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 |
Eagle | 1804.02.27 | 1926 | W | W | Third rate | 1706 | 74 | 0 | 1830.04 50 gun 4th rate.1860 t.s. 1918=Eaglet. 1926 accidentally burnt | |
Eaglet | 1918r | 0 | See: Eagle 1804 | |||||||
Earnest | 1856.03.29 | 1885 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | |||
Echo | 1827.05.28 | 1885 | W | P | Gunvessel | 295 | 2 | 145 | ||
Eclair | 1844r | See: Infernal 1843 | ||||||||
Eclipse | 1819.07.03 | 1863 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 235 | 10 | 1836 Coastguard. 1863 = WV.21 | ||
Eclipse | 1860.09.18 | 1867 | W | S | Gunvessel | 700 | 877 | 4 | 146 | |
Eclipse | 1867.11.14 | 1921 | W | S | Sloop (1876: Corvette) | 1276 | 1760 | 6 | 147 | Laid down as Sappho. 1888-1892 lent War Dept. |
Edgar | 1858.10.23 | 1904 | W | S | Second rate | 3094 | 5158 | 91 | 148 | 1870 lent Customs as hulk |
Edinburgh | 1811.01.26 | 1866 | W | W | Third rate | 1772 | 74 | 149 | 1846 screw blockship 60 guns | |
Egeria | 1807.10.31 | 1865 | W | W | Sixth rate | 424 | 26 | |||
Egeria | 1873.11.01 | 1911 | C | S | Sloop | 940 | 4 | 1886 survey ship | ||
Egmont | 1810.03.07 | 1875 | W | W | Third rate | 1760 | 74 | |||
Egmont | 1904r | See: Achilles 1863 | ||||||||
Egremont | 1918r | See: Achilles 1863 | ||||||||
Electra | 1837.09.28 | 1862 | W | W | Sloop | 462 | 18 | |||
Elfin | 1849.02.08 | 1901 | W | P | Yacht | 98 | ||||
Elizabeth | 1873 | 1921 | Tank vessel | 150 | ||||||
Elk | 1847.09.27 | 1893 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 482 | 16 | 1863 = WV.13, Coastguard. 1863.5 = WV.28 | ||
Elk | 1868.01.10 | 1905 | C | S | Gunvessel | 465 | 603 | 4 | 151 | 1890 tug. 1905 sold as dredger |
Emerald | 1820a | 1847 | W | W | Tender | 86 | ||||
Emerald | 1856.07.19 | 1869 | W | S | Frigate | 2913 | 3503 | 51 | 152 | Laid down as 4th rate 60 guns 2146 bm |
Emerald | 1876.08.18 | 1906 | C | P | Corvette | 1864 | 2120 | 12 | 1898 powder hulk | |
Emerald | 1903r | See: Black Prince 1861 | ||||||||
Emerald | 1918r | See: Hawk 1869 | ||||||||
Emperor | 1856a | 1858 | P | Yacht | Became Banyru (Japanese) | |||||
Empress | 1890r | See: Revenge 1859 | ||||||||
Emulous | 1819.12.16 | 1864 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 235 | 10 | 1841 Coastguard | ||
Enchantress | 1862.02.02 | 1889 | W | P | Admiralty yacht | 835 | 985 | 2 | ||
Enchantress | 1888r | See: Helicon 1865 | ||||||||
Encounter | 1846.09.24 | 1866 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 953 | 1934 | 14 | 153 | Converted to screw on stocks |
Encounter | 1873.01.01 | 1888 | W | S | Corvette | 1970 | 14 | 154 | ||
Endymion | 1797.03.29 | 1868 | W | W | Fourth rate | 1277 | 50 | 1860 h.s. | ||
Endymion | 1865.11.18 | 1885 | W | S | Frigate | 2486 | 3200 | 36 | ||
Enterprise | 1848.04.05 | 1903 | W | W | Survey sloop | 471 | 1860 c.h. | |||
Enterprise | 1864.02.09 | 1886 | C | S | Central battery ironclad sloop | 993 | 1530 | 4 | 155 | Laid down as Circassian, Camelion class wooden screw sloop |
Erebus | 1826.06.07 | 1848 | W | W | Bomb vessel | 378 | 14 | 1844 screw discovery vessel. 1848 abandoned in Artic | ||
