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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 |
| Naiad | 1797.02.27 | 1866 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1020 | 38 | 1847 coal depot | ||
| Nankin | 1850.03.16 | 1905 | W | W | Fourth rate | 2049 | 2540 | 50 | 1866 hospital hulk. 1895 sold | |
| Narcissus | 1859.10.26 | 1883 | W | S | Frigate | 2665 | 3548 | 51 | ||
| Nassau | 1866.02.20 | 1880 | W | S | Gunvessel | 695 | 877 | 318 | 1866.07 survey ship | |
| Nautilus | 1830.03.11 | 1878 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 233 | 10 | 1852 t.s. 1872 hulk | ||
| Nautilus | 1879.05.20 | 1905 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 501 | 8 | Built to old design as training brig | ||
| Nelson | 1814.07.04 | 1928 | W | W | First rate | 2617 | 120 | 319 | 1860 screw 89 guns. 1867 to New South Wales govt. 1898 sold as store hulk, later coal hulk | |
| Nelson | 1876.11.04 | 1910 | I | S | Armoured cruiser | 7630 | 18 | 1901 t.s. | ||
| Nemesis | 1826.08.19 | 1866 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1168 | 46 | Never commissioned | ||
| Neptune | 1832.09.27 | 1875 | W | W | First rate | 2694 | 120 | 1859 screw 89 guns | ||
| Neptune | 1863 | 1905 | Coastguard cutter | 60 | ||||||
| Neptune | 1878.03a | 1903 | I | S | Masted turret ship | 9310 | 6 | 1874.09.10 launched as Brazalian Independencia. Purched while completing | ||
| Nerbudda | 1835 | 1862 | Cutter | 49 | 2 | |||||
| Nerbudda | 1847.02.06 | 1856 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 445 | 12 | 1856.07.10 foundered off Cape of Good Hope | ||
| Nereus | 1821.07.30 | 1879 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1095 | 46 | 1843 storeship, h.s. | ||
| Netley | 1823.03.13 | 1859 | W | W | Cutter | 122 | 8 | 1848.10 foundered at Spithead and raised | ||
| Netley | 1866.07.02 | 1885 | W | S | Gunboat | 268 | 330 | 2 | 321 | |
| Nettle | 1856.02.09 | 1868 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | 2 | 322 | ||
| Nettle | 1870r | See: Thunderer 1831 | ||||||||
| Newcastle | 1813.11.10 | 1850 | W | W | Fourth rate | 1556 | 60 | 1824 h.s. | ||
| Newcastle | 1860.10.16 | 1929 | W | S | Frigate | 4020 | 51 | 323 | 1889 powder hulk | |
| Newport | 1867.07.20 | 1881 | W | S | Gunvessel | 425 | 570 | 324 | 1868 survey vessel. Sold as Pandora | |
| Niagara | 1814r | See: Royal George 1809 | ||||||||
| Niger | 1846.11.18 | 1869 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 1013 | 1454 | 14 | 325 | |
| Nightingale | 1855.12.22 | 1867 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 326 | ||
| Nile | 1839.06.28 | 1956 | W | W | Second rate | 2598 | 90 | 1854 screw. 1876 = Conway, t.s. 1853.04.14 stranded in Menai strait. 1956.10.31 accidentally burnt | ||
| Nimble | 1860.09.15 | 1906 | W | S | Gunvessel | 428 | 570 | 5 | 327 | 1879 h.s. |
| Nimrod | 1828.08.26 | 1907 | W | W | Sloop | 502 | 20 | Laid down as 6th rate Andromeda. 1853 = C.1, c.h. 18?? = C.76 | ||
| Nimrod | 1856.04.21 | 1865 | W | S | Gunvessel | 868 | 6 | 328 | ||
| Niobe | 1849.09.18 | 1862 | W | W | Sixth rate | 1051 | 28 | 1862 sold to Prussian navy | ||
| Niobe | 1866.05.31 | 1874 | W | S | Sloop | 1083 | 1570 | 4 | 329 | 1874.05.21 wrecked Miquelon Island |
| North Star | 1824.12.07 | 1860 | W | W | Sixth rate | 501 | 28 | |||
| Northampton | 1876.11.18 | 1905 | I | S | Armoured cruiser | 7652 | 18 | 1894 t.s. | ||
| Northumberland | 1798.02.02 | 1850 | W | W | Third rate | 1907 | 74 | 1827 hulk | ||
