Name: Follow links in this column for details of the career of unarmoured wooden screw vessels (or for snippets for other vessels in service in the period 1840-1880).
Launched: "1800a" means acquired in 1800; "1800r" means renamed in 1800 to name shown in "Name" column; see "Note" column for original name, under which entry other details are given.
H(ull): C = composite, I = iron, S = steel, W = wood.
P(ropulsion): H = hydraulic, P = paddle, S = screw, W = sail.
B.M. = burthen, builders measure (tons).
Disp. = displacement (tons); during this period displacement was replacing burthen as a measure of the "size" of vessels.
Guns = initial number of guns (may have been different later in career). TT = torpedo tubes.
Fate: year of sale, breaking up or loss; if lost or sold for reuse see details in "Note" column.
SB = ships book in PRO London: ADM 135/xxx (giving the history of the maintenance of the ship - hull, machinery and armament - from construction to disposal).
Note: "1800 = Nnnnnn" means renamed to Nnnnnn in 1800; "1850 screw 1000 bm" means converted to a screw ship of 1000 tons burthen in 1850. c.h. = coal hulk; d.s. = depot ship.; h.s. = harbour service; r.s = receiving ship; t.s. = training ship; MV = mortar vessel; WV = watch vessel; YC = yard craft. Merchant ship names in italics. Data in red are alternate data when sources disagree.
| Ship | Launch | H. | P. | Type | B.M. | Disp. | Guns | Fate | S.B. | Note |
| Aboukir | 1848.04.04 | W | W | 2nd rate, 2 decker | 3080 | | 90 | 1877 | 1 | 1858 screw |
| Abundance | 1855r | | | | | | | | | See: Alfred 1855 |
| Abyssinia | 1870.02.19 | I | S | Breastwork monitor | | 2900 | 4 | 1903 | | |
| Acheron | 1835.10.23 | W | P | Sloop | 720 | 1006 | | 1855 | | Launched 1838.08.23 |
| Acheron | 1904r | | | | | | | | | See: Northumberland 1866 |
| Achille | 1798.04.16 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1981 | | 74 | 1865 | | 1823 rebuilt |
| Achilles | 1863.12.23 | I | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | 6121 | 9820 | 20 | 1923 | 2 | First iron ship built in Royal Naval dockyard. 1886 h.s. 1902 = Hibernia, base ship. 1904 = Egmont. 1918 = Egremont. 1919 = Pembroke. |
| Acorn | 1838.11.15 | W | W | Brig | 485 | | 12 | 1869 | | 1861 c.h. |
| Actaeon | 1831.01.31 | W | W | 6th rate | 620 | | 16 | 1889 | | 1856 survey ship. 1866 hospital ship. 1870 hulk |
| Actaeon | 1886r | | | | | | | | | See: Vernon 1832 |
| Actaeon | 1905r | | | | | | | | | See: Ariadne 1859 |
| Actaeon II | 1906r | | | | | | | | | See: Dido 1869 |
| Active | 1799.12.14 | W | W | 5th rate | 1058 | | 38 | 1860 | | 1833 = Argo |
| Active | 1845.07.19 | W | W | 5th rate | 1627 | | 36 | 1908 | | 1863 t.s. 1867.07 = Tyne. 1867.11 = Durham |
| Active | 1869.03.13 | I | S | Corvette | 2322 | 3080 | 10 | 1906 | 3 | |
| Adder | 1837.05a | W | P | Packet | 240 | 272 | 1 | 1870 | | 1826 launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Crocodile. 1848 dockyard tender |
| Adelaide | 1832.04.02 | W | W | Revenue cutter | 143 | | | | | |
| Adelaide | 1848.05a | W | W | Cutter | 140 | | | 1850 | | Ex-slaver. 1850.10.09 wrecked Banana Island, W. Africa |
| Admiralty | 1814.05.21 | W | W | Yacht | 115 | | 0 | 1870 | | 1830.07 = Plymouth. 1866 = YC.1 |
| Adventure | 1821r | | | | | | | | | See: Aid 1809 |
| Adventure | 1857r | | | | | | | | | See: Resolute 1855 |
| Advice | 1837.04a | W | P | Packet | 197 | | 1 | 1870 | 5 | 1827 launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Vixen. 1849 tug |
