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Index of warships built in Kent Commercial Shipyards
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stuartwaters:
This is an index of ships built in commercially owned shipyards for the Royal Navy. Up until the middle of the 18th Century, warship-building was almost exclusively done by the Royal Dockyards, in the case of our county, those at Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham and Sheerness. In the middle of the 18th Century, Great Britain became involved in a series of wars which were part of a struggle to both defend the nation and to gain control of world trade. For about 70 years, the Royal Dockyards were unable to cope with the demand for warships and a great deal of ship-building was contracted out to commercial shipyards. After the end of the Napoleonic War in 1815, the demand for warships slumped and the Royal Dockyards were again able to keep up with demand. With the coming of Iron, Steel and Steam, ship-building in the south-east of England virtually died out, apart from the remaining dockyards at Chatham and Sheerness. This was because commercial ship-building moved nearer to the suppliers of iron and later, steel and ship-building in England became mostly centred around shipyards on rivers in the north of the country, such as the Mersey, Tyne and Clyde.
This list is grouped by location and company and where possible, links to pages on this forum about those ships. It is only concerned with commercial shipyards, not the Royal Dockyards. Ships are listed in chronological order by yard.
Deptford
Miscellaneous privately-built ships
1587 - Ark Ralegh (Renamed Ark Royal when given to Queen Elizabeth I by Sir Walter Ralegh)
1594 - Adventure 26
1596 - Repulse 50
Warspite 29
1601 - Superlativa Galley
Volatilla Galley
Adams & Co
1773 - Ambuscade 32
1774 - Experiment 50
Hector 74
1779 - Zephyr 14
Bronsden & Co
1740 - Dover 44
1742 - Dreadnought 60
1743 - Chester 50
1744 - Maidstone 50
John Buxton Jnr
1740 - Fox 24
1741 - Launceston 44
1742 - Lowestoffe 24
Otter 14
1743 - Swallow 16
Sheerness 24
1744 - Galgo 14
Speedwell 14
Hazard 14
1757 - Richmond 32
Castle
1666 - Defiance 66
1668 - Hope 70
1670 - Kitchin (Yacht)
1679 - Elizabeth 70
1690 - Griffin ??
1691 - Phaeton ??
1692 - Woolf ??
1694 - Swann 24
1695 - Grenada Bomb ketch
Ditchburn & Mare
1843 - Princess Alice (Paddle Gunboat)
1845 - Fairy (Royal Yacht - Screw)
Trident (Paddle Sloop)
Harpy (Paddle Sloop)
Myrmidon (Paddle Sloop)
Onyx (Paddle Sloop)
Torch (Paddle Sloop)
Violet (Paddle Sloop)
Durrell
1687 - Triumph 44
Poperly
1703 - Panther 54
Stacey
1719 - Greyhound 20
1730 - Terrible 14
1731 - Wolf 14
1732 - Tryall 14
1734 - Prince of Orange 70
Thomas West
1740 - Blast (Bomb Ketch)
Drake 14
Lyon 14
1741 - Blandford 24
1742 - Wolf 14
Baltimore 14
1744 - Defiance 60
1747 - St Albans 60
1756 - Viper 10
1758 - Warspite 74 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=727
Aeolus 32 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=86
1761 - Lowestoffe 32
1764 - Russell 74
Charles Lungley
1814 - Brilliant 36
1845 - Spitfire (Paddle Sloop)
1860 - Mullet (Screw Sloop)
1865 - Vixen (Screw Sloop)
Wells
1703 - Larke 42
1747 - Tiger 60
1756 - Diligence 10
1757 - Pallas 38
1758 - Shrewsbury 74
1759 - Basilisk (Bomb) https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=92
Mortar (Bomb) https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=735
1760 - Essex 64
1761 - Cornwall 74
1764 - Augusta 64
1765 - Invincible 74
1773 - Amazon 32
1774 - Eagle 64 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=227
1776 - Vulture 14
1783 - Thunderer 74
1785 - Terrible 74
1787 - Swiftsure 74
1795 - Amazon 36
Madras 56
Kangaroo 18 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=112
Seagull 18
Weymouth 36
1796 - Cynthia 18
1797 - Acasta 40 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=43
Biter 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=111
Bouncer 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=111
Bruiser 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=111
Boxer 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=111
1798 - Dragon 74
Barnard
1781 - Africa 64
1782 - Scipio 64
1783 - Inconstant 36
1784 - Tremendous 74
1785 - Zealous 74
- Majestic 74 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=185
1786 - Orion 74
1794 - Diamond 38 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=162
1795 - Dryad 36 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=876
Kite 18
Sylph 18 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=583
1796 - Triton 32 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=563
York 64
1797 - Spiteful 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=111
Adder 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=111
Contest 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=111
Crash 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=111
1798 - Northumberland 74 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=164
1801 - Aeolus 32
Mallard 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
1803 - Repulse 74 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=50
1804 - Harrier 18 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=22
- Elk https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=603
1807 - Marlborough 74
1808 - Parthian 10
1809 - Rodney 74
1812 - Devonshire 74
1813 - Pactolus 38
Dudman
1783 - Carnatic 74
1794 - Teazer 12
1796 - Termagent 18
1797 - Sirius 36
Blazer 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=111
Clinker 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=111
