| Ship’s Name | Description | Service |
| Active | a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate sailing frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1758. She was one of the captors of the Spanish ship Hermione. After Hermione surrendered, her captors found that she carried a large cargo of gold and silver that would lead to the greatest single amount of prize money awarded to the crew of a British warship. | 1782 – |
| Adventure (1646) | unable to locate a record of HMS Adventure following her capture in 1709 by the french. However, she was listed as having work done at Portsmouth in 1714. | 1646 – 1709 |
| Adventure (1709) | a 40-gun fifth rate launched in 1709 and broken up in 1741. | 1709 – 1741 |
| Advice | a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1712. She was renamed HMS Milford in 1744, and was sold in 1749. | 1712 – 1749 |
| Albermile (1667) | a 6-gun fireship purchased and expended in 1667. | |
| Albermile (1680) | a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line launched in 1680, renamed Union in 1709, rebuilt in 1726 and broken up in 1749. | 1680 -1749 |
| Aldborough | sixth rate launched 1706, broken up 1727 | 1706 – 1727 |
| Amethyst | 36-gun fifth-rate frigate, originally the French frigate Perle, launched in 1790, captured in 1793, and wrecked off Alderney in 1795. | 1790 – 1795 |
| Anglesea (1694) | 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Plymouth Dockyard in 1694. She was sunk as a breakwater off Sheerness in 1742. | 1694 – 1742 |
| Anglesea (1742) | a 44-gun sixth-rate ship of the line which saw Royal Navy service between 1742 and 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession. In 1745 Anglesea was captured in an engagement with the 50-gun French ship of the line Apollon.[1] The capture of the vessel resulted in an amendment of the British Articles of War, regarding the responsibility of commanding officers to do their utmost to engage with the enemy. | 1742 – 1745 |
| Antelope (1703) | a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Rotherhithe on 13 March 1703.[1] She was rebuilt once during her career, and served in the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolutionary War. | 1703 – 1783 |
| Arab | 16-gun sloop-of-war, originally the French corvette Jean Bart, captured in 1795 in the English Channel by HMS Cerberus and HMS Santa Margarita, and wrecked in 1796. | 1795 – 1796 |
| Arrogant | 74-gun third rate launched in 1761. She was used as a receiving ship, sheer hulk, and floating battery at Bombay from 1804, and was broken up in 1810. | 1761 – 1810 |
| Arundel | 5th rate | 1695 – |
| Assistance (1650) | 40-gun fourth-rate frigates, built for the Commonwealth of England under the 1650 Programme, after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 she was incorporated into the navy of the Kingdom of England. During her time in the Commonwealth Navy she partook in the First Anglo-Dutch war being present in the battles of Kentish Knock, Portland and The Gabbard. In the Mediterranean she was present at the Battle of Santa Cruz and the bombardment of Porto Farina, In the Second Anglo-Dutch War she was involved in the Battle of Lowestoft, Battle of Vagen and the St James Day Fight. She did not participate in fleet actions after this. She spent the rest of her service life undergoing several rebuilds and plying the waters as a cruiser protecting British trade and projecting British sovereignty. After nearly 95 years of Service she was sunk as a break water at Sheerness at the end of 1745. | 1650 – 1745 |
| Association | a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1697.[1][2] She served with distinction at the capture of Gibraltar, and was lost in 1707 by grounding on the Isles of Scilly | 1697 – 1707 |
| Assurance | 44-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1747 and wrecked in 1753. | 1747 – 1753 |
| Auguste (1705) | a 54-gun fourth rate captured from the French in 1705. She was wrecked in 1716 when she ran ashore on the island of Anholt (Denmark) in heavy weather. | 1705 – 1716 |
| Basilisk | a Serpent-class bomb vessel of the Royal Navy, one of ten such vessels commissioned in 1695 to support land assaults on continental ports. Initially commissioned as part of Admiral John Berkeley’s fleet during the Nine Years’ War, she also saw service as an exploratory vessel along the St Lawrence River, and later as part of the victorious British forces at the Battle of Cape Passaro. Broken up in 1729 | 1695 – 1729 |
