Royal Navy Ships in service/reserve in 1894 ------------------------------------------- This list of ships should be read in conjunction with the accompanying file SHIP1894.TXT which lists the Officers. This file gives details of the ships in which these officer were serving. The number of guns, the ships tonnage and the Horse Power of the engines are given e.g. 16 Guns/9800 tons/ 400 Horse Power. Ships that have an asterisk "*" after their names means that they were sailing vessels. Those with "+" after their name were paddle steamers. "Particular Service" (Part.Service) means that the ship was operating on its own and not as part of a squadron under an Admiral. "Coastguard" was a term used to describe the service of some ships during the period 1857-1923 when under the control of the Admiralty and consisted of ships manned by Officers on Half-pay and by former naval ratings. The 'Coastguard' consisted of "The Shore Force", "The Permanent Cruiser Force" and "The Guard Ships". The ships listed below as "Coastguard" were Guardships. Ships shown as being "Reserve at....." were stationed at the named ports as drill ships for the Reserves. Transcribed at Auckland New Zealand by Ted Wildy on 20th November 1995. H.M.Ship Guns/Tons/HP Station --------------- ------------- ------------------ Abyssinia 4/2900/---- Bombay India Achilles 16/9800/4000 Portsmouth Active 12/3080/2400 Training Squadron Agamemnon 6/8660/4500 Devonport Agincourt 17/10690/4000 Chatham Ajax 6/8660/4500 Chatham Alacrity 4/1700/2000 China Albacore 4/560/500 Particular Service Alberta ../370/1000 Royal Yacht Portsmouth Alecto 2/620/350 Cape & West Africa Alexandra 18/9490/7000 Coastguard Portland Algiers ../5260/.. Chatham Dockyard Amphion 10/4300/5000 Mediterranean Anson 10/10600/11500 Mediterranean Archer 6/1770/3500 China Station Arethusa 10/4300/5000 Mediterranean Asia * 4/3594/.. Portsmouth Dockyard Assaye 2/735/2500 Bombay - India Defence Assistance 2/2500/1300 Particular Service Audacious 18/6010/3300 Coastguard Hull Aurora 12/5600/8500 Coastguard Bantry Australia 12/5600/8500 Coastguard Southampton Banterer 4/465/360 Particular Service Barfleur 14/10500/13000 Chatham Barham 6/1830/3200 Mediterranean Barracouta 6/1850/1750 SE Coast of America Beagle 8/1170/2000 SE Coast of America Belleisle 4/4870/2600 Coast Defence D'port Bellerophon 20/7550/4000 Devonport Bellona 6/1830/3200 Channel Squadron Benbow 12/10600/11500 Chatham Black Prince 28/9210/4000 Devonport Blake 12/9000/20000 N.America & W Indies. Blanche 6/1580/3000 Cape & West Africa Blonde 6/1580/3000 Cape & West Africa Boadicea 14/4140/4500 East Indies Boomerang 2//735/2500 Australasian Waters Boscawen * 8/4579/.. Boys Trng. Portland Bramble 6/715/1000 Gibraltar Brisk 6/1770/3500 East Indies Britannia * ../6201/.. Cadet Trng Dartmouth Briton 5/1408/.. Reserve at Inverness Bullfrog 4/465/360 Hull Buzzard 8/1140/2000 N America & W.Indies Caledonia ../3880 Boys Trng.Queensferry Calypso 16/2770/4000 Training Squadron Cambridge * 17/4971 Gunnery at Devonport Camperdown 10/10600/11500 Mediterranean Canada 10/2380/2000 N.America & W.Indies Caroline 14/1420/1400 China Station Castor * 14/1808/.. Reserve North Shields Centurion 14/10500/13000 Portsmouth Champion 12/2380/2000 Pacific Cleopatra 12/2380/2000 Newfoundland Clyde * 9/1447/.. Reserve Aberdeen Cockatrice 2/600/390 Mediterranean Collingwood 10/9500/9500 Mediterranean Colossus 9/9420/5500 Coastguard Holyhead Conqueror 6/6200/6000 Devonport Cossack 