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Name: Follow links in this column for details of the career of unarmoured wooden screw vessels (or for snippets for other vessels).
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.

The data are mainly derived from Colledge; Gardner; and Lyon and Winfield. For vessels not given here, try Paul Benyon's Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels. For earlier vessels, go to Mike Phillip's Ships of the Old Navy.

Ship	Launch	H.	P.	Type	B.M.	Disp.	Guns	Fate	S.B.	Note
Cadmus	1808.02.26	W	W	Brig-sloop	237		10	1864		1835 Coastguard w.v. 1863 = WV.24
Cadmus	1856.05.20	W	S	Corvette	1461	2216	21	1879
Cadmus	1863r									See: Despatch 1851
Caesar	1853.08.07	W	S	2nd rate	2767	3250	91	1870		Converted to screw on stocks
Calcutta	1831.03.14	W	W	2nd rate	2299		84	1908		1865 gunnery ship
Calcutta	1909r									See: Hercules 1868
Caledonia	1808.06.25	W	W	1st rate	2616		120	1875		1856 = Dreadnought, hospital ship
Caledonia	1862.10.24	W	S	Broadside ironclad frigate	4125	6832	30	1886	74	Laid down as 2nd rate, 91 guns
Caledonia	1891r									See: Impregnable 1810
Calliope	1837.10.05	W	W	6th rate	717		28	1883		1860 floating chapel. 1865 factory
Calypso	1845.05	W	W	6th rate	731		20	1866
Calypso	1870r									See: Blonde 1819
Cambrian	1841.07.05	W	W	5th rate	1622		36	1892		1872 hulk. 1880 floating factory
Cambridge	1815.06.23	W	W	3rd rate	2139		80	1869		1856 gunnery ship
Cambridge	1869r								75	See: Windsor Castle 1858
Camel	1855.04.21	W	W	Mortar vessel	117		1	1901		1855.10 = MV.14. 1871 = YC.6, crane lighter
Camel	1856.05.03	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	1864	76
Camel	1866	I	P	Tug	319	521	0	1913	77
Cameleon	1816.01.16	W	W	Brig-sloop	240			1849
Camelion	1860.02.23	W	S	Sloop (1862: Corvette)	952	1365	17	1883	78
Camilla	1847.09.08	W	W	Sloop	549		16	1861		1860 foundered on China station
Camperdown	1825r									See: Trafalgar 1820
Camperdown	1885.11.24	I	S	Barbette battleship		10600	10	1911		1908 hulk
Canopus	1798a	W	W	3rd rate	2257		80	1887		Was Franklin (French) captured 1798.08.01 at the Nile. 1863 h.s.
Captain	1787.11.26	W	W	3rd rate	1639		74	1813		1809 h.s. 1813.03.22 burnt by accident
Captain	1825r									See: Royal Sovereign 1786
Captain	1869.03.27	I	S	Turret ship	4272	7767	6	1870		Ships book ADM 136/3. 1870.09.07 capsized in storm off Cape Finisterre
Caradoc	1847.07.03	I	P	Gunboat	676		1	1870	79
Carnatic	1823.10.21	W	W	3rd rate	1790		72	1914		Never commissioned. 1860 c.h. 1886 powder hulk. 1886-1891 lent War Dept.
Carnation	1855.10.20	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	1863	80
Caroline	1856.05.09	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	1862	81
Caroline	1882.11.25	C	S	Corvette		1420	14	1929		1897 h.s. 1908 = Ganges, t.s. 1913 = Powerful III. 1919 = Impregnable IV
Carron	1827.01.09	W	P	Gunvessel	295		2	1877
Carron	1855.04.28	W	W	Mortar vessel	160		1	1884		1855.10 = MV.17. 1866 hulk
Carron	1867			Tug				1885	82
Carysfort	1836.08.12	W	W	6th rate	911		26	1861
Carysfort	1878.09.26	S	S	Corvette		2380	14	1899
Cassius	1847a	W	W	Diving-bell vessel				1852		Was U.S.A. schooner
Castlereagh	1846a	W	W	Survey schooner				1848
Castor	1832.05.02	W	W	5th rate	1293	1808	26	1902		1860 t.s.
