These tables show all vessels carried on the books of the Royal Navy in the period 1840-1880.
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 the National Archives, 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
these sources. 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.
| Name | Launched | H. | P. | Type | B.M. | Disp. | Guns | Fate | S.B. | Note |
| Naiad | 1797.02.27 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1020 | | 38 | 1866 | | 1847 coal depot |
| Nankin | 1850.03.16 | W | W | Fourth rate | 2049 | 2540 | 50 | 1905 | | 1866 hospital hulk. 1895 sold |
| Narcissus | 1859.10.26 | W | S | Frigate | 2665 | 3548 | 51 | 1883 | | |
| Nassau | 1866.02.20 | W | S | Gunvessel | 695 | 877 | | 1880 | 318 | 1866.07 survey ship |
| Nautilus | 1830.03.11 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 233 | | 10 | 1878 | | 1852 t.s. 1872 hulk |
| Nautilus | 1879.05.20 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 501 | | 8 | 1905 | | Built to old design as training brig |
| Nelson | 1814.07.04 | W | W | First rate | 2617 | | 120 | 1928 | 319 | 1860 screw 89 guns. 1867 to New South Wales govt. 1898 sold as store hulk, later coal hulk |
| Nelson | 1876.11.04 | I | S | Armoured cruiser | | 7630 | 18 | 1910 | | 1901 t.s. |
| Nemesis | 1826.08.19 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1168 | | 46 | 1866 | | Never commissioned |
| Neptune | 1832.09.27 | W | W | First rate | 2694 | | 120 | 1875 | | 1859 screw 89 guns |
| Neptune | 1863 | | | Coastguard cutter | 60 | | | 1905 | | |
| Neptune | 1878.03a | I | S | Masted turret ship | | 9310 | 6 | 1903 | | 1874.09.10 launched as Brazalian Independencia. Purched while completing |
| Nerbudda | 1835 | | | Cutter | 49 | | 2 | 1862 | | |
| Nerbudda | 1847.02.06 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 445 | | 12 | 1856 | | 1856.07.10 foundered off Cape of Good Hope |
| Nereus | 1821.07.30 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1095 | | 46 | 1879 | | 1843 storeship, h.s. |
| Netley | 1823.03.13 | W | W | Cutter | 122 | | 8 | 1859 | | 1848.10 foundered at Spithead and raised |
| Netley | 1866.07.02 | W | S | Gunboat | 268 | 330 | 2 | 1885 | 321 | |
| Nettle | 1856.02.09 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | | 2 | 1868 | 322 | |
| Nettle | 1870r | | | | | | | | | See: Thunderer 1831 |
| Newcastle | 1813.11.10 | W | W | Fourth rate | 1556 | | 60 | 1850 | | 1824 h.s. |
| Newcastle | 1860.10.16 | W | S | Frigate | | 4020 | 51 | 1929 | 323 | 1889 powder hulk |
| Newport | 1867.07.20 | W | S | Gunvessel | 425 | 570 | | 1881 | 324 | 1868 survey vessel. Sold as Pandora |
| Niagara | 1814r | | | | | | | | | See: Royal George 1809 |
| Niger | 1846.11.18 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 1013 | 1454 | 14 | 1869 | 325 | |
| Nightingale | 1855.12.22 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1867 | 326 | |
| Nile | 1839.06.28 | W | W | Second rate | 2598 | | 90 | 1956 | | 1854 screw. 1876 = Conway, t.s. 1853.04.14 stranded in Menai strait. 1956.10.31 accidentally burnt |