6/1770/3500 East Indies Crocodile 3/6211/4000 Troopship Portsmouth Cruiser * 4/1130/.. Mediterranean Curacoa 12/2380/2000 Australia Cyclops 4/3560/1660 Chatham Daedalus * 6/1447/ Reserve at Bristol Daphne 8/1140/2000 China Station Dart ../470/250 Surveying Service Defiance ../5270/.. Torpedo Sch Devonport Devastation 4/9300/7000 Portsmouth Dolphin 4/925/750 Mediterranean Dreadnought 4/10820/6500 Mediterranean Duke ofWellington2/6071/.. Depot Ship Portsmouth Durham * 7/1815/.. Reserve at Leith Eagle * 8/2340/.. Reserve at Liverpool Edgar 12/7350/12000 Mediterranean Edinburgh 9/9420/5500 Mediterranean Egeria 4/940/700 Surveying Service Empress of India 14/14150/13000 Channel Squadron Enchantress ../1000/1100 Sp Service Portsmouth Endymion 12/10000/12000 Portsmouth Esk 3/363/200 Hong Kong Euphrates 3/6211/4000 Troopship Portsmouth Excellent * ../508/380 Gunnery at Portsmouth Fearless 4/1580/3200 Mediterranean Firebrand 4/455/360 China Station Galatea 12/5600/8500 Coastg'rd Queensferry Ganges * ../3594/.. Boys Trng at Falmouth Gannet 7/1130/800 Mediterranean Garnet 14/2120/1800 Pacific Glatton 2/4910/2870 Portsmouth Goldfinch 6/805/1200 Australia Gorgon 4/3560/1200 Devonport Hawke 12/7350/12000 Mediterranean Hearty 2/1300/2100 Fishery Duties Hecate 4/3560/1200 Devonport Hecla 6/6400/2400 Torpedo at Portsmouth Hector ../6710/2500 Portsmouth Herald 10/82/80 Cape & West Africa Hercules 20/8680/8500 Portsmouth Hero 6/6200/6000 Portsmouth Hibernia * 12/4149/.. Malta Dockyard Himalaya 2/4690/2500 Troopship Part. Serv. Hood 14/14150/13000 Mediterranean Hotspur 4/4010/2500 Coast Defence Chatham Howe 10/10300/11500 Channel Squadron Humber ../1640/800 Storeship Mediterrane Hyacinth 8/1420/950 Pacific Hydra 4/3560/1200 Coast Defence Chatham Immortalite 12/5600/8500 Channel Squadron Imogene ../460/390 Mediterranean Imperieuse 14/8400/10000 China Station Impregnable * ../6557/.. Boys Trng. Devonport Indus * ../3653/.. Devonport Dockyard Inflexible 12/11880/6500 Portsmouth Invincible 16/6010/3300 Portsmouth Iron Duke 14/6010/3500 Portsmouth Jackal ../750/1200 Scotch Fisheries Katoomba 8/2575/7500 Australasian Waters Lapwing 6/805/1200 East Indies Leander 10/4300/500 China Station Liberty ../417/.. Sail. Brig Devonport Liffey * ../3915/.. Storeship at Coquimbo Linnet 5/756/870 China Station Lion ../3842/.. Boys Trng Devonport Lizard 6/715/1000 Australia Magdala 4/3340/1440 Bombay, India Defence Magicienne 6/2950/9000 N.America & W.Indies Magpie 6/805/1200 Cape & West Africa Malabar 3/6211/4000 Troopship Portsmouth Marathon 6/2950/9000 East Indies Melampus 8/3400/9000 Coastguard Kingstown Melita 8/970/1200 Mediterranean Melpomene 6/2950/9000 Pacific Mercury 13/3730/6000 China Station Mersey 12/4050/6000 Coastguard at Harwich Mildura 8/2575/4000 Australasian Waters Minotaur 21/10690/4000 Portland Mistletoe 4/560/500 Channel Islands Mohawk 6/1770/3500 N.America & W.Indies Monarch 7/8320/8000 Chatham Mosquito 10/82/80 Cape & West Africa Narcissus 12/5600/8500 Channel Squadron Nautilus ../501/.. Sail Brig Devonport Nelson 16/7630/5500 Guard Ship Portsmouth Neptune 6/9310/8000 Coastguard Portsmouth Nile 10/11940/12000 Mediterranean Northampton 12/7630/4500 Chatham Northumberland 35/10780/4000 Devonport Nymphe 8/1140/2000 Pacific Orion 4/4870/2600 Malta Orlando 12/5600/8500 Australia Station Osborne + 2/1850/2900 Royal Yacht Portsmouth Pallas 8/2575/7500 China Station Paluma ../../340 Queensland Partridge 6/775/1200 N.America & W.Indies Peacock 