Royal Navy vessels: C

Royal Navy vessels - 1840-1880

Vessels A; B; C; D; E - F; G - H; I - L; M; N - P; Q - R; S; T - U; V - Z; ??

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
Cadmus	1808.02.26	1864	W	W	Brig-sloop	237		10		1835 Coastguard w.v. 1863 = WV.24
Cadmus	1856.05.20	1879	W	S	Corvette	1461	2216	21
Cadmus	1863r									See: Despatch 1851
Caesar	1853.08.07	1870	W	S	Second rate	2767	3250	91		Converted to screw on stocks
Calcutta	1831.03.14	1908	W	W	Second rate	2299		84		1865 gunnery ship
Calcutta	1909r									See: Hercules 1868
Caledonia	1808.06.25	1875	W	W	First rate	2616		120		1856 = Dreadnought, hospital ship
Caledonia	1862.10.24	1886	W	S	Broadside ironclad frigate	4125	6832	30	74	Laid down as 2nd rate, 91 guns
Caledonia	1891r									See: Impregnable 1810
Calliope	1837.10.05	1883	W	W	Sixth rate	717		28		1860 floating chapel. 1865 factory
Calypso	1845.05	1866	W	W	Sixth rate	731		20
Calypso	1870r									See: Blonde 1819
Cambrian	1841.07.05	1892	W	W	Fifth rate	1622		36		1872 hulk. 1880 floating factory
Cambridge	1815.06.23	1869	W	W	Third rate	2139		80		1856 gunnery ship
Cambridge	1869r								75	See: Windsor Castle 1858
Camel	1855.04.21	1901	W	W	Mortar vessel	117		1		1855.10 = MV.14. 1871 = YC.6, crane lighter
Camel	1856.05.03	1864	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	76
Camel	1866	1913	I	P	Tug	319	521	0	77
Cameleon	1816.01.16	1849	W	W	Brig-sloop	240		10
Camelion	1860.02.23	1883	W	S	Sloop (1862: Corvette)	952	1365	17	78
Camilla	1847.09.08	1861	W	W	Brig	549		16		1860 presumed foundered on China station with all hands
Camperdown	1825r									See: Trafalgar 1820
Canopus	1798a	1887	W	W	Third rate	2257		84		Was Franklin (French) captured 1798.08.01 at the Nile. 1863 h.s.
Captain	1869.03.27	1870	I	S	Turret ship	4272	7767	6		Ships book ADM 136/3. 1870.09.07 capsized in storm off Cape Finisterre
Caradoc	1847.07.03	1870	I	P	Gunboat	676		1	79
Carnatic	1823.10.21	1914	W	W	Third rate	1790		72		Never commissioned. 1860 c.h. 1886 powder hulk. 1886-1891 lent War Dept.
Carnation	1855.10.20	1863	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	80
Caroline	1856.05.09	1862	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	81
Carron	1827.01.09	1877	W	P	Gunvessel	295		2
Carron	1855.04.28	1884	W	W	Mortar vessel	160		1		1855.10 = MV.17. 1866 hulk
Carron	1867	1885		P	Tug				82
Carysfort	1836.08.12	1861	W	W	Sixth rate	911		26
Carysfort	1878.09.26	1899	S	S	Corvette		2380	14
Cassius	1847a	1852	W	W	Diving-bell vessel					Was U.S.A. schooner
Castlereagh	1846a	1848	W	W	Survey schooner
Castor	1832.05.02	1902	W	W	Fifth rate	1293	1808	26		1860 t.s.
Celebes	1806a		W	W	Fifth rate			36		1806.07.26 Dutch Pallas captured in East Indies. Originally renamed Macassar
Centaur	1845.10.06	1864	W	P	2nd class frigate	1270	2100	6
Centurion	1844.05.02	1870	W	W	Second rate	2580		80	83	1855 screw
Cerberus	1827.03.30	1866	W	W	Fifth rate	1079		46		Never commissioned
Cerberus	1868.12.02	1924	I	S	Breastwork monitor		3340	4		1918=Platypus II d.s.
Ceylon	1808r		W	W						See: Bombay 1805
Challenger	1858.02.13	1921	W	S	Corvette	1465	2137	21	84	1872 survey ship 4 guns. 1880 hulk
Champion	1824.05.31	1867	W	W	Sloop	456		18		Wrecked as a target
Champion	1878.07.01	1931	S	S	Corvette		2380	14
Chanticleer	1808.07.26	1871	W	W	Brig-sloop	237		10		1828 survey ship. 1830 Customs watch vessel. 1863.05.25 = WV.5
Chanticleer	1861.02.09	1875	W	S	Sloop (1862: Corvette)	950	1419	17	85
Charger	1835r									See: Courier 1829
Charger	1855.11.13	1887	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	86	1866 buoy boat. 18?? = YC.3. 1887 sold for mercantile service as Rescue
Charon	1837.04a	1849	W	P	Packet	125				Transferred from Post Office, ex-Crusader. 1849 sold to Trinity House
Charon	1856.02.09	1865	W	S	Gunboat	232		4
Charybdis	1831.02.27	1843	W	W	Brig-sloop	232		3
Charybdis	1859.06.01	1884	W	S	Corvette	1506	2187	21		1881-1882 lent to Canadian govt as t.s.
