Royal Navy vessels: I-L

Royal Navy vessels - 1840-1880

Vessels A; B; C; D; E - F; G - H; I - L; M; N - P; Q - R; S; T - U; V - Z; ??

These tables show all vessels carried on the books of the Royal Navy in the period 1840-1880.

Name	Launched	Fate	H.	P.	Type	B.M.	Disp.	Guns	S.B.	Note
Icarus	1814.08.18	1861	W	W	Brig-sloop	234		18
Icarus	1858.10.22	1875	W	S	Sloop	580	868	11	246
Illustrious	1803.09.03	1868	W	W	Third rate	1746		74		1854 gunnery ship
Imaum	1836a	1863	W	W	Third rate	1776		76		ex-E. Indiaman Liverpool, launched 1826.11.10. Presented by Imaum of Muscat. 1842 h.s.
Immortalité	1859.10.25	1883	W	S	Frigate	3058	3058	51
Imogene	1831.06.24	1840	W	W	Sixth rate	660		28		1840.09.19 burnt by accident at Plymouth
Imogene	1864	1903			Coastguard vessel		300	2		1884 = Argus
Impérieuse	1793a	1858	W	W	Fifth rate	1040		40		1793.10.11 captured from the French. 1803 = Unité. 1832 h.s.
Impérieuse	1852.09.15	1867	W	S	Frigate	2358	3345	51	247	Converted to screw on stocks
Impérieuse	1914r									See: Audacious 1869
Implacable	1805a	1949	W	W	Third rate	1882		74		1805.11.03 captured Duguay-Trouin (French). 1855 t.s. 1912 te be preserved. 1949.12.02 scuttled off the Owers
Impregnable	1810.08.01	1906	W	W	Second rate	2406		98		1862 training ship. 1888 = Kent. 1891 = Caledonia
Impregnable	1886r									See: Howe 1860
Impregnable III	1907r									See: Inconstant 1868
Impregnable III	1910r									See: Black Prince 1861
Impregnable III	1922r									See: Ganges 1821
Impregnable IV	1916r									See: Circe 1827
Inconstant	1836.06.10	1862	W	W	Fifth rate	1422		36
Inconstant	1868.11.12	1956	I	S	Unarmoured frigate		5780	16	249	Also ships book ADM 136/49. 1898 h.s. 1907 = Impregnable III. 1922 = Defiance IV. 1930 = Defiance II
Indefatigable	1848.07.27	1914	W	W	Fourth rate	2044	2626	50		1865 t.s.
Indian	1855.09a	1856			Survey schooner					ex-Relampago
Indus	1812.12.19	1868	W	W	Third rate	1756		74		1818 = Bellona. 1840 h.s.
Indus	1839.03.16	1898	W	W	Second rate		2653	80		1860 guardship
Indus	1898r									See: Defence 1861
Indus II	1904r									See: Temeraire 1876
Indus III	1904r									See: Bellerophon 1865
Indus IV	1904r									See: Valiant 1863
Indus IV	1912r									See: Triumph 1870
Indus V	1910r									See: Ganges 1821
Industry	1814.10.13	1846	W	W	Transport	318		4		1820 h.s.
Industry	1854.04a	1911	I	S	Storeship	638	1100		250	1901 boom defence vessel
Infernal	1843.05.31	1864	W	P	1st class sloop	1054	1379	6		1844 = Eclair. 1846 = Rosamond. 1863 floating factory
Inflexible	1845.05.24	1864	W	P	1st class sloop	1124		6
Inflexible	1876.04.27	1903	I	S	Masted turret ship		11880	10		Sold for breaking up
Insolent	1856.01.26	1869	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	251
Intrepid	1850.03a	1854	W	S	Discovery sloop					ex-Free Trade, purchased. 1854.06.15 abandoned in the Artic
Intrepid	1855.11.13	1864	W	S	Gunvessel	862		6	252
Investigator	1811.04.23	1857	W	W	Survey brig	121		16		1837 police ship
Investigator	1848.02a	1853	W	W	Discovery vessel	480				Abandoned in the Artic
Investigator	1861.11.16	1869	W	P	Survey vessel	149			253
Invincible	1808.03.15	1861	W	W	Third rate	1674		74		1857 c.h.
Invincible	1869.05.29	1914	I	S	Central battery ironclad	3774	6010	14		1904 = Erebus, t.s. 1906 = Fisgard II. 1914.09.17 foundered off Portland
