Since the earliest days the Royal Navy has reused its ships
names. The names of all the ships in which William Loney served
have also been used for earlier and/or later ships (even the
whimsically named Pantaloon); this can sometimes lead to
confusion. The following list contains all the other RN ships (excluding Customs cutters, hired ships etc.) I
have been able to identify with the same names as the ships William
Loney served in.
The dates given are those between which the ship carried the name
given, and - if the ship was renamed - are not those on which it was launched and broken
up or lost. Click on the link in the Dates column to see additional information on vessels in the period 1840-1880.
| Dates |
Description |
| Wanderer |
| 1806-1817 |
6th rate, 20 |
| 1835-1850 |
2nd class brig, 16 |
| 1855-1866 |
Wooden screw gunvessel |
| 1883-1907 |
Composite screw sloop (Dolphin class) |
| 1919-1946 |
D74, modified "W" class destroyer, 1943 long range escort |
| Persian |
| 1809-1813 |
Brig sloop, 18 (Cruizer class); wrecked on Silver Keys |
| 1839-1866 |
2nd class brig, 16 |
| 1943-1946 |
Algerine class Minesweeper (ex-US Navy AM334, returned in 1946) |
| Dolphin |
| 1648-1650 |
Ketch, 4; ex-Royalist 'Angel' |
| 1652-1657 |
30 gun ship; captured |
| 1660-1665 |
16 gun ship; ex-Royalist 'Wexford'; expended as fireship |
| 1690-1709 |
Small fifth rate, 28/24 |
| 1690-1730 |
Fireship, 8 |
| 1731-1755 |
6th rate, 20; 1746 fireship; renamed 'Firebrand'; renamed 'Penguin' |
| 1751-1777 |
6th rate, 24 |
| 1781-1817 |
5th rate, 44; 1800 troopship |
| 1819-1830 |
4th rate two-decker, 54; ex-'Admiral Rainier' (East
Indiaman), ex-'Hindustan', renamed 'Justitia' |
| 1836-1861 |
Brigantine, 3; became Customs watch vessel |
| 1882-1925 |
Composite screw sloop (Dolphin class); 1907 accommodation hulk for submarines |
| 1924-1939 |
Depot ship; ex-'Pandora'; sunk by mine |
| 1939-1998 |
Shore establishment; submarine and school |
| Penelope |
| 1778-1780 |
6th rate, 24; captured by her Spanish prisoners |
| 1783-1797 |
12 prd frigate, 32 |
| 1798-1815 |
5th rate, 18 prd frigate, 36; 1813 troopship; wrecked in the St. Laurence |
| 1829-1864 |
5th rate, 18 prd
frigate, 36; later 1st class steam frigate, 22 |
| 1867-1912 |
Central battery armoured corvette |
| 1914-1924 |
Light cruiser (Arethusa class) |
| 1935-1944 |
Light cruiser (Arethusa class); sunk by U.410 off Anzio |
| 1962-1991 |
F127, general purpose frigate (Leander class, batch 2) |
| Pantaloon |
| 1831-1852 |
Brig, 10 |
| 1860-1867 |
Wood screw sloop |
| Amphitrite |
| 1778-1794 |
6th rate, 24; wrecked in the Mediterranean |
| 1795-1811 |
9 pdr frigate, ex-'Pomona' |
| 1799-1801 |
5th rate, 24 pdr frigate; ex-Dutch 'Ampfitrite',
renamed 'Imperieuse' |
| 1804-1805 |
5th rate, 18 pdr frigate; ex-Spanish
'Anfitrite'/'Santa Ursila', renamed 'Blanche'; 1807 wrecked off Ushant |
| 1816-1875 |
5th rate, 18 pdr
frigate; later 6th rate, corvette, 26 |
| 1898-1920 |
First class protected cruiser (Diadem class); 1917 minelayer |
| Apollo |
| 1747-1749 |
storeship, 20; captured from French; wrecked off Madras |
| 1774-1786 |
5th rate, 12 pdr frigate, 32; ex-'Glory' |
| 1794-1799 |
5th rate, 18 pdr frigate, 38; wrecked off Dutch coast |
| 1799-1804 |
