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 |
Daedalus | 1826.05.02 | 1911 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1083 | 46 | 1843 reduced to 20 guns, 1862 RNR drill ship | ||
Daedalus | 1916r | See: Thunderbolt 1856 | ||||||||
Daisy | 1856.03.20 | 1869 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | 2 | 117 | ||
Danae | 1867.05.21 | 1906 | W | S | Sloop (1876: Corvette) | 1287 | 1719 | 6 | 118 | 1886 hulk, lent to War Dept |
Danube | 1854a | 1856 | W | P | Vessel | 110 | ||||
Daphne | 1838.08.06 | 1864 | W | W | Sixth rate | 726 | 18 | |||
Daphne | 1866.10.23 | 1882 | W | S | Sloop | 1081 | 1640 | 4 | 119 | |
Dapper | 1855.03.31 | 1922 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 3 | 120 | 1855 training hulk. 1897 cooking depot. 1090 = YC.37 | |
Daring | 1844.04.02 | 1864 | W | W | Brig | 426 | 12 | |||
Daring | 1874.02.04 | 1889 | C | S | Sloop | 940 | 4 | |||
Dart | 1847 | 1875 | W | W | Brigantine | 319 | 3 | 1863 = WV.26 | ||
Dart | 1860.03.10 | 1884 | W | S | Gunvessel | 828 | 570 | 5 | 264 | 1882 = Kangaroo |
Dartmouth | 1813.08.28 | 1854 | W | W | Fifth rate | 952 | 36 | 1831 h.s. | ||
Dasher | 1837.12.05 | 1885 | W | P | Packet | 357 | 1 | 121 | ||
Dauntless | 1804,11 | W | W | Sloop | 426 | 18 | 1807.05.26 captured by French at Danzig | |||
Dauntless | 1847.01.05 | 1885 | W | S | Frigate | 1453 | 2520 | 24 | 122 | 1850 lengthened 1575 bm |
Decoy | 1856.02.21 | 1869 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | 2 | 123 | ||
Decoy | 1871.10.12 | 1885 | C | S | Gunboat | 295 | 430 | 4 | 124 | |
Dee | 1832.04.05 | 1871 | W | P | 2nd class sloop | 704 | 4 | 125 | Converted to paddle on stocks. 1852 troopship. 1868 storeship | |
Dee | 1877.04.04 | 1902 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 363 | 3 | |||
Defence | 1815.04.25 | 1857 | W | W | Third rate | 1754 | 74 | Laid down as Marathon. 1849 convict ship. 1857.07.14 burnt by accident | ||
Defence | 1861.04.24 | 1935 | I | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | 3270 | 6270 | 22 | 126 | 1885 h.s. 1898 = Indus, t.s. 1922 hulk |
Defiance | 1861.03.27 | 1931 | W | S | Second rate | 3475 | 5270 | 81 | 1884 torpedo school | |
Defiance II | 1904r | See: Perseus 1861 | ||||||||
Defiance II | 1930r | See: Inconstant 1868 | ||||||||
Defiance III | 1922r | See: Cleopatra 1878 | ||||||||
Defiance IV | 1922r | See: Inconstant 1868 | ||||||||
Delight | 1829.11.27 | 1844 | W | W | Packet brig | 237 | 4 | |||
Delight | 1856.03.15 | 1867 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 127 | Sold as M.A. Starr | |
Deptford | 1781.08 | 1863 | W | W | Tender | 158 | 12 | |||
Deptford | 1788a | 1862 | W | W | Transport brig | 6 | 18?? mooring lighter | |||
Despatch | 1851.11.25 | 1901 | W | W | Brig | 483 | 12 | 1863 (= Cadmus) = WV.24, Coastguard | ||
Despatch | 1869 | 1905 | Tank vessel | 128 | ||||||
Desperate | 1849.04.23 | 1865 | W | S | Sloop | 1038 | 1663 | 8 | 129 | Launched 1849.05.23 |
Devastation | 1841.07.03 | 1867 | W | P | 1st class sloop | 1059 | 1380 | 6 | 130 | |
Devastation | 1871.07.12 | 1908 | I | S | Turret ship | 4406 | 9387 | 4 | ||
Devonshire | 1812.09.23 | 1869 | W | W | Third rate | 1742 | 74 | 1849 h.s. | ||
Diadem | 1856.10.14 | 1875 | W | S | Frigate | 2483 | 3880 | 32 | 131 | |
Diamond | 1848.08.29 | 1885 | W | W | Sixth rate | 1051 | 28 | 1866 lent as t.s. 1868 = Joseph Straker | ||
Diamond | 1874.09.26 | 1889 | W | S | Corvette | 1405 | 1970 | 14 | ||
Diana | 1822.01.08 | 1874 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1083 | 46 | 1868 h.s. | ||