6/755/1200 China Station Pelican 8/1130/1060 N.America & W.Indies Pembroke * ../5724/.. Depot Ship Chatham Penelope 8/4470/2700 Cape Town Penguin 2/1130/1110 Surveying Service Pheasant 6/755/1200 Pacific Philomel 8/2575/7500 Cape & West Africa Phoebe 8/2575/7500 Cape & West Africa Pigeon 6/755/1200 East Indies Pigmy 6/755/1200 China Station Pilot * ../501/.. Sail Brig Devonport Plassy 2/735/4500 Defence East Indies Plover 6/755/1200 China Station Polyphemus ../2640/5500 Torpedo Mediterranean Porpoise 6/1770/3500 China Station President * 5/1969/.. Reserve W.India Docks Prince Albert 4/3880/1300 Devonport Pylades 14/1420/1400 Chatham Racer 8/970/850 SE Coast of America Racoon 6/1770/4500 Cape & West Africa Raleigh 24/5200/4200 Cape & West Africa Ramillies 14/14150/13000 Mediterranean Rapid 12/1420/1400 Australia Rattler 6/715/1200 China Station Redbreast 6/805/1200 East Indies Redpole 6/805/1200 China Station Repulse 14/14150/13000 Portsmouth Research + ../520/450 Surveying Service Resolution 14/14150/13000 Portsmouth Retribution 8/3600/7000 Devonport Revenge 14/14150/13000 Portsmouth Ringarooma 8/2575/7500 Australasian Waters Ringdove 6/805/1200 Australia Rodney 10/10300/11500 Channel Squadron Royal Arthur 13/7700/12000 Pacific Royal Oak 14/14150/13000 Birkenhead Royal Sovereign 14/14150/13000 Channel Squadron Royalist 12/1420/1400 Australia Ruby 12/2120/1800 Training Squadron Rupert 4/5440/6000 Guardship Pembroke Sandfly 1/525/2700 Mediterranean Sans Pareil 15/10470/14000 Mediterranean Scorpion 4/2750/1000 Bermuda Scout 4/1850/3200 Mediterranean Seaflower * 6/454/.. Portland Seagull 2/735/2500 Portsmouth Seahorse ../670/1100 Particular Service Sealark ../311/.. Sail Brig Queensferry Serapis 3/6211/4000 Troopship Portsmouth Severn 12/4050/6000 China Station Shannon 9/5390/2500 Devonport Sirius 8/3600/9000 SE Coast of America Sparrow 6/805/1200 Cape & West Africa Speedwell 2/735/2500 Channel Squadron Sphinx 5/1130/1100 East Indies St Vincent * ../4672/.. Boys Trng Portsmouth Stork 2/465/360 Surveying Service Sultan 19/9290/7720 Portsmouth (shipwreck Superb 22/9170/6000 Coastguard Greenock Surprise 4/1650/3000 Mediterranean Swallow 8/1130/1500 Cape & West Africa Swift 5/756/870 China Station Swiftsure 18/6910/3500 Guardship Devonport Tamar 2/4650/2500 Troop ship Tartar 6/1770/3500 N.America & W.Indies Tauranga 8/2575/7500 Australasian Waters Temeraire 14/8540/6500 Devonport Terror 8/1844/... Bermuda Thrush 6/805/1200 Cape & West Africa Thunderer 4/9330/7000 Guardship Sheerness Tourmaline 12/2120/1800 N.America & W.Indies Trafalgar 10/11940/12000 Mediterranean Trincomalee * 7/1447/.. Reserve Southampton Triton + ../410/370 Surveying Service Triumph 14/6640/3500 Devonport Tyne 2/3560/1200 Troopship Part.Service Undaunted 12/5600/8500 Devonport Unicorn 10/1447/.. Reserve at Dundee Urgent * 3/2801/.. Depot ship Jamaica Vernon * ../5481/.. Torpedo Sch Portsmouth Victor Emmanuel *../5157/.. Hong Hong Victoria & Albert2/2470/2980 Royal Yacht Portsmouth Victory 26/2164/.. Portsmouth Viper 4/1230/390 Bermuda Vivid + 1/550/425 Flag - Devonport Vixen 4/1230/390 Bermuda Volage 12/3080/2400 Training Squadron Vulcan 8/6620/12000 Torpedo Depot Ship Wanderer * 4/925/.. Boys Trng Portland Warrior 32/9210/4000 Portsmouth Warspite 14/8400/10000 Queenstown Widgeon 6/805/1200 Cape & West Africa Wildfire ../453/360 Flagship Sheerness Wivern 4/2750/1450 Hong Kong Wye ../1370/700 Particular Service =================================================