5th rate, 18 pdr frigate, 36; wrecked off Portugal |
| 1805-1856 |
5th rate, 18 pdr
frigate, 38; 1846 troopship |
| 1891-1920 |
2nd class protected cruiser (Apollo class); 1909 minelayer |
| 1934-1938 |
Light cruiser (modified Leander class), became HMAS Hobart |
| 1943-1962 |
M01, light minelaying cruiser (Abdiel class) |
| 1970-1988 |
F70, general purpose Frigate (Leander class) |
| Hydra |
| 1778-1783 |
6th rate, corvette |
| 1797-1820 |
5th rate, 18 pdr frigate, 38; 1812 troopship |
| 1838-1870 |
2nd class steam sloop,
paddle, 6 |
| 1871-1903 |
Twin turret coast defence monitor (Cyclops class), 4 |
| 1912-1921 |
Destroyer (Acheron 'I' class) |
| 1942-1944 |
Minesweeper (Algerine class); damaged by mine and not repaired |
| 1965-1986 |
A144, oceanographic survey vessel |
| Melampus |
| 1785-1815 |
5th rate, 18 pdr frigate, 36; sold to Dutch |
| 1820-1906 |
5th rate, 18 pdr
frigate, 38 |
| 1890-1910 |
2nd class protected cruiser (Apollo class) |
| 1914-1921 |
H75, destroyer (Matchless class); ex-Greek 'Chios' |
| 1941-1945 |
Shore establishment, Bathurst (present Banjul, the Gambia) |
| Arrogant |
| 1705-1709 |
Two-decker; ex-French 'l'Arrogant'; foundered |
| 1761-1810 |
3th rate, two-decker, 74 |
| 1798-1801 |
Gunvessel, ex-French 'l'Arrogante',
renamed 'Insolent' |
| 1810-1842 |
Store hulk, ex-merchantman 'Adasier',
renamed 'Insolent' |
| 1848-1867 |
Wood screw frigate, 47 |
| 1896-1923 |
2nd class protected cruiser, ram (Arrogant class); 1911 submarine depot ship |
| Dauntless |
| 1804-1807 |
Sloop, 20/22; captured by the French |
| 1808-1825 |
Sloop, 18 |
| 1847-1885 |
Wood screw frigate, 31 |
| 1918-1946 |
Light cruiser (Danae class) |
| 2007- |
D33, type 45, air-defence destroyer (Daring class) |
| Emerald |
| 1757-1761 |
9 pdr frigate, ex French 'l'Emeraude' |
| 1762-1793 |
5th rate, 12 pdr frigate, 32 |
| 1795-1836 |
5th rate, 18 pdr frigate, 36 |
| 1820-1847 |
Tender |
| 1856-1869 |
Wood screw frigate, 60 |
| 1876-1906 |
Composite screw corvette (Emerald class), 12 |
| 1903-1910 |
Armoured frigate; 1899 training ship; ex-'Black Prince'; renamed 'Impregnable III' |
| 1918-1918 |
Coastguard gunboat; ex-'Amelia'; ex-'Colleen'; ex-'Coleen (old)'; renamed 'Cuckoo' |
| 1920-1948 |
D66, light cruiser (Emerald class) |
| Cumberland |
| 1695-1707 |
3rd rate, three-decker, 80/72 |
| 1710-1732 |
3rd rate, three-decker, 80 |
| 1739-1760 |
3rd rate, three-decker, 80 |
| 1739-1742 |
Fireship |
| 1774-1804? |
3rd rate, two-decker, 74 |
| 1807-1830 |
3rd rate, two-decker, 74 |
| 1842-1889 |
3rd rate, two-decker,
70 |
| 1902-1921 |
1st class armoured cruiser (Monmouth class) |
| 1926-1959 |
C57, heavy cruiser (County class) |
| 1986-2011 |
F85, type 22 guided missile frigate, batch 3 |
| Glasgow |
| 1707-1719 |
6th rate, corvette, 24; ex Scots 'Royal Mary' |
| 1745-1746 |
6th rate, one-decker, 20/24 |
| 1757-1779 |
6th rate, one-decker, 20 |
| 1814-1828 |
24 pdr frigate, 40/50 |
| 1861-1884 |
4th rate wooden screw frigate |
| 1909-1926 |
Protected cruiser (Bristol class) |
| 1936-1958 |
Light cruiser, C21 |
| 1976-2005 |
D88, type 42, batch 1 guided missile destroyer (Sheffield class) |
| 2022?- |
type 26, multi-mission warship currently under construction |
The Victorian Royal Navy