Buffalo 12
1798 - Renown 74 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=52
1799 - Apollo 36
1800 - Blanche 36 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=149
1801 - Charger 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Constant 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Conflict 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
1804 - Teazer 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Tigress 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Haughty 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Manly 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Plumper 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Pelter 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Wrangler 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Amaranthe 18
1805 - Calypso 18
1807 - Sultan 74
1808 - Calliope 12
Britomart 12
Cadmus 12
Woolwich
Matthew Baker
1590 - Merhonour 41
1596 - Triumph 68 (Dismantled and rebuilt)
1598 - Elizabeth Jonas 56 (Dismantled and rebuilt)
1601 - Advantagia Galley
Campbell & Johnson
1872 - Bulldog (Gunboat)
Pickle (Gunboat)
Pike (Gunboat)
Snap (Gunboat)
Greenwich
J & G Rennie
1871 - Arrow (Coastal Monitor)
Bonetta (Coastal Monitor)
1880 - HMTB-20 (Torpedo Boat)
William Joyce
1855 - Fidget (Gunboat)
Flirt (Gunboat)
Northfleet
Thomas Pitcher & Son
1794 - Lark 16
Force 12 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=716
1795 - Emerald 36 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=60
Ardent 64 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=184
1797 - Osprey 18 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=54
Grappler 12 http://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=8.0
Growler 12 http://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=8.0
Griper 12 http://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=8.0
Gallant 12 http://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=8.0
1798 - Supply ??
Superb 74 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=214
1801 - Medusa 32 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=90
Mariner 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Minx 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
1804 - Eagle 74
Blazer 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Bruizer 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Clinker 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Cracker 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
1807 - Cumberland 74
1808 - Venerable 74
1810 - Egmont 74
1812 - Gloucester 74
Medway 74
1813 - Marauder 38
Alert 16
Araxes 36
William and Henry Pitcher
1854 - Badger (Gunboat)
Pelter (Gunboat)
Pincher (Gunboat)
Snapper (Gunboat)
1855 - Bite (Gunboat)
Boxer (Gunboat)
Clinker (Gunboat)
Cracker (Gunboat)
Redwing (Gunboat)
Skylark (Gunboat)
Snap (Gunboat)
Starling (Gunboat)
Stork (Gunboat)
Swinger (Gunboat)
Teazer (Gunboat)
Weazel (Gunboat)
1855 - Banterer (Gunboat)
Bullfrog (Gunboat)
Bustard (Gunboat)
Carnation (Gunboat)
Charger (Gunboat)
Cockchafer (Gunboat)
Dove (Gunboat)
Forward (Gunboat)
Grasshopper (Gunboat)
Hasty (Gunboat)
Herring (Gunboat)
Insolent (Gunboat)
Mayflower (Gunboat)
Staunch (Gunboat)
Seagull (Gunboat)
Skipjack (Gunboat)
Sandfly (Gunboat)
Sheldrake (Gunboat)
Plover (Gunboat)
Ticker (Gunboat)
Fenella (Gunboat)
Garnet (Gunboat)
Handy (Gunboat)
Hunter (Gunboat)
1856 - Charon (Gunboat)
Haughty (Gunboat)
Leveret (Gunboat)
Mackerel (Gunboat)
Peacock (Gunboat)
Pheasant (Gunboat)
Pickle (Gunboat)
Porpoise (Gunboat)
Primrose (Gunboat)
Procris (Gunboat)
Prompt (Gunboat)
Shamrock (Gunboat)
Spey (Gunboat)
Tilbury (Gunboat)
1857 - Algerine (Gunboat)
Lee (Gunboat)
Levern (Gunboat)
Slavely (Gunboat)
1860 - Griffin (Gunboat)
Gravesend
William Cleverley
1780 - Zebra 18 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=711
1782 - Cato 50 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=766
1784 - Director 64 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=159
1787 - Colossus 74 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=689
1794 - Fearless 12 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=716
Lynx 16
1795 - Doris 36 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=51
1797 - Hydra 38 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=46
Hardy 12 http://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=8.0
Haughty 12 http://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=8.0
1798 - Achille 74 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=204
Rochester
John Nicholson
1795 - Dispatch 16
1797 - Staunch 12
1801 - Monkey 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=70
Ross
1795 - Albatross 16
1805 - Martial 12 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=564
Resistance 38 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=109
1806 - Spartan 38 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=110
1810 - Vigo 74
1811 - Stirling Castle 74
1812 - Epervier 18 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=64.0
Thistle 12
1813 - Eridanus 36
Tanais 38
Confiance 18
1814 - Fury (Bomb)
Thomas Seward
1758 - Maidstone 28
Frindsbury
Greaves
1785 - Meleager 32
1786 - Bellerophon 74
Thomas and Josiah Brindley
1794 - Hazard 16 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=182
Conquest 12 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=716
1801 - Tartar 32 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=600
1803 - Shannon 36
1804 - Firm 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Flamer 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
1805 - Pomone 38 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=779
