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 |
Macedonian | 1810.06.02 | 18?? | W | W | Fifth rate | 1082 | 38 | 1812.10.25 captured by Americans in the Altantic | ||
Mackerel | 1856.03.08 | 1862 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | |||
Madagascar | 1822.11.15 | 1863 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1167 | 46 | 1853 harbour storeship | ||
Maeander | 1840.05.05 | 1870 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1221 | 44 | 1870.07 wrecked at Ascension | ||
Magdala | 1870.03.02 | 1904 | I | S | Breastwork monitor | 3340 | 4 | Coastal defence ship for the harbour of Bombay (now Mumbai) | ||
Magicienne | 1812.08.08 | 1845 | W | W | Fifth rate | 949 | 36 | 1831 24 gun 6th rate | ||
Magicienne | 1849.03.02 | 1865 | W | P | 2nd class frigate | 1255 | 2300 | 16 | 293 | |
Magnet | 1823.03.30 | 1847 | W | W | Packet brig | 237 | 3 | |||
Magnet | 1855.10.19 | 1867 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 155 | 1 | 1855.10 = MV.15. 1857 dockyard craft | ||
Magnet | 1856.01.29 | 1874 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 294 | ||
Magnificent | 1806.08.30 | 1843 | W | W | Third rate | 1732 | 74 | 1823 r.s. 1825 hospital ship | ||
Magpie | 1830.09.30 | 1908 | W | W | Cutter | 108 | 4 | 1845 = YC.6, dockyard tank vessel | ||
Magpie | 1855.03.15 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 3 | 1864.04.03 wrecked Galway Bay | ||
Magpie | 1868.02.12 | 1885 | W | S | Gunvessel | 665 | 774 | 4 | 295 | 1878 survey vessel |
Maidstone | 1811.10.18 | 1865 | W | W | Fifth rate | 947 | 36 | 1832 r.s. 1839 c.h. | ||
Majestic | 1853.12.01 | 1868 | W | S | Second rate | 2589 | 3482 | 80 | 296 | Converted to screw on stocks |
Malabar | 1804.05a | 1853 | W | W | Fourth rate | 935 | 56 | ex-Cuvera, purchased. 1805 storeship. 1815 = Coromandel. 1827 convict ship | ||
Malabar | 1818.12.28 | 1905 | W | W | Third rate | 1715 | 74 | 1848 c.h. 1883 = Myrtle | ||
Malabar | 1866.12.08 | 1918 | I | S | Troopship | 4189 | 3 | 297 | 1897 base ship. 1901 = Terror | |
Malacca | 1853.04.09 | 1869 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 1034 | 1758 | 17 | 298 | Converted to screw on stocks. Resold to Japanese navy as Tsukuba |
Mallard | 1875.08.04 | 1889 | C | S | Gunboat | 455 | 4 | |||
Malta | 1854a | 1856 | P | Tender | ex-Britannia | |||||
Malta | 1875.01.21 | 1921 | I | P | Tug | 375 | 530 | 0 | Sold as mercantine Benshie | |
Manilla | 1861r | See: Atalante 1860 | ||||||||
Manilla | 1870a | 1872 | Storeship | 373 | Purchased, ex-Ingeburg | |||||
Manly | 1855.05.16 | 1866 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 117 | 1 | 1855.10 = MV.6. 1866 hulked | ||
Manly | 1856.01.29 | 1863 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | |||
Manly | 1868.04.23 | 1912 | I | P | Tug | 135 | 188 | 0 | 299 | |
Marianne | 1858a | 1867 | W | W | Receiving ship | 490 | ex-slaver purchased | |||
Mariner | 1846.10.19 | 1865 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 481 | 16 | |||
Mariner | 1878r | See: Juno 1844 | ||||||||
Marlborough | 1855.07.31 | 1924 | W | S | First rate | 3853 | 6065 | 131 | 1878 t.s. 1904 = Vernon II. Capsized in tow to breakers | |
Mars | 1848.07.01 | 1929 | W | W | Second rate | 2576 | 3482 | 80 | 300 | 1855 screw. 1869 lent as t.s. |
