Royal Navy vessels: T-U

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
Talavera	1818.10.15	1840	W	W	Third rate	1718		74		Ordered as Thunderer. 1840.09.27 burned by accident at Plymouth
Talbot	1824.10.09	1896	W	W	Sixth rate	500		28		1855 powder hulk
Tamar	1863.01.05	1941	I	S	Troopship	2812	4650	3	465	1897 base ship. 1941 scuttled at Hong Kong
Tartar	1814.04.06	1859	W	W	Fifth rate	949		38		1830 r.s.
Tartar	1854.05.17	1866	W	S	Corvette	1322	1965	18	466	ex-Russian Wojn, seized on stocks
Tartarus	1834.06.23	1860	W	P	Gunvessel	523	560	2
Tavy	1797	1869	W	W	Storeship	171				1862 = YC.11, luggage lighter
Tay	1876.10.19	1923	I	S	Flatiron gunboat		363	3
Teazer	1846.06.25	1862	W	S	Gunvessel	296		2
Teazer	1868.04.28	1887	C	S	Gunvessel	464	603	4	467
Tees	1817.05.17	1872	W	W	Sixth rate	452		28		1826.10 lent as church ship
Tees	1876.10.19	1907	I	S	Flatiron gunboat		363	3
Temeraire	1876.05.09	1921	I	P	Central battery ironclad		8571	14		1904 = Indus II, t.s.
Tenedos	1812.04.11	1875	W	W	Fifth rate	1083		38		1843 convict hulk
Tenedos	1870.05.13	1887	W	S	Sloop (1876: Corvette)	1275	1755	6	468
Tenedos	1904r									See: Triumph 1870
Tenedos II	1905r									See: Duncan 1859
Tenedos III	1906r									See: Ganges 1821
Termagant	1822.11.15	1862	W	W	Sixth rate	500		28		1824 = Herald, survey ship
Termagant	1838.03.26	1845	W	W	Brig-sloop	231		3
Termagant	1847.09.25	1867	W	S	Frigate	1560	2403	24	469
Terpsichore	1847.03.18	1866	W	W	Sloop	602		18		Never commissioned. 1865 torpedo target
Terrible	1845.02.06	1879	W	P	1st class frigate	1850	3189	19		Laid down as Simoom
Terror	1813.06.29	1848	W	W	Bomb	326		10		1836 discovery vessel. 1848 abandoned in Artic
Terror	1856.04.28	1902	I	S	Floating battery		1844	16	470	1857 base ship
Terror	1901r									See: Malabar 1866
Thais	1856.02	1869	I	P	Tug	278		0	471	Double ended tug/ferry 302 bm
Thalia	1830.01	1867	W	W	Fifth rate	1082		46		1855 Roman Catholic chapel ship at Portsmouth
Thalia	1869.07.14	1920	W	S	Corvette	1459	2240	6	472	1886 troopship. 1891 powder hulk. 1915 base ship
Thames	1805	1872	W	W	Cutter tender	65				1866 = YC.2, dockyard craft
Thames	1823.08.21	1863	W	W	Fifth rate	1088		46		1841 convict ship. 1863.09.06 sunk at moorings
Thetis	1846.08.21	1855	W	W	Fifth rate	1524		36
Thetis	1871.10.26	1887	W	S	Corvette	1322	1860	10	473
Thisbe	1824.09.09	1892	W	W	Fifth rate	1083		46		1863 lent as church ship
Thistle	1855.02.03	1863	W	S	Gunboat	232		3
Thistle	1868.01.25	1888	C	S	Gunvessel	465	603	4	474
Thrasher	1856.03.22	1883	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	475
Thrush	1856.05.12	1864	W	S	Gunboat	233		2
Thunder	1829.08.04	1851	W	W	Bomb vessel	372		12		1833 survey vessel
Thunder	1855.04.17	1874	W	S	Ironclad floating battery	1469		14	476
Thunderbolt	1842.01.13	1847	W	P	1st class sloop	1059	1669	6		1847.02.03 wrecked Cape Recife, S. Africa
Thunderbolt	1856.04.22	1948	I	S	Floating battery	1954		16		1873 floating pier-head. 1916-1919 = Daedalus, depot ship. 1948 rammed and sunk
Thunderer	1831.09.22	1901	W	W	Second rate	2279		84		1863 target. 1869 = Comet. 1870 = Nettle
Thunderer	1872.03.25	1909	I	S	Turret ship	4407	9330	4
Tickler	1855.09.08	1863	W	S	Gunboat	232		4
Tickler	1879.09.15	1937	I	S	Flatiron gunboat		254	1		1902 DY lighter. 1919 base ship Afrikander. 1933 Afrikander II
Tiger	1849.12.01	1854	W	P	Sloop	1221		10		1852 rated 2nd class frigate. 1854.05.12 ran aground off Odessa and later destroyed by Russian fire
Tilbury	1856.03.29	1865	W	S	Gunboat	232		4
Tiny	1856.05.08	1864	W	S	Gunboat	212		2	477
Topaze	1814.03a	1851	W	W	Fifth rate	1060		38		ex-Etoile (French), 1814.03.27 captured off La Hogue.1823 r.s. 1850 target
Topaze	1858.05.12	1884	W	S	Frigate	2659	3915	51
Torch	1845.02.25	1856	I	P	Gunvessel	344	505	1
Torch	1859.12.24	1881	W	S	Gunvessel	428	570	5
Toronto	1838a	1843	W	P						1838.07.07 purchased ex-Sir Charles Adam
Tortoise	1789.04.27	1863	W	W	Store lighter	144
Tortoise	1807r									See: Sir Edward Hughes 1806
Tourmaline	1875.10.30	1920	C	S	Corvette		2120	12		1899 c.h. 1904 = C.115
Trafalgar	1820.07.26	1906	W	W	First rate	2404		106		1825 = Camperdown. 1854 h.s. 1857 c.h. 1882 = Pitt.