| Aeolus | 1825.06.17 | W | W | 5th rate | 1035 | | 46 | 1886 | | 1846 store ship. 1855 accommodation ship. 1861 lazarette |
| Aetna | 1824.05.14 | W | W | Bomb | 375 | | 6 | 18?? | | 1826 survey vessel. 1846 sold Bristol Seamen's Friendly Society. |
| Aetna | 1855.05.03 | W | S | Floating battery | 1469 | | 14 | 1855 | | 1855.05.03 caught fire on stocks and launched herself |
| Aetna | 1856.04.05 | W | S | Floating battery | 1558 | | 16 | 1873 | 6 | 1866 h.s. 1873 accidentally burnt |
| Africa | 1859r | | | | | | | | | See: Euryalus 1803 |
| Africa | 1862.03.29 | W | S | Sloop | 669 | 913 | | 18?? | 7 | 1862.08 = China, sold to Chinese Imperial Customs. 1865 resold to Egyptian government |
| Africaine | 1827.12.20 | W | W | 5th rate | 1173 | | 46 | 1903 | | 1867 Trinity House hulk |
| African | 1825.08.30 | W | P | Gunvessel | 295 | 487 | 2 | 1862 | | Laid down as Dee. Later tug |
| African | 1865.11.27 | I | S | Tug | 36 | 41 | 0 | 1907 | 8 | |
| Agamemnon | 1852.05.22 | W | S | 2nd rate, 2 decker | 3102 | 4614 | 91 | 1870 | | |
| Agincourt | 1817.03.19 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1747 | | 74 | 1884 | | 1848 t.s. 1865 = Vigo. 1866 hospital ship. 1870 r.s. |
| Agincourt | 1865.03.27 | I | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | 6638 | 10600 | 36 | 1960 | | Laid down as Captain. 1895 t.s. 1904 = Boscawen III. 1906 = Ganges II. 1908 = C109 c.h. |
| Aid | 1809.04.04 | W | W | Transport | 314 | | 10 | 1853 | | 1817 survey ship. 1821 = Adventure. 1830 sloop. 1839 transport |
| Aigle | 1801.09.23 | W | W | 5th rate | 990 | 567 | 44 | 1870 | | 1831 24 gun 6th rate. 1853 c.h. 1870 torpedo target |
| Ajax | 1809.05.02 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1761 | | 74 | 1864 | 9 | 1848 screw blockship 60 guns |
| Ajax | 1867r | | | | | | | | | See: Vanguard 1835 |
| Akbar | 1806r | | | | | | | | | See: Cornwallis 1801 |
| Akbar | 1862r | | | | | | | | | See: Hero 1816 |
| Alacrity | 1856.03.20 | W | S | Gunvessel | 675 | 860 | 4 | 1864 | 10 | |
| Alacrity | 1872a | W | W | Schooner | 85 | | 1 | 1882 | | ex Ethel |
| Alarm | 1845.04.22 | W | W | 6th rate | 910 | | 26 | 1904 | | 1860 c.h. 1900 landing stage |
| Albacore | 1856.04.03 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 284 | 4 | 1885 | | |
| Alban | 1826.12.27 | W | P | Gunvessel | 295 | | 2 | 1860 | | 1831 rebuilt 407 bm |
| Albatross | 1842.03.28 | W | W | Brig | 484 | | 16 | 1860 | | |
| Albatross | 1873.08.27 | C | S | Sloop | 727 | 940 | 4 | 1889 | | Launched 1873.07.24 |
| Albert | 1840.08.29 | I | P | Exploration vessel | 457 | 340 | 3 | 1850 | | 1843.07.13 wrecked. Later salved and transferred to Gambia govt. |
| Alberta | 1863.10.03 | W | P | Yacht | 370 | 391 | | 1912 | | |
| Albion | 1842.09.06 | W | W | 2nd rate, 2 decker | 3111 | | 90 | 1884 | | 1861 screw |
| Alecto | 1839.09.07 | W | P | Sloop | 800 | 878 | 4 | 1865 | | |
| Alert | 1813.07.14 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 388 | | 18 | 1832 | | |
| Alert | 1835.09.24 | W | W | Packet brig | 358 | | 8 | 1851 | | |
| Alert | 1848a | W | W | Brig | | | 6 | 1850 | | ex-slaver |
| Alert | 1856.05.20 | W | S | Sloop | 751 | 1044 | 17 | 1896 | | 1878 survey ship. 1884 given to American research society |
| Alexandra | 1875.04.07 | I | S | Central battery ironclad | | 9490 | 22 | 1908 | | Laid down as Superb. 1903 h.s. |
| Alexandre | 1806.02a | W | W | 2nd rate | 2231 | | 80 | 1822 | | 1806.02.06 captured from France off San Domingo. 1811 h.s. |
| Alfred | 1819r | | | | | | | | | See: Asia 1811 |