| Bedford | 70-gun third rate launched in 1698. She was rebuilt in 1741 to carry 64-guns, was hulked in 1767 and sold in 1787. | 1698 – 1787 |
| Bedford (Galley) | a 34 gun fifth rate, heavy frigate built in New England US. A galley frigate carried sweeps (oars). | 1697 – 1732 |
| Berwick | 70-gun third rate launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1700, hulked in 1715 and broken up in 1742. | 1679 – 1715 |
| Bideford | a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1711. She was rebuilt in 1727, and foundered in 1736. | 1711 – 1736 |
| Blandford | a 20-gun Gibraltar group frigate launched in 1711. She foundered in the Bay of Biscay in 1719. | 1711 – 1719 |
| Blenheim | a 90-gun second rate launched in 1761, reduced to a third rate in 1800 and wrecked in 1807. | 1761 – 1807 |
| Bolton | no information | 1709 – ? |
| Boyne | 98-gun second rate launched in 1790. She was the flagship of Vice Admiral John Jervis in 1794. She caught fire and burnt at Spithead on 1 May 1795. | 1790 – 1795 |
| Bredah | a 70-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1692, and broken up in 1730. | 1692 – 1730 |
| Bristol | 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1711. She underwent a rebuild in 1746 which rearmed her with 50 guns, and was broken up in 1768. | 1711 – 1768 |
| Britania | a 100-gun first rate ship of the line launched in 1682, rebuilt in 1719 and broken up in 1749. | 1682 – 1749 |
| Burford | a 70-gun third rate ship of the line built at Woolwich Dockyard in 1677/79 as part of the Thirty Ships Programme of 1677. | 1679 – 1719 |
| Burlington | a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Henry Johnson’s yard at Blackwall Yard, and launched in 1695. | 1695 – 1733 |
| Cambridge | 80-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1695. She was rebuilt in 1715 and broken up in 1750. | 1695 – 1750 |
| Canterbury | 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1693. She was rebuilt in 1722 and 1744, when she was rearmed to carry 58 guns. She was on harbour service from 1761 and was broken up in 1770. | |
| Captain | a 70-gun third rate launched in 1678. She was rebuilt in 1708 and again in 1722, and converted to a hulk in 1739, finally being broken up in 1762. | 1678 – 1722 |
| Charles | hoy | |
| Charon | 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1783. She was on harbour service from 1795, used as a troopship from 1800 and was broken up in 1805. Because Charon served in the navy’s Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp “Egypt” to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants. | 1783 – 1847 |
| Chester | a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1708. She was on harbour service from 1743 and was broken up in 1750. | 1708 – 1750 |
| Chesterfield | 44-gun fifth-rate ship of the line | 1745 – 1762 |
| Chichester | 80-gun second rate launched in 1695. She was rebuilt in 1706 and broken up in 1749. | 1695 – 1749 |
| Circe | 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1785 but not completed or commissioned until 1790. She then served in the English Channel on the blockade of French ports before she was wrecked in 1803. | 1785 – 1803 |
| Colchester | 54-gun fourth-rate frigate launched in 1707, rebuilt in 1721 and broken up in 1742. | 1707 – 1742 |
| Content | Hoy. John Edmonds master | |
| Content | hoy, John Edmons, master | 1718 |
| Cornwall | a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1761. She was damaged in action in 1780, and subsequently burnt as unserviceable. | 1761 – 1780 |
| Cruizer | 24-gun sixth rate, previously the French ship De Meric. She was captured in 1705 by HMS Tryton and was wrecked in 1708. | 1705 – 1708 |
| Cumberland (1695) | an 80-gun third rate ship of the line[1] launched in 1695. She was captured by the French in the Battle at the Lizard in 1707. In 1715 she was sold to Genoa, in 1717 to Spain | |
| Cumberland (1739) | an 80-gun third rate launched in 1710. She was rebuilt in 1739 to carry 66 guns and foundered at anchor in 1760. | |
| Cumberland (1745) | an 8-gun fire ship, previously the civilian Alex Roberts. She was purchased in 1739 and was broken up by 1742. | |
| Dartmouth | a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1698. She was rebuilt in 1741 and sunk in action with the Spanish ship Glorioso in 1747. | 1698 – 1747 |