Trafalgar	1841.06.21	1906	W	W	First rate	2694		110	57	1859 screw 89 guns. 1873 = Boscawen
Transit	1855.03.20	1857	I	S	Troopship	2587				Purchased on stocks. 1857.07.10 wrecked in Banka Strait
Traveller	1839a		W	P						1839.04.30 purchased. 1844 sold for mercantile service
Traveller	1856.03.13	1863	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	478
Tremendous	1784.10.30	1897	W	W	Third rate	1656		74		1810 rebuilt 1706 bm. 1845 = Grampus, reduced to 50 guns. 1856 powder hulk.
Trent	1877.08.23	1923	I	S	Flatiron gunboat		363	3		1905 = Pembroke. 1917 = Gannet as diving bell tender
Tribune	1853.01.21	1866	W	S	Corvette	1570	2243	31	479
Trident	1845.12.16	1866	I	P	Sloop	850	903	6
Trincomalee	1817.10.12		W	W	Fifth rate	1066	1447	46		1847 26-gun 6th rate. 1861 RNR drillship. 1897 sold as Foudroyant, t.s., 1990 = Trincomalee, preserved
Trinculo	1809.07.15	1841	W	W	Brig-sloop	389		18
Trinculo	1860.09.15	1870	W	S	Gunboat	268	330	2		1870.09.05 wrecked after collision with SS Moratin off Gibraltar
Triton	1846.10.24	1872	I	P	Sloop (packet)	650	1055	4	480
Triumph	1764.03.03	1850	W	W	Third rate	1825		74		1813 h.s.
Triumph	1870.09.27	1921	I	S	Central battery ironclad		6640	14	481	1900 h.s. 1904 = Tenedos d.s. then t.s. 1912 = Indus IV. 1915 = Algiers
Trustful	1917r									See: Trusty 1866
Trusty	1855.08.18	1864	W	S	Armoured floating battery	1539		14	482
Trusty	1866.02.14	1920	I	P	Tug	319	521	0	483	1917 = Trustful
Turquoise	1876.04.22	1892	C	S	Corvette		2120	12
Turtle	1865a	1873	I	S	Tug	37	41	0	484	1864.01.03 launched. Purchased ex-mercentile. 1873.04.17 foundered at Ascension Island
Tweed	1823.04.14	1852	W	W	Sixth rate	500		28
Tweed	1877.08.23	1905	I	S	Flatiron gunboat		363	3
Tyne	1826.11.30	1862	W	W	Sixth rate	600		28		1848 storeship
Tyne	1867r									See: Active 1845
Tyne	1878a	1920	I	S	Storeship		3560	2		1878.01.19 launched as mercantile Mariotis. 1920.11,15 foundered awaiting sale
Tyrian	1826.09.16	1892	W	W	Brig-sloop	233		10		1847 quarantine hulk. 1866 Coastguard d.s.
Tyrian	1861.09.07	1891	W	S	Gunboat	268	330	2		1883 tug
Undaunted	1807.10.17	1860	W	W	Fifth rate	1086		38		1856 target
Undaunted	1861.01.01	1882	W	S	Frigate	3039	4094	51	485
Undine										See: Windfire 1888
Undine	1847	1854	I	P	Packet	284				Purchased, ex-mercantile Ondine (built 1845). Sold 1854 to Jenkins and Churchward for the Dover Mail Service
Unicorn	1824.03.30		W	W	Fifth rate	1084		46		1860 powder hulk. 1873 RNR drill ship. 1939 = Unicorn II. 1941 = Cressy. 1959 = Unicorn. 1968 preserved. still extant.
Unicorn II	1939r									See: Unicorn 1824
Unité	1803r									See: Impérieuse 1793
Unity	1788	1878	W	W	Store vessel	142				18?? = YC.13
Urgent	1837.07a	1850	W	P	Packet	561				Transferred from Post Office, ex-Collonsay
Urgent	1855.04.02	1903	I	S	Troopship		2801	2	486	Laid down as Assaye, purchased on stocks. 1876 d.s.

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