| Northumberland | 1866.04.17 | 1927 | I | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | 6621 | 10780 | 28 | 330 | 1898 d.s. 1904 = Acheron, t.s. 1909 = C.8 hulk. 1926 = C.68. Resold as hulk Stedmound |
| Nymphe | 1812.04.12 | 1875 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1087 | 38 | Laid down as Nereide. 1836 h.s. 1871 = Handy | ||
| Nymphe | 1866.11.24 | 1884 | W | S | Sloop | 1084 | 1570 | 4 | 331 | |
| Oberon | 1847.01.02 | 1880 | I | P | Sloop (packet) | 650 | 1055 | 4 | 332 | 1870 target |
| Ocean | 1805.10.24 | 1875 | W | W | Second rate | 2291 | 98 | 1841 d.s.1853 c.h. | ||
| Ocean | 1863.03.19 | 1882 | W | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | 4047 | 6832 | 24 | 333 | Laid down as 2nd rate 91 guns |
| Octavia | 1849.08.18 | 1876 | W | W | Fourth rate | 2125 | 50 | 334 | 1861 screw 3832 disp | |
| Odin | 1846.07.24 | 1865 | W | P | 1st class frigate | 1310 | 18 | |||
| Old President | 1903r | See: President 1829 | ||||||||
| Onyx | 1845.11 | 1854 | I | P | Packet | 292 | ||||
| Onyx | 1856.04.03 | 1873 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | 2 | 335 | 1869 steam-lump | |
| Opal | 1875.03.09 | 1892 | C | S | Corvette | 2120 | 12 | Laid down as Magicienne | ||
| Opossum | 1821.12.11 | 1841 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 236 | 10 | |||
| Opossum | 1856.02.28 | 1896 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 336 | 1874 hulk | |
| Orestes | 1824.05.31 | 1905 | W | W | Sloop | 460 | 18 | 1852 = C.28, c.h. | ||
| Orestes | 1860.08.18 | 1866 | W | S | Corvette | 1717 | 2431 | 21 | 337 | |
| Orient | 1918r | See Sampson 1877 | ||||||||
| Orion | 1854.11.06 | 1867 | W | S | Second rate | 3281 | 91 | 338 | Converted to screw on stocks | |
| Orion | 1879.01.23 | 1913 | I | S | Central battery ironclad | 4870 | 4 | Laid down as Turkish Buruc-i-Zaffer. Purchased on stocks. 1909 = Orontes, depot ship. | ||
| Orlando | 1858.06.12 | 1871 | W | S | Frigate | 3740 | 5643 | 40 | 339 | |
| Orontes | 1862.11.22 | 1893 | I | S | Troopship | 2812 | 4857 | 3 | 340 | 1876 lengthened 5600 disp |
| Orontes | 1904r | See: Swiftsure 1870 | ||||||||
| Orontes | 1909r | See: Orion 1879 | ||||||||
| Orpheus | 1860.06.23 | 1863 | W | S | Corvette | 1706 | 2365 | 21 | 1863.02.07 wrecked Manukau Bar, New Zealand | |
| Orwell | 1866.12.27 | 1890 | W | S | Gunboat | 268 | 330 | 2 | 1890 sold Customs Board | |
| Osborne | 1854r | 341 | See: Victoria and Albert 1843 | |||||||
| Osborne | 1870.12.19 | 1908 | W | P | Yacht | 1856 | 342 | |||
| Osprey | 1844.04.02 | 1846 | W | W | Brig | 425 | 12 | 1846.03.11 wreched off Hokianga, New Zealand | ||
| Osprey | 1856.03.22 | 1867 | W | S | Gunvessel | 682 | 4 | 343 | 1867.05.30 wrecked off Cape St. Francis, Algoa Bay, South Africa | |
| Osprey | 1876.08.05 | 1890 | C | S | Sloop | 1130 | 6 | |||
| Otter | 1837a | 1893 | W | P | Packet | 237 | 344 | Launched 1827. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Wizard. 1854 gunvessel. 1865 tug. 1878 c.h | ||
| Owen Glendower | 1808.11.21 | 1884 | W | W | Fifth rate | 951 | 36 | 1842 convict ship | ||
| Pacific | 1844.12a | 1868 | W | Receiving ship | 110 | Purchased. (later?) light vessel at the Cape of Good Hope | ||||
| Pallas | 1816.04.13 | 1862 | W | W | Fifth rate | 951 | 36 | 1836 c.h. | ||
| Pallas | 1865.03.14 | 1886 | W | S | Central battery ironclad corvette | 2372 | 3661 | 6 | 345 | |
| Pandora | 1833.07.14 | 1862 | W | W | Packet brig | 319 | 3 | 1857 Coastguard watch vessel | ||