Erebus | 1856.04.19 | 1884 | I | S | Floating battery | 1854 | 1954 | 16 | 156 | |
Erebus | 1904r | See: Invincible 1869 | ||||||||
Erne | 1856.02.18 | 1874 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 157 | ||
Escort | 1856.05.05 | 1865 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 158 | ||
Esk | 1854.06.12 | 1870 | W | S | Corvette | 1169 | 1900 | 20 | 159 | |
Esk | 1877.04.28 | 1903 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 363 | 3 | |||
Espiegle | 1844.04.20 | 1861 | W | W | Brig | 443 | 12 | |||
Espiegle | 1880.08.03 | 1921 | C | S | Sloop | 1130 | 6 | |||
Espoir | 1826.05.09 | 1857 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 233 | 10 | |||
Espoir | 1860.01.07 | 1881 | W | S | Gunvessel | 428 | 570 | 5 | 160 | 1869 = YC.19, dredger |
Ethalion | 1802.07.29 | 1877 | W | W | Fifth rate | 996 | 36 | 1823 h.s. 1835 lent as breakwater at Harwich | ||
Euphrates | 1834 | 18?? | P | Gunboat | 179 | |||||
Euphrates | 1866.11.24 | 1894 | I | S | Troopship | 4173 | 6211 | 3 | 161 | |
Eurotas | 1829.02.19 | 1865 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1170 | 46 | 162 | 1856 mortar frigate 2 mortars | |
Euryalus | 1803.06.06 | 1860 | W | W | Fifth rate | 946 | 36 | 1826 prison ship. 1859 = Africa | ||
Euryalus | 1853.10.05 | 1867 | W | S | Frigate | 2371 | 3125 | 51 | 163 | |
Euryalus | 1877.01.31 | 1897 | I | S | Corvette | 2690 | 4070 | 16 | ||
Eurydice | 1843.05.16 | 1878 | W | W | Sixth rate | 908 | 24 | 1861 t.s. 1878.03.24 foundered off Isle of Wight | ||
Excellent | 1834r | See: Boyne 1810 | ||||||||
Excellent | 1859r | See: Queen Charlotte 1810 | ||||||||
Exmouth | 1854.07.12 | 1905 | W | S | Second rate | 3100 | 4382 | 90 | 164 | Converted to screw on stocks. 1877 lent to Metropolitan Asylums Board |
Experiment | 1838a | 1848 | W | P | 220 | 2 | Ex-mercantile, converted to paddle after purchase. 1847 sold | |||
Express | 1835.10.08 | 1862 | W | W | Packet brig | 362 | ||||
Express | 1874.07.16 | 1889 | C | S | Gunboat | 455 | 4 | |||
Fair Rosamond | 1830.02a | 1845 | W | W | Vessel | Ex-slaver Dos Amigos | ||||
Fairy | 1826.04.25 | 1840 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 233 | 10 | 1832 survey vessel. 1840.11.13 wrecked on Sussex coast with loss of all hands | ||
Fairy | 1845.03 | 1868 | I | S | Yacht | 312 | 165 | |||
Falcon | 1854.08.10 | 1869 | W | S | Sloop | 748 | 1139 | 17 | 166 | |
Falcon | 1877.01.04 | 1920 | C | S | Gunvessel | 780 | 3 | 1891 hulk for torpedo range. 1920 sold to E.W. Payne & Co. | ||
Falmouth | 1807 | 1883 | W | W | Schooner | 160 | 1808 dockyard service. 1824 = mortar vessel. 1846 = lighter YC.1. 1870 = YC.46. 1870.11 = Falmouth | |||
Falmouth | 1870r | See: Falmouth 1807 | ||||||||
Fame | 1842r | See: Dragon 1798 | ||||||||
Fancy | 1855.03.31 | 1905 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 3 | 167 | 1876 hulk | |
Fanny | 1831.02.28 | 1863 | W | W | Cutter yacht | 136 | Laid down (and launched?) as Admiralty | |||
