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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.
| Name | Launched | Fate | H. | P. | Type | B.M. | Disp. | Guns | S.B. | Note |
| Valiant | 1863.10.14 | 1956 | I | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | 6710 | 18 | 487 | 1888 h.s. 1897 d.s. 1904 = Indus IV. 1916 = Valiant (old). 1919 = Valiant III. 1924 oil hulk | |
| Valiant (old) | 1916r | See: Valiant 1863 | ||||||||
| Valiant III | 1919r | See: Valiant 1863 | ||||||||
| Valorous | 1851.04.30 | 1891 | W | P | 2nd class frigate | 1255 | 2300 | 16 | ||
| Vanguard | 1835.08.25 | 1875 | W | W | Third rate | 2609 | 78 | 1867 = Ajax | ||
| Vanguard | 1870.01.03 | 1875 | I | S | Central battery ironclad | 3774 | 6010 | 14 | 488 | 1875.09.01 sunk in collision with Iron Duke off Wicklow, Ireland |
| Variable | 1827.10.06 | 1847 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 231 | 10 | 1829 = Pigeon | ||
| Vengeance | 1824.07.27 | 1897 | W | W | Second rate | 2284 | 84 | 1861 r.s. | ||
| Vengeur | 1810.06.19 | 1843 | W | W | Third rate | 1765 | 74 | 1824.02 r.s. | ||
| Venus | 1820.08.10 | 1864 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1069 | 46 | 1848-62 lent as t.s. | ||
| Vernon | 1832.05.01 | 1923 | W | W | Fourth rate | 1832 | 2388 | 50 | 1876 torpedo school. 1886 = Actaeon | |
| Vernon | 1886r | See: Donegal 1858 | ||||||||
| Vernon II | 1904r | See: Marlborough 1855 | ||||||||
| Vernon III | 1904r | See: Warrior 1860 | ||||||||
| Vestal | 1833.04.06 | 1862 | W | W | Sixth rate | 913 | 26 | |||
| Vestal | 1865.11.16 | 1884 | W | S | Sloop | 1081 | 1597 | 4 | 489 | |
| Vesuvius | 1839.07.11 | 1866 | W | P | 1st class sloop | 970 | 1283 | 6 | 490 | |
| Vesuvius | 1874.03.24 | 1923 | I | S | Torpedo vessel | 244 | 4TT. Foundered after sale | |||
| Veteran | 1839r | See: Prometheus 1807 | ||||||||
| Victor | 1814.10.29 | 1842 | W | W | Sloop | 382 | 18 | Sailed from Vera Cruz for Halifax; never seen again, presumed foundered with all hands (130) | ||
| Victor | 1855.11.24 | 1863 | W | S | Gunvessel | 868 | 6 | 491 | 1863 sold as Scylla, then became Rappahannock (Confederate navy) | |
| Victor Emmanuel | 1855.09.27 | 1899 | W | S | Second rate | 3087 | 4814 | 91 | 493 | See: Repulse 1855. 1873 r.s. |
| Victoria | 1855r | See: Windsor Castle 1858 | ||||||||
| Victoria | 1859.11.12 | 1893 | W | S | First rate | 4127 | 6959 | 121 | ||
| Victoria and Albert | 1843.04.26 | 1868 | W | P | Yacht | 1034 | 341 | 1854 = Osborne | ||
| Victoria and Albert | 1855.01.16 | 1904 | W | P | Yacht | 2345 | 2470 | Laid down as Windsor Castle. Ships book ADM 136/1 | ||
| Victorious | 1808.10.20 | 1862 | W | W | Third rate | 1724 | 74 | 1826 r.s. | ||
| Victory | 1765.05.07 | W | W | First rate | 2142 | 100 | 1801 rebuilt 2164 bm.1824 h.s. 1922 drydocked. Still in commission. | |||
| Viga | 1860.04a | 1863 | W | - | Coal hulk | 304 | Slaver brig, captured | |||
| Vigilant | 1856.02.25 | 1869 | W | S | Gunvessel | 680 | 4 | 494 | ||
| Vigilant | 1871.02.17 | 1886 | W | P | Dispatch vessel | 835 | 985 | 2 | 495 | |
| Vigo | 1810.02.21 | 1865 | W | W | Third rate | 1787 | 74 | 1827 r.s. | ||
| Vigo | 1865r | See: Agincourt 1817 | ||||||||
| Ville de Paris | 1795.07.17 | 1845 | W | W | First rate | 2351 | 110 | 1825 h.s. | ||
| Vindictive | 1813.11.23 | 1871 | W | W | Third rate | 1758 | 74 | 1832 reduced to 50 guns. 1862 storeship. 1871 foundered and wreck sold | ||
| Violet | 1845.12.01 | 1854 | I | P | Packet | 292 | ||||
| Violet | 1856.01.09 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 496 | ||
| Viper | 1831.05.12 | 1851 | W | W | Schooner | 183 | 6 | |||
| Viper | 1854.07.22 | 1862 | W | S | Gunvessel | 477 | 2 | |||