Chasseur	1855a	1901	I	P	Floating factory	543
Chatham	1741.10.01	1867	W	W	Yacht	74		6		1793 rebuilt 93 bm. 1842 rebuilt 104 bm
Cheerful	1855.10.06	1869	W	S	Gunboat	212		2	87
Cherokee	1842.09.22	1851	W	P	Vessel	750				Illustration from Toronto Public Library website
Cherokee	1856.04.30	1869	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	88	Never completed for sea
Cherub	1865.03.27	1890	W	S	Gunboat	268	330	2
Chesapeake	1855.09.27	1867	W	S	Frigate	2377	3334	51	89
Chester	1861.03.14	1925	I	S	Tank vessel	164	234	0	90
Chichester	1843.07.12	1889	W	W	Fourth rate	1468		52		1866 lent as t.s.
Childers	1827.08.23	1865	W	W	Brig-sloop	385		16
Chub	1855.10.15	1869	W	S	Gunboat	212		2	91
Circassian	1854.07a	1856	W	P	Vessel	170		0		1854.07.21 purchased at Constantinople ex-Swan. 1856.07.28 sold
Circe	1827.09.22	1922	W	W	Fifth rate	1079		46		1866 h.s. 1916 = Impregnable IV
Clarence	1827.07.25	1884	W	W	Second rate	2288		84		Laid down as Goliath. 1872 t.s. 1884.01.17 accidentally burnt on Mersey
Clarence	1885r									See: Royal William 1833
Cleopatra	1835.04.28	1862	W	W	Sixth rate	918		26
Cleopatra	1878.08.01	1931	S	S	Corvette		2380	14		1922.01 = Defiance III
Clinker	1813.07.15	1867	W	W	Gun-brig	183		12		1831 Coastguard. 1863 = WV.12
Clinker	1855.04.02	1871	W	S	Gunboat	232		3	92
Clinker	1882r									See: Wave 1856
Clio	1807.01.10	1845	W	W	Brig-sloop	389		18
Clio	1858.08.28	1919	W	S	Corvette	1462	2187	21		1877 t.s.
Clown	1856.05.20	1871	W	S	Gunboat	233			93	1867 coal lighter. 18?? = YC.1. 18?? = YC.6. 1871 lost
Clyde	1828.10.09	1904	W	W	Fifth rate	1081	1447	46		1870 = RNR drill ship
Cochin	1820.04.23	1850	W	W	Schooner	54				1840 tank vessel
Cochin	1856.04.08	1863	W	S	Gunboat	232		4
Cockatrice	1832.05.14	1858	W	W	Schooner	182		6
Cockatrice	1860.05.26	1885	W	S	Gunboat	268	330	2	94	1882 = YC.10 luggage lighter
Cockchafer	1855.11.24	1872	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	95
Colleen	1905r									See: Hawk 1869
Colleen (old)	1916r									See: Hawk 1869
Collingwood	1841.08.17	1867	W	W	Second rate	2589		80	96	1861 screw
Colossus	1848.06.01	1867	W	W	Second rate	2590		80	97	1855 screw
Columbia	1829.07.01	1859	W	P	Packet	361	504	3		1842 survey vessel. 1857 c.h.
Columbine	1826.12.01	1892	W	W	Sloop	492		18		1849 12 gun brig. 1854 c.h.
Columbine	1862.04.02	1875	W	S	Sloop	669	913	11	98
Comet	1822.05.23	1868	W	P	Tug and ferry	238	239	2	99	First steamship ordered by Admiralty
Comet	1828.08.11	1862	W	W	Sloop	462		18		1832 = Comus
Comet	1869r									See: Thunderer 1831
Comet	1870.12.08	1908	I	S	Flatiron gunboat		254	1
Comus	1832r									See: Comet 1828
Comus	1878.04.03	1904	S	S	Corvette		2380	14
Condor	1876.12.28	1889	C	S	Gunvessel		780	3		1889: sold to George Cohen
Confiance	1827.03.28	1873	W	P	Gunvessel	295		2	100
Conflict	1812.09.26	1840	W	W	Gun-brig	180		12		1832 r.s. Sierre Leone
Conflict	1846.08.05	1863	W	S	Sloop	992	1628	8		1848 lengthened to 1848 bm
Conflict	1873.02.11	1882	W	W	Schooner	120		1
Confounder	1856.05.21	1864	W	S	Gunboat	232		4
Conqueror	1855.05.02	1861	W	S	Second rate	3225	5720	101		1861.12.29 wrecked Rum Key, West Indies
Conqueror	1862r									See: Waterloo 1833
Conquest	1878.10.28	1899	S	S	Corvette		2380	14
Conquestador	1810.08.01	1897	W	W	Third rate	1773		74		1831 4th rate. 1860 powder hulk.
