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 |
Eagle | 1804.02.27 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1706 | | 74 | 1926 | 0 | 1830.04 50 gun 4th rate.1860 t.s. 1918=Eaglet. 1926 accidentally burnt |
Eaglet | 1918r | | | | | | | | 0 | See: Eagle 1804 |
Earnest | 1856.03.29 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1885 | | |
Echo | 1827.05.28 | W | P | Gunvessel | 295 | | 2 | 1885 | 145 | |
Eclair | 1807.07.08 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 387 | | 18 | 1831 | | |
Eclair | 1844r | | | | | | | | | See: Infernal 1843 |
Eclipse | 1819.07.03 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 235 | | 10 | 1863 | | 1836 Coastguard. 1863 = WV.21 |
Eclipse | 1860.09.18 | W | S | Gunvessel | 700 | 877 | 4 | 1867 | 146 | |
Eclipse | 1867.11.14 | W | S | Sloop (1876: Corvette) | 1276 | 1760 | 6 | 1921 | 147 | Laid down as Sappho. 1888-1892 lent War Dept. |
Eden | 1814.05.19 | W | W | 6th rate | 451 | | 24 | 1833 | | |
Edgar | 1858.10.23 | W | S | 2nd rate | 3094 | 5158 | 91 | 1904 | 148 | 1870 lent Customs as hulk |
Edinburgh | 1811.01.26 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1772 | | 74 | 1866 | 149 | 1846 screw blockship 60 guns |
Egeria | 1807.10.31 | W | W | 6th rate | 424 | | 26 | 1865 | | |
Egeria | 1873.11.01 | C | S | Sloop | | 940 | 4 | 1911 | | 1886 survey ship |
Egmont | 1810.03.07 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1760 | | 74 | 1875 | | |
Egmont | 1904r | | | | | | | | | See: Achilles 1863 |
Egremont | 1918r | | | | | | | | | See: Achilles 1863 |
Electra | 1837.09.28 | W | W | Sloop | 462 | | 18 | 1862 | | |
Elfin | 1849.02.08 | W | P | Yacht | 98 | | | 1901 | | |
Elizabeth | 1873 | | | Tank vessel | | | | 1921 | 150 | |
Elk | 1847.09.27 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 482 | | 16 | 1893 | | 1863 = WV.13, Coastguard. 1863.5 = WV.28 |
Elk | 1868.01.10 | C | S | Gunvessel | 465 | 603 | 4 | 1905 | 151 | 1890 tug. 1905 sold as dredger |
Emerald | 1820a | W | W | Tender | 86 | | | 1847 | | |
Emerald | 1856.07.19 | W | S | Frigate | 2913 | 3503 | 51 | 1869 | 152 | Laid down as 4th rate 60 guns 2146 bm |
Emerald | 1876.08.18 | C | P | Corvette | 1864 | 2120 | 12 | 1906 | | 1898 powder hulk |
Emerald | 1903r | | | | | | | | | See: Black Prince 1861 |
Emerald | 1918r | | | | | | | | | See: Hawk 1869 |
Emperor | 1856a | | P | Yacht | | | | 1858 | | Became Banyru (Japanese) |
Empress | 1890r | | | | | | | | | See: Revenge 1859 |
Emulous | 1819.12.16 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 235 | | 10 | 1864 | | 1841 Coastguard |
Enchantress | 1862.02.02 | W | P | Admiralty yacht | 835 | 985 | 2 | 1889 | | |
Enchantress | 1888r | | | | | | | | | See: Helicon 1865 |
Encounter | 1846.09.24 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 953 | 1934 | 14 | 1866 | 153 | Converted to screw on stocks |
Encounter | 1873.01.01 | W | S | Sloop | | 1970 | 14 | 1888 | 154 | |
Endymion | 1797.03.29 | W | W | 4th rate | 1277 | | 50 | 1868 | | 1860 h.s. |
Endymion | 1865.11.18 | W | S | Frigate | 2486 | 3200 | 36 | 1885 | | |
Enterprise | 1848.04.05 | W | W | Survey sloop | 471 | | | 1903 | | 1860 c.h. |
