|
No |
Name |
Type |
Guns |
Launch Date |
Remarks |
|
1 |
Valorous |
Frigate |
28 |
10/02/1816 |
|
|
2 |
Ariadne |
Frigate |
28 |
10/02/1816 |
|
|
3 |
Thetis |
Frigate |
46 |
01/02/1817 |
|
|
4 |
Arethusa |
Frigate |
46 |
29/07/1817 |
|
|
5 |
Racer |
Cutter |
|
04/04/1818 |
|
|
6 |
Sprightly |
Cutter |
|
03/01/1818 |
|
|
7 |
Belleisle |
Battleship |
74 |
26/04/1819 |
|
|
8 |
Fishguard |
Frigate |
46 |
08/07/1819 |
|
|
9 |
Sylvia |
Cutter |
|
13/05/1820 |
|
|
10 |
Frolic |
Cutter (?) |
10 |
10/06/1820 |
|
|
11 |
Falcon |
Cutter (?) |
10 |
10/06/1820 |
|
|
12 |
Melamous |
Frigate |
46 |
10/08/1820 |
|
|
13 |
Skylark |
Cutter |
|
17/02/1820 |
|
|
14 |
Swift |
Cutter |
|
17/02/1820 |
|
|
15 |
Nerius |
Frigate |
46 |
30/07/1821 |
|
|
16 |
Reynard |
Cutter (?) |
10 |
26/10/1821 |
|
|
17 |
Meteor |
Bomb Ship |
28 |
25/06/1823 |
|
|
18 |
Hamadryad |
Frigate |
46 |
25/07/1823 |
|
|
19 |
Zephyr |
Cutter (?) |
10 |
01/11/1823 |
|
|
20 |
Wellington |
Lighter |
|
28/06/1824 |
|
|
21 |
Vengeance |
Battleship |
84 |
27/07/1824 |
|
|
22 |
Thistle |
Frigate |
46 |
09/09/1824 |
|
|
23 |
Talbot |
Frigate |
28 |
09/10/1824 |
|
|
24 |
Sheldrake |
Cutter (?) |
10 |
19/05/1825 |
|
|
25 |
Druid |
Frigate |
46 |
01/07/1825 |
|
|
26 |
Success |
Frigate |
28 |
30/08/1825 |
|
|
27 |
Skylark |
Cutter |
19 |
06/05/1826 |
|
|
28 |
Erebus |
Bomb Ship |
|
07/06/1826 |
|
|
29 |
Nemesis |
Frigate |
46 |
19/08/1826 |
|
|
30 |
Satellite |
Frigate |
18 |
02/10/1826 |
|
|
31 |
Mooring Lighter |
|
|
27/12.1826 |
|
|
32 |
Clarence |
Battleship |
84 |
25/07/1827 |
|
|
33 |
Spey |
Cutter (?) |
10 |
06/10/1827 |
|
|
34 |
Variable |
Cutter (?) |
10 |
06/10/1827 |
|
|
35 |
Leda |
Frigate |
46 |
15/04/1828 |
|
|
36 |
Sparrow |
Cutter |
|
28/06/1828 |
|
|
37 |
Snipe |
Cutter |
|
28/06/1828 |
|
|
38 |
Speedy |
Cutter |
|
28/06/1828 |
|
|
39 |
Comet |
Sloop |
18 |
11/08/1828 |
|
|
40 |
Hotspur |
Frigate |
46 |
09/10/1828 |
|
|
41 |
Lightning |
Sloop |
18 |
11/08/1829 |
|
|
42 |
Partridge |
Cutter (?) |
10 |
12/10/1829 |
|
|
43 |
Thias |
|
10 |
12/10/1829 |
|
|
44 |
Raven |
Cutter |
|
21/10/1829 |
|
|
45 |
Starling |
Cutter |
|
31/10/1829 |
|
|
46 |
Wizard |
Cutter (?) |
10 |
24/05/1830 |
|
|
47 |
Seahorse |
Frigate |
46 |
21/07/1830 |
|
|
48 |
Stag |
Frigate |
46 |
02/10/1830 |
|
|
49 |
Timber Barge |
|
|
29/01/1831 |
|
|
50 |
Viper |
Schooner |
6 |
12/05/1831 |
|
|
51 |
Imogene |
Frigate |
26 |
29/06/1831 |
|
|
52 |
Fly |
Sloop (?) |
18 |
25/06/1831 |
|
|
53 |
Harrier |
Sloop (?) |
18 |
08/11/1831 |
|
|
54 |
Cockatrice |
Schooner |
6 |
14/05/1832 |
|
|
55 |
Andromache |
Frigate |
28 |