1806 - Shannon 38 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=63.0
1807 - Aboukir 74 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=12
1808 - Badger 12
1809 - Crane 18
Thracian 18
1810 - Cressy 74 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=89
1811 - Asia 74
Chatham (Transport)
1813 - Orontes 36
Salamander 36
Slaney 20
1814 - Lee 20
Menai 26
Tamar 26
Wilson & Co
1794 - Peterel 16 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=161
- Attack 12 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=716
1796 - Cyane 18 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=181
1797 - Hasty 12 http://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=8.0
Hecate 12 http://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=8.0
John Pelham
1807 - Leonidas 36 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=74
1808 - Wild Boar 12
Bermuda 12
1809 - Echo 18
Sophie 18
1812 - Arab 18
1814 - Conway 20
1915 - Romney 58
Chatham
John Henniker
1758 - Panther 60 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=154
1759 - Thunder (Bomb) https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=55
1763 - Exeter 64 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=85
1773 - Siren 28 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=118
1774 - Isis 50 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=117
Sedger & Hogben
1747 - Assistance 50
Upnor
John King
1808 - Reynard 10
Ephira 10 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=58
Helicon 10
Cordelia 10 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=546
Briseis 10
1809 - Hecate - 18
Rifleman 18 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=72
Poictiers 74 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=198
1810 - Pygmy 10
Pioneer 12
Algerine (Armed Cutter)
1812 - Heron 18 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=458
Dispatch 18
Mulgrave 74 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=95
1813 - Euphrates - 36
Bann 20
Gillingham
Edward Muddle
1781 - Deptford 12 - included in thread https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=10.0
1782 - Mooring Lighter No. 8 (unarmed)
1801 - Mary (Victualling vessel) - included in thread https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=10.0
1801 - Mooring Lighter (number unknown - unarmed) - included in thread https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=10.0
1808 - Unknown 50ft 1808 Pattern Gunboat - Included in thread https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=10.0
1808 - Opossum 10 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=68
Broadstairs
White
1764 - Lapwing 10
1805 - Desperate 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=25.0
Dover
Unknown Builder
1545 - Brigantine 15
Henry Ladd
1777 - Alert 10 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=459
1778 - Expedition 10
1779 - Drake 14
Swallow 14
1781 - Tisiphone 14 (Fire Ship) https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=136
Alecto 14 (Fire Ship) https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=91
1782 - Bulldog 16
1785 - Circe 28
Thomas Allin
1779 - Scourge 16
King's Boatbuilders
1777 - Sprightly 10
1779 - Lively 14
1780 - Merlin 18
1781 - Pygmy 14
Cockatrice 14
1782 - Flirt 14
Speedy 14
Incendiary 14 (Fire Ship) https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=135
1783 - Thisbe 28
1785 - Lapwing 28 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=137
1794 - Piercer 12 https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=716
1796 - Rambler 14
Harpy 18 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=120
El Corso 14
1797 - Echo 16
1803 - Scorpion 18 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=186
1804 - Kingfisher 18 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=73
Espoir 18 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=108
Moselle 18
1805 - Nightingale 16
Resolute 12
1806 - Leveret 18
Forester 18
Foxhound 18
1807 - Eclipse 18
James and Joseph Johnson
1806 - Surly 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=15
Cheerful 12 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=15
Folkestone
Philemon Jacobs[size=78%]
1764 - Wells 6
1780 - Scout 14
1781 - Nimble 10 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=190
1782 - Wasp 14
William Hall
1764 - Folkestone 6
Thomas Farley
1777 - Rattlesnake 14
1778 - Busy 10
Sandgate
Joshua Stewart
1780 - Fortune 16
1782 - Pluto 14 (Fire Ship) https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=57
1782 - Barracouta 14
Francis Willson
1783 - Rattler 16
1784 - Hussar 28 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=191
Hall Stewart
1783 - Rose 28
1784 - Dido 28 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=19
Phineus Jacobs
1784 - Brisk 16
1787 - Alligator 28
Wilson Clayton
1785 - Hind 28
William Baker
1810 - Racer 10
Lowes
1810 - Dwarf 10
Sandwich
Andrew Hills
1782 - Otter 14
1782 - Falcon 14
1783 - Weazle 14
1784 - Ferret 14
Robert Hill
1796 - Hound 16
1812 - Manly 12
1812 - Hasty 12
1813 - Argus 18
Thomas Hills
1806 - Satellite 10 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=97
1806 - Recruit 18 https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=189
1809 - Arachne 18
1809 - Castilian 18
As and when articles get written about individual ships, I'll add a link as appropriate. Ships built in the Royal Dockyards at Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham and Sheerness will be listed and linked seperately. This way, articles about ships built in these places won't get lost in the crowd.[/size]
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