Celebes	1806a	W	W	5th rate			36			1806.07.26 Dutch Pallas captured in East Indies. Originally renamed Macassar
Centaur	1845.10.06	W	P	2nd class frigate	1270	2100	6	1864
Centurion	1844.05.02	W	W	2nd rate	2580		80	1870	83	1855 screw
Cerberus	1827.03.30	W	W	5th rate	1079		46	1866
Cerberus	1867r									See: Volage 1869
Cerberus	1870.03.02	I	S	Breastwork monitor		3340	4	1924	0	1918=Platypus II d.s.
Ceylon	1808r	W	W							See: Bombay 1805
Challenger	1826.11.14	W	W	6th rate	603		28	1835		1835.05.19 wrecked off the coast of Chile
Challenger	1858.02.13	W	S	Corvette	1465	2137	21	1921	84	1872 survey ship 4 guns. 1880 hulk
Champion	1824.05.31	W	W	Sloop	456		18	1867		Wrecked as a target
Chanticleer	1808.07.26	W	W	Brig-sloop	237		10	1871		1828 survey ship. 1830 Customs watch vessel. 1863.05.25 = WV.5
Chanticleer	1861.02.09	W	S	Sloop (1862: Corvette)	950	1419	17	1875	85
Charger	1835r									See: Courier 1829
Charger	1855.11.13	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	1887	86	1866 buoy boat. 18?? = YC.3. 1887 sold for mercantile service as Rescue
Charon	1837.04a	W	P	Packet	125			1849		Transferred from Post Office, ex-Crusader. 1849 sold to Trinity House
Charon	1856.02.09	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	1865
Charybdis	1831.02.27	W	W	Brigantine	232		3	1843
Charybdis	1859.06.01	W	S	Corvette	1506	2187	21	1884		1881-1882 lent to Canadian govt as t.s.
Chasseur	1855a	I	P	Floating factory	543			1901
Chatham	1741.10.01	W	W	Yacht	74		6	1867		1793 rebuilt 93 bm. 1842 rebuilt 104 bm
Chatham	1812.02.14	W	W	3rd rate	1788	1817	74	1817		Built from frames captured at Flushing. 1814 sheer hulk
Cheerful	1855.10.06	W	S	Gunboat	212		2	1869	87
Cherokee	1842.09.22	W	P	Vessel	750			1851
Cherokee	1856.04.30	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	1869	88	Never completed for sea
Cherub	1806.12.27	W	W	Sloop	424		18	1820
Cherub	1865.03.27	W	S	Gunboat		330	2	1890
Chesapeake	1855.09.27	W	S	Frigate	2377	3334	51	1867	89
Chester	1861.03.14	I	S	Tank vessel	164	234	0	1925	90
Chichester	1843.07.12	W	W	4th rate	1468		52	1889		1866 lent as t.s.
Chiffonne	1801a	W	W	5th rate	945		36	18??		1801.08.19 captured from French off Sychelles
Childers	1827.08.23	W	W	Brig-sloop	385		16	1865
Chub	1855.10.15	W	S	Gunboat	212		2	1869	91
Circassian	1854.07a	W	P	Vessel	170		0	1856		1854.07.21 purchased at Constantinople ex-Swan. 1856.07.28 sold
Circe	1804.11.17	W	W	5th rate	670		32	1814
Circe	1827.09.22	W	W	5th rate	1079		46	1922		1866 h.s. 1916 = Impregnable IV
Clarence	1827.07.25	W	W	2nd rate	2288		84	1884		Laid down as Goliath. 1872 t.s. 1884.01.17 accidentally burnt on Mersey
Clarence	1885r									See: Royal William 1833
Cleopatra	1779.11.26	W	W	5th rate	689		32	1814
Cleopatra	1835.04.28	W	W	6th rate	918		26	1862
Cleopatra	1878.08.01	S	S	Corvette		2380	14	1931		1922.01 = Defiance III
Clinker	1813.07.15	W	W	Gun-brig	183		12	1867		1831 Coastguard. 1863 = WV.12
Clinker	1855.04.02	W	S	Gunboat	232		3	1871	92
Clinker	1882r									See: Wave 1856
Clio	1807.01.10	W	W	Brig-sloop	389		18	1845
Clio	1858.08.28	W	S	Corvette	1462	2187	21	1919		1877 t.s.