| Deadalus | 32-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1780 from the yards of John Fisher, of Liverpool. She went on to serve in the American War of Independence, as well as the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Broken up in 1811 | 1780 – 1811 |
| Defiance (1675) | 64 gun third rate | 1675 – 1743 |
| Delight | a 14-gun sixth-rate launched in 1709 and sold in 1712. | 1709 – 1712 |
| Devonshire | 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Bursledon on 5 April 1692. | 1692 – 1707 |
| Dispatch | was a 2-gun brigantine launched in 1691 and sold in 1712. | 1691 – 1712 |
| Discovery (1774) | A converted collier, originally a brig, converted by James Cook to a full rigged ship. Discovery was consort to Cook’s Resolution on his ill fated voyage to Hawaii. Discovery‘s name was given to the space shuttle Discovery. | 1775-1797 |
| Discovery (1789) | Served as a 10 gun sloop and was later converted to a bomb vessel. First commanded by Henry Roberts. | |
| Dolphin | The first seven Dolphins were small ketches and fireships. | |
| Dorsetshire (1694) | 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Southampton on 8 December 1694. Sold 1749 | 1649 – 1749 |
| Dorsetshire (1757) | was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1757 and broken up in 1775. | 1757 – 1775 |
| Dover | a 48-gun ship launched in 1654, rebuilt in 1695 and 1716 and broken up in 1730. | 1654 – 1730 |
| Dragon(1647) | Fourth-rate frigate launched in 1647, rebuilt in 1690 and 1707 and wrecked in March 1712 near Alderny. | 1647 – 1711 |
| Dreadnought | 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line launched in 1691, rebuilt in 1706 and broken up 1748. | 1691 – 1748 |
| Dunkirk | a 48-gun third rate frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched in 1651 | 1651 – 1749 |
| Dursley Galley | 20 gun 6th rate frigate. A Galley carried sweeps (oars). | 1719 – |
| Eagle | a 10-gun advice boat launched in 1696 and wrecked in 1703. | 1696 – 1703 |
| Eagle (1679) | a 70-gun third rate launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1699 and wrecked in 1707. | 1679 – 1707 |
| Edgar | a 70-gun third rate launched in 1668, rebuilt in 1700, and destroyed in an accidental fire 1711. | 1668 – 1711 |
| Edward | Harbour hoy | |
| Elizabeth | 70-gun third rate launched in 1706. She was rebuilt to carry 64 guns in 1737 and was broken up by 1766. | 1706 – 1766 |
| Enterprise | 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1709. She underwent a great repair in 1718–19, was hulked in 1740 and fitted as a hospital ship in 1745 before being sold in 1749. | 1709 – 1749 |
| Essex | a 70-gun third-rate ship launched in 1679 and wrecked at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759 | 1679 – 1759 |
| Exeter | 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1697. She was rebuilt to carry 58 guns in 1744 and was broken up in 1763. | 1697 – 1763 |
| Expedition | Armed storeship | |
| Experiment | 32-gun fifth-rate frigate built in 1689, rebuilt in 1727 and broken up in 1738. | 1689 – 1738 |
| Falcon | 32-gun fourth rate launched in 1704. In 1709 she was captured by the French 58-gun Sérieux in the Mediterranean. | |
| Firebrand | 8-gun fireship launched in 1694 and wrecked in 1707. | 1694 – 1707 |
| Folkstone | 44-gun fourth rate launched in 1703 and broken up in 1727. | 1703 – 1727 |
| Furnace | 4-gun bomb vessel launched in 1695 and broken up in 1725. | 1695 – 1725 |
| Gibraltar | 20-gun sixth rate built in 1711, rebuilt 1727, and sold 1748. It was the first command of John Byng, who was afterwards to be court-martialled and executed in the opening stages of the Seven Years’ War. | 1711 – 1748 |
| Glasgow | a 20-gun sixth rate, previously the Scottish ship Royal Mary. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1707 and was sold in 1719. | 1707 – 1719 |
| Gosport | bomb ship built in 1687 at the Chatham Dockyard. Sold in 1713. | 1687 – 1713 |
| Grafton (1694) | a fire ship purchased in 1694 and sold in 1696. | 1694 – 1696 |
| Grafton (1709) | a 70-gun third rate launched in 1709, rebuilt in 1725 and broken up in 1744. | 1709 – 1744 |
| Grafton (1750) | a 70-gun third rate launched in 1750 and sold in 1767. | 1750 – 1767 |
| Granado | also referred to as HMS Grenada, a 4-gun bomb vessel launched at Deptford in 1695, and broken up in May 1718. | 1695 – 1718 |
| Greenwich | 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1666. She was rebuilt in 1699 and again in 1730, before being wrecked in 1744. | 1699 – 1730 |