Iphigenia	1808.04.26	1851	W	W	Fifth rate	870		36		1833-1848 lent to Marine Society
Iris	1840.07.14	1869	W	W	Sixth rate	906		26		Sold as cable vessel
Iris	1877.04.12	1905	S	S	Despatch vessel		3730	10
Iron Duke	1870.03.01	1906	I	S	Central battery ironclad		6010	14	254
Irresistible	1859.10.27	1894	W	S	Second rate	2589	3842	80	255	1868 h.s.
Isis	1819.10.05	1867	W	W	Fourth rate	1321		60		1861 c.h.
Jackall	1844.10.29	1887	I	P	Gunvessel	340	505	3	256
Jackdaw	1855.05.18	1888	W	S	Gunboat	232		3	257	1868 hulk
James Watt	1853.04.23	1875	W	S	Second rate	3083	4614	91	258	Planned as sailer Audacious
Janus	1844.02.06	1858	W	P	Sloop	763		2
Janus	1856.03.08	1871	W	S	Gunboat	233		2		1869 hulk
Jaseur	1813.02.02	1845	W	W	Brig-sloop	387		18
Jaseur	1857.03.07	1859	W	S	Gunboat	310		3		1859.02.26 wrecked Baxo Nuovo, W. Indies
Jaseur	1862.05.15	1874	W	S	Gunvessel	428	570	5	259	Sold to Irish Light Commissioner
Jason	1859.11.10	1877	W	S	Corvette	1711	2431	21	260
Jasper	1837.04a	1854	W	P	Packet	233				Transferred from Post Office, ex-Aladdin. Burnt 1854.05.15 after explosion off Beachy Head
Jasper	1855.04.02	1855	W	S	Gunboat	232		3		1855.07.24 wrecked at Krivaia, Sea of Azov
Jasper	1857.03.16	1862	W	S	Gunboat	301		3		Sold to Emperor of China as Amoy
Java	1815.11.16	1862	W	W	Fourth rate	1460		52
Jersey	1860.03.22	1873			Cutter	71		4
Joseph Straker	1868r									See: Diamond 1848
Julia	1855.11.27	1866	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	261
Julia	1863	1871			Store carrier
Julia	1868a	1891			Coastguard vessel	15
Jumna	1848.03.07	1862	W	W	Brig	549		16		Laid down as Zebra
Jumna	1866.09.24	1922	I	S	Troopship	4173	6211	3	262	1893 = C.110, c.h. Sold as hulk Oceanic
Juno	1844.07.01	1880	W	W	Sixth rate	923		26		1878 = Mariner, police ship. 1878 = Atalanta, t.s. 1880.02.12 foundered in Atlantic
Juno	1867.11.28	1887	W	S	Corvette	1462	2083	6	263
Jupiter	1813.11.22	1870	W	W	Fourth rate	1173		50		1837 troopship. 1846 c.h.
Jupiter	1869r									See: Forth 1833
Justitia	1830r									See: Hindostan 1804
Kangaroo	1852.08.31	1897	W	W	2nd class brig	483		12		Laid down as Dove. 1863 = WV.20, Coastguard
Kangaroo	1882r									See: Dart 1860
Kent	1798.01.17	1881	W	W	3rd rate	1964		74		1856 sheer hulk
Kent	1888r									See: Impregnable 1810
Kertch	1855.07.14	187?	W	W	Schooner gunboat	94		2		1860 = YC.1
Kestrel	1846.12a	1852	W	W	Brigantine	200
Kestrel	1856.05.20	1866	W	S	Gunboat	233		2	265	1859.06.25 sunk in action at Peiho forts, China, but later salvaged and reentered service
Kestrel	1872.02.29	1888	C	S	Gunvessel	462	610	4	266
Kingfisher	1845.04.08	1890	W	W	Brig	446		12		1875 h.s.
Kingfisher	1879.12.16	1919	C	S	Sloop		1130	6
Kingfisher	1890r									See: Martin 1850
Kingston	1858.04a	1861	W	W	Schooner	109				ex-slaver Cortes
Kite	1837.07a	1864	W	P	Gunvessel	300			267	Launched 1825? Transferred from Post Office, ex-Aetna
Kite	1871.02.08	1920	I	S	Flatiron gunboat		254	1	268	Became a dredger
Lancaster	1823.08.23	1864	W	W	Fourth rate	1476		58
Landrail	1855.05a	1856	W	P	Tug	36				ex-Gipsy King
Landrail	1860.03.28	1869	W	S	Gunvessel	428	570	5	269	Sold as Walrus
Lapwing	1825.02.20	1861	W	W	Packet brig	228				1845 breakwater
Lapwing	1856.01.26	1864	W	S	Gunvessel	670		4	270
Lapwing	1867.11.08	1885	W	S	Gunvessel	663	774	5	271
Lark	1830.06.23	1860	W	W	Survey cutter	109		2		1849-58 lent to Liberia
Lark	1855.03.15	1878	W	S	Gunboat	232		3	273