Clown	1856.05.20	W	S	Gunboat	233			1871	93	1867 coal lighter. 18?? = YC.1. 18?? = YC.6. 1871 lost
Clyde	1828.10.09	W	W	5th rate	1081	1447	46	1904		1870 = RNR drill ship
Cochin	1820.04.23	W	W	Schooner	54			1850		1840 tank vessel
Cochin	1856.04.08	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	1863
Cockatrice	1832.05.14	W	W	Schooner	182			1858
Cockatrice	1860.05.26	W	S	Gunboat	268	330	2	1885	94	1882 = YC.10 luggage lighter
Cockburn	1827			Schooner	70		1	1837
Cockchafer	1855.11.24	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	1872	95
Colleen	1905r									See: Hawk 1869
Colleen (old)	1916r									See: Hawk 1869
Collingwood	1841.08.17	W	W	2nd rate	2589		80	1867	96	1861 screw
Colossus	1848.06.01	W	W	2nd rate	2590		80	1867	97	1855 screw
Columbia	1813a	W	W	Sloop	294		18	1820		American privateer Curlew captured 1813 off Cape Sable
Columbia	1829.07.01	W	P	Packet	361	504	3	1859		1842 survey vessel. 1857 c.h.
Columbine	1826.12.01	W	W	Sloop	492		18	1892		1849 12 gun brig. 1854 c.h.
Columbine	1862.04.02	W	S	Sloop	669	913	11	1875	98
Comet	1822.05.23	W	P	Tug and ferry	238	239	2	1868	99	First steamship ordered by Admiralty
Comet	1828.08.11	W	W	Sloop	462		18	1862		1832 = Comus
Comet	1869r									See: Thunderer 1831
Comet	1870.12.08	I	S	Gunboat		254	1	1908
Comus	1832r									See: Comet 1828
Confiance	1827.03.28	W	P	Gunvessel	295		2	1873	100
Conflict	1812.09.26	W	S	Gunboat	180		12	1840		1832 r.s. Sierre Leone
Conflict	1846.08.05	W	S	Sloop	992	1628	8	1863		1848 lengthened to 1848 bm
Conflict	1873.02.11	W	W	Schooner	120		1	1882
Confounder	1856.05.21	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	1864
Congo	1816.01.11	W	P	Survey schooner	83		1	1826		1816 engine removed
Conqueror	1855.05.02	W	S	2nd rate	3225	5720	101	1861		1861.12.29 wrecked Rum Key, West Indies
Conqueror	1862r									See: Waterloo 1833
Conquestador	1810.08.01	W	W	3rd rate	1773		74	1897		1831 4th rate. 1860 powder hulk.
Constance	1846.03.12	W	W	4th rate	2132		50	1875	101	1862 screw
Contest	1846.04.11	W	W	Brig	459		12	1868
Contest	1874.08.29	C	S	Gunboat		455	4	1889
Conway	1814.03.10	W	W	6th rate	451		20	1825
Conway	1832.02.02	W	W	6th rate	652		26	1871		1859 t.s. 1861 = Winchester
Conway	1861r									See: Winchester 1822
Conway	1876r									See: Nile 1839
Coquette	1855.10.25	W	S	Gunvessel	677		4	1868	102
Coquette	1871.04.05	C	S	Gunboat	295	430	4	1889	103
Cordelia	1808.07.26	W	W	Brig-sloop	239		10	1833
Cordelia	1856.07.03	W	S	Sloop	579	876	11	1870	104
Cormorant	1842.03.29	W	P	1st class sloop	1054	1379	6	1853
Cormorant	1856.02.23	W	S	Gunvessel	675		4	1859		1859.06.28 sunk at Peiho forts
Cormorant	1860.02.09	W	S	Gunvessel	695	877	4	1870	105
Cormorant	1877.09.12	C	S	Sloop		1130	6	1949		1946 = Rooke
Cornwall	1812.01.16	W	W	3rd rate	1751		74	1875		1831 50 guns.1869 = Wellesley, t.s.