| Alfred | 1855.01a | I | S | Storeship, bakery | 617 | | | 1856 | | 1855.02 = Abundance |
| Algerine | 1829.08.01 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 231 | 297 | 10 | 1844 | | |
| Algerine | 1857.02.24 | W | S | Gunboat | 299 | | 1 | 1894 | 13 | 1872 sold for mercantile use as Algerine |
| Algerine | 1880.01.26 | C | S | Gunvessel | | 835 | 3 | 1892 | | |
| Algiers | 1854.01.26 | W | S | 2nd rate, 2 decker | 3340 | 4730 | 91 | 1870 | 11 | converted to screw on stocks |
| Algiers | 1883r | | | | | | | | 12 | See: Anson 1860 |
| Algiers | 1915r | | | | | | | | | See: Triumph 1870 |
| Alligator | 1787.04.18 | W | W | 6th rate | 599 | | 28 | 1814 | | |
| Alligator | 1821.03.29 | W | W | 6th rate | 500 | | 28 | 1865 | | 1841 d.s. 1842 troopship. 1846 hospital ship |
| Amazon | 1821.08.15 | W | W | 5th rate | 1078 | | 46 | 1863 | | 1844 28 gun 6th rate |
| Amazon | 1865.05.23 | W | S | Sloop | 1081 | 1525 | 4 | 1866 | 14 | 1866.07.10 collided with SS Osprey off the Start, English Channel |
| Ambuscade | 1846r | | | | | | | | | See: Amphion 1846 |
| Amelia | 1856.05.19 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 284 | 4 | 1865 | 15 | |
| Amelia | 1888r | | | | | | | | | See: Hawk 1869 |
| America | 1810.04.21 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1741 | | 74 | 1867 | 0 | 1835 50 gun 4th rate. 1864 target |
| Amethyst | 1844.12.07 | W | W | 6th rate | 923 | | 26 | 18?? | | Lent for use as cable vessel. 1869 then sold as cable vessel |
| Amethyst | 1873.04.10 | W | S | Corvette | 1405 | 1970 | 14 | 1887 | 16 | |
| Amphion | 1846.01.14 | W | S | Frigate | 1474 | 2049 | 36 | 1864 | | Ordered as sailer Ambuscade. Converted to screw on stocks |
| Amphitrite | 1816.04.14 | W | W | 5th rate | 1064 | | 46 | 1875 | | 1846 24 gun 6th rate. 1862 lent to contractors at Plymouth |
| Andromache | 1832.08.27 | W | W | 6th rate | 709 | | 28 | 1875 | | 1846 provision hulk. 1854 powder hulk |
| Andromeda | 1829.01.06 | W | W | 5th rate | 1215 | | 46 | 1863 | | 1846 provision hulk. Launched 1829.03 |
| Angler | 1856.03.08 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | | 2 | 1869 | 17 | |
| Anson | 1812.05.11 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1742 | | 74 | 1851 | | 1831 h.s. 1844 convict ship in Tasmania |
| Anson | 1860.09.15 | W | S | 2nd rate | 3336 | 5500 | 91 | 1904 | 12 | 1883 = Algiers |
| Ant | 1856.03.22 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | | 2 | 1869 | 18 | |
| Ant | 1873.08.14 | I | S | Gunboat | 245 | 241 | 1 | 1926 | | 1917 boom defence vessel. 1921 target |
| Antelope | 1802.11.10 | W | W | 4th rate | 1107 | | 50 | 1845 | | 1818 troopship. 1824 convict ship |
| Antelope | 1846.07.25 | I | P | Packet | 650 | 1055 | 4 | 1883 | 19 | Launched 1846.07.20 |
| Apollo | 1805.06.27 | W | W | 5th rate | 1086 | | 38 | 1856 | | 1836 troopship. 1853 storeship |
| Arab | 1847.03.31 | W | W | Brig sloop | 481 | | 16 | 1879 | | 1863 Coastguard. 1867 = WV.18 |
| Arab | 1874.10.13 | C | S | Sloop (1876: Gunvessel) | | 720 | 3 | 1889 | | |
| Arachne | 1809.02.18 | W | W | Brig-slool | 386 | | 18 | 1837 | | |
| Arachne | 1847.03.30 | W | W | Sloop | 602 | | 18 | 1866 | | |
| Archer | 1849.03.27 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 971 | 1337 | 12 | 1866 | 20 | |
| Ardent | 1841.02.12 | W | P | Sloop | 800 | 878 | 5 | 1865 | | |
| Arethusa | 1817.07.29 | W | W | 5th rate | 1085 | | 46 | 1883 | | 1836 lazarette. 1844 = Bacchus. 1852 c.s. |