| Viper | 1865.12.01 | 1908 | I | S | Armoured gunboat | 737 | 1230 | 4 | 497 | 1890 h.s. 1901 tank vessel |
| Virago | 1842.07.25 | 1876 | W | P | 1st class sloop | 1059 | 1669 | 6 | 498 | |
| Virginia | 1862.01a | 1866 | W | - | Coal hulk | 195 | ex-barque, purchased | |||
| Vivid | 1848.02.07 | 1894 | W | P | Packet | 352 | 350 | 2 | ||
| Vivid | 1891 | 1912 | I | S | Yacht | ex SS Capercailzie, built 1883, purchased as Devonport baseship | ||||
| Vivid | 1912r | See: Cuckoo 1873 | ||||||||
| Vivid (old) | 1920r | See: Cuckoo 1873 | ||||||||
| Vixen | 1841.02.04 | 1862 | W | P | 1st class sloop | 1054 | 1379 | 6 | 499 | |
| Vixen | 1865.11.18 | 1895 | C | S | Armoured gunboat | 754 | 1230 | 4 | 500 | |
| Volage | 1825.02.19 | 1874 | W | W | Sixth rate | 521 | 28 | 1847 survey ship. 1855 floating powder depôt. | ||
| Volage | 1869.02.27 | 1904 | I | S | Corvette | 3080 | 10 | 502 | Ordered as Cerberus | |
| Volcano | 1836.06.29 | 1894 | W | P | Sloop | 720 | 1006 | 2 | 501 | 1854? 'floating factory' (repair ship) |
| Vulcan | 1849.01.27 | 1867 | I | S | Frigate | 1747 | 503 | 1851 troopship. Sold as barque Jorawur | ||
| Vulture | 1843.09.21 | 1866 | W | P | 2nd class frigate | 1190 | 1960 | 6 | ||
| Vulture | 1869.11.06 | 1885 | W | S | Gunvessel | 664 | 805 | 3 | 504 | |
| Wallace | 1855.07a | 1869 | I | P | Vessel | 128 | ex-Lyons, purchased | |||
| Wanderer | 1835.07.10 | 1850 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 428 | 16 | |||
| Wanderer | 1855.11.22 | 1866 | W | S | Gunvessel | 675 | 4 | 505 | ||
| Warrior | 1781.10.18 | 1857 | W | W | Third rate | 1642 | 74 | 1818 r.s. 1840 convict ship | ||
| Warrior | 1860.12.29 | I | S | Ironclad broadside frigate | 6109 | 9136 | 37 | Ships book ADM 136/2. 1902 d.s. 1904 = Vernon III. 1923 = Warrior, hulk. 1945 C77. 1987 restored. still extant . | ||
| Warrior | 1923r | See: Warrior 1860 | ||||||||
| Warspite | 1807.11.16 | 1876 | W | W | Third rate | 1890 | 76 | 1840 reduced to 50 guns. 1862 lent as t.s. 1876.01.03 burn by accident at Woolwich | ||
| Warspite | 1876r | See: Waterloo 1833 | ||||||||
| Wasp | 1812.07.09 | 1847 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 387 | 18 | |||
| Wasp | 1850.05.28 | 1869 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 973 | 1337 | 14 | 506 | |
| Watchful | 1856.06.04 | 1871 | W | S | Gunboat | 233 | 2 | 507 | ||
| Waterloo | 1818.10.16 | 1892 | W | W | Second rate | 2056 | 80 | 1824 = Bellerophon. 1856 h.s. | ||
| Waterloo | 1833.06.10 | 1918 | W | W | First rate | 2694 | 120 | 1859 screw. 1862 = Conqueror. 1876 = Warspite t.s. 1918.01.20 burnt in Thames | ||
| Waterwitch | 1834.11.15 | 1861 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 319 | 10 | ex-yacht, purchased on the stocks | ||
| Waterwitch | 1866.06.28 | 1890 | I | H | Armoured gunboat | 1205 | 4 | 508 | ||
| Wave | 1856.06.25 | 1891 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 1879 hulked, 1882 = Clinker | ||
| Weasel | 1855.03.19 | 1869 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 3 | 509 | ||
| Weasel | 1873.09.04 | 19?? | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 254 | 1 | 1904 = C118, oil fuel lighter | ||
| Weazle | 1822.03.26 | 1844 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 237 | 10 | |||
| Wellesley | 1815.02.24 | 1940 | W | W | Third rate | 1746 | 74 | 1854 guard ship. 1868 = Cornwall, t.s. 1940.09.24 sunk in Thames by air attack | ||
| Wellesley | 1869r | See: Cornwall 1812 | ||||||||
| Wellesley | 1874r | See: Boscawen 1844 | ||||||||
| Wellington | 1816r | See: Hero 1816 | ||||||||
| Weser | 1855a | 1873 | I | P | Gunboat | 540 | 468 | 4 | Launched 1851 as Salamander (Prussian). Exchanged. 1866 h.s. | |