Cornwallis	1801a	W	W	4th rate	1388		54	1862		Was Marquis Cornwallis, East Indiaman, purchased. 1806 = Akbar, troopship. 1824 h.s.
Cornwallis	1813.05.12	W	W	3rd rate	1809		74	1957	106	1855 screw blockship, 60 guns. 1865 jetty at Sheerness. 1916 = Wildfire, base ship
Cornwallis	1868r									See: Wellesley 1815
Coromandel	1815r									See: Malabar 1804
Coromandel	1855a	W	P	Dispatch vessel	303			1866		1855 purchased. 1866 = Naruto (Japanese navy). 1876 broken up.
Cossack	1854.05.15	W	S	Corvette	1296	1965	20	1875	107	Laid down as Witjas for Russian navy. seized on stocks 1854.04.05
Courier	1829a	W	P	Packet	733	912		1854		1824 launched. Acquired for Corfu service (was George IV). 1830 = Hermes. 1835 = Charger, c.h.
Cowper	1860a	W	P	Vessel	342			1861		1860 purchased. 1861 sold and renamed !Fei Seen
Cracker	1826	W	S	Cutter	47			1842		Purchased. 1832 training hulk for artificers. Date of sale uncertain
Cracker	1855.04.02	W	S	Gunboat	232		3	1864
Cracker	1867.11.27	C	S	Gunboat	465	605	4	1889	108
Crane	1839.05.28	W	W	Packet brig	359		6	1862
Creole	1845.10.01	W	W	6th rate	911		26	1875
Crescent	1810.12.11	W	W	5th rate	1084		38	1854		1840 h.s.
Crescent	1854a	W	P	Tender	90			1855		1854 purchased
Cressy	1853.07.21	W	S	2nd rate	2539	3707	80	1867	109	Converted to screw on stocks
Cressy	1941r									See: Unicorn 1824
Crocodile	1825.10.28	W	W	6th rate	500		28	1861
Crocodile	1867.01.07	I	S	Troopship	4173	6211	3	1894	110
Crocus	1856.06.04	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	1864
Cromer	1867.08.20	W	S	Gunboat	268	330	2	1886	111
Cruiser	1857r									See: Cruizer 1852
Cruizer	1828.01.19	W	W	Brig-sloop	385		18	1849
Cruizer	1852.06.19	W	S	Sloop	747	1045	17	1912	272	1856 = Cruiser. 1893 = Lark, sail t.s.
Cuckoo	1837a	W	P	Packet	234	36		1865		Transferred from Post Office, ex-Cinderella. 185? gunboat
Cuckoo	1873.08.14	I	S	Gunboat		254	1	1958		1912 = Vivid, base ship. 1920 = Vivid (Old). 1923 = YC.37
Cuckoo	1918r									See: Hawk 1869
Cumberland	1807.08.19	W	W	3rd rate	1718		74	1870		1830 convict ship. 1833 = Fortitude
Cumberland	1842.10.21	W	W	3rd rate	2214		70	1889		1870 t.s.1889.02.17 burnt on Clyde.
Cupid	1855.11.13	I	W	Mortar vessel	102		1	1870		also called Mortar Float No. 103. 1865 = YC.3
Curacoa	1809.09.23	W	W	5th rate	956		36	1849
Curacoa	1854.04.13	W	S	Frigate	1570	2385	31	1869	112
Curlew	1830.02.25	W	W	Brig-sloop	233		10	1849
Curlew	1854.05.31	W	S	Sloop	486	625	9	1865	113
Curlew	1868.08.20	W	S	Gunvessel	665	805	3	1882	114
Cyclops	1839.07.10	W	P	1st class sloop	1195	1960	6	1864
Cyclops	1871.07.18	I	S	Coast defence monitor		3480	4	1903	115
Cygnet	1840.04.06	W	W	Brig	359		8	1877		1863 = WV.30, Coastguard.
Cygnet	1860.06.06	W	S	Gunvessel	428	570	5	1868	116
Cygnet	1874.05.30	C	S	Gunboat		455	4	1889

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