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 |
Valiant | 1863.10.14 | I | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | | 6710 | 18 | 1956 | 487 | 1888 h.s. 1897 d.s. 1904 = Indus IV. 1916 = Valiant (old). 1919 = Valiant III. 1924 oil hulk |
Valiant (old) | 1916r | | | | | | | | | See: Valiant 1863 |
Valiant III | 1919r | | | | | | | | | See: Valiant 1863 |
Valorous | 1851.04.30 | W | P | 2nd class frigate | 1255 | 2300 | 16 | 1891 | | |
Vanguard | 1835.08.25 | W | W | 3rd rate | 2609 | | 78 | 1875 | | 1867 = Ajax |
Vanguard | 1870.01.03 | I | S | Central battery ironclad | 3774 | 6010 | 14 | 1875 | 488 | 1875.09.01 sunk in collision with Iron Duke off Wicklow, Ireland |
Variable | 1827.10.06 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 231 | | 10 | 1847 | | 1829 = Pigeon |
Vengeance | 1824.07.27 | W | W | 2nd rate | 2284 | | 84 | 1897 | | 1861 r.s. |
Vengeur | 1810.06.19 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1765 | | 74 | 1843 | | 1824.02 r.s. |
Venus | 1820.08.10 | W | W | 5th rate | 1069 | | 46 | 1864 | | 1848-62 lent as t.s. |
Vernon | 1832.05.01 | W | W | 4th rate | 1832 | 2388 | 50 | 1923 | | 1876 torpedo school. 1886 = Actaeon |
Vernon | 1886r | | | | | | | | | See: Donegal 1858 |
Vernon II | 1904r | | | | | | | | | See: Marlborough 1855 |
Vernon III | 1904r | | | | | | | | | See: Warrior 1860 |
Vestal | 1833.04.06 | W | W | 6th rate | 913 | | 26 | 1862 | | |
Vestal | 1865.11.16 | W | S | Sloop | 1081 | 1597 | 4 | 1884 | 489 | |
Vesuvius | 1839.07.11 | W | P | 1st class sloop | 970 | 1283 | 6 | 1866 | 490 | |
Vesuvius | 1874.03.24 | I | S | Torpedo vessel | | 244 | | 1923 | | 4TT. Foundered after sale |
Veteran | 1839r | | | | | | | | | See: Prometheus 1807 |
Victor | 1814.10.29 | W | W | Sloop | 382 | | 18 | 1842 | 0 | Sailed from Vera Cruz for Halifax; never seen again, presumed foundered with all hands (130) |
Victor | 1855.11.24 | W | S | Gunvessel | 868 | | 6 | 1863 | 491 | 1863 sold as Scylla, then became Rappahannock (Confederate navy) |
Victor Emmanuel | 1855.09.27 | W | S | 2nd rate | 3087 | 4814 | 91 | 1899 | 493 | See: Repulse 1855. 1873 r.s. |
Victoria | 1855r | | | | | | | | | See: Windsor Castle 1858 |
Victoria | 1859.11.12 | W | S | 1st rate | 4127 | 6959 | 121 | 1893 | | |
Victoria and Albert | 1843.04.26 | W | P | Yacht | 1034 | | | 1868 | 341 | 1854 = Osborne |
Victoria and Albert | 1855.01.16 | W | P | Yacht | 2345 | 2470 | | 1904 | | Laid down as Windsor Castle. Ships book ADM 136/1 |
Victorious | 1808.10.20 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1724 | | 74 | 1862 | | 1826 r.s. |
Victory | 1765.05.07 | W | W | 1st rate | 2142 | | 100 | | | 1801 rebuilt 2164 bm.1824 h.s. 1922 drydocked. Still in commission. |
Viga | 1860.04a | W | - | Coal hulk | 304 | | | 1863 | | Slaver brig, captured |
Vigilant | 1821.04.18 | W | S | Cutter | 161 | | 6 | 1832 | | 1826 ketch |
Vigilant | 1856.02.25 | W | S | Gunvessel | 680 | | 4 | 1869 | 494 | |
Vigilant | 1871.02.17 | W | P | Dispatch vessel | 835 | 985 | 2 | 1886 | 495 | |
Vigo | 1810.02.21 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1787 | | 74 | 1865 | | 1827 r.s. |
Vigo | 1865r | | | | | | | | | See: Agincourt 1817 |
Ville de Paris | 1795.07.17 | W | W | 1st rate | 2351 | | 110 | 1845 | | 1825 h.s. |
Vindictive | 1813.11.23 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1758 | | 74 | 1871 | | 1832 reduced to 50 guns. 1862 storeship. 1871 foundered and wreck sold |
Violet | 1845.12.01 | I | P | Packet | 292 | | | 1854 | | |
Violet | 1856.01.09 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1864 | 496 | |
Viper | 1831.05.12 | W | W | Schooner | 183 | | 6 | 1851 | | |
Viper | 1854.07.22 | W | S | Gunvessel | 477 | | 2 | 1862 | | |
