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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.
, builders measure (tons).| Name | Launched | Fate | H. | P. | Type | B.M. | Disp. | Guns | S.B. | Note |
| Aboukir | 1848.04.04 | 1877 | W | W | Second rate | 3080 | 90 | 1 | 1858 screw | |
| Abundance | 1855r | See: Alfred 1855 | ||||||||
| Abyssinia | 1870.02.19 | 1903 | I | S | Breastwork monitor | 2900 | 4 | |||
| Acheron | 1835.10.23 | 1855 | W | P | Sloop | 720 | 1006 | Launched 1838.08.23 | ||
| Acheron | 1904r | See: Northumberland 1866 | ||||||||
| Achille | 1798.04.16 | 1865 | W | W | Third rate | 1981 | 74 | 1823 rebuilt | ||
| Achilles | 1863.12.23 | 1923 | I | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | 6121 | 9820 | 20 | 2 | First iron ship built in Royal Naval dockyard. 1886 h.s. |
| Acorn | 1838.11.15 | 1869 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 485 | 12 | 1861 c.h. | ||
| Actaeon | 1831.01.31 | 1889 | W | W | Sixth rate | 620 | 16 | 1856 survey ship. 1866 hospital ship. 1870 hulk | ||
| Actaeon | 1886r | See: Vernon 1832 | ||||||||
| Actaeon | 1905r | See: Ariadne 1859 | ||||||||
| Actaeon II | 1906r | See: Dido 1869 | ||||||||
| Active | 1799.12.14 | 1860 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1058 | 38 | 1833 = Argo | ||
| Active | 1845.07.19 | 1908 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1627 | 36 | 1863 t.s. 1867.07 = Tyne. 1867.11 = Durham | ||
| Active | 1869.03.13 | 1906 | I | S | Corvette | 2322 | 3080 | 10 | 3 | |
| Adder | 1837.05a | 1870 | W | P | Packet | 240 | 272 | 1 | 1826 launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Crocodile. 1848 dockyard tender | |
| Adelaide | 1848.05a | 1850 | W | W | Cutter | 140 | Ex-slaver. 1850.10.09 wrecked Banana Island, W. Africa | |||
| Admiralty | 1814.05.21 | 1870 | W | W | Yacht | 115 | 0 | 1830.07 = Plymouth. 1866 = YC.1 | ||
| Adventure | 1821r | See: Aid 1809 | ||||||||
| Adventure | 1857r | See: Resolute 1855 | ||||||||
| Advice | 1837.04a | 1870 | W | P | Packet | 197 | 1 | 5 | 1827 launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Vixen. 1849 tug | |
| Aeolus | 1825.06.17 | 1886 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1035 | 46 | 1846 store ship. 1855 accommodation ship. 1861 lazarette | ||
| Aetna | 1824.05.14 | 1846 | W | W | Bomb vessel | 375 | 6 | 1826 survey vessel. 1846 sold Bristol Seamen's Friendly Society. | ||
| Aetna | 1855.05.03 | 1855 | W | S | Floating battery | 1469 | 14 | 1855.05.03 caught fire on stocks and launched herself | ||
| Aetna | 1856.04.05 | 1873 | W | S | Floating battery | 1558 | 16 | 6 | 1866 h.s. 1873 accidentally burnt | |
| Africa | 1859r | See: Euryalus 1803 | ||||||||
| Africa | 1862.03.29 | 1862 | W | S | Sloop | 669 | 913 | 7 | 1862.08 = China, sold to Chinese Imperial Customs. 1865 resold to Egyptian government | |
| Africaine | 1827.12.20 | 1903 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1173 | 46 | Never commissioned. 1867 Trinity House hulk | ||
| African | 1825.08.30 | 1862 | W | P | Gunvessel | 295 | 487 | 2 | Laid down as Dee. Later tug | |