Dido | 1836.06.13 | 1903 | W | W | Corvette | 734 | 18 | 1860 c.h. | ||
Dido | 1869.10.23 | 1922 | W | S | Sloop (1876: Corvette) | 1277 | 1755 | 6 | 132 | 1886 hulk. 1906 = Actaeon II |
Diligence | 1814.09.30 | 1904 | W | W | Transport | 317 | 1861 c.h. Later renamed C.72 | |||
Discovery | 1874.12a | 1902 | W | S | Vessel | 556 | 1247 | Launched 1873 as whaler Bloodhound. Purchased for 1875 Arctic expedition | ||
Dolphin | 1819r | See: Hindostan 1804 | ||||||||
Dolphin | 1836.06.14 | 1894 | W | W | Brigantine | 319 | 3 | 1861 Customs w.v. | ||
Don | 1877.04.14 | 1914 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 363 | 3 | |||
Donegal | 1798a | 1845 | W | W | Third rate | 1901 | 76 | 1798.10.12 captured as Hoche (French) | ||
Donegal | 1858.09.23 | 1925 | W | S | Second rate | 3245 | 5461 | 101 | 1886 = Vernon, torpedo school | |
Doris | 1857.03.25 | 1885 | W | S | Frigate | 2483 | 3677 | 32 | 133 | |
Doterel | 1808.10.06 | 1848 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 387 | 18 | 1827.04 hulk | ||
Doterel | 1837a | 1850 | W | P | Packet | 237 | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Escape | |||
Doterel | 1860.07.05 | 1871 | W | S | Gunboat | 268 | 330 | 2 | 134 | |
Doterel | 1880.03.02 | 1881 | C | S | Sloop | 1130 | 6 | 1881.04.26 exploded and sunk off Punta Arenas | ||
Dove | 1855.11.24 | 1873 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 135 | ||
Dover | 1840.05.30 | 1866 | I | P | Packet | 224 | 136 | 1st iron vessel in RN. 1847 gunboat 1 | ||
Dragon | 1798.04.02 | 1850 | W | W | Third rate | 1815 | 74 | 1824 h.s. 1842 = Fame, hulk | ||
Dragon | 1845.06.17 | 1865 | W | P | 2nd class frigate | 1270 | 2100 | 6 | ||
Dragon | 1878.05.30 | 1892 | C | S | Sloop | 1130 | 6 | |||
Drake | 1834.03.25 | 1867 | W | W | Dockyard lighter | 109 | 1854 mortar vessel. 1855 = MV.1. 1856 = Sheppey, dockyard lighter | |||
Drake | 1856.03.08 | 1869 | W | S | Gunboat | 233 | 2 | 138 | ||
Drake | 1888r | See: Sheldrake 1875 | ||||||||
Drake | 1906r | See: Sheldrake 1875 | ||||||||
Dreadnought | 1801.06.13 | 1857 | W | W | Second rate | 2110 | 98 | 1827 hospital ship | ||
Dreadnought | 1856r | See: Caledonia 1808 | ||||||||
Dreadnought | 1875.03.08 | 1908 | I | S | Turret ship | 10820 | 4 | Laid down as Fury. 1903 hulk | ||
Driver | 1840.12.24 | 1861 | W | P | 1st class sloop | 1055 | 1379 | 6 | 1861.08 wrecked Mariguana Island | |
Dromedary | 1806r | See: Howe 1805 | ||||||||
Dromedary | 1862.01.16 | 1869 | I | S | Troopship | 657 | 139 | |||
Drudge | 1916r | See: Ready 1872 | ||||||||
Druid | 1825.07.01 | 1863 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1170 | 46 | |||
Druid | 1869.03.13 | 1886 | W | S | Corvette | 1791 | 10 | 140 | ||
Dryad | 1795.06.04 | 1860 | W | W | Fifth rate | 924 | 36 | 1832 h.s. | ||
Dryad | 1866.09.25 | 1885 | W | S | Sloop | 1086 | 1574 | 4 | 141 | |
Dublin | 1812.02.13 | 1885 | W | W | Third rate | 1772 | 74 | 1826 50 guns. 1845 h.s. | ||
Duke of Wellington | 1852r | See: Windsor Castle 1852 | ||||||||
Duncan | 1811.12.02 | 1863 | W | W | Third rate | 1761 | 74 | 1826 h.s. | ||
Duncan | 1859.12.13 | 1910 | W | S | Second rate | 3727 | 5724 | 101 | 1890 = Pembroke h.s. 1905 = Tenedos II | |
Durham | 1867r | See: Active 1845 | ||||||||
Dwarf | 1826 | 1862 | W | W | Cutter | 50 | 2 | |||
Dwarf | 1843a | 1853 | I | S | Vessel | 164 | 1843.06.22 purchased, ex-Mermaid | |||
Dwarf | 1856.04.08 | 1863 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | 2 | |||
Dwarf | 1867.11.28 | 1886 | C | S | Gunvessel | 465 | 584 | 4 | 143 |