Viper | 1865.12.01 | I | S | Armoured gunvessel | 737 | 1230 | 4 | 1908 | 497 | 1890 h.s. 1901 tank vessel |
Virago | 1842.07.25 | W | P | 1st class sloop | 1059 | 1669 | 6 | 1876 | 498 | |
Virginia | 1862.01a | W | - | Coal hulk | 195 | | | 1866 | | ex-barque, purchased |
Vivid | 1848.02.07 | W | P | Packet | 352 | 350 | 2 | 1894 | | |
Vivid | 1912r | | | | | | | | | See: Cuckoo 1873 |
Vivid (old) | 1920r | | | | | | | | | See: Cuckoo 1873 |
Vixen | 1841.02.04 | W | P | 1st class sloop | 1054 | 1379 | 6 | 1862 | 499 | |
Vixen | 1865.11.18 | C | S | Armoured gunboat | 754 | 1230 | 4 | 1895 | 500 | |
Volage | 1825.02.19 | W | W | 6th rate | 521 | | 28 | 1874 | | 1847 survey ship. 1855 floating powder depôt. |
Volage | 1869.02.27 | I | S | Corvette | | 3080 | 10 | 1904 | 502 | Ordered as Cerberus |
Volcano | 1836.06.29 | W | P | Sloop | 720 | 1006 | 2 | 1894 | 501 | 1854? 'floating factory' (repair ship) |
Vulcan | 1849.01.27 | I | S | Frigate | 1747 | | | 1867 | 503 | 1851 troopship. Sold as barque Jorawur |
Vulture | 1843.09.21 | W | P | 2nd class frigate | 1190 | 1960 | 6 | 1866 | | |
Vulture | 1869.11.06 | W | S | Gunvessel | 664 | 805 | 3 | 1885 | 504 | |
Wallace | 1855.07a | I | P | Vessel | 128 | | | 1869 | | ex-Lyons, purchased |
Wanderer | 1835.07.10 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 428 | | 16 | 1850 | | |
Wanderer | 1855.11.22 | W | S | Gunvessel | 675 | | 4 | 1866 | 505 | |
Warrior | 1781.10.18 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1642 | | 74 | 1857 | | 1818 r.s. 1840 convict ship |
Warrior | 1860.12.29 | I | S | Ironclad broadside frigate | 6109 | 9136 | 37 | | | Ships book ADM 136/2. 1902 d.s. 1904 = Vernon III. 1923 = Warrior, hulk. 1945 C77. 1987 restored. still extant. |
Warrior | 1923r | | | | | | | | | See: Warrior 1860 |
Warspite | 1807.11.16 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1890 | | 76 | 1876 | | 1840 reduced to 50 guns. 1862 lent as t.s. 1876.01.03 burn by accident at Woolwich |
Warspite | 1876r | | | | | | | | | See: Waterloo 1833 |
Wasp | 1812.07.09 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 387 | | 18 | 1847 | | |
Wasp | 1850.05.28 | W | S | Sloop | 973 | 1337 | 14 | 1869 | 506 | |
Watchful | 1856.06.04 | | | Gunboat | 233 | | 2 | 1871 | 507 | |
Waterloo | 1818.10.16 | W | W | 2nd rate | 2056 | | 80 | 1892 | | 1824 = Bellerophon. 1856 h.s. |
Waterloo | 1833.06.10 | W | W | 1st rate | 2694 | | 120 | 1918 | | 1859 screw. 1862 = Conqueror. 1876 = Warspite t.s. 1918.01.20 burnt in Thames |
Waterwitch | 1837.11a | W | W | Brig-sloop | 319 | | 10 | 1861 | | ex-yacht, purchased |
Waterwitch | 1866.06.28 | I | H | Armoured gunboat | | 1205 | 4 | 1890 | 508 | |
Wave | 1856.06.25 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1891 | | 1879 hulked, 1882 = Clinker |
Weasel | 1855.03.19 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 3 | 1869 | 509 | |
Weasel | 1873.09.04 | I | S | Gunboat | 254 | | 1 | 19?? | | 1904 = C118, oil fuel lighter |
Weazle | 1822.03.26 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 237 | | 10 | 1844 | | |
Wellesley | 1815.02.24 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1746 | | 74 | 1940 | | 1854 guard ship. 1868 = Cornwall, t.s. 1940.09.24 sunk in Thames by air attack |
Wellesley | 1869r | | | | | | | | | See: Cornwall 1812 |
Wellesley | 1874r | | | | | | | | | See: Boscawen 1844 |
Wellington | 1816r | | | | | | | | | See: Hero 1816 |
Weser | 1855a | I | P | Gunboat | 540 | 468 | 4 | 1873 | | Launched 1851 as Salamander (Prussian). Exchanged. 1866 h.s. |
Weymouth | 1804a | W | W | 5th rate | 826 | | 36 | 1863 | | ex-Indiaman Wellesley, purchased. 1811 storeship 11 guns. 1828 convict ship |