| African | 1865.11.27 | 1907 | I | S | Tug | 36 | 41 | 0 | 8 | |
| Agamemnon | 1852.05.22 | 1870 | W | S | 2nd rate, 2 decker | 3102 | 4614 | 91 | ||
| Agamemnon | 1879.09.17 | 1903 | I | S | Turret ship | 8510 | 6 | Broken up | ||
| Agincourt | 1817.03.19 | 1884 | W | W | Third rate | 1747 | 74 | 1848 t.s. 1866 hospital ship. 1870 r.s. | ||
| Agincourt | 1865.03.27 | 1960 | I | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | 6638 | 10600 | 36 | Laid down as Captain. 1895 t.s. | |
| Aid | 1809.04.04 | 1853 | W | W | Transport | 314 | 10 | 1817 survey ship. 1821 = Adventure. 1830 sloop. 1839 transport | ||
| Aigle | 1801.09.23 | 1870 | W | W | Fifth rate | 990 | 567 | 44 | 1831 24 gun 6th rate. 1853 c.h. 1870 torpedo target | |
| Ajax | 1809.05.02 | 1864 | W | W | Third rate | 1761 | 74 | 9 | 1848 screw blockship 60 guns | |
| Ajax | 1867r | See: Vanguard 1835 | ||||||||
| Ajax | 1880.03.10 | 1904 | I | S | Turret ship | 8510 | 6 | Sold for breaking up | ||
| Akbar | 1806r | See: Cornwallis 1801 | ||||||||
| Akbar | 1862r | See: Hero 1816 | ||||||||
| Alacrity | 1856.03.20 | 1864 | W | S | Gunvessel | 675 | 860 | 4 | 10 | |
| Alacrity | 1872a | 1882 | W | W | Schooner | 85 | 1 | ex Ethel | ||
| Alarm | 1845.04.22 | 1904 | W | W | Sixth rate | 910 | 26 | 1860 c.h. 1900 landing stage | ||
| Albacore | 1856.04.03 | 1885 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 284 | 4 | ||
| Alban | 1826.12.27 | 1860 | W | P | Gunvessel | 295 | 2 | 1831 rebuilt 407 bm | ||
| Albatross | 1842.03.28 | 1860 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 484 | 16 | |||
| Albatross | 1873.08.27 | 1889 | C | S | Sloop | 727 | 940 | 4 | ||
| Albert | 1840.08.29 | 1850 | I | P | Exploration vessel | 457 | 340 | 3 | 1843.07.13 wrecked. Later salved and transferred to Gambia govt. | |
| Alberta | 1863.10.03 | 1912 | W | P | Yacht | 370 | 391 | |||
| Albion | 1842.09.06 | 1884 | W | W | Second rate | 3111 | 90 | 1861 screw | ||
| Alecto | 1839.09.07 | 1865 | W | P | Sloop | 800 | 878 | 4 | ||
| Alert | 1835.09.24 | 1851 | W | W | Packet brig | 358 | 8 | |||
| Alert | 1848a | 1850 | W | W | Brig | 6 | ex-slaver | |||
| Alert | 1856.05.20 | 1896 | W | S | Sloop | 751 | 1044 | 17 | 1878 survey ship. 1884 given to American research society | |
| Alexandra | 1875.04.07 | 1908 | I | S | Central battery ironclad | 9490 | 22 | Laid down as Superb. 1903 h.s. | ||
| Alfred | 1819r | See: Asia 1811 | ||||||||
| Alfred | 1855.01a | 1856 | I | S | Storeship, bakery | 617 | 1855.02 = Abundance | |||
| Algerine | 1829.08.01 | 1844 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 231 | 297 | 10 | ||
| Algerine | 1857.02.24 | 1894 | W | S | Gunboat | 299 | 3 | 13 | 1872 sold for mercantile use as Algerine | |
| Algerine | 1880.01.26 | 1892 | C | S | Gunvessel | 835 | 3 | |||
| Algiers | 1854.01.26 | 1870 | W | S | 2nd rate, 2 decker | 3340 | 4730 | 91 | 11 | converted to screw on stocks |
| Algiers | 1883r | 12 | See: Anson 1860 | |||||||
| Algiers | 1915r | See: Triumph 1870 | ||||||||
