These tables show all vessels carried on the books of the Royal Navy in the period 1840-1880.
Name | Launched | Fate | H. | P. | Type | B.M. | Disp. | Guns | S.B. | Note |
Bacchante | 1811.03.16 | 1858 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1077 | 38 | 1837 h.s. | ||
Bacchante | 1859.07.30 | 1869 | W | S | Frigate | 2667 | 3631 | 51 | 33 | |
Bacchante | 1876.10.19 | 1897 | I | S | Corvette | 2679 | 4130 | 16 | 34 | |
Bacchus | 1844r | See: Arethusa 1817 | ||||||||
Badger | 1808.07.23 | 1860 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 240 | 10 | 1835 mooring vessel | ||
Badger | 1854.09.23 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 216 | 4 | Laid down as Ranger | ||
Badger | 1872.03.13 | 1908 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 254 | 1 | 35 | ||
Bann | 1856.07.05 | 1873 | I | P | Gunboat | 267 | 291 | 4 | 36 | |
Banshee | 1847.10.13 | 1864 | P | Packet | 670 | |||||
Banterer | 1855.09.29 | 1872 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 37 | ||
Banterer | 1915r | See: Plucky 1870 | ||||||||
Barham | 1811.07.08 | 1840 | W | W | Third rate | 1761 | 74 | 1826.10 50 gun 5th rate | ||
Baron von Humboldt | 1855.09a | 1888 | I | S | Storeship | 440 | Acquired from Treasury. 1856 = Buffalo | |||
Barracouta | 1851.03.31 | 1881 | W | P | Sloop | 1053 | 1676 | 6 | ||
Barrosa | 1812.10.12 | 1841 | W | W | Fifth rate | 947 | 36 | 1823 h.s. | ||
Barrosa | 1860.03.10 | 1877 | W | S | Corvette | 1700 | 2302 | 21 | 38 | |
Basilisk | 1822.05.07 | 1846 | W | W | Cutter | 161 | 6 | |||
Basilisk | 1848.08.22 | 1882 | W | P | 1st class sloop | 1031 | 1710 | 6 | ||
Beacon | 1832r | See: Meteor 1823 | ||||||||
Beacon | 1855.04.21 | 18?? | W | W | Mortar vessel | 117 | 1 | 1855.10 = MV.16. 1862 dockyard lighter | ||
Beacon | 1856.02.11 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | |||
Beacon | 1867.08.17 | 1888 | C | S | Gunvessel | 465 | 603 | 4 | 39 | |
Beagle | 1820.05.11 | 1870 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 237 | 10 | 1825 survey vessel. 1846 Customs w.v. 1863 = WV.7 | ||
Beagle | 1854.07.20 | 1889 | W | S | Gunvessel | 477 | 2 | 1865 = Kanko, Japanese navy | ||
Beagle | 1872.12.05 | 1883 | W | W | Schooner | 120 | 1 | |||
Beaver | 1837a | 1858 | W | P | Packet | 114 | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Salamander. 1845 dockyard lighter | |||
Beaver | 1855.11.28 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 40 | |||
Bee | 1842.02.28 | 1874 | W | P | Training vessel | 42 | 41 | Paddle and screw propulsion | ||
Belleisle | 1819.04.26 | 1872 | W | W | Third rate | 1706 | 6 | 1841 20 gun troopship. 1854 hospital ship | ||
Belleisle | 1876.02.12 | 1904 | I | S | Central battery ironclad | 4870 | 4 | Laid down as Turkish Peyk-i-Sheref. Purchased on stocks. 1900 target. | ||
Bellerophon | 1824r | See: Waterloo 1818 | ||||||||
Bellerophon | 1865.05.26 | 1922 | I | S | Central battery ironclad | 4270 | 7551 | 15 | 42 | 1892 guard ship. 1904 = Indus III, training ship for stokers. |
Bellona | 1818r | See: Indus 1812 | ||||||||
Belvidera | 1809.12.23 | 1906 | W | W | Fifth rate | 946 | 36 | 1846 h.s. | ||
Benbow | 1813.02.03 | 1895 | W | W | Third rate | 1773 | 72 | 1848 h.s.1859 c.h. | ||
Bermuda | 1813.04a | 1841 | W | S | Yacht | 43 | 0 | American prize; ex-'Delaware' pilot-boat | ||
Bermuda | 1848.03 | 1855 | W | W | Schooner | 180 | 3 | 1855.02.24 wrecked on Turks Island, W. Indies | ||