| Nimble | 1860.09.15 | W | S | Gunvessel | 428 | 570 | 5 | 1906 | 327 | 1879 h.s. |
| Nimrod | 1828.08.26 | W | W | Sloop | 502 | | 20 | 1907 | | Laid down as 6th rate Andromeda. 1853 = C.1, c.h. 18?? = C.76 |
| Nimrod | 1856.04.21 | W | S | Gunvessel | 868 | | 6 | 1865 | 328 | |
| Niobe | 1849.09.18 | W | W | Sixth rate | 1051 | | 28 | 1862 | | 1862 sold to Prussian navy |
| Niobe | 1866.05.31 | W | S | Sloop | 1083 | 1570 | 4 | 1874 | 329 | 1874.05.21 wrecked Miquelon Island |
| North Star | 1824.12.07 | W | W | Sixth rate | 501 | | 28 | 1860 | | |
| Northampton | 1876.11.18 | I | S | Armoured frigate | | 7652 | 21 | 1905 | | 1894 t.s. |
| Northumberland | 1798.02.02 | W | W | Third rate | 1907 | | 74 | 1850 | | 1827 hulk |
| Northumberland | 1866.04.17 | I | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | 6621 | 10780 | 28 | 1927 | 330 | 1898 d.s. 1904 = Acheron, t.s. 1909 = C.8 hulk. 1926 = C.68. Resold as hulk Stedmound |
| Nymphe | 1812.04.12 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1087 | | 38 | 1875 | | Laid down as Nereide. 1836 h.s. 1871 = Handy |
| Nymphe | 1866.11.24 | W | S | Sloop | 1084 | 1570 | 4 | 1884 | 331 | |
| Oberon | 1847.01.02 | I | P | Sloop (packet) | 650 | 1055 | 4 | 1880 | 332 | 1870 target |
| Ocean | 1805.10.24 | W | W | Second rate | 2291 | | 98 | 1875 | | 1841 d.s.1853 c.h. |
| Ocean | 1863.03.19 | W | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | 4047 | 6832 | 24 | 1882 | 333 | Laid down as 2nd rate 91 guns |
| Octavia | 1849.08.18 | W | W | Fourth rate | 2125 | | 50 | 1876 | 334 | 1861 screw 3832 disp |
| Odin | 1846.07.24 | W | P | 1st class frigate | 1310 | | 18 | 1865 | | |
| Old President | 1903r | | | | | | | | | See: President 1829 |
| Onyx | 1845.11 | I | P | Packet | 292 | | | 1854 | | |
| Onyx | 1856.04.03 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | | 2 | 1873 | 335 | 1869 steam-lump |
| Opal | 1875.03.09 | C | S | Corvette | | 2120 | 12 | 1892 | | Laid down as Magicienne |
| Opossum | 1821.12.11 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 236 | | 10 | 1841 | | |
| Opossum | 1856.02.28 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1896 | 336 | 1874 hulk |
| Orestes | 1824.05.31 | W | W | Sloop | 460 | | 18 | 1905 | | 1852 = C.28, c.h. |
| Orestes | 1860.08.18 | W | S | Corvette | 1717 | 2431 | 21 | 1866 | 337 | |
| Orient | 1918r | | | | | | | | | See Sampson 1877 |
| Orion | 1854.11.06 | W | S | Second rate | 3281 | | 91 | 1867 | 338 | Converted to screw on stocks |
| Orion | 1879.01.23 | I | S | Central battery ironclad | | 4870 | 4 | 1913 | | Laid down as Turkish Buruc-i-Zaffer. Purchased on stocks. 1909.12 = Orontes, depot ship. |
| Orlando | 1858.06.12 | W | S | Frigate | 3740 | 5643 | 40 | 1871 | 339 | |
| Orontes | 1862.11.22 | I | S | Troopship | 2812 | 4857 | 3 | 1893 | 340 | 1876 lengthened 5600 disp |
| Orontes | 1904r | | | | | | | | | See: Swiftsure 1870 |
| Orontes | 1909r | | | | | | | | | See: Orion 1879 |
