1869 |
| Cumberland | 1807.08.19 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1718 | | 74 | 1870 | | 1830 convict ship. 1833 = Fortitude |
| Cumberland | 1842.10.21 | W | W | 3rd rate | 2214 | | 70 | 1889 | | 1870 t.s.1889.02.17 burnt on Clyde. |
| Cupid | 1855.11.13 | I | W | Mortar vessel | 102 | | 1 | 1870 | | also called Mortar Float No. 103. 1865 = YC.3 |
| Curacoa | 1809.09.23 | W | W | 5th rate | 956 | | 36 | 1849 | | |
| Curacoa | 1854.04.13 | W | S | Frigate | 1570 | 2385 | 31 | 1869 | 112 | |
| Curlew | 1830.02.25 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 233 | | 10 | 1849 | | |
| Curlew | 1854.05.31 | W | S | Sloop | 486 | 625 | 9 | 1865 | 113 | |
| Curlew | 1868.08.20 | W | S | Gunvessel | 665 | 805 | 3 | 1882 | 114 | |
| Cyclops | 1839.07.10 | W | P | 1st class sloop | 1195 | 1960 | 6 | 1864 | | |
| Cyclops | 1871.07.18 | I | S | Coast defence monitor | | 3480 | 4 | 1903 | 115 | |
| Cygnet | 1840.04.06 | W | W | Brig | 359 | | 8 | 1877 | | 1863 = WV.30, Coastguard. |
| Cygnet | 1860.06.06 | W | S | Gunvessel | 428 | 570 | 5 | 1868 | 116 | |
| Cygnet | 1874.05.30 | C | S | Gunboat | | 455 | 4 | 1889 | | |
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