Birkenhead | 1845.12.30 | 1846 | I | P | 2nd class frigate | 1405 | 1918 | 6 | Laid down as Vulcan. 1848 troopship. 1852.02.26 wrecked in Algoa Bay, South Africa | |
Biter | 1855.05.05 | 1904 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 3 | 43 | 1865 c.h. 18?? = C.16 | |
Bittern | 1840.04.18 | 1860 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 484 | 12 | |||
Bittern | 1869.09.20 | 1887 | W | S | Gunvessel | 663 | 805 | 3 | 44 | |
Black Eagle | 1842r | See: Firebrand 1831 | ||||||||
Black Prince | 1816.03.30 | 1855 | W | W | Third rate | 1751 | 74 | 1848 prison ship | ||
Black Prince | 1861.02.27 | 1923 | I | S | Ironclad broadside frigate | 6109 | 9210 | 40 | 46 | Laid down as Invincible. 1899 t.s. 1903 = Emerald. 1910 = Impregnable III |
Blake | 1819r | See: Bombay 1808 | ||||||||
Blanche | 1819.05.26 | 1865 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1074 | 46 | 1852 h.s. | ||
Blanche | 1867.08.17 | 1886 | W | S | Sloop (1876: Corvette) | 1268 | 1682 | 6 | 47 | |
Blazer | 1834.05 | 1853 | W | P | Sloop | 527 | 1843 survey ship | |||
Blazer | 1855.05.05 | 18?? | W | W | Mortar vessel | 117 | 1 | 1855.10 = MV.3. 18??=YC.12. 1867 to Thames Conservancy Board | ||
Blazer | 1856.02.23 | 1877 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 48 | 1868 = YC.29 steam-dredger | ||
Blazer | 1870.12.07 | 1919 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 254 | 1 | 49 | 1904 tender. 1914 gunboat | |
Blenheim | 1813.05.31 | 1865 | W | W | Third rate | 1747 | 74 | 50 | 1831 h.s. 1847 screw blockship 1822 bm, 60 guns | |
Blonde | 1819.01.12 | 1895 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1103 | 46 | 1850 h.s. 1870 = Calypso | ||
Bloodhound | 1845.01.09 | 1866 | I | P | Vessel | 378 | 505 | 1 | 52 | |
Bloodhound | 1871.04.22 | 1921 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 254 | 1 | 53 | 1905 tender. 1917 boom defence vessel | |
Blossom | 1806.12.10 | 1848 | W | W | Sloop | 427 | 18 | 1833 hulk | ||
Blossom | 1856.04.21 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | 2 | 54 | Laid down as Careful | |
Boadicea | 1797.04.12 | 1858 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1052 | 38 | 1854 h.s. | ||
Boadicea | 1875.10.16 | 1905 | I | S | Corvette | 3913 | 16 | 55 | ||
Bombay | 1805a | 1857 | W | W | Fifth rate | 672 | 38 | 1793 launched in Bombay. 1805 purchased. 1808.07.01 = Ceylon | ||
Bombay | 1808.03.28 | 1855 | W | W | Third rate | 1701 | 74 | 1819 = Blake. 1828 h.s. | ||
Bombay | 1828.02.17 | 1864 | W | W | Second rate | 2279 | 84 | 1861 screw 2783 bm 91 guns. 1864.12.14 accidentally burnt off Montevideo | ||
Bonetta | 1836.04.05 | 1861 | W | W | Brigantine | 319 | 3 | |||
Bonetta | 1871.05.22 | 1909 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 254 | 1 | 56 | Sold as salvage vessel Dispenser. 1940.4 lost. | |
Bonita | 1864.08a | 1887 | W | W | Dockyard cutter | 78 | ||||
Boscawen | 1844.04.03 | 1914 | W | W | Third rate | 2212 | 70 | 1874 = Wellesley, t.s. 1914.03 damaged by fire in Tyne and broken up | ||
Boscawen | 1873r | 57 | See: Trafalgar 1841 | |||||||
Boscawen | 1904r | See: Minotaur 1863 | ||||||||
Boscawen III | 1904r | See: Agincourt 1865 | ||||||||
Bouncer | 1856.02.23 | 1871 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 58 | ||
Boxer | 1837.04a | 1841 | P | Packet | 159 | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Ivanhoe | ||||