| Orpheus | 1860.06.23 | W | S | Corvette | 1706 | 2365 | 21 | 1863 | | 1863.02.07 wrecked Manukau Bar, New Zealand |
| Orwell | 1866.12.27 | W | S | Gunboat | 268 | 330 | 2 | 1890 | | 1890 sold Customs Board |
| Osborne | 1854r | | | | | | | | 341 | See: Victoria and Albert 1843 |
| Osborne | 1870.12.19 | W | P | Yacht | 1856 | | | 1908 | 342 | |
| Osprey | 1844.04.02 | W | W | Brig | 425 | | 12 | 1846 | | 1846.03.11 wreched off Hokianga, New Zealand |
| Osprey | 1856.03.22 | W | S | Gunvessel | 682 | | 4 | 1867 | 343 | 1867.05.30 wrecked off Cape St. Francis, Algoa Bay, South Africa |
| Osprey | 1876.08.05 | C | S | Sloop | | 1130 | 6 | 1890 | | |
| Otter | 1837a | W | P | Packet | 237 | | | 1893 | 344 | Launched 1827. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Wizard. 1854 gunvessel. 1865 tug. 1878 c.h |
| Owen Glendower | 1808.11.21 | W | W | Fifth rate | 951 | | 36 | 1884 | | 1842 convict ship |
| Pacific | 1844.12a | | | Receiving ship | 110 | | | 1868 | | Purchased. (later?) light vessel at the Cape of Good Hope |
| Pallas | 1816.04.13 | W | W | Fifth rate | 951 | | 36 | 1862 | | 1836 c.h. |
| Pallas | 1865.03.14 | W | S | Central battery ironclad corvette | 2372 | 3661 | 6 | 1886 | 345 | |
| Pandora | 1833.07.14 | W | W | Packet brig | 319 | | 3 | 1862 | | 1857 Coastguard watch vessel |
| Pandora | 1861.02.07 | W | S | Gunvessel | 428 | 570 | 5 | 1875 | 346 | |
| Pantaloon | 1831.12a | W | W | Brig | 340 | | 10 | 1852 | | Purchased |
| Pantaloon | 1860.09.26 | W | S | Sloop | 574 | 798 | 11 | 1867 | 347 | |
| Parthian | 1856.05.08 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1864 | | |
| Partridge | 1829.10.12 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 231 | | 10 | 1864 | | |
| Partridge | 1856.03.29 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1864 | | |
| Peacock | 1856.04.12 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1869 | 348 | |
| Pearl | 1828.03.17 | W | W | Sloop | 558 | | 20 | 1851 | | |
| Pearl | 1855.09.13 | W | S | Corvette | 1469 | 2187 | 21 | 1884 | 349 | |
| Pearlen | 1807a | W | W | Fifth rate | 1204 | | 38 | 1846 | | 1807.09.07 captured from Danes at Copenhagen. 1811 = Perlen. 1813.03 lazaretto. 1836 = Perlin |
| Pegasus | 1878.06.13 | C | S | Sloop | | 1130 | 6 | 1892 | | |
| Pelican | 1812.08 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 385 | | 18 | 1865 | | 1863 = WV.29 |
| Pelican | 1860.07.19 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 952 | 1365 | 17 | 1869 | 350 | Sold as Hawk. resold to Portuguese navy as Infanta Dom Henrique. Launched 1860.07.09 |
| Pelican | 1876.08.05 | C | S | Sloop | | 1130 | 6 | 1890 | | |
| Pelorus | 1808.06.25 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 385 | | 18 | 1841 | | 1839.11.25 wrecked in a cyclone at Port Essington, N.T., Australia, but subsequently raised and repaired |
| Pelorus | 1857.02.05 | W | S | Corvette | 1462 | 2330 | 21 | 1869 | 351 | |
| Pelter | 1813.08.27 | W | W | Gun-brig | 184 | | 12 | 1862 | | 1827 Coastguard |
| Pelter | 1854.08.26 | W | S | Gunboat | 216 | | 4 | 1864 | | |