| Weymouth | 1804a | 1863 | W | W | Fifth rate | 826 | 36 | ex-Indiaman Wellesley, purchased. 1811 storeship 11 guns. 1828 convict ship | ||
| Whiting | 1856.01.09 | 1881 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 510 | ||
| Widgeon | 1837.09.12 | 1883 | W | P | Packet | 164 | 200 | 511 | ||
| Wilberforce | 1840.10 | 1850 | I | P | Exploration vessel | 457 | 340 | 3 | Purchased on stocks | |
| Wild Swan | 1876.01.28 | 1920 | C | S | Sloop | 1130 | 6 | |||
| Wildfire | 1838.01a | 1888 | W | P | Packet | 186 | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Watersprite | |||
| Wildfire | 1916r | See: Cornwallis 1813 | ||||||||
| William and Mary | 1807.11.14 | 1849 | W | W | Royal yacht | 199 | 8 | |||
| Winchester | 1822.06.21 | 1921 | W | W | Fourth rate | 1487 | 52 | 1861 = Conway, t.s. 1876 = Mount Edgcombe | ||
| Winchester | 1861r | See: Conway 1832 | ||||||||
| Windsor Castle | 1852.09.14 | 1909 | W | S | First rate | 3771 | 5829 | 131 | 142 | 1852.10.01 = Duke of Wellington. 1863 h.s. |
| Windsor Castle | 1858.08.26 | 1908 | W | S | First rate | 3101 | 4971 | 116 | 75 | Laid down as sailing Victoria. Converted to screw on stocks. 1869 = Cambridge gunnery ship |
| Wivern | 1863.10a | 1922 | I | S | Masted turret ship | 1899 | 2751 | 4 | 512 | 1863.08.29 launched as El Monassir (Turkish) but intended for US Confederate navy. Siezed and purchased. 1898 h.s. |
| Wizard | 1830.05.24 | 1859 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 231 | 10 | 1859.02.08 wrecked at Berehaven | ||
| Wizard | 1860.08.03 | 1879 | W | S | Gunboat | 268 | 330 | 2 | ||
| Wolf | 1826.12.01 | 1878 | W | W | Sloop | 454 | 18 | 1848 hulk. 1859 c.h. | ||
| Wolf | 1856.07.05 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 513 | ||
| Wolverene | 1836.10.13 | 1855 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 428 | 16 | 1855.08.11 wrecked on Courtown Bank | ||
| Wolverene | 1863.08.29 | 1923 | W | S | Corvette | 1703 | 2431 | 21 | 1881 t.s. in Australia. 1923 sold as sheer hulk | |
| Woodcock | 1856.06.06 | 1871 | W | S | Gunboat | 233 | 2 | 514 | ||
| Woodlark | 1821.07.31 | 1863 | W | W | Schooner tender | 81 | 4 | 1829 survey ship | ||
| Woodlark | 1871.03.09 | 1887 | W | S | Gunvessel | 663 | 805 | 3 | 515 | |
| Worcester | 1843.10.10 | 1885 | W | W | Fourth rate | 1468 | 52 | 1862 lent as t.s. | ||
| Worcester | 1876r | See: Frederick William 1860 | ||||||||
| Wrangler | 1854.06.19 | 1866 | W | S | Gunvessel | 477 | 2 | 516 | ||
| Wye | 1814.08.17 | 1852 | W | W | Fourth rate | 447 | 24 | 1828 convict ship | ||
| Wye | 1855r | See: Hecla 1855 | ||||||||
| Wye | 1873 | 1904 | I | S | Storeship | 1370 | ||||
| York | 1807.07.07 | 1854 | W | W | Third rate | 1743 | 74 | 1819 convict ship | ||
| Young Hebe | 1843a | 1847 | W | W | Schooner | 45 | ||||
| Young Queen | 1862.09a | 1870 | W | W | Survey brig | 75 | Purchased. 1862.12 = Saracen | |||
| Zealous | 1864.03.07 | 1886 | W | S | Central battery ironclad | 3176 | 6096 | 20 | 517 | Laid down as 2nd rate 90 guns. 1873 guard ship |
| Zebra | 1815.11.18 | 1840 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 385 | 18 | 1840.12.02 wrecked off Mount Carmel, Palestine. Launched 1815.12.18 | ||
| Zebra | 1860.11.13 | 1873 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 951 | 1336 | 17 | 520 | |
| Zephyr | 1837.04a | 1865 | W | P | Packet | 237 | 518 | Launched 1827. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Dragon | ||
| Zephyr | 1873.02.11 | 1889 | C | S | Gunboat | 438 | 4 | 519 | 1889 sold as salvage vessel. 1929 broken up |
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