Boxer | 1855.04.07 | 1865 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 3 | 59 | ||
Boxer | 1868.01.15 | 1887 | C | S | Gunvessel | 605 | 4 | 60 | ||
Boyne | 1810.07.03 | 1861 | W | W | Second rate | 2155 | 98 | 1834 = Excellent gunnery ship. 1859 = Queen Charlotte | ||
Bramble | 1822.04.08 | 1876 | W | W | Cutter | 161 | 10 | 1842 survey vessel. 1853 lent as diving-bell vessel. 1876 sold as lightship | ||
Brave | 1856.02.11 | 1869 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 61 | Never completed for sea | |
Brazen | 1808.05.26 | 1848 | W | W | Sixth rate | 422 | 26 | 1827 floating chapel | ||
Brazen | 1856.02.23 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | |||
Brilliant | 1814.12.28 | 1908 | W | W | Fifth rate | 954 | 36 | 1843 reduced to 22 guns. 1959 RNR t.s. 1889 = Briton | ||
Brisk | 1819.02.10 | 1843 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 237 | 10 | 1830 brgantine | ||
Brisk | 1851.06.02 | 1870 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 1087 | 1474 | 14 | 62 | Sold for mercantile service |
Bristol | 1861.02.12 | 1883 | W | S | Frigate | 3027 | 4020 | 51 | 63 | |
Britannia | 1820.10.20 | 1869 | W | W | First rate | 2616 | 120 | 1859 t.s. | ||
Britannia | 1869r | 64 | See: Prince of Wales 1860 | |||||||
Britomart | 1820.08.24 | 1843 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 237 | 10 | |||
Britomart | 1847.06.12 | 1874 | W | W | Brig | 329 | 8 | 1857 Coastguard. 1863 = WV.25 | ||
Britomart | 1860.05.70 | 1946 | W | S | Gunboat | 268 | 2 | Sold 1892. Resold as mooring hulk | ||
Briton | 1812.04.11 | 1860 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1080 | 38 | 1841 convict ship. 1860 target | ||
Briton | 1869.11.06 | 1887 | W | S | Corvette | 1331 | 1831 | 10 | 65 | |
Briton | 1889r | See: Brilliant 1814 | ||||||||
Bruiser | 1854.12.08 | 1857 | I | S | Provision vessel | 580 | Robert Stephenson purchased on stocks. | |||
Bruizer | 1867.04.23 | 1886 | W | S | Gunboat | 268 | 330 | 2 | 66 | Keel laid down in 1861 |
Brune | 1856.08.30 | 1863 | I | P | Gunboat | 267 | 291 | 2 | ||
Brunswick | 1855.06.01 | 1867 | W | S | Second rate | 2492 | 3632 | 80 | 67 | Converted to screw on stocks |
Buffalo | 1813.11a | 1841 | W | S | Storeship | 589 | 16 | ex-East Indiaman 'Hindostan'. 1831 Timber carrier. 1841.07.28 wrecked in Mercury Bay, New Zealand | ||
Buffalo | 1856r | See: Baron von Humboldt 1855 | ||||||||
Bulldog | 1845.10.02 | 1865 | W | P | 1st class sloop | 1124 | 6 | 68 | 1865.10.23 burnt off Haiti | |
Bulldog | 1872.09.17 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 254 | 1 | 69 | |||
Bullfinch | 1856.02.25 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | |||
Bullfinch | 1868.02.13 | 1885 | W | S | Gunvessel | 664 | 805 | 3 | 70 | |
Bullfrog | 1838.08.17 | 1841 | W | S | Schooner | 96 | 4 | Purchased. Canadian lakes. | ||
Bullfrog | 1855.10.06 | 1875 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 71 | ||
Bulwark | 1885r | See: Howe 1860 | ||||||||
Bulwark | 1919r | See: Howe 1860 | ||||||||
Bustard | 1855.10.20 | 1869 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 72 | ||
Bustard | 1871.01.07 | 1921 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 254 | 1 | 73 | ||
Bustler | 1855a | 1894 | W | P | Tug | 217 | Built 1854 as mercantile Merry Andrew | |||
Buzzard | 1834.03.23 | 1843 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 237 | 3 | |||
Buzzard | 1849.03.24 | 1883 | W | P | Sloop | 980 | 1530 | 6 |