Whiting | 1856.01.09 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1881 | 510 | |
Widgeon | 1837.09.12 | W | P | Packet | 164 | 200 | | 1883 | 511 | |
Wilberforce | 1840.10 | I | P | Exploration vessel | 457 | 340 | 3 | 1850 | | Purchased on stocks |
Wildfire | 1838.01a | W | P | Packet | 186 | | | 1888 | | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Watersprite |
Wildfire | 1888.01a | | P | Yacht | | 453 | | 1912 | | Purchased as Hiawatha. 1889 base ship at Sheerness. 1907.01 = Undine |
Wildfire | 1916r | | | | | | | | | See: Cornwallis 1813 |
William and Mary | 1807.11.14 | W | W | Royal yacht | 199 | | 8 | 1849 | | |
Winchester | 1822.06.21 | W | W | 4th rate | 1487 | | 52 | 1921 | | 1861 = Conway, t.s. 1876 = Mount Edgcombe |
Winchester | 1861r | | | | | | | | | See: Conway 1832 |
Windsor Castle | 1790.05.03 | W | S | 2nd rate | 1874 | | 98 | 1839 | | 1814 74 gun 3rd rate |
Windsor Castle | 1852.09.14 | W | S | 1st rate | 3771 | 5829 | 131 | 1909 | 142 | 1852.10.01 = Duke of Wellington. 1863 h.s. |
Windsor Castle | 1858.08.26 | W | S | 1st rate | 3101 | 4971 | 116 | 1908 | 75 | Laid down as sailing Victoria. Converted to screw on stocks. 1869 = Cambridge gunnery ship |
Wivern | 1863.10a | I | S | Masted turret ship | 1899 | 2751 | 4 | 1922 | 512 | 1863.08.29 launched as El Monassir (Turkish) but intended for US Confederate navy. Siezed and purchased. 1898 h.s. |
Wizard | 1830.05.24 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 231 | | 10 | 1859 | | 1859.02.08 wrecked at Berehaven |
Wizard | 1860.08.03 | W | S | Gunboat | 268 | 330 | 2 | 1879 | | |
Wolf | 1826.12.01 | W | W | Sloop | 454 | | 18 | 1878 | | 1848 hulk. 1859 c.h. |
Wolf | 1856.07.05 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1864 | 513 | |
Wolfe | 1813.05.05 | W | W | Sloop | 426 | | 20 | 1832 | | 1814 = Montreal |
Wolverene | 1836.10.13 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 428 | | 16 | 1855 | | 1855.08.11 wrecked on Courtown Bank |
Wolverene | 1863.08.29 | W | S | Corvette | 1703 | 2431 | 21 | 1923 | | 1881 t.s. in Australia. 1923 sold as sheer hulk |
Wolverine | 1805.03.01 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 387 | | 18 | 1816 | | |
Woodcock | 1856.06.06 | W | S | Gunboat | 233 | | 2 | 1871 | 514 | |
Woodlark | 1821.07.31 | W | S | schooner tender | 81 | | 4 | 1863 | | 1829 survey ship |
Woodlark | 1871.03.09 | W | S | Gunvessel | 663 | 805 | 3 | 1887 | 515 | |
Worcester | 1843.10.10 | W | W | 4th rate | 1468 | | 52 | 1885 | | 1862 lent as t.s. |
Worcester | 1876r | | | | | | | | | See: Frederick William 1860 |
Wrangler | 1854.06.19 | W | S | Gunvessel | 477 | | 2 | 1866 | 516 | |
Wye | 1814.08.17 | W | W | 4th rate | 447 | | 24 | 1852 | | 1828 convict ship |
Wye | 1855r | | | | | | | | | See: Hecla 1855 |
Wye | 1873 | I | S | Storeship | 1370 | | | 1904 | | |
York | 1807.07.07 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1743 | | 74 | 1854 | | 1819 convict ship |
Young Hebe | 1843a | W | W | Schooner | 45 | | | 1847 | | |
Young Queen | 1862.09a | W | W | Survey brig | 75 | | | 1870 | | Purchased. 1862.12 = Saracen |
Zealous | 1864.03.07 | W | S | Central battery ironclad | 3176 | 6096 | 20 | 1886 | 517 | Laid down as 2nd rate 90 guns. 1873 guard ship |
Zebra | 1815.11.18 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 385 | | 18 | 1840 | | 1840.12.02 wrecked off Mount Carmel, Palestine. Launched 1815.12.18 |
Zebra | 1860.11.13 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 951 | 1336 | 17 | 1873 | 520 | |
Zephyr | 1837.04a | W | P | Packet | 237 | | | 1865 | 518 | Launched 1827. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Dragon |
Zephyr | 1873.02.11 | C | S | Gunboat | | 438 | 4 | 1889 | 519 | 1889 sold as salvage vessel. 1929 broken up |