| Pelter | 1867 | | | Tank vessel | | | | 1905 | 352 | |
| Pembroke | 1812.06.23 | W | W | Third rate | 1758 | | 74 | 1905 | | 1855 screw blockship 60 guns. 1858 Coastguard. 1873 base ship at Chatham. 1890 = Forte r.s. |
| Pembroke | 1890r | | | | | | | | | See: Duncan 1859 |
| Pembroke | 1919r | | | | | | | | | See: Achilles 1863 |
| Penelope | 1829.08.13 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1091 | | 46 | 1864 | | 1843 paddle 1616 bm 12 guns |
| Penelope | 1867.06.18 | C | S | Central battery ironclad corvette | 3096 | 4470 | 11 | 1912 | 353 | 1891 guard ship. 1897 prison hulk |
| Penguin | 1838.04.10 | W | W | Packet brig | 360 | | 6 | 1871 | | 1857 Coastguard watch vessel. 1863 = WV.31 |
| Penguin | 1860.02.08 | W | S | Gunvessel | 428 | 570 | 5 | 1870 | 354 | |
| Penguin | 1876.03.25 | C | S | Sloop | | 1130 | 6 | 1924 | | 1890 = survey ship. 1908 = d.s. 1913 to R.Aust.N. |
| Perlen | 1811r | | | | | | | | | See: Pearlen 1807 |
| Perlin | 1836r | | | | | | | | | See: Pearlen 1807 |
| Perseus | 1812.11.20 | W | W | Sixth rate | 522 | | 22 | 1850 | | 1818 h.s. |
| Perseus | 1861.08.21 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 955 | 1365 | 17 | 1931 | | 1904 = Defiance II |
| Perseverance | 1854.07.11 | I | S | Troopship | 1967 | | | 1860 | | ex-Russian Sobraon, purchased on stocks. 1860.10.21 wrecked in Cape Verde Islands |
| Perseverance | 1875.01.19 | I | P | Tug | 280 | 538 | 0 | 1911 | | |
| Persian | 1839.10.07 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 484 | | 16 | 1866 | | |
| Pert | 1856.04.03 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | | 2 | 1864 | | |
| Pert | 1868.06.22 | C | S | Gunvessel | 464 | | 4 | 1888 | 355 | |
| Pet | 1856.02.09 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | | 2 | 1904 | 356 | 1865 hulk |
| Peterel | 1838.05.23 | W | W | Packet brig | 359 | | 6 | 1862 | | |
| Peterel | 1860.11.10 | W | S | Sloop | 669 | 847 | 11 | 1901 | 357 | 1885 c.h. |
| Phaeton | 1848.11.25 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1942 | | 50 | 1875 | 358 | 1859 screw |
| Pheasant | 1856.05.01 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1877 | 359 | |
| Philomel | 1842.03.28 | W | W | Brig | 360 | | 8 | 1870 | | 1857 Coastguard watch vessel. 1863 = WV.23. 1869 foundered in the Swalve, salved and broken up |
| Philomel | 1860.03.10 | W | S | Gunboat | 428 | 570 | 5 | 1865 | 360 | |
| Philomel | 1867.10.29 | W | S | Gunvessel | | 774 | 3 | 1886 | 361 | |
| Phoebe | 1795.09.29 | W | W | Fifth rate | 926 | | 36 | 1841 | | 1826.10 Slop ship |
| Phoebe | 1854.04.12 | W | W | Fourth rate | 2044 | | 51 | 1875 | 362 | 1860 screw 2895 bm 3584 disp |
| Phoenix | 1832.09.25 | W | P | 2nd class sloop | 812 | 1024 | 6 | 1864 | | 1845 screw |
| Phoenix | 1879.09.16 | C | S | Sloop | | 1130 | 6 | 1882 | | 1882.09.12 wrecked off Prince Edward island |
| Pickle | 1827.08 | W | W | Schooner | 118 | | 3 | 1847 | | |
| Pickle | 1855.05.23 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 155 | | 1 | 1865 | | 1855.10 = MV.22 |
