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 |
| Naiad | 1797.02.27 | W | W | 5th rate | 1020 | | 38 | 1866 | | 1847 coal depot |
| Namur | 1756.03.03 | W | W | 2nd rate | 1814 | | 90 | 1833 | | 1805.05 74 gun 3rd rate. 1807.09 h.s. |
| Nankin | 1850.03.16 | W | W | 4th rate | 2049 | 2540 | 50 | 1905 | | 1866 hospital hulk. 1895 sold |
| Narcissus | 1801.05.12 | W | W | 5th rate | 894 | | 32 | 1837 | | 1823.12 convict ship |
| 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 |
| Nelson | 1814.07.04 | W | W | 1st 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 | 5th rate | 1168 | | 46 | 1866 | | |
| Neptune | 1832.09.27 | W | W | 1st 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 | 5th 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 | 4th 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 |
| Niemen | 1820.11.23 | W | W | 6th rate | 502 | | 28 | 1828 | | |
| 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 | 2nd rate | 2598 | | 90 | 1956 | | 1854 screw. 1876 = Conway, t.s. 1853.04.14 stranded in Menai strait. 1956.10.31 accidentally burnt |
| Nimble | 1826a | W | W | Schooner | 168 | | 5 | 1834 | | ex=Bolivar. 1834.11.04 wrecked in Bahama Channel |
| 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 | 6th 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 |
| Nisus | 1810.04.03 | W | W | 5th rate | 1074 | | 38 | 1822 | | |
| North Star | 1824.12.07 | W | W | 6th rate | 501 | | 28 | 1860 | | |
| Northampton | 1876.11.18 | I | S | Armoured frigate | | 7652 | 21 | 1905 | | 1894 t.s. |
| Northumberland | 1798.02.02 | W | W | 3rd 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 | 5th 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 | 650 | 1055 | 4 | 1880 | 332 | 1870 target |
| Ocean | 1805.10.24 | W | W | 2nd 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 | 4th 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 | 1808 | W | S | Brig-sloop | 236 | | 10 | 1841 | | |
| Opossum | 1808.07.08 | W | W | brig-sloop | 237 | | 10 | 1819 | | |
| 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 | 2nd 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 | 1809.08.12 | W | W | 5th rate | 947 | | 36 | 1819 | | |
| 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 |
| 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 | 5th 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 | 1804.11.17 | W | W | 5th rate | 667 | | 32 | 1810 | | 1810.12.18 wrecked in Firth of Forth |
| Pallas | 1818.04.13 | W | W | 5th rate | 951 | | 36 | 1862 | | 1836 c.h. |
| Pallas | 1865.03.14 | W | S | Central battery ironclad corvette | 2372 | 3661 | 6 | 1886 | 345 | |
| Pandora | 1813.08.12 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 383 | | 18 | 1831 | | |
| 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 | | |
| Paz | 1807a | W | W | Schooner | | | 12 | 1814 | | 1807.02.03 Captured from Spanish at Montevideo |
| 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 | 5th 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 |
| 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 | 3rd 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 | 5th 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 | 6th 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 | Brig-sloop | 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 | 5th rate | 1942 | | 50 | 1875 | 358 | 1859 screw |
| Pheasant | 1856.05.01 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | | 4 | 1877 | 359 | |
| Philomel | 1823.04.28 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 236 | | 10 | 1833 | | |
| 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 | 5th rate | 926 | | 36 | 1841 | | 1826.10 Slop ship |
| Phoebe | 1854.04.12 | W | W | 4th rate | 2044 | | 51 | 1875 | 362 | 1860 screw 2895 bm 3584 disp |
| Phoenix | 1783.07.15 | W | W | 5th rate | 884 | | 36 | 1816 | | 1816.02.20 wrecked near Smyrna |
| Phoenix | 1832.09.25 | W | P | 2nd class sloop | 812 | 1024 | 6 | 1864 | | 1845 screw |
| 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 | 1813a | W | W | Schooner | 251 | | 14 | 1836 | | Captured American Dart. 1836.02.05 wrecked off Jamaica |
| 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 | Brig-sloop | 485 | | 16 | 1862 | | |
| Pincher | 1854.09.05 | W | S | Gunboat | 216 | | 4 | 1864 | | |
| 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 | 5th rate | 1633 | | 36 | 1910 | | 1872 r.s. 1882 lent as hospital hulk |
| Pitt | 1816.04.13 | W | W | 3rd rate | 1751 | | 74 | 1877 | | 1853 c.h. |
| Pitt | 1882r | | | | | | | | | See: Trafalgar 1820 |
| Plover | 1821.-6.30 | 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 | 1813.10.09 | W | W | Gun-brig | 181 | | 12 | 1833 | | |
| 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 | 3rd 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 | 4th 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 | 2nd rate | 2296 | | 84 | 1864 | | 1860 target |
| Powerful III | 1913r | | | | | | | | | See: Caroline 1882 |
| President | 1829.04.20 | W | W | 4th rate | 1537 | | 52 | 1903 | | 1862 RNR drill ship. 1903 = Old President |
| Primrose | 1810.01.22 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 383 | | 18 | 1832 | | |
| 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 | 1st 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 | 1st 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 | 1st rate | 2443 | | 104 | 1875 | | 1858 r.s. 1875 broken up at Canton |
| Princess Royal | 1853.06.23 | W | S | 2nd 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 | 5th rate | 1063 | | 46 | 1864 | | |
| 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 | 5th rate | 920 | | 36 | 1879 | | 1832 r.s. |
The Victorian Royal Navy