Constance	1846.03.12	1875	W	W	Fourth rate	2132		50	101	1862 screw
Constance	1880.06.09	1899	S	S	Corvette		2380	14
Contest	1846.04.11	1868	W	W	Brig	459		12
Contest	1874.08.29	1889	C	S	Gunboat		455	4
Conway	1832.02.02	1871	W	W	Sixth rate	652		26		1859 t.s. 1861 = Winchester
Conway	1861r									See: Winchester 1822
Conway	1876r									See: Nile 1839
Coquette	1855.10.25	1868	W	S	Gunvessel	677		4	102
Coquette	1871.04.05	1889	C	S	Gunboat	295	430	4	103
Cordelia	1856.07.03	1870	W	S	Sloop	579	876	11	104
Cormorant	1842.03.29	1853	W	P	1st class sloop	1054	1379	6
Cormorant	1856.02.23	1859	W	S	Gunvessel	675		4		1859.06.28 sunk at Peiho forts
Cormorant	1860.02.09	1870	W	S	Gunvessel	695	877	4	105
Cormorant	1877.09.12	1949	C	S	Sloop		1130	6		1946 = Rooke
Cornwall	1812.01.16	1875	W	W	Third rate	1751		74		1831 50 guns.1869 = Wellesley, t.s.
Cornwallis	1805a	1862	W	W	Fourth rate	1388		54		Was Marquis Cornwallis, East Indiaman, purchased. 1811 = Akbar. 1852 t.s.
Cornwallis	1813.05.12	1957	W	W	Third rate	1809		74	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	1866	W	P	Dispatch vessel	303				1855 purchased. 1866 = Naruto (Japanese navy). 1876 broken up.
Cossack	1854.05.15	1875	W	S	Corvette	1296	1965	20	107	Laid down as Witjas for Russian navy. seized on stocks 1854.04.05
Courier	1829a	1854	W	P	Packet	733	912			1824 launched. Acquired for Corfu service (was George IV). 1830 = Hermes. 1835 = Charger, c.h.
Cowper	1860a	1861	W	P	Vessel	342				1860 purchased. 1861 sold and renamed !Fei Seen
Cracker	1826	1842	W	S	Cutter	47				Purchased. 1832 training hulk for artificers. Date of sale uncertain
Cracker	1855.04.02	1864	W	S	Gunboat	232		3
Cracker	1867.11.27	1889	C	S	Gunvessel	465	605	4	108
Crane	1839.05.28	1862	W	W	Packet brig	359		6
Creole	1845.10.01	1875	W	W	Sixth rate	911		26		Never commissioned. 1870 lent to Cork Industrial Training Ship Organisation
Crescent	1810.12.11	1854	W	W	Fifth rate	1084		38		1840 h.s.
Crescent	1854a	1855	W	P	Tender	90				1854 purchased
Cressy	1853.07.21	1867	W	S	Second rate	2539	3707	80	109	Converted to screw on stocks
Cressy	1941r									See: Unicorn 1824
Crocodile	1825.10.28	1861	W	W	Sixth rate	500		28
Crocodile	1867.01.07	1894	I	S	Troopship	4173	6211	3	110
Crocus	1856.06.04	1864	W	S	Gunboat	232		4
Cromer	1867.08.20	1886	W	S	Gunboat	268	330	2	111
Cruiser	1857r									See: Cruizer 1852
Cruizer	1828.01.19	1849	W	W	Brig-sloop	385		18
Cruizer	1852.06.19	1912	W	S	Sloop	747	1045	17	272	1856 = Cruiser. 1893 = Lark, sail t.s.
Cuckoo	1837a	1865	W	P	Packet	234	36			Transferred from Post Office, ex-Cinderella. 185? gunboat
Cuckoo	1873.08.14	1958	I	S	Flatiron gunboat		254	1		1912 = Vivid, base ship. 1920 = Vivid (Old). 1923 = YC.37
Cuckoo	1918r									See: Hawk 1869
Cumberland	1807.08.19	1870	W	W	Third rate	1718		74		1830 convict ship. 1833 = Fortitude
Cumberland	1842.10.21	1889	W	W	Third rate	2214		70		1870 t.s.1889.02.17 burnt on Clyde.
Cupid	1855.11.13	1870	I	W	Mortar vessel	102		1		also called Mortar Float No. 103. 1865 = YC.3
Curacoa	1809.09.23	1849	W	W	Fifth rate	956		36
Curacoa	1854.04.13	1869	W	S	Frigate	1570	2385	31	112
Curacoa	1878.04.18	1904	S	S	Corvette		2380	14
Curlew	1830.02.25	1849	W	W	Brig-sloop	233		10
Curlew	1854.05.31	1865	W	S	Sloop	486	625	9	113
Curlew	1868.08.20	1882	W	S	Gunvessel	665	805	3	114
Cyclops	1839.07.10	1864	W	P	1st class sloop	1195	1960	6
Cyclops	1871.07.18	1903	I	S	Coast defence monitor		3480	4	115
Cygnet	1840.04.06	1877	W	W	Brig	359		8		1863 = WV.30, Coastguard.
Cygnet	1860.06.06	1868	W	S	Gunvessel	428	570	5	116
Cygnet	1874.05.30	1889	C	S	Gunboat		455	4

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