| Pickle | 1856.05.03 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1864 | | |
| Pickle | 1872.11.15 | I | S | Gunboat | | 254 | 1 | 1906 | 363 | |
| Pigeon | 1829r | | | | | | | | | See: Variable 1827 |
| Pigeon | 1860.06.07 | W | S | Gunboat | 268 | 330 | 2 | 1876 | | |
| Pigmy | 1837.04a | W | P | Packet | 227 | | | 1879 | 364 | Launched 1827. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Sybil |
| Pike | 1837a | W | P | Packet | 111 | | | 1868 | | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Spitfire |
| Pike | 1872.10.16 | I | S | Gunboat | | 254 | 1 | 1920 | | 1908 boom defence vessel |
| Pilot | 1838.06.09 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 485 | | 16 | 1862 | | |
| Pilot | 1879.11.12 | W | W | 2nd class brig | | | 8 | 1907 | | Built to old design as training brig |
| Pincher | 1854.09.05 | W | S | Gunboat | 216 | | 4 | 1864 | | |
| Pincher | 1879.05.05 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | | 254 | 1 | 1905 | | |
| Pioneer | 1810.03.10 | W | W | Cutter | 197 | | 12 | 1849 | | 1813 schooner. 1819 cutter. 1824 Coastguard |
| Pioneer | 1850.03a | W | S | Discovery vessel | 342 | | | 1854 | | ex-Eider, purchased. 1854 abandoned in Artic |
| Pioneer | 1856.01.19 | W | S | Gunvessel | 868 | | 4 | 1864 | 365 | |
| Pioneer | 1863.07.16 | I | P | Turret gunboat | 295 | | 2 | 1866 | | Sternwheel. 1866 grounded New Zealand |
| Pioneer | 1864a | W | P | Survey vessel | | | | 1873 | | Transferred from Colonial Office |
| Pioneer | 1874.10.26 | C | P | Vessel | 576 | | 6 | 1888 | | |
| Pique | 1834.07.21 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1633 | | 36 | 1910 | | 1872 r.s. 1882 lent as hospital hulk |
| Pitt | 1816.04.13 | W | W | Third rate | 1751 | | 74 | 1877 | | 1853 c.h. |
| Pitt | 1882r | | | | | | | | | See: Trafalgar 1820 |
| Plover | 1821.06.30 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 237 | | 10 | 1841 | | |
| Plover | 1842.02a | W | W | Survey cutter | 237 | | | 1854 | | ex-Bentinck, purchased |
| Plover | 1855.09.08 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1859 | | 1859.06.25 abandoned as total loss at Peiho |
| Plover | 1860.01.19 | W | S | Gunvessel | 428 | 570 | 5 | 1865 | 366 | Sold as Hawk |
| Plover | 1867.02.20 | W | S | Gunvessel | 663 | 805 | 3 | 1885 | 367 | |
| Plucky | 1856a | | | Steam tender | 212 | | | 1858 | | Purchased |
| Plucky | 1870.07.13 | I | S | Gunboat | 196 | 213 | 1 | 1928 | 368 | Prototype flatiron. 1915 = Banterer |
| Plumper | 1848.04.05 | W | S | Sloop | 490 | 652 | 8 | 1865 | 369 | 1856 survey vessel |
| Pluto | 1831.04.28 | W | P | Gunvessel | 365 | | | 1861 | | |
| Plymouth | 1830r | | | | | | | | | See: Admiralty 1814 |
| Plymouth | 1876r | | | | | | | | | See: Mercury 1837 |
| Poictiers | 1809.12.06 | W | W | Third rate | 1765 | | 74 | 1857 | | |
| Polyphemus | 1840.09.28 | W | P | Sloop | 800 | 878 | 5 | 1856 | | 1856.01.29 wrecked Jutland |
| Porcupine | 1844.06.17 | W | P | Vessel | 382 | 490 | 3 | 1883 | 370 | |