Enterprise | 1864.02.09 | C | S | Central battery ironclad sloop | 993 | 1530 | 4 | 1886 | 155 | Laid down as Circassian, Camelion class wooden screw sloop |
Erebus | 1826.06.07 | W | W | Bomb | 378 | | 14 | 1848 | | 1844 screw discovery vessel. 1848 abandoned in Artic |
Erebus | 1856.04.19 | I | S | Floating battery | 1854 | 1954 | 16 | 1884 | 156 | |
Erebus | 1904r | | | | | | | | | See: Invincible 1869 |
Erne | 1856.02.18 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1874 | 157 | |
Escort | 1856.05.05 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1865 | 158 | |
Esk | 1854.06.12 | W | S | Corvette | 1169 | 1900 | 20 | 1870 | 159 | |
Espiegle | 1812.08.10 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 387 | | 18 | 1832 | | |
Espiegle | 1844.04.20 | W | W | Brig | 443 | | 12 | 1861 | | |
Espoir | 1826.05.09 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 233 | | 10 | 1857 | | |
Espoir | 1860.01.07 | W | S | Gunvessel | 428 | 570 | 5 | 1881 | 160 | 1869 = YC.19, dredger |
Ethalion | 1802.07.29 | W | W | 5th rate | 996 | | 36 | 1877 | | 1823 h.s. 1835 lent as breakwater at Harwich |
Euphrates | 1834 | | P | Gunboat | 179 | | | 18?? | | |
Euphrates | 1866.11.24 | I | S | Troopship | 4173 | 6211 | 3 | 1894 | 161 | |
Eurotas | 1829.02.19 | W | W | 5th rate | 1170 | | 46 | 1865 | 162 | 1856 mortar frigate 2 mortars |
Euryalus | 1803.06.06 | W | W | 5th rate | 946 | | 36 | 1860 | | 1826 prison ship. 1859 = Africa |
Euryalus | 1853.10.05 | W | S | Frigate | 2371 | 3125 | 51 | 1867 | 163 | |
Euryalus | 1877.01.31 | I | S | Corvette | 2690 | 4070 | 16 | 1897 | | |
Eurydice | 1843.05.16 | W | W | 6th rate | 908 | | 24 | 1878 | | 1861 t.s. 1878.03.24 foundered off Isle of Wight |
Excellent | 1834r | | | | | | | | | See: Boyne 1810 |
Excellent | 1859r | | | | | | | | | See: Queen Charlotte 1810 |
Exmouth | 1854.07.12 | W | S | 2nd rate | 3100 | 4382 | 90 | 1905 | 164 | Converted to screw on stocks. 1877 lent to Metropolitan Asylums Board |
Experiment | 1838a | W | P | | 220 | | 2 | 1848 | | Ex-mercantile, converted to paddle after purchase. 1847 sold |
Express | 1800.12.30 | W | W | Schooner | 180 | | 6 | 1813 | | |
Express | 1835.10.08 | W | W | Packet brig | 362 | | | 1862 | | |
Express | 1874.07.16 | C | S | Gunboat | | 455 | 4 | 1889 | | |
Fair Rosamond | 1830.02a | W | W | Vessel | | | | 1845 | | Ex-slaver Dos Amigos |
Fairy | 1826.04.25 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 233 | | 10 | 1840 | | 1832 survey vessel. 1840.11.13 wrecked on Sussex coast with loss of all hands |
Fairy | 1845.03 | I | S | Yacht | 312 | | | 1868 | 165 | |
Falcon | 1820.06.10 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 237 | | 10 | 1838 | | 1833 paddle. 1834 reverted to sail. Sold as Waterwitch |
Falcon | 1854.08.10 | W | S | Sloop | 748 | 1139 | 17 | 1869 | 166 | |
Falmouth | 1807 | W | W | Schooner | 160 | | | 1883 | | 1808 dockyard service. 1824 = mortar vessel. 1846 = lighter YC.1. 1870 = YC.46. 1870.11 = Falmouth |
Falmouth | 1870r | | | | | | | | | See: Falmouth 1807 |
Fame | 1842r | | | | | | | | | See: Dragon 1798 |