Martin | 1850.09.19 | 1907 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 481 | 16 | 1890 = Kingfisher, t.s. | ||
Mastiff | 1813.09.25 | 1851 | W | W | Gun-brig | 184 | 12 | 1825 survey vessel | ||
Mastiff | 1855.05.05 | 1875 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 117 | 1 | 1855.10 = MV.7. 1864 = WV.37, Coastguard | ||
Mastiff | 1856.02.22 | 1863 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | Laid down as Hound | ||
Mastiff | 1871.04.04 | 1931 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 254 | 1 | 301 | 1914 = Snapper | |
Mayflower | 1856.01.31 | 1867 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 302 | ||
Medea | 1833.09.02 | 1867 | W | P | 2nd class sloop | 835 | 1142 | 4 | 304 | |
Medina | 1840.03.18 | 1864 | W | P | Packet | 889 | ||||
Medina | 1876.08.03 | 1904 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 363 | 3 | |||
Medusa | 1838.10.31 | 1872 | W | P | Packet | 889 | 305 | |||
Medway | 1812.11.19 | 1865 | W | W | Third rate | 1768 | 74 | 1847 convict ship | ||
Medway | 1876.10.03 | 1904 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 363 | 3 | |||
Meeanee | 1848.11.11 | 1906 | W | W | Second rate | 2591 | 80 | 303 | Laid down as Madras. 1857 screw 60 guns. 1867 lent War Dept as hospital ship | |
Megaera | 1837.08.17 | 1843 | W | P | Sloop | 720 | 1006 | 2 | 1843.03.04 wrecked Bare Bush Key, Jamaica | |
Megaera | 1849.05.22 | 1871 | I | S | Frigate | 1391 | 2025 | 306 | Not commissioned as frigate. 1852 troopship. 1871.06.19 beached St Pauls Island, Indian Ocean as unseaworthy | |
Melampus | 1820.08.10 | 1906 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1089 | 46 | 1854 h.s. 1886-1891 lent War Dept | ||
Melpomene | 1857.08.08 | 1875 | W | S | Frigate | 2861 | 3829 | 51 | Converted to screw on stocks | |
Melville | 1817.02.17 | 1873 | W | W | Third rate | 1768 | 74 | 1857 hospital ship at Hong Kong | ||
Menai | 1814.04.05 | 1853 | W | W | Sixth rate | 449 | 26 | 1831 h.s. 1851 target | ||
Menelaus | 1810.04.17 | 1897 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1077 | 38 | 1832 quarantaine hulk. 1854 lent Customs | ||
Mercury | 1826.11.16 | 1906 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1084 | 46 | 1861 c.h. | ||
Mercury | 1837.02.07 | 1904 | W | W | Cutter tender | 70 | 1866 = YC.6. 1876 = Plymouth | |||
Mercury | 1878.04.17 | 1919 | S | S | Despatch vessel | 3730 | 10 | 1906 d.s. | ||
Merlin | 1838.09.18 | 1863 | W | P | Packet | 889 | 4 | 1854 survey vessel. 1856 gunvessel | ||
Merlin | 1871.11.24 | 1891 | C | S | Gunboat | 295 | 430 | 4 | 307 | |
Mermaid | 1825.07.30 | 1875 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1085 | 46 | 1850 powder hulk. 1863 lent War Dept | ||
Mersey | 1814.03 | 1852 | W | W | Sixth rate | 451 | 26 | 1832 h.s. | ||
Mersey | 1858.08.13 | 1875 | W | S | Frigate | 3733 | 5643 | 40 | ||
Messenger | 1830.08 | 1861 | W | P | Packet | 733 | 912 | Launched 1824. Purchased, ex-Duke of York | ||
Meteor | 1823.06.25 | 1846 | W | W | Bomb vessel | 378 | 14 | 1832 = Beacon, survey ship | ||
Meteor | 1824.02.27 | 1849 | W | P | Auxiliary vessel | 296 | 349 | 2 | ||
Meteor | 1855.04.17 | 1861 | W | S | Floating battery | 1469 | 14 | |||
Midge | 1856.05.08 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | 2 | |||
Midge | 1868.05.21 | 1907 | C | S | Gunvessel | 603 | 4 | 308 | ||