27/08/1832 |
|
|
56 |
Royal William |
Battleship |
120 |
02/04/1833 |
|
|
57 |
Rodney |
B |
92 |
18/06/1833 |
|
|
58 |
Forth |
Frigate |
46 |
01/08/1833 |
|
|
59 |
Fountain |
Water Lighter |
|
26/11/1833 |
|
|
60 |
Sinbad |
Lighter |
|
27/02/1834 |
|
|
61 |
Tartarus |
Steamer |
|
23/06/1834 |
First 'Steamer' built in yard |
|
62 |
Cleopatra |
Frigate |
26 |
28/04/1835 |
|
|
63 |
Vanguard |
B |
80 |
25/08/1835 |
|
|
64 |
Harlequin |
Sloop (?) |
16 |
160/04/1836 |
|
|
65 |
Dido |
Sloop (?) |
18 |
13/06/1836 |
|
|
66 |
Carysfort |
Frigate |
26 |
12/08/1836 |
|
|
67 |
Cremill |
Victualling Hoy |
|
29/08/1836 |
Sailing Lighter |
|
68 |
Gorgon |
Steamer Frigate |
16 |
31/08/1837 |
First Steam Warship built in
yard |
|
69 |
Lilly |
Sloop (?) |
16 |
29/09/1837 |
|
|
70 |
Penguin |
Steam Packet |
|
23/04/1834 |
|
|
71 |
Grecian |
Steam Frigate |
16 |
24/04/1838 |
|
|
72 |
Petrel |
Steam Packet |
|
23/05/1838 |
|
|
73 |
Daphne |
Sloop (?) |
18 |
06/08/1838 |
|
|
74 |
Merlin |
Steamship |
|
18/09/1838 |
|
|
75 |
Medush |
Steamship |
|
31/10/1838 |
|
|
76 |
Cyclops |
Steam Frigate |
16 |
10/07/1839 |
|
|
77 |
Persian |
Steam Frigate (?) |
16 |
07/10/1839 |
|
|
78 |
Medina |
Steamship |
|
18/03/1840 |
see 72/75 |
|
79 |
Iris |
Frigate |
26 |
14/07/1840 |
|
|
80 |
Vixen |
Steam Sloop |
|
04/02/1841 |
|
|
81 |
Geyser |
Steam Sloop |
|
06/04/1841 |
|
|
82 |
Cambrian |
Frigate |
36 |
05/07/1841 |
|
|
83 |
Collingwood |
Battleship |
80 |
17/08/1841 |
|
|
84 |
Spiteful |
Steam Sloop |
|
24/03/1842 |
|
|
85 |
Superb |
Battleship |
80 |
06/09/1842 |
|
|
86 |
Victoria & Albert |
Royal Yacht |
|
26/04/1843 |
|
|
87 |
Helena |
Sloop (?) |
16 |
1/07/1843 |
|
|
88 |
Vulture |
Steam Frigate |
|
21/09/1843 |
|
|
89 |
Flying Fish |
|
12 |
03/04/1844 |
|
|
90 |
Centurion |
Battleship |
80 |
02/05/1844 |
|
|
91 |
Juno |
Frigate |
26 |
01/07/1844 |
|
|
92 |
Water Lighter |
|
|
21/08/1844 |
|
|
93 |
Kingfisher |
|
12 |
18/04/1845 |
|
|
94 |
Inflexible |
Steam Sloop |
|
22/04/1845 |
|
|
95 |
Dragon |
Steam Sloop |
|
17/07/1845 |
|
|
96 |
Constance |
Frigate |
50 |
12/03/1846 |
|
|
97 |
Conflict |
Steam Sloop |
|
05/08/1846 |
Frist Screw' built in Yard |
|
98 |
Encounter |
Steam Sloop |
|
24/09/1846 |
|
|
99 |
Mariner |
|
12 |
19/10/1846 |
|
|
100 |
Sybille |
Frigate |
36 |
15/04/1847 |
|
|
101 |
Britomart |
|
10 |
12/06/1847 |
|
|
102 |
Lion |
Battleship |
80 |
29/07/1847 |
|
|
103 |
Camilla |
|
16 |
08/09/1847 |
|
|
104 |
Atalanta |
|
16 |
09/10/1847 |
|
|
105 |
Colossus |
Battleship |
80 |
01/06/1848 |
|
|
106 |
Magicienne |
Steam Frigate |
|
07/03/1849 |
|
|
107 |