Fancy | 1818.05.07 | W | S | Cutter tender | 122 | | 6 | | | Fate unknown |
Fancy | 1855.03.31 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 3 | 1905 | 167 | 1876 hulk |
Fanny | 1831.02.28 | W | W | Cutter yacht | 136 | | | 1863 | | Laid down (and launched?) as Admiralty |
Fantome | 1839.05.30 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 483 | | 16 | 1864 | | |
Fantome | 1873.03.26 | C | S | Sloop | 727 | 940 | 4 | 1889 | | |
Favorite | 1836r | | | | | | | | | See: Favourite 1829 |
Favorite | 1864.07.05 | W | S | Central battery ironclad corvette | 2094 | 3232 | 10 | 1886 | 168 | Laid down as wooden screw sloop |
Favourite | 1829.04.21 | W | W | Sloop | 434 | | 18 | 1905 | | 1836 = Favorite. 1859 c.h. 18?? = C.3. 18?? = C.77 |
Fawn | 1807.04.22 | W | W | Sloop | 424 | | 18 | 1818 | | |
Fawn | 1840.05a | W | W | Brigantine | 169 | | 6 | 18?? | | ex-slaver Caroline. 1842 tank vessel. 1846.05 sold Natal Colonial Government |
Fawn | 1856.09.30 | W | S | Sloop | 751 | 1045 | 17 | 1884 | 169 | |
Fearless | 1837.08a | W | P | Survey vessel | 165 | | | 1875 | 170 | 1831 launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Flamer |
Fenella | 1856.05.19 | W | S | Gunboat | 233 | | 2 | 1878 | 171 | 1867 steam-dredger |
Ferret | 1821.10.12 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 237 | | 10 | 1837 | | |
Ferret | 1840.06.01 | W | W | Brig | 358 | | 8 | 1869 | | 1869.03.29 wrecked off Dover pier |
Fervent | 1804.12.15 | W | W | Gun-brig | 179 | | 12 | 1879 | | 1816 mooring lighter |
Fervent | 1856.01.23 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1879 | 172 | |
Fidget | 1856.04.07 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | | 2 | 1863 | | |
Fidget | 1872.03.13 | I | S | Gunboat | | 254 | 1 | 1905 | 173 | 1905 hulk |
Firebrand | 1831.07.11 | W | P | Gunvessel | 495 | 510 | 6 | 1876 | 45 | 1842 = Black Eagle admiralty yacht, 540 bm, 715 disp |
Firebrand | 1842.09.06 | W | P | 2nd class frigate | 1190 | 1960 | 4 | 1864 | 174 | Laid down as Belzebub |
Firefly | 1828 | W | W | Schooner | | | 6 | 1835 | | 1835.02.27 wrecked on coast of British Honduras |
Firefly | 1832.09.29 | W | P | Gunvessel | 550 | 677 | 5 | 1866 | 175 | 1858 survey vessel |
Firefly | 1868 | | | Tug | | | | 1908 | 176 | |
Firequeen | 1847.07a | I | P | Tender | 313 | | | 1883 | | |
Firm | 1855.03.01 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 117 | | 1 | 1858 | | 1855 = MV.11 |
Firm | 1856.03.22 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1872 | 177 | |
Fisgard | 1819.07.08 | W | W | 5th rate | 1068 | | 46 | 1879 | | |
Fisgard | 1904r | | | | | | | | | See: Audacious 1869 |
Fisgard II | 1906r | | | | | | | | | See: Invincible 1869 |
Fisgard II | 1915r | | | | | | | | | See: Hercules 1868 |
Fisgard III | 1905r | | | | | | | | | See: Hindostan 1841 |
Fisgard IV | 1906r | | | | | | | | | See: Sultan 1870 |
Flamer | 1804.05.08 | W | W | Gun-brig | 178 | | 12 | 1858 | | 1815 h.s. 1841 Coastguard |
Flamer | 1831.08.11 | W | P | Gunvessel | 495 | 510 | 6 | 1850 | | 1850.11.22 wrecked off West Africa |
Flamer | 1855.03.31 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 117 | | 1 | 1901 | | 1856 = MV.10. 1866 = YC.5 |
