Royal Navy vessels: B

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
Bacchante	1811.03.16	1858	W	W	Fifth rate	1077		38		1837 h.s.
Bacchante	1859.07.30	1869	W	S	Frigate	2667	3631	51	33
Bacchante	1876.10.19	1897	I	S	Corvette	2679	4130	16	34
Bacchus	1844r									See: Arethusa 1817
Badger	1808.07.23	1860	W	W	Brig-sloop	240		10		1835 mooring vessel
Badger	1854.09.23	1864	W	S	Gunboat	216		4		Laid down as Ranger
Badger	1872.03.13	1908	I	S	Flatiron gunboat		254	1	35
Bann	1856.07.05	1873	I	P	Gunboat	267	291	4	36
Banshee	1847.10.13	1864		P	Packet	670
Banterer	1855.09.29	1872	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	37
Banterer	1915r									See: Plucky 1870
Barham	1811.07.08	1840	W	W	Third rate	1761		74		1826.10 50 gun 5th rate
Baron von Humboldt	1855.09a	1888	I	S	Storeship	440				Acquired from Treasury. 1856 = Buffalo
Barracouta	1851.03.31	1881	W	P	Sloop	1053	1676	6
Barrosa	1812.10.12	1841	W	W	Fifth rate	947		36		1823 h.s.
Barrosa	1860.03.10	1877	W	S	Corvette	1700	2302	21	38
Basilisk	1822.05.07	1846	W	W	Cutter	161		6
Basilisk	1848.08.22	1882	W	P	1st class sloop	1031	1710	6
Beacon	1832r									See: Meteor 1823
Beacon	1855.04.21	18??	W	W	Mortar vessel	117		1		1855.10 = MV.16. 1862 dockyard lighter
Beacon	1856.02.11	1864	W	S	Gunboat	232		4
Beacon	1867.08.17	1888	C	S	Gunvessel	465	603	4	39
Beagle	1820.05.11	1870	W	W	Brig-sloop	237		10		1825 survey vessel. 1846 Customs w.v. 1863 = WV.7
Beagle	1854.07.20	1889	W	S	Gunvessel	477		2		1865 = Kanko, Japanese navy
Beagle	1872.12.05	1883	W	W	Schooner	120		1
Beaver	1837a	1858	W	P	Packet	114				Transferred from Post Office, ex-Salamander. 1845 dockyard lighter
Beaver	1855.11.28	1864	W	S	Gunboat	232			40
Bee	1842.02.28	1874	W	P	Training vessel	42			41	Paddle and screw propulsion
Belleisle	1819.04.26	1872	W	W	Third rate	1706		6		1841 20 gun troopship. 1854 hospital ship
Belleisle	1876.02.12	1904	I	S	Central battery ironclad		4870	4		Laid down as Turkish Peyk-i-Sheref. Purchased on stocks. 1900 target.
Bellerophon	1824r									See: Waterloo 1818
Bellerophon	1865.05.26	1922	I	S	Central battery ironclad	4270	7551	15	42	1892 guard ship. 1904 = Indus III, training ship for stokers.
Bellona	1818r									See: Indus 1812
Belvidera	1809.12.23	1906	W	W	Fifth rate	946		36		1846 h.s.
Benbow	1813.02.03	1895	W	W	Third rate	1773		72		1848 h.s.1859 c.h.
Bermuda	1813.04a	1841	W	S	Yacht	43		0		American prize; ex-'Delaware' pilot-boat
Bermuda	1848.03	1855	W	W	Schooner	180		3		1855.02.24 wrecked on Turks Island, W. Indies
Birkenhead	1845.12.30	1846	I	P	2nd class frigate	1405	1918	6		Laid down as Vulcan. 1848 troopship. 1852.02.26 wrecked in Algoa Bay, South Africa
Biter	1855.05.05	1904	W	S	Gunboat	232		3	43	1865 c.h. 18?? = C.16
Bittern	1840.04.18	1860	W	W	2nd class brig	484		12
Bittern	1869.09.20	1887	W	S	Gunvessel	663	805	3	44
Black Eagle	1842r									See: Firebrand 1831
Black Prince	1816.03.30	1855	W	W	Third rate	1751		74		1848 prison ship
Black Prince	1861.02.27	1923	I	S	Ironclad broadside frigate	6109	9210	40	46	Laid down as Invincible. 1899 t.s. 1903 = Emerald. 1910 = Impregnable III
Blake	1819r									See: Bombay 1808
Blanche	1819.05.26	1865	W	W	Fifth rate	1074		46		1852 h.s.
Blanche	1867.08.17	1886	W	S	Sloop (1876: Corvette)	1268	1682	6	47
Blazer	1834.05	1853	W	P	Sloop	527				1843 survey ship
Blazer	1855.05.05	18??	W	W	Mortar vessel	117		1		1855.10 = MV.3. 18??=YC.12. 1867 to Thames Conservancy Board
Blazer	1856.02.23	1877	W	S	Gunboat	232			48	1868 = YC.29 steam-dredger
Blazer	1870.12.07	1919	I	S	Flatiron gunboat		254	1	49	1904 tender. 1914 gunboat
Blenheim	1813.05.31	1865	W	W	Third rate	1747		74	50	1831 h.s. 1847 screw blockship 1822 bm, 60 guns
Blonde	1819.01.12	1895	W	W	Fifth rate	1103		46		1850 h.s. 1870 = Calypso
Bloodhound	1845.01.09	1866	I	P	Vessel	378	505	1	52
Bloodhound	1871.04.22	1921	I	S	Flatiron gunboat		254	1	53	1905 tender. 1917 boom defence vessel
Blossom	1806.12.10	1848	W	W	Sloop	427		18		1833 hulk
Blossom	1856.04.21	1864	W	S	Gunboat	212		2	54	Laid down as Careful
Boadicea	1797.04.12	1858	W	W	Fifth rate	1052		38		1854 h.s.