Buzzard |
Steam Sloop |
|
24/03/1849 |
|
|
108 |
Desperate |
Steam Sloop |
|
23/04/1849 |
|
|
109 |
Arethusa |
Frigate |
50 |
20/06/1849 |
|
|
110 |
Octavia |
Frigate |
50 |
18/08/1849 |
|
|
111 |
Liberty |
|
12 |
11/06/1850 |
|
|
112 |
Harten |
|
12 |
19/09/1850 |
|
|
113 |
Barracouta |
Steam Sloop |
|
31/03/1851 |
|
|
114 |
Valorous |
Steam Sloop |
|
30/04/1851 |
|
|
115 |
Mosquito |
|
16 |
29/07/1851 |
|
|
116 |
Duke of Wellington |
Battleship |
140 |
14/09/1852 |
|
|
117 |
James Watt |
Battleship |
90 |
23/04/1853 |
|
|
118 |
Rover |
|
16 |
29/07/1852 |
|
|
119 |
Caesar |
Battleship |
90 |
23/04/1853 |
|
|
120 |
Squirrel |
|
12 |
08/08/1853 |
|
|
121 |
Curacoa |
Frigate |
31 |
13/04/1854 |
|
|
122 |
Harrier |
|
16 |
13/05/1854 |
|
|
123 |
Swallow |
|
8 |
12/06/1854 |
|
|
124 |
Ariel |
|
8 |
11/07/1854 |
|
|
125 |
Falcon |
|
16 |
10/08/1854 |
|
|
126 |
Victoria & Albert |
Royal Yacht |
|
16/01/1855 |
|
|
127 |
Sutlej |
Frigate |
50 |
17/04/1855 |
|
|
128 |
Brunswick |
Battleship |
80 |
01/06/1855 |
|
|
129 |
Repulse |
Battleship |
91 |
27/09/1855 |
Revenge?? |
|
130 |
Flying Fish |
Dispatch Vessel |
|
21/12/1855 |
|
|
131 |
Pioneer |
Dispatch Vessel |
|
19/01/1856 |
|
|
132 |
Petrel |
Screw Gunboat |
|
09/02/1856 |
Crimean War |
|
133 |
Nettle |
Screw Gunboat |
|
09/02/1856 |
Programe |
|
134 |
Rambler |
Screw Gunboat |
|
21/02/1856 |
|
|
135 |
Decoy |
Screw Gunboat |
|
21/02/1856 |
|
|
136 |
Janus |
Screw Gunboat |
|
08/03/1856 |
|
|
137 |
Drake |
Screw Gunboat |
|
08/03/1856 |
|
|
138 |
Albert |
Srew |
16 |
20/05/1856 |
|
|
139 |
Cordellia |
|
9 |
03/07/1856 |
|
|
140 |
Diadeti |
Frigate |
32 |
14/10/1856 |
|
|
141 |
Dido |
Frigate |
32 |
25/03/1857 |
|
|
142 |
Immortalite |
Screw Frigate |
50 |
25/10/1859 |
|
|
143 |
Gannet |
|
11 |
29/12/1857 |
|
|
144 |
Orlando |
Screw Frigate |
50 |
12/06/1858 |
|
|
145 |
Windsor Castle |
Screw Battleship |
90 |
26/08/1985 |
All subsequent Battleships were
screw driven |
|
146 |
Revenge |
Battleship |
90 |
16/04/1859 |
|
|
147 |
Greyhound |
Screw |
16 |
15/06/1859 |
|
|
148 |
Immortalite |
Screw Frigate |
50 |
25/10/1859 |
All subsequent Frigates were
screw driven |
|
149 |
Espoir |
Screw |
5 |
07/01/1860 |
|
|
150 |
Howe |
Battleship |
121 |
07/03/1860 |
|
|
151 |
Pelican |
Screw |
17 |
07/03/1860 |
|
|
152 |
Nimble |
Screw |
5 |
15/09/1860 |
|
|
153 |
Pandora |
Screw |
5 |
07/02/1861 |
|
|
154 |
Defiance |
Battleship |
91 |
27/03/1861 |
|
|
155 |
Aurora |
Frigate |
50 |
22/06/1861 |
|
|
156 |
Perseus |
Screw |
6 |
21/08/1861 |
|
|
157 |
Shearwater |
Screw |
4 |
17/10/1861 |
|
|
158 |
Psyche |