Fantome | 1839.05.30 | 1864 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 483 | 16 | |||
Fantome | 1873.03.26 | 1889 | C | S | Sloop | 727 | 940 | 4 | ||
Favorite | 1836r | See: Favourite 1829 | ||||||||
Favorite | 1864.07.05 | 1886 | W | S | Central battery ironclad corvette | 2094 | 3232 | 10 | 168 | Laid down as wooden screw sloop |
Favourite | 1829.04.21 | 1905 | W | W | Sloop | 434 | 18 | 1836 = Favorite. 1859 c.h. 18?? = C.3. 18?? = C.77 | ||
Fawn | 1840.05a | 18?? | W | W | Brigantine | 169 | 6 | ex-slaver Caroline. 1842 tank vessel. 1846.05 sold Natal Colonial Government | ||
Fawn | 1856.09.30 | 1884 | W | S | Sloop | 751 | 1045 | 17 | 169 | |
Fearless | 1837.08a | 1875 | W | P | Survey vessel | 165 | 170 | 1831 launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Flamer | ||
Fenella | 1856.05.19 | 1878 | W | S | Gunboat | 233 | 2 | 171 | 1867 steam-dredger | |
Ferret | 1840.06.01 | 1869 | W | W | Brig | 358 | 8 | 1869.03.29 wrecked off Dover pier | ||
Fervent | 1804.12.15 | 1879 | W | W | Gun-brig | 179 | 12 | 1816 mooring lighter | ||
Fervent | 1856.01.23 | 1879 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 172 | ||
Fidget | 1856.04.07 | 1863 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | 2 | |||
Fidget | 1872.03.13 | 1905 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 254 | 1 | 173 | 1905 hulk | |
Firebrand | 1831.07.11 | 1876 | W | P | Gunvessel | 495 | 510 | 6 | 45 | 1842 = Black Eagle admiralty yacht, 540 bm, 715 disp |
Firebrand | 1842.09.06 | 1864 | W | P | 2nd class frigate | 1190 | 1960 | 4 | 174 | Laid down as Belzebub |
Firebrand | 1877.04.30 | 1905 | C | S | Gunboat | 455 | 4 | |||
Firefly | 1832.09.29 | 1866 | W | P | Gunvessel | 550 | 677 | 5 | 175 | 1858 survey vessel |
Firefly | 1868 | 1908 | Tug | 176 | ||||||
Firefly | 1877.06.28 | 1931 | C | S | Gunboat | 455 | 4 | |||
Firequeen | 1847.07a | 1883 | I | P | Tender | 313 | ||||
Firm | 1855.03.01 | 1858 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 117 | 1 | 1855 = MV.11 | ||
Firm | 1856.03.22 | 1872 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 177 | ||
Firm | 1877.02.14 | 1907 | C | S | Gunboat | 455 | 4 | |||
Fisgard | 1819.07.08 | 1879 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1068 | 46 | |||
Fisgard | 1904r | See: Audacious 1869 | ||||||||
Fisgard II | 1906r | See: Invincible 1869 | ||||||||
Fisgard II | 1915r | See: Hercules 1868 | ||||||||
Fisgard III | 1905r | See: Hindostan 1841 | ||||||||
Fisgard IV | 1906r | See: Sultan 1870 | ||||||||
Flamer | 1804.05.08 | 1858 | W | W | Gun-brig | 178 | 12 | 1815 h.s. 1841 Coastguard | ||
Flamer | 1831.08.11 | 1850 | W | P | Gunvessel | 495 | 510 | 6 | 1850.11.22 wrecked off West Africa | |
Flamer | 1855.03.31 | 1901 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 117 | 1 | 1856 = MV.10. 1866 = YC.5 | ||
Flamer | 1856.04.10 | 1874 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 178 | 1867 hulk. Blown ashore in typhoon | |
Flamingo | 1876.12.13 | 1923 | C | S | Gunvessel | 780 | 3 | 1891 = hulk. 1923 sold to Plymouth Port Sanitary Authority. 1931 broken up | ||