Lark	1893r								272	See: Cruizer 1852
Larne	1832r									See: Lightning 1829
Latona	1821.06.16	1875	W	W	Fifth rate	1071		46
Laurel	1813.05.31	1885	W	W	Fifth rate	1088		38		1864 h.s.
Lavinia	1806.03.06	1868	W	W	Fifth rate	1172		48		1836 h.s. 1868 sunk in collision with SS Cimbria in Plymouth harbour
Lavinia	1870r									See: Seahorse 1830
Leander	1848.03.08	1867	W	W	Fourth rate	1987		50	274	1861 screw 2759 bm
Leda	1828.04.15	1906	W	W	Fifth rate	1171		46		Never commissioned. 1864 police hulk
Lee	1857.02.28	1859	W	S	Gunboat	301		3		1859.06.25 sunk in action with Peiho forts, China
Lee	1860.01.25	1875	W	S	Gunvessel	428	570	5
Leonidas	1807.09.04	1894	W	W	Fifth rate	1067		36		1872 powder hulk
Leopard	1850.11.05	1867	W	P	1st class frigate	1406		18	276
Leven	1813.12.23	1848	W	W	Sixth rate	457		20		1820 survey ship. 1827 h.s.
Leven	1857.03.07	1873	W	S	Gunboat	300		3	277
Leveret	1825.02.19	1843	W	W	Brig-sloop	237		10
Leveret	1856.03.08	1867	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	278
Leviathan	1790.10.09	1848	W	W	Third rate	1707		74		1816 convict ship. 1846 target
Liberty	1850.06.11	1905	W	W	Training brig	428	447
Liffey	1856.05.06	1903	W	S	Frigate	2126	3915	51	279	1878 store hulk
Lightning	1823.09.19	1872	W	P	Gunvessel	296	349	2	280	1854 survey vessel
Lightning	1829.06.02	1866	W	W	Sloop	463		18		1832 = Larne
Lightning	1877	1896	I	S	Torpedo boat		27			Later renamed Torpedo boat no. 1
Lily	1837.09.28	1908	W	W	Brig	432		16		1860 c.h. 18?? = C.29. 18?? = C.15
Lily	1861.02.27	1867	W	S	Gunvessel	702	877	4	281
Lily	1874.10.27	1889	C	S	Sloop (1876: Gunvessel)		620	3		1889.09.16 Wrecked on the coast of Labrador
Linnet	1835.07.27	1866	W	W	Packet brig	361		8		1857 Coastguard. 1863 = WV.36
Linnet	1860.06.07	1872	W	S	Gunboat	268	330	2	282
Linnet	1880.01.30	1904	C	S	Gunvessel		788	5		Sold as salvage vessel Linnet
Lion	1847.07.29	1905	W	W	Second rate	2580		80	283	1859 screw. 1871 t.s.
Lively	1813.07.14	1862	W	W	Fifth rate	1080		38		1831 h.s.
Lively	1856.02.23	1863	W	S	Gunboat	232		4		1863.12.23 wrecked on Dutch coast but salvaged and sold as Helgolanderin
Lively	1870.12.10	1883	W	P	Dispatch vessel	842	985	2	284	1883.06.07 wrecked Stornaway
Liverpool	1860.10.30	1875	W	S	Frigate	2656	3919	39	285
Lizard	1840.01.07	1843	W	P	Vessel	283	470	3		1843.07.24 collided with French paddle sloop Veloce off Spain
Lizard	1844.11.28	1869	I	P	Gunvessel	340	505	3	286
Llewellyn	1848.01.22	1850	W	P	Packet	650
Locust	1840.04.18	1894	W	P	Gunvessel	283	470	1	287	1869 tug
London	1840.09.28	1884	W	W	Second rate	2590	4375	90	288	1858 screw. 1874 h.s.
Lord Clyde	1864.10.13	1885	W	S	Broadside ironclad	4067	7750	24	290
Lord Warden	1865.05.27	1889	W	S	Broadside ironclad	4080	7842	20
Louisa	1835a	1841	W	W	Cutter	83				Purchased in Canton. Wrecked on an island between Hong Kong and macau
Louisa	1855.12.01	1867	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	289
Lucifer	1837a	1893	W	P	Gunvessel	387		2		Transferred from Post Office, ex-Comet. 1875 = WV.41, Coastguard
Lynx	1833.09.02	1845	W	W	Brig-sloop	231		3
Lynx	1854.07.22	1862	W	S	Gunvessel	477		2
Lynx	1868.04.25	1888	C	S	Gunvessel	464	584	4	291
Lyra	1821.06.01	1845	W	W	Brig-sloop	235		10		1823 tender. 1829 packet brig
Lyra	1857.03.26	1876	W	S	Sloop	488	653	9	292

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