Boadicea	1875.10.16	1905	I	S	Corvette		3913	16	55
Bombay	1805a	1857	W	W	Fifth rate	672		38		1793 launched in Bombay. 1805 purchased. 1808.07.01 = Ceylon
Bombay	1808.03.28	1855	W	W	Third rate	1701		74		1819 = Blake. 1828 h.s.
Bombay	1828.02.17	1864	W	W	Second rate	2279		84		1861 screw 2783 bm 91 guns. 1864.12.14 accidentally burnt off Montevideo
Bonetta	1836.04.05	1861	W	W	Brigantine	319		3
Bonetta	1871.05.22	1909	I	S	Flatiron gunboat		254	1	56	Sold as salvage vessel Dispenser. 1940.4 lost.
Bonita	1864.08a	1887	W	W	Dockyard cutter	78
Boscawen	1844.04.03	1914	W	W	Third rate	2212		70		1874 = Wellesley, t.s. 1914.03 damaged by fire in Tyne and broken up
Boscawen	1873r								57	See: Trafalgar 1841
Boscawen	1904r									See: Minotaur 1863
Boscawen III	1904r									See: Agincourt 1865
Bouncer	1856.02.23	1871	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	58
Boxer	1837.04a	1841		P	Packet	159				Transferred from Post Office, ex-Ivanhoe
Boxer	1855.04.07	1865	W	S	Gunboat	232		3	59
Boxer	1868.01.15	1887	C	S	Gunvessel		605	4	60
Boyne	1810.07.03	1861	W	W	Second rate	2155		98		1834 = Excellent gunnery ship. 1859 = Queen Charlotte
Bramble	1822.04.08	1876	W	W	Cutter	161		10		1842 survey vessel. 1853 lent as diving-bell vessel. 1876 sold as lightship
Brave	1856.02.11	1869	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	61	Never completed for sea
Brazen	1808.05.26	1848	W	W	Sixth rate	422		26		1827 floating chapel
Brazen	1856.02.23	1864	W	S	Gunboat	232		4
Brilliant	1814.12.28	1908	W	W	Fifth rate	954		36		1843 reduced to 22 guns. 1959 RNR t.s. 1889 = Briton
Brisk	1819.02.10	1843	W	W	Brig-sloop	237		10		1830 brgantine
Brisk	1851.06.02	1870	W	S	Sloop (1862: Corvette)	1087	1474	14	62	Sold for mercantile service
Bristol	1861.02.12	1883	W	S	Frigate	3027	4020	51	63
Britannia	1820.10.20	1869	W	W	First rate	2616		120		1859 t.s.
Britannia	1869r								64	See: Prince of Wales 1860
Britomart	1820.08.24	1843	W	W	Brig-sloop	237		10
Britomart	1847.06.12	1874	W	W	Brig	329		8		1857 Coastguard. 1863 = WV.25
Britomart	1860.05.70	1946	W	S	Gunboat	268		2		Sold 1892. Resold as mooring hulk
Briton	1812.04.11	1860	W	W	Fifth rate	1080		38		1841 convict ship. 1860 target
Briton	1869.11.06	1887	W	S	Corvette	1331	1831	10	65
Briton	1889r									See: Brilliant 1814
Bruiser	1854.12.08	1857	I	S	Provision vessel	580				Robert Stephenson purchased on stocks.
Bruizer	1867.04.23	1886	W	S	Gunboat	268	330	2	66	Keel laid down in 1861
Brune	1856.08.30	1863	I	P	Gunboat	267	291	2
Brunswick	1855.06.01	1867	W	S	Second rate	2492	3632	80	67	Converted to screw on stocks
Buffalo	1813.11a	1841	W	S	Storeship	589		16		ex-East Indiaman 'Hindostan'. 1831 Timber carrier. 1841.07.28 wrecked in Mercury Bay, New Zealand
Buffalo	1856r									See: Baron von Humboldt 1855
Bulldog	1845.10.02	1865	W	P	1st class sloop	1124		6	68	1865.10.23 burnt off Haiti
Bulldog	1872.09.17		I	S	Flatiron gunboat		254	1	69
Bullfinch	1856.02.25	1864	W	S	Gunboat	232		4
Bullfinch	1868.02.13	1885	W	S	Gunvessel	664	805	3	70
Bullfrog	1838.08.17	1841	W	S	Schooner	96		4		Purchased. Canadian lakes.
Bullfrog	1855.10.06	1875	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	71
Bulwark	1885r									See: Howe 1860
Bulwark	1919r									See: Howe 1860
Bustard	1855.10.20	1869	W	S	Gunboat	232		4	72
Bustard	1871.01.07	1921	I	S	Flatiron gunboat		254	1	73
Bustler	1855a	1894	W	P	Tug	217				Built 1854 as mercantile Merry Andrew
Buzzard	1834.03.23	1843	W	W	Brig-sloop	237		3
Buzzard	1849.03.24	1883	W	P	Sloop	980	1530	6

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