| Alligator | 1821.03.29 | 1865 | W | W | Sixth rate | 500 | 28 | 1841 d.s. 1842 troopship. 1846 hospital ship | ||
| Amazon | 1821.08.15 | 1863 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1078 | 46 | 1844 28 gun 6th rate | ||
| Amazon | 1865.05.23 | 1866 | W | S | Sloop | 1081 | 1525 | 4 | 14 | 1866.07.10 collided with SS Osprey off the Start, English Channel |
| Amelia | 1856.05.19 | 1865 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 284 | 4 | 15 | |
| Amelia | 1888r | See: Hawk 1869 | ||||||||
| America | 1810.04.21 | 1867 | W | W | Third rate | 1741 | 74 | 1835 50 gun 4th rate. 1864 target | ||
| Amethyst | 1844.12.07 | 1869 | W | W | Sixth rate | 923 | 26 | Lent for use as cable vessel. 1869 then sold as cable vessel | ||
| Amethyst | 1873.04.10 | 1887 | W | S | Corvette | 1405 | 1970 | 14 | 16 | |
| Amphion | 1846.01.14 | 1864 | W | S | Frigate | 1474 | 2049 | 36 | Ordered as sailer Ambuscade. Converted to screw on stocks | |
| Amphitrite | 1816.04.14 | 1875 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1064 | 46 | 1846 24 gun 6th rate. 1862 lent to contractors at Plymouth | ||
| Andromache | 1832.08.27 | 1875 | W | W | Sixth rate | 709 | 28 | 1846 provision hulk. 1854 powder hulk | ||
| Andromeda | 1829.01.06 | 1863 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1215 | 46 | 1846 provision hulk. Launched 1829.03 | ||
| Angler | 1856.03.08 | 1869 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Anson | 1812.05.11 | 1851 | W | W | Third rate | 1742 | 74 | 1831 h.s. 1844 convict ship in Tasmania | ||
| Anson | 1860.09.15 | 1904 | W | S | Second rate | 3336 | 5500 | 91 | 12 | 1883 = Algiers |
| Ant | 1856.03.22 | 1869 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | 2 | 18 | ||
| Ant | 1873.08.14 | 1926 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 245 | 241 | 1 | 1917 boom defence vessel. 1921 target | |
| Antelope | 1802.11.10 | 1845 | W | W | Fourth rate | 1107 | 50 | 1818 troopship. 1824 convict ship | ||
| Antelope | 1846.07.20 | 1883 | I | P | Sloop (packet) | 650 | 1055 | 4 | 19 | |
| Apollo | 1805.06.27 | 1856 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1086 | 38 | 1836 troopship. 1853 storeship | ||
| Arab | 1847.03.31 | 1879 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 481 | 16 | 1863 Coastguard. 1867 = WV.18 | ||
| Arab | 1874.10.13 | 1889 | C | S | Sloop (1876: Gunvessel) | 720 | 3 | |||
| Arachne | 1847.03.30 | 1866 | W | W | Sloop | 602 | 18 | |||
| Archer | 1849.03.27 | 1866 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 971 | 1337 | 12 | 20 | |
| Ardent | 1841.02.12 | 1865 | W | P | Sloop | 800 | 878 | 5 | ||
| Arethusa | 1817.07.29 | 1883 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1085 | 46 | 1836 lazarette. 1844 = Bacchus. 1852 c.s. | ||
| Arethusa | 1849.06.20 | 1934 | W | W | Fourth rate | 2132 | 3832 | 50 | 21 | 1861 screw. 1874 t.s. |
| Argus | 1849.12.15 | 1881 | W | P | Sloop | 981 | 1630 | 6 | ||
| Argus | 1884r | See: Imogene 1864 | ||||||||
| Ariadne | 1816.02.10 | 1841 | W | W | Sixth rate | 511 | 20 | |||