| Porpoise | 1855.05.26 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 117 | | 1 | 1885 | | 1855.10 = MV.8. 1866 hulked as bathing place |
| Porpoise | 1856.06.07 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1864 | | |
| Portland | 1822.05.08 | W | W | Fourth rate | 1476 | | 52 | 1862 | | Laid down as Kingston |
| Portsmouth | 1742.09.30 | W | W | Yacht | 83 | | 6 | 1869 | | 1794 rebuilt 102 bm |
| Powerful | 1826.06.21 | W | W | Second rate | 2296 | | 84 | 1864 | | 1860 target |
| Powerful III | 1913r | | | | | | | | | See: Caroline 1882 |
| President | 1829.04.20 | W | W | Fourth rate | 1537 | | 52 | 1903 | | 1862 RNR drill ship. 1903 = Old President |
| Primrose | 1856.05.03 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1864 | | |
| Prince Albert | 1864.05.23 | I | S | Coast defence turret ship | 2537 | 3687 | 4 | 1899 | 371 | |
| Prince Consort | 1862.06.26 | W | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | 4045 | 6832 | 31 | 1882 | 372 | Laid down as Triumph, 2nd rate, 91 guns |
| Prince of Wales | 1860.01.25 | W | S | First rate | 3994 | 6201 | 121 | 1916 | 64 | Converted to screw on stocks. 1869 = Britannia t.s. in River Dart. 1909 hulk |
| Prince Regent | 1823.04.12 | W | W | First rate | 2613 | | 120 | 1873 | 373 | 1861 screw |
| Princess Alice | 1844.01a | I | P | Packet | 270 | | 1 | 1878 | | Purchased |
| Princess Charlotte | 1825.09.14 | W | W | First rate | 2443 | | 104 | 1875 | | 1858 r.s. 1875 broken up at Canton |
| Princess Royal | 1853.06.23 | W | S | Second rate | 3129 | 4540 | 91 | 1872 | 374 | Laid down as Prince Albert |
| Procris | 1856.03.13 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1893 | 375 | 1869 hulk |
| Progresso | 1844a | W | W | Tankvessel | | | | 1869 | | ex-slaver, purchased |
| Prometheus | 1807.03.27 | W | W | Fireship | 432 | | | 1852 | | 1819 h.s. 1839 = Veteran |
| Prometheus | 1839.09.21 | W | P | Sloop | 800 | 878 | 5 | 1863 | | |
| Prompt | 1842.01 | W | W | | 61 | | | 1845 | | ex-slaver Josephine, captured 1840.01.22 |
| Prompt | 1845a | W | W | Schooner | | | | 1847 | | ex-slaver, purchased |
| Prompt | 1855.05.23 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 155 | | 1 | 1865 | | 1855.10 = MV.21 |
| Prompt | 1856.05.21 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1864 | 376 | |
| Prompt | 1867.11.06 | I | P | Tug | 120 | 136 | 0 | 1922 | 377 | |
| Prosperine | 1830.12.01 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1063 | | 46 | 1864 | | Never completed |
| Prospero | 1837.08a | W | P | Packet | 249 | | | 1866 | | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Belfast |
| Providence | 1866 | W | W | Coastguard cutter | 40 | | | 1870 | | |
| Psyche | 1862.03.29 | W | P | Dispatch vessel | 835 | 985 | 2 | 1870 | 378 | 1870.12.15 wrecked Catania |
| Pylades | 1824.06.29 | W | W | Sloop | 433 | | 18 | 1845 | | |
| Pylades | 1854.11.23 | W | S | Corvette | 1278 | 1991 | 21 | 1875 | | |
| Pyramus | 1810.01.22 | W | W | Fifth rate | 920 | | 36 | 1879 | | 1832 r.s. |
The Victorian Royal Navy