Paddle Yacht |
|
29/03/1862 |
|
|
159 |
Prince Consort |
First Iron Cased Ship' |
33 |
26/06/1862 |
See text |
|
160 |
Enchantress |
Paddle Yacht |
|
02/08/1862 |
Admiralty Yacht |
|
161 |
Research |
Iron Cased Sloop |
4 |
15/08/1863 |
|
|
162 |
Albert |
Royal Yacht |
|
03/10/1863 |
Paddle |
|
163 |
Zealous |
Iron Clad Frigate |
20 |
07/03/1864 |
|
|
164 |
Lord Clyde |
Iron Clad Frigate |
24 |
13/10/1864 |
|
|
165 |
Amazon |
Wood Sloop |
4 |
23/05/1865 |
|
|
166 |
Vestal |
Wood Sloop |
4 |
16/11/1865 |
|
|
167 |
Nasau |
Wood Sloop |
4 |
20/02/1866 |
Later a survey vessel |
|
168 |
Daphne |
Wood Sloop |
4 |
23/10/1866 |
|
|
169 |
Penelope |
Iron Armour Clad |
10 |
18/06/1867 |
Twin Screw |
|
170 |
Newport |
Screw |
4 |
20/07/1867 |
|
|
171 |
Gnat |
Composite Gunboat |
|
26/11/1867 |
First type of Gunboat |
|
172 |
Inconstant |
Composite Frigate |
16 |
12/11/1868 |
|
|
173 |
Bittern |
Gunboat |
3 |
20/09/1869 |
Twin Screw |
|
174 |
Iron Duke |
Iron Armour Clad |
14 |
01/03/1870 |
Twin Screw |
|
175 |
Osbourne |
Royal Yacht |
|
19/12/1870 |
Paddle |
|
176 |
Coquette |
Composite Gunboat |
4 |
05/04/1871 |
|
|
177 |
Foam |
Composite Gunboat |
4 |
20/08/1871 |
|
|
178 |
Decoy |
Composite Gunboat |
4 |
12/10/1871 |
|
|
179 |
Merlin |
Composite Gunboat |
4 |
24/11/1871 |
|
|
180 |
Mosquito |
Composite Gunboat |
4 |
09/12/1871 |
|
|
181 |
Goshawk |
Composite Gunboat |
4 |
23/01/1872 |
|
|
182 |
Swinger |
Compostie G |
4 |
07/02/1872 |
|
|
183 |
Tunderer |
Battleship (Turret) |
4 |
25/03/1873 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From this point, although the
number of Guns mounted by Ships continued to be quoted for
some years, as result of developments in the design of ships
& weapons, the unqualified figure is almost meaningless as a
measure of the effective fighting of a vessel & is
henceforth omitted from this list |
|
184 |
Seaflower |
Wood Saling Brig |
|
25/02/1873 |
|
|
185 |
Fantome |
Composite Sloop |
|
18/08/1873 |
|
|
186 |
Egeria |
Composite Sloop |
|
01/11/1893 |
|
|
187 |
Vesuvius |
Torpedo Vessel |
|
24/03/1874 |
A very early example of this
type. One Tube |
|
188 |
Dreadnought |
Battleship (Turret) |
|
08/03/1875 |
|
|
189 |
Shannon |
Armour Clad |
|
11/11/1875 |
|
|
190 |
Emerald |
Composite Sloop |
|
18/08/1876 |
|
|
191 |
Iris |
Dispatch Vessel |
|
12/04/1877 |
|
|
192 |
Mercury |
Dispatch Vessel |
|
17/04/1878 |
|
|
193 |
Pincher |
Gunboat |
|
05/05/1879 |
|
|
194 |
Gadfly |
Gunboat |
|
05/05/1879 |
|
|
195 |
Nautlus |
Wood Sailing Brigg |
|
12/11/1879 |
|
|
196 |
Griper |
Gunboat |
|
15/09/1879 |
|
|
197 |