| Pandora | 1861.02.07 | 1875 | W | S | Gunvessel | 428 | 570 | 5 | 346 | |
| Pantaloon | 1831.12a | 1852 | W | W | Brig | 340 | 10 | Purchased | ||
| Pantaloon | 1860.09.26 | 1867 | W | S | Sloop | 574 | 798 | 11 | 347 | |
| Parthian | 1856.05.08 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | |||
| Partridge | 1829.10.12 | 1864 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 231 | 10 | |||
| Partridge | 1856.03.29 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | |||
| Peacock | 1856.04.12 | 1869 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 348 | ||
| Pearl | 1828.03.17 | 1851 | W | W | Sloop | 558 | 20 | |||
| Pearl | 1855.09.13 | 1884 | W | S | Corvette | 1469 | 2187 | 21 | 349 | |
| Pearlen | 1807a | 1846 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1204 | 38 | 1807.09.07 captured from Danes at Copenhagen. 1811 = Perlen. 1813.03 lazaretto. 1836 = Perlin | ||
| Pegasus | 1878.06.13 | 1892 | C | S | Sloop | 1130 | 6 | |||
| Pelican | 1812.08 | 1865 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 385 | 18 | 1863 = WV.29 | ||
| Pelican | 1860.07.19 | 1869 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 952 | 1365 | 17 | 350 | Sold as Hawk. resold to Portuguese navy as Infanta Dom Henrique. Launched 1860.07.09 |
| Pelican | 1876.08.05 | 1890 | C | S | Sloop | 1130 | 6 | |||
| Pelorus | 1808.06.25 | 1841 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 385 | 18 | 1839.11.25 wrecked in a cyclone at Port Essington, N.T., Australia, but subsequently raised and repaired | ||
| Pelorus | 1857.02.05 | 1869 | W | S | Corvette | 1462 | 2330 | 21 | 351 | |
| Pelter | 1813.08.27 | 1862 | W | W | Gun-brig | 184 | 12 | 1827 Coastguard | ||
| Pelter | 1854.08.26 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 216 | 4 | |||
| Pelter | 1867 | 1905 | Tank vessel | 352 | ||||||
| Pembroke | 1812.06.23 | 1905 | W | W | Third rate | 1758 | 74 | 1855 screw blockship 60 guns. 1858 Coastguard. 1873 base ship at Chatham. 1890 = Forte r.s. | ||
| Pembroke | 1890r | See: Duncan 1859 | ||||||||
| Pembroke | 1919r | See: Achilles 1863 | ||||||||
| Penelope | 1829.08.13 | 1864 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1091 | 46 | 1843 paddle 1616 bm 12 guns | ||
| Penelope | 1867.06.18 | 1912 | C | S | Central battery ironclad corvette | 3096 | 4470 | 11 | 353 | 1891 guard ship. 1897 prison hulk |
| Penguin | 1838.04.10 | 1871 | W | W | Packet brig | 360 | 6 | 1857 Coastguard watch vessel. 1863 = WV.31 | ||
| Penguin | 1860.02.08 | 1870 | W | S | Gunvessel | 428 | 570 | 5 | 354 | |
| Penguin | 1876.03.25 | 1924 | C | S | Sloop | 1130 | 6 | 1890 = survey ship. 1908 = d.s. 1913 to R.Aust.N. | ||
| Perlen | 1811r | See: Pearlen 1807 | ||||||||
| Perlin | 1836r | See: Pearlen 1807 | ||||||||
| Perseus | 1812.11.20 | 1850 | W | W | Sixth rate | 522 | 22 | 1818 h.s. | ||
| Perseus | 1861.08.21 | 1931 | W | S | Sloop (1862: Corvette) | 955 | 1365 | 17 | 1904 = Defiance II | |
| Perseverance | 1854.07.11 | 1860 | I | S | Troopship | 1967 | ex-Russian Sobraon, purchased on stocks. 1860.10.21 wrecked in Cape Verde Islands | |||
| Perseverance | 1875.01.19 | 1911 | I | P | Tug | 280 | 538 | 0 | ||
| Persian | 1839.10.07 | 1866 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 484 | 16 | |||
| Pert | 1856.04.03 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | 2 | |||
| Pert | 1868.06.22 | 1888 | C | S | Gunvessel | 464 | 4 | 355 | ||
| Pet | 1856.02.09 | 1904 | W | S | Gunboat | 212 | 2 | 356 | 1865 hulk | |