Flirt | 1856.06.07 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | 2 | |||
Flirt | 1867.12.20 | 1888 | C | S | Gunvessel | 464 | 603 | 4 | 179 | |
Flora | 1844.09.11 | 1891 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1634 | 36 | 1851 h.s. | ||
Fly | 1831.08.25 | 1903 | W | W | Sloop | 485 | 18 | 1855 c.h. 18?? = C.2. 18?? = C.70 | ||
Fly | 1856.04.05 | 1862 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | |||
Fly | 1867.12.20 | 1887 | C | S | Gunvessel | 464 | 603 | 4 | 180 | |
Flying Fish | 1844.04.03 | 1852 | W | W | Brig | 445 | 12 | |||
Flying Fish | 1855.12.10 | 1866 | W | S | Gunvessel | 871 | 6 | 181 | ||
Flying Fish | 1873.11.08 | 1888 | C | S | Sloop | 940 | 4 | Laid down as Daring. 1880 survey ship. | ||
Foam | 1856.05.08 | 1867 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 182 | ||
Foam | 1871.08.29 | 1887 | C | S | Gunboat | 430 | 4 | 183 | ||
Forester | 1832.08.28 | 1843 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 229 | 3 | |||
Forester | 1856.01.23 | 1871 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 184 | 1868 = YC.7. Wrecked in typhoon | |
Forester | 1877.02.26 | 1904 | C | S | Gunboat | 455 | 4 | 1894 c.h. | ||
Formidable | 1825.05.19 | 1906 | W | W | Second rate | 2289 | 3594 | 84 | 1869 t.s. | |
Forte | 1814.05.21 | 1844 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1155 | 38 | |||
Forte | 1858.05.29 | 1905 | W | S | Frigate | 2364 | 3456 | 51 | 185 | 1880 r.s. 1894 c.h. 1905.11.23 burnt by accident at Sheerness |
Forte | 1890r | See: Pembroke 1812 | ||||||||
Forth | 1833.08.01 | 1883 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1215 | 1792 | 44 | 1856 mortar frigate 2 mortars. 1869 = Jupiter, c.h. | |
Fortitude | 1833r | See: Cumberland 1807 | ||||||||
Forward | 1855.12.08 | 1869 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 186 | 1869 sold Esquimalt for mercentile service | |
Forward | 1877.01.29 | 1904 | C | S | Gunboat | 455 | 4 | 1892 c.h. | ||
Foudroyant | 1798.03.31 | 1897 | W | W | Second rate | 2062 | 80 | 1820 guardship. 1862 t.s. 1897.06.16 wrecked near Blackpool | ||
Foudroyant | 1897r | See: Trincomalee 1817 | ||||||||
Fox | 1829.08.17 | 1882 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1080 | 46 | 1856 screw transport. 1862 storeship. | ||
Foxhound | 1856.08.16 | 1866 | W | S | Gunvessel | 681 | 4 | 187 | ||
Foxhound | 1877.01.29 | 1975 | C | S | Gunboat | 455 | 2 | |||
Frederick William | 1860.03.24 | 1953 | W | S | First rate | 3241 | 4725 | 86 | Laid down as Royal Frederick. 1876 = Worchester, t.s. 1948.08.30 foundered in the Thames. 1953 raised and broken up | |
Frolic | 1842.08.23 | 1864 | W | W | Sloop | 511 | 16 | |||
Frolic | 1872.02.29 | 1908 | C | S | Gunvessel | 462 | 610 | 4 | 188 | 1888 drillship. 1893 = WV.30, Coastguard. 1897 = WV.41 |
Furious | 1850.08.26 | 1884 | W | P | 2nd class frigate | 1287 | 14 | 189 | 1867 c.h. | |
Fury | 1834a | 1843 | W | P | vessel | 166 | 0 | 1834.07.31 purchased in Bermuda | ||
Fury | 1845.12.31 | 1864 | W | P | 1st class sloop | 1124 | 6 |