Tickler |
Gunboat |
|
15/09/1879 |
|
|
198 |
Pilot |
Wood Sailing Brigg |
|
12/11/1879 |
|
|
199 |
Ajax |
Battleship (Turret) |
|
10/03/1880 |
|
|
200 |
Redwing |
Composite Gunboat |
|
22/05/1880 |
|
|
201 |
Bullfrog |
Composite Gunboat |
|
03/02/1881 |
|
|
202 |
Cockchafer |
Composite Gunboat |
|
19/02/1881 |
|
|
203 |
Insolent |
Composite Gunboat |
|
15/03/1881 |
|
|
204 |
Bouncer |
Composite Gunboat |
|
15/03/1881 |
|
|
205 |
Edninburgh |
Battleship |
|
18/03/18882 |
|
|
206 |
Collingwood |
Battlesip |
|
22/11/1882 |
|
|
207 |
Amphion |
Dispatch Vessel |
|
13/10/1883 |
|
|
208 |
Hove |
Battleship |
|
28/04/1885 |
|
|
209 |
Thames |
Cruiser |
|
03/12/1885 |
|
|
210 |
Anson |
Battleship |
|
17/02/1886 |
|
|
211 |
Forth |
Cruiser |
|
23/10/1886 |
|
|
212 |
Aurora |
2nd Class Cruiser |
|
28/10/1887 |
|
|
213 |
Nile |
Battleship |
|
27/03/1888 |
|
|
214 |
Peacock |
Composite Gunboat |
|
22/06/1888 |
|
|
215 |
Pidgeon |
Composite Gunboat |
|
05/09/1888 |
|
|
216 |
Plover |
Composite Gunboat |
|
18/10/1888 |
|
|
217 |
Magpie |
Composite Gunboat |
|
15/03/1889 |
|
|
218 |
Redbreast |
Composite Gunboat |
|
25/04/1889 |
|
|
219 |
Redpole |
Composite Gunboat |
|
13/06/1889 |
|
|
220 |
Widgeon |
Composite Gunboat |
|
09/08/1889 |
|
|
221 |
Blanche |
Composite Sloop |
|
06/09/1889 |
|
|
222 |
Blonde |
Composite Sloop |
|
22/10/1889 |
Last of composite construction |
|
223 |
Mayflower |
Wood Sailing Brigg |
|
20/01/1890 |
Last Wooden Ship |
|
224 |
Pearl |
3rd Class Cruiser |
|
28/07/1890 |
|
|
225 |
Empress of India |
Battleship |
|
07/05/1891 |
|
|
226 |
Repulse |
Battleship |
|
27/02/1891 |
|
|
227 |
Cambrian |
2nd Class Cruiser |
|
30/01/1893 |
|
|
228 |
Flora |
2nd Class Cruiser |
|
21/11/1893 |
|
|
229 |
Hazard |
Torpedo Gunboat |
|
17/02/1894 |
|
|
230 |
Renown |
Battleship |
|
08/05/1895 |
|
|
231 |
Hanibal |
Battleship |
|
28/04/1896 |
Last battleship |
|
232 |
Andromeda |
2nd Class Cruiser |
|
30/04/1897 |
|
|
233 |
Spartlate |
2nd Class Cruiser |
|
27/10/1989 |
|
|
234 |
Victoria & Albert |
Royal Yacht |
|
09/05/1899 |
|
|
235 |
Drake |
Cruiser |
|
05/03/1901 |
|
|
236 |
Essex |
Cruiser |
|
29/08/1901 |
|
|
237 |
Cornwall |
Cruiser |
|
29/10/1902 |
|
|
238 |
Duke of Edinburgh |
Armoured Cruiser |
|
14/01/1904 |
|
|
239 |
Warrior |
Armoured Cruiser |
|
25/11/1905 |
|
|
240 |
Defence |
Armoured Cruiser |
|
27/04/1907 |
|
|
241 |
Boadicea |
Light Cruiser |
|
14/05/1908 |
|
|
242 |
Bellona |
Light Cruiser |
|
20/03/1909 |
|
|
243 |
Blanche |
Light Cruiser |
|
25/11/1909 |
|
|
244 |
Blonde |
Light Cruiser |
|
22/06/1910 |
|
|
245 |
Active |
|