| Peterel | 1838.05.23 | 1862 | W | W | Packet brig | 359 | 6 | |||
| Peterel | 1860.11.10 | 1901 | W | S | Sloop | 669 | 847 | 11 | 357 | 1885 c.h. |
| Phaeton | 1848.11.25 | 1875 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1942 | 50 | 358 | 1859 screw | |
| Pheasant | 1856.05.01 | 1877 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 359 | ||
| Philomel | 1842.03.28 | 1870 | W | W | Brig | 360 | 8 | 1857 Coastguard watch vessel. 1863 = WV.23. 1869 foundered in the Swalve, salved and broken up | ||
| Philomel | 1860.03.10 | 1865 | W | S | Gunvessel | 428 | 570 | 5 | 360 | |
| Philomel | 1867.10.29 | 1886 | W | S | Gunvessel | 774 | 3 | 361 | ||
| Phoebe | 1795.09.29 | 1841 | W | W | Fifth rate | 926 | 36 | 1826.10 Slop ship | ||
| Phoebe | 1854.04.12 | 1875 | W | W | Fourth rate | 2044 | 51 | 362 | 1860 screw 2895 bm 3584 disp | |
| Phoenix | 1832.09.25 | 1864 | W | P | 2nd class sloop | 812 | 1024 | 6 | 1845 screw | |
| Phoenix | 1879.09.16 | 1882 | C | S | Sloop | 1130 | 6 | 1882.09.12 wrecked off Prince Edward island | ||
| Pickle | 1827.08 | 1847 | W | W | Schooner | 118 | 3 | |||
| Pickle | 1855.05.23 | 1865 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 155 | 1 | 1855.10 = MV.22 | ||
| Pickle | 1856.05.03 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | |||
| Pickle | 1872.11.15 | 1906 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 254 | 1 | 363 | ||
| Pigeon | 1829r | See: Variable 1827 | ||||||||
| Pigeon | 1860.06.07 | 1876 | W | S | Gunboat | 268 | 330 | 2 | ||
| Pigmy | 1837.04a | 1879 | W | P | Packet | 227 | 364 | Launched 1827. Transferred from Post Office, ex-Sybil | ||
| Pike | 1837a | 1868 | W | P | Packet | 111 | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Spitfire | |||
| Pike | 1872.10.16 | 1920 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 254 | 1 | 1908 boom defence vessel | ||
| Pilot | 1838.06.09 | 1862 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 485 | 16 | |||
| Pilot | 1879.11.12 | 1907 | W | W | 2nd class brig | 8 | Built to old design as training brig | |||
| Pincher | 1854.09.05 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 216 | 4 | |||
| Pincher | 1879.05.05 | 1905 | I | S | Flatiron gunboat | 254 | 1 | |||
| Pioneer | 1810.03.10 | 1849 | W | W | Cutter | 197 | 12 | 1813 schooner. 1819 cutter. 1824 Coastguard | ||
| Pioneer | 1850.03a | 1854 | W | S | Discovery vessel | 342 | ex-Eider, purchased. 1854 abandoned in Artic | |||
| Pioneer | 1856.01.19 | 1864 | W | S | Gunvessel | 868 | 4 | 365 | ||
| Pioneer | 1863.07.16 | 1866 | I | P | Turret gunboat | 295 | 2 | Sternwheel. 1866 grounded New Zealand | ||
| Pioneer | 1864a | 1873 | W | P | Survey vessel | Transferred from Colonial Office | ||||
| Pioneer | 1874.10.26 | 1888 | C | P | Vessel | 576 | 6 | |||
| Pique | 1834.07.21 | 1910 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1633 | 36 | 1872 r.s. 1882 lent as hospital hulk | ||
| Pitt | 1816.04.13 | 1877 | W | W | Third rate | 1751 | 74 | 1853 c.h. | ||
| Pitt | 1882r | See: Trafalgar 1820 | ||||||||
| Plover | 1821.06.30 | 1841 | W | W | Brig-sloop | 237 | 10 | |||
| Plover | 1842.02a | 1854 | W | W | Survey cutter | 237 | ex-Bentinck, purchased | |||
| Plover | 1855.09.08 | 1859 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 1859.06.25 abandoned as total loss at Peiho | ||
| Plover | 1860.01.19 | 1865 | W | S | Gunvessel | 428 | 570 | 5 | 366 | Sold as Hawk |
| Plover | 1867.02.20 | 1885 | W | S | Gunvessel | 663 | 805 | 3 | 367 | |