Flamer | 1856.04.10 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1874 | 178 | 1867 hulk. Blown ashore in typhoon |
Flirt | 1856.06.07 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | | 2 | 1864 | | |
Flirt | 1867.12.20 | C | S | Gunvessel | 464 | 603 | 4 | 1888 | 179 | |
Flora | 1844.09.11 | W | W | 5th rate | 1634 | | 36 | 1891 | | 1851 h.s. |
Fly | 1831.08.25 | W | W | Sloop | 485 | | 18 | 1903 | | 1855 c.h. 18?? = C.2. 18?? = C.70 |
Fly | 1856.04.05 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1862 | | |
Fly | 1867.12.20 | C | S | Gunvessel | 464 | 603 | 4 | 1887 | 180 | |
Flying Fish | 1844.04.03 | W | W | Brig | 445 | | 12 | 1852 | | |
Flying Fish | 1855.12.10 | W | S | Gunvessel | 871 | | 6 | 1866 | 181 | |
Flying Fish | 1873.11.08 | C | S | Sloop | | 940 | 4 | 1888 | | Laid down as Daring. 1880 survey ship. |
Foam | 1856.05.08 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1867 | 182 | |
Foam | 1871.08.29 | C | S | Gunboat | | 430 | 4 | 1887 | 183 | |
Forester | 1832.08.28 | W | W | Brigantine | 229 | | 3 | 1843 | | |
Forester | 1856.01.23 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1871 | 184 | 1868 = YC.7. Wrecked in typhoon |
Formidable | 1825.05.19 | W | W | 2nd rate | 2289 | 3594 | 84 | 1906 | | 1869 t.s. |
Forte | 1814.05.21 | W | W | 5th rate | 1155 | | 38 | 1844 | | |
Forte | 1858.05.29 | W | S | Frigate | 2364 | 3456 | 51 | 1905 | 185 | 1880 r.s. 1894 c.h. 1905.11.23 burnt by accident at Sheerness |
Forte | 1890r | | | | | | | | | See: Pembroke 1812 |
Forth | 1833.08.01 | W | W | 5th rate | 1215 | 1792 | 44 | 1883 | | 1856 mortar frigate 2 mortars. 1869 = Jupiter, c.h. |
Fortitude | 1833r | | | | | | | | | See: Cumberland 1807 |
Fortunée | 1800.11.17 | W | W | 5th rate | 921 | | 36 | 1818 | | |
Forward | 1855.12.08 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1869 | 186 | 1869 sold Esquimalt for mercentile service |
Foudroyant | 1798.03.31 | W | W | 2nd rate | 2062 | | 80 | 1897 | | 1820 guardship. 1862 t.s. 1897.06.16 wrecked near Blackpool |
Foudroyant | 1897r | | | | | | | | | See: Trincomalee 1817 |
Fox | 1829.08.17 | W | W | 5th rate | 1080 | | 46 | 1882 | | 1856 screw transport. 1862 storeship. |
Foxhound | 1856.08.16 | W | S | Gunvessel | 681 | | 4 | 1866 | 187 | |
Frederick William | 1860.03.24 | W | S | 1st rate | 3241 | 4725 | 86 | 1953 | | Laid down as Royal Frederick. 1876 = Worchester, t.s. 1948.08.30 foundered in the Thames. 1953 raised and broken up |
Frolic | 1842.08.23 | W | W | Sloop | 511 | | 16 | 1864 | | |
Frolic | 1872.02.29 | C | S | Gunvessel | 462 | 610 | 4 | 1908 | 188 | 1888 drillship. 1893 = WV.30, Coastguard. 1897 = WV.41 |
Furious | 1850.08.26 | W | P | 2nd class frigate | 1287 | | 14 | 1884 | 189 | 1867 c.h. |
Fury | | | | | | | | | | See Dreadnaught 1875 |
Fury | 1814.04.04 | W | W | Bomb | 377 | | 14 | 1825 | | 1824 artic discovery vessel. 1825.08.01 lost in ice, Regent Inlet |
Fury | 1834a | W | P | vessel | 166 | | 0 | 1843 | | 1834.07.31 purchased in Bermuda |
Fury | 1845.12.31 | W | P | 1st class sloop | 1124 | | 6 | 1864 | | |