Milford | 1809.04.01 | 1846 | W | W | Third rate | 1919 | 78 | 1825 h.s. | ||
Milford | 1816 | 1852 | Tank vessel | |||||||
Minden | 1810.06.19 | 1861 | W | W | Third rate | 1721 | 74 | 1842 hospital hulk at Hong Kong | ||
Minerva | 1820.06.13 | 1895 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1082 | 46 | 1861 h.s. | ||
Minos | 1840.06 | 1852 | W | P | Vessel | 406 | ||||
Minotaur | 1816.04.15 | 1869 | W | W | Third rate | 1726 | 74 | 1842 h.s. 1866 = Hermes | ||
Minotaur | 1863.12.12 | 1922 | I | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | 10690 | 36 | Laid down as Elephant. 1904 = Boscawen t.s. 1906 = Ganges. 1908 Ganges II | ||
Minstrel | 1865.02.16 | 1907 | W | S | Gunboat | 268 | 330 | 2 | 309 | 1874 c.h. |
Minx | 1846.09.05 | I | S | Gunboat | 303 | 1899 | 310 | 1859 tank vessel | ||
Miranda | 1851.03.18 | 1869 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 1039 | 1523 | 14 | 311 | Laid down as Grinder |
Miranda | 1879.09.30 | 1892 | C | S | Sloop | 1130 | 6 | |||
Mistletoe | 1856.02.22 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | |||
Moa | 1861.01a | 1876 | W | - | Coal depot | Purchased ex-brig | ||||
Modeste | 1837.10.31 | 1866 | W | W | Sloop | 562 | 18 | |||
Modeste | 1873.05.23 | 1888 | W | S | Corvette | 1970 | 14 | 312 | ||
Mohawk | 1843.02.12 | 1852 | W | P | Vessel | 174 | ||||
Mohawk | 1856.01.11 | 1862 | W | S | Gunvessel | 679 | 4 | 313 | 1862 sold to Emperor of China as Pekin | |
Monarch | 1832.12.08 | 1866 | W | W | Second rate | 2255 | 84 | 1862 target | ||
Monarch | 1868.05.25 | 1905 | I | S | Turret ship | 5103 | 8320 | 7 | 314 | 1897 guardship. 1904 = Simoom |
Monkey | 1837.03a | 1888 | W | P | Packet | 212 | Launched 1821. Transferred from Post Office. ex-Royal Sovereign, King George the Fourth (1821), ex-Royal Sovereign (1821), ex-Sovereign (18??). 1839 tug. | |||
Monmouth | 1868r | See: Hotspur 1828 | ||||||||
Montreal | 1839a | 1848 | W | W | Schooner | 1839.10.18 purchased | ||||
Moorhen | 1875.09.13 | 1888 | C | S | Gunboat | 455 | 4 | |||
Moslem | 1854.08a | 1856 | I | P | Vessel | Purchased, ex-Torok | ||||
Mosquito | 1871.12.09 | 1888 | C | S | Gunboat | 295 | 430 | 4 | 315 | |
Mount Edgcombe | 1876r | See: Winchester 1822 | ||||||||
Mulgrave | 1812.01.01 | 1854 | W | W | Third rate | 1726 | 74 | 1836 lazaretto. 1844 powder hulk | ||
Mullett | 1860.02.13 | 1872 | W | S | Gunvessel | 428 | 570 | 5 | ||
Musquito | 1825.02.19 | 1843 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 231 | Laid up in 1830 | |||
Musquito | 1851.07.29 | 1862 | W | W | Brig | 549 | 16 | Never commissioned. Sold to Prussian navy | ||
Mutine | 1825.05.19 | 1841 | W | W | Packet brig | 231 | 4 | 1841 sold as Aladdin | ||
Mutine | 1844.04.20 | 1848 | W | W | Brig | 428 | 12 | 1848.12.21 wrecked in a gale near Venice (5 lost) | ||
Mutine | 1859.07.30 | 1870 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 882 | 1291 | 17 | 316 | |
Mutine | 1880.07.20 | 1921 | C | S | Sloop | 1130 | 6 | |||
Myrmidon | 1845.02 | 1858 | I | P | Gunvessel | 374 | 505 | 3 | ||
Myrmidon | 1867.06.05 | 1889 | W | S | Gunvessel | 697 | 877 | 1867.10 survey vessel | ||
Myrtle | 1837.09a | 1868 | W | P | Packet | 116 | 317 | Launched 1831. Transferred from Post office, ex-Firefly. 1866 tug | ||
Myrtle | 1883r | See: Malabar 1818 |