| Plucky | 1856a | 1858 | Steam tender | 212 | Purchased | |||||
| Plucky | 1870.07.13 | 1928 | I | S | Gunboat | 196 | 213 | 1 | 368 | Prototype flatiron. 1915 = Banterer |
| Plumper | 1848.04.05 | 1865 | W | S | Sloop | 490 | 652 | 8 | 369 | 1856 survey vessel |
| Pluto | 1831.04.28 | 1861 | W | P | Gunvessel | 365 | ||||
| Plymouth | 1830r | See: Admiralty 1814 | ||||||||
| Plymouth | 1876r | See: Mercury 1837 | ||||||||
| Poictiers | 1809.12.06 | 1857 | W | W | Third rate | 1765 | 74 | |||
| Polyphemus | 1840.09.28 | 1856 | W | P | Sloop | 800 | 878 | 5 | 1856.01.29 wrecked Jutland | |
| Porcupine | 1844.06.17 | 1883 | W | P | Vessel | 382 | 490 | 3 | 370 | |
| Porpoise | 1855.05.26 | 1885 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 117 | 1 | 1855.10 = MV.8. 1866 hulked as bathing place | ||
| Porpoise | 1856.06.07 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | |||
| Portland | 1822.05.08 | 1862 | W | W | Fourth rate | 1476 | 52 | Laid down as Kingston | ||
| Portsmouth | 1742.09.30 | 1869 | W | W | Yacht | 83 | 6 | 1794 rebuilt 102 bm | ||
| Powerful | 1826.06.21 | 1864 | W | W | Second rate | 2296 | 84 | 1860 target | ||
| President | 1829.04.20 | 1903 | W | W | Fourth rate | 1537 | 52 | 1862 RNR drill ship. 1903 = Old President | ||
| Primrose | 1856.05.03 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | |||
| Prince Albert | 1864.05.23 | 1899 | I | S | Coast defence turret ship | 2537 | 3687 | 4 | 371 | |
| Prince Consort | 1862.06.26 | 1882 | W | S | Broadside ironclad frigate | 4045 | 6832 | 31 | 372 | Laid down as Triumph, 2nd rate, 91 guns |
| Prince of Wales | 1860.01.25 | 1916 | W | S | First rate | 3994 | 6201 | 121 | 64 | Converted to screw on stocks. 1869 = Britannia t.s. in River Dart. 1909 hulk |
| Prince Regent | 1823.04.12 | 1873 | W | W | First rate | 2613 | 120 | 373 | 1861 screw | |
| Princess Alice | 1844.01a | 1878 | I | P | Packet | 270 | 1 | Purchased | ||
| Princess Charlotte | 1825.09.14 | 1875 | W | W | First rate | 2443 | 104 | 1858 r.s. 1875 broken up at Canton | ||
| Princess Royal | 1853.06.23 | 1872 | W | S | Second rate | 3129 | 4540 | 91 | 374 | Laid down as Prince Albert |
| Procris | 1856.03.13 | 1893 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 375 | 1869 hulk | |
| Progresso | 1844a | 1869 | W | W | Tankvessel | ex-slaver, purchased | ||||
| Prometheus | 1807.03.27 | 1852 | W | W | Fireship | 432 | 1819 h.s. 1839 = Veteran | |||
| Prometheus | 1839.09.21 | 1863 | W | P | Sloop | 800 | 878 | 5 | ||
| Prompt | 1842.01 | 1845 | W | W | 61 | ex-slaver Josephine, captured 1840.01.22 | ||||
| Prompt | 1845a | 1847 | W | W | Schooner | ex-slaver, purchased | ||||
| Prompt | 1855.05.23 | 1865 | W | W | Mortar vessel | 155 | 1 | 1855.10 = MV.21 | ||
| Prompt | 1856.05.21 | 1864 | W | S | Gunboat | 232 | 4 | 376 | ||
| Prompt | 1867.11.06 | 1922 | I | P | Tug | 120 | 136 | 0 | 377 | |
| Proserpine | 1830.12.01 | 1864 | W | W | Fifth rate | 1063 | 46 | Never completed | ||
| Prospero | 1837.08a | 1866 | W | P | Packet | 249 | Transferred from Post Office, ex-Belfast | |||
| Providence | 1866 | 1870 | W | W | Coastguard cutter | 40 | ||||
| Psyche | 1862.03.29 | 1870 | W | P | Dispatch vessel | 835 | 985 | 2 | 378 | 1870.12.15 wrecked Catania |
| Pylades | 1824.06.29 | 1845 | W | W | Sloop | 433 | 18 | |||
| Pylades | 1854.11.23 | 1875 | W | S | Corvette | 1278 | 1991 | 21 | ||
| Pyramus | 1810.01.22 | 1879 | W | W | Fifth rate | 920 | 36 | 1832 r.s. |
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