| Ariadne | 1859.06.04 | 1922 | W | S | Frigate | 3214 | 4583 | 26 | 1880 part of Vernon torpedo t.s. 1884 t.s. 1905 = Actaeon | |
| Ariel | 1837.02a | 18?? | W | P | Packet | 149 | 1 | 1821 launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Arrow. 1850 Sold for mercentile service | ||
| Ariel | 1854.07.11 | 1865 | W | S | Sloop | 486 | 625 | 9 | 22 | |
| Ariel | 1873.02.11 | 1889 | C | S | Gunboat | 295 | 436 | 4 | 23 | 1877 Coastguard |
| Armada | 1810.03.22 | 1863 | W | W | Third rate | 1749 | 74 | |||
| Arrogant | 1848.04.05 | 1867 | W | S | Frigate | 1872 | 2690 | 46 | 24 | |
| Arrow | 1823.03.14 | 1852 | W | W | Cutter | 157 | 10 | 1831 Customs cutter | ||
| Arrow | 1854.06.26 | 1862 | W | S | Gunvessel | 477 | 586 | 2 | 25 | |
| Arrow | 1871.04.22 | 1922 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 245 | 241 | 1 | 26 | |
| Asia | 1811.12.02 | 1865 | W | W | Third rate | 1763 | 74 | 1819 = Alfred. 1828 50 gun 4th rate | ||
| Asia | 1824.01.19 | 1908 | W | W | Second rate | 2289 | 84 | 1858 guard ship | ||
| Asp | 1837a | 1881 | W | P | Packet | 112 | 1 | 27 | 1825 Launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Fury | |
| Assistance | 1850.03a | 1854 | W | W | Discovery vessel | 420 | 2 | 1835 Launched. Ex-Baboo, purchased. 1854.08.25 abandoned Bathurst Island, Artic | ||
| Assistance | 1855.04.05 | 1860 | W | S | Troopship | 1793 | 2260 | 1860.06.07 wrecked near Hong Kong Wrecked 1860.06.01 | ||
| Assistance | 1874.09.26 | 1897 | I | S | Troopship | 2515 | 2 | |||
| Assurance | 1856.03.13 | 1870 | W | S | Gunvessel | 681 | 860 | 4 | 28 | |
| Astraea | 1810.05 | 1851 | W | W | Fifth rate | 956 | 36 | 1823 h.s. | ||
| Atalanta | 1847.10.09 | 1868 | W | W | Brig | 549 | 16 | |||
| Atalanta | 1878r | See: Juno 1844 | ||||||||
| Atalante | 1860a | 1870 | I | S | Storeship | 295 | Purchased as Atalante. 1861 = Manilla | |||
| Atholl | 1820.11.23 | 1863 | W | W | Sixth rate | 503 | 28 | 1832 troopship | ||
| Atlas | 1860.07.21 | 1904 | W | S | Second rate | 3318 | 5260 | 91 | 29 | Not completed for sea. 1884 lent to Metropolitan Asylum Board |
| Audacious | 1869.02.27 | 1927 | I | S | Central battery ironclad | 3774 | 6010 | 14 | 30 | 1902 torpedo d.s. 1904 = Fisgard. 1906 t.s. 1914 = Imperiéuse, repair ship |
| Aurora | 1809 | 18?? | W | W | Sloop | 247 | 14 | 1810.09 captured by France off Mauritius | ||
| Aurora | 1814.02a | 1851 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1083 | 38 | 1808 launched. 1814.02.26 captured as Clorinde (French). 1832 c.h. | ||
| Aurora | 1861.06.22 | 1881 | W | S | Frigate | 2558 | 3498 | 51 | ||
| Avenger | 1845.08.05 | 1847 | W | P | Frigate | 1444 | 10 | 1847.12.20 wrecked on Sorelle Rocks, off North Africa, 246 drowned | ||
| Avon | 1837a | 1863 | W | P | Packet | 360 | 2 | 31 | 1825 Launched. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Thetis. 1839 transport. 1843 survey ship. 1849 tender | |
| Avon | 1867.10.02 | 1890 | C | S | Gunvessel | 467 | 603 | 4 | 32 | |
| Azov | 1855.07.14 | 1899 | W | W | Schooner gunboat | 94 | 2 | 1859 h.s. |
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