| Arethusa | 1849.06.20 | W | W | 4th rate | 2132 | 3832 | 50 | 1934 | 21 | 1861 screw. 1874 t.s. |
| Argo | 1833r | | | | | | | | | See: Active 1799 |
| Argus | 1849.12.15 | W | P | Sloop | 981 | 1630 | 6 | 1881 | | |
| Argus | 1884r | | | | | | | | | See: Imogene 1864 |
| Ariadne | 1816.02.10 | W | W | 6th rate | 511 | | 20 | 1841 | | |
| Ariadne | 1859.06.04 | W | S | Frigate | 3214 | 4583 | 26 | 1922 | | 1880 part of Vernon torpedo t.s. 1884 t.s. 1905 = Actaeon |
| Ariel | 1837.02a | W | P | Packet | 149 | | 1 | 18?? | | 1821 launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Arrow. 1850 Sold for mercentile service |
| Ariel | 1854.07.11 | W | S | Sloop | 486 | 625 | 9 | 1865 | 22 | |
| Ariel | 1873.02.11 | C | S | Gunboat | 295 | 436 | 4 | 1889 | 23 | 1877 Coastguard |
| Armada | 1810.03.22 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1749 | | 74 | 1863 | | |
| Armide | 1806.09a | W | W | 5th rate | 1104 | | 38 | 1815 | | 1806.09.26 captured from France off Rochefort |
| Arrogant | 1848.04.05 | W | S | Frigate | 1872 | 2690 | 46 | 1867 | 24 | |
| Arrow | 1823.03.14 | W | W | Cutter | 157 | | 10 | 1852 | | 1831 Customs cutter |
| Arrow | 1854.06.26 | W | S | Gunvessel | 477 | 586 | 2 | 1862 | 25 | |
| Arrow | 1871.04.22 | I | S | Gunboat | 245 | 241 | 1 | 1922 | 26 | |
| Asia | 1811.12.02 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1763 | | 74 | 1865 | | 1819 = Alfred. 1828 50 gun 4th rate |
| Asia | 1824.01.19 | W | W | 2nd rate | 2289 | | 84 | 1908 | | 1858 guard ship |
| Asp | 1837a | W | P | Packet | 112 | | 1 | 1881 | 27 | 1825 Launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Fury |
| Assistance | 1850.03a | W | W | Discovery vessel | 420 | | 2 | 1854 | | 1835 Launched. Ex-Baboo, purchased. 1854.08.25 abandoned Bathurst Island, Artic |
| Assistance | 1855.04.05 | W | S | Storeship | 1793 | 2260 | | 1860 | | 1860.06.07 wrecked near Hong Kong Wrecked 1860.06.01 |
| Assistance | 1874.09.26 | I | S | Troopship | | 2515 | 2 | 1897 | | |
| Assurance | 1856.03.13 | W | S | Gunvessel | 681 | 860 | 4 | 1870 | 28 | |
| Astraea | 1810.05 | W | W | 5th rate | 956 | | 36 | 1851 | | 1823 h.s. |
| Atalanta | 1847.10.09 | W | W | Brig | 549 | | 16 | 1868 | | |
| Atalanta | 1878r | | | | | | | | | See: Juno 1844 |
| Atalante | 1860a | I | S | Storeship | 295 | | | 1870 | | Purchased as Atalante. 1861 = Manilla |
| Atholl | 1820.11.23 | W | W | 6th rate | 503 | | 28 | 1863 | | 1832 troopship |
| Atlas | 1860.07.21 | W | S | 2nd rate | 3318 | 5260 | 91 | 1904 | 29 | Not completed for sea. 1884 lent to Metropolitan Asylum Board |
| Audacious | 1869.02.27 | I | S | Central battery ironclad | 3774 | 6010 | 14 | 1927 | 30 | 1902 torpedo d.s. 1904 = Fisgard. 1906 t.s. 1914 = Imperiéuse, repair ship |
| Aurora | 1809 | W | W | Sloop | 247 | | 14 | 18?? | | 1810.09 captured by France off Mauritius |
| Aurora | 1814.02a | W | W | 5th rate | 1083 | | 38 | 1851 | | 1808 launched. 1814.02.26 captured as Clorinde (French). 1832 c.h. |
| Aurora | 1861.06.22 | W | S | Frigate | 2558 | 3498 | 51 | 1881 | | |
| Avenger | 1845.08.05 | W | P | Frigate | 1444 | | 10 | 1847 | | 1847.12.20 wrecked on Sorelle Rocks, off North Africa, 246 drowned |
| Avon | 1837a | W | P | Packet | 360 | | 2 | 1863 | 31 | 1825 Launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Thetis. 1839 transport. 1843 survey ship. 1849 tender |
| Avon | 1867.10.02 | C | S | Gunvessel | 467 | 603 | 4 | 1890 | 32 | |
| Azov | 1855.07.14 | W | W | Schooner gunboat | 94 | | 2 | 1899 | | 1859 h.s. |
The Victorian Royal Navy