| Griffin | 8-gun fireship launched in 1690, rebuilt in 1702 and sold in 1737. | 1690 – 1737 |
| Gurnsey | 28-gun sixth rate captured from the French in 1704. She was sold in 1713. | 1713 – 1786 |
| Hampton Court | 70-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1709 rebuilt in 1744 as a 64-gun. She was broken up in 1774. | 1709 – 1774 |
| Hastings | 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1707, hulked in 1739 and sold in 1744 to become a privateer. | 1707 – 1744 |
| Hazardous | A 54 gun ship captured from the French in 1703. She was wrecked in 1706 in Bracklesham Bay. | 1703 – 1706 |
| Hind Pink (1709) | a 16-gun sixth rate captured in 1709. She bilged on her anchor in 1711 and sank. the word pink was used to describe any small ship with a narrow stern, having derived from the Dutch word pincke meaning pinched. They had a large cargo capacity, and were generally square rigged. | 1709 – 1711 |
| Hind Pink (1711) | a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1711 and wrecked in 1721. The ship struck a rock “half a musket shot” off Guernsey castle on 7 December 1721 | 1711 – 1721 |
| Hornet | 16-gun sloop launched in 1794, hospital ship from 1805 to 1811, and sold in 1817. | 1794 – 1817 |
| Hoy | a coastal fishing and trading vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used during the 17th and 18th centuries | |
| Humber 1690 | 8-gun fireship built in 1690. Her fate is unknown. | 1690 – |
| Humber 1693 | was an 80-gun second rate ship of the line launched in 1693. She was rebuilt in 1708 and 1726, and was renamed HMS Princess Amelia in 1727. | 1693 – 1727 |
| Hunter | was an 8-gun fire ship launched in 1690. She was rebuilt as a 24-gun sixth rate in 1710 and was captured by the Spanish later that year. | 1690 – 1710 |
| Ipswich | no information | |
| Isaac & Elizabeth | Hoy | |
| Isabella | Ordnance vessel late 1700s | |
| Isabella Yacht | Royal yacht, ketch rigged yacht built at Greenwich in 1683 by Phineas Pett | 1683 – |
| Jersey | a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, and launched on 24 November 1698. Sunk in 1763 | 1698 – 1763 |
| Kent (1679) | a 70-gun third rate launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1699 and 1724, and broken up in 1744. | 1679 – 1744 |
| Kent (1746) | a 70-gun third rate launched in 1746 and hulked in 1760. | 1746 – 1760 |
| Kent (1762) | 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 March 1762 at Deptford Dockyard. | |
| Kinsale | 5th rate Built in 1700, Kinsale. Broken up in 1741. | 1700 – 1741 |
| Lai | no information | |
| Lancaster | 80-gun first rate built in 1694, then rebuilt and relaunched in 1722, and rebuilt for a third time to a 66-gun third rate in 1749. | 1694 – 1749 |
| L’Éclair | HM Gun boat | 1793 – |
| Lenox | a 70-gun third rate launched in 1678. She was rebuilt in 1701, and again in 1723, before being sunk as a breakwater in 1756. | 1678 – 1756 |
| Leopard | 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1703, rebuilt 1721, and broken up 1739. | 1703 – 1739 |
| Lichfield | a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 4 February 1695. She underwent a rebuild according to the 1719 Establishment at Plymouth, and was relaunched on 25 March 1730. Lichfield continued in service until 1744, when she was broken up | 1695 – 1730 |
| Lincoln | a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1695. She foundered in 1703. | 1695 – 1703 |
| Lion | a 60-gun third rate launched in 1709, rebuilt in 1738 and sold in 1765. | 1709 – 1765 |
| Lively | 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1713. She was broken up in 1738 and rebuilt as the next HMS Lively. | 1713 – 1738 |
| London | 90-gun second rate, launched in 1766 and broken up in 1811 | 1766 – 1811 |
| Longbranch | no record of ship of this name for the period | |
| Looe (1697) | a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1697 and wrecked in 1705. | 1697 – 1705 |
| Looe (1707) | 42-gun fifth rate launched in 1707. She was reduced to harbour service in 1735 and was sunk as a breakwater in 1737. | 1707 – 1737 |
| Lowestoft | 28-gun fifth rate launched in 1697. She was rebuilt in 1723 as a 20-gun sixth rate and sold in 1774. | 1697 – 1774 |
| Ludlow Castle | 44-gun 1741 Establishment frigate launched in 1744 and rebuilt as a 26-gun frigate in 1762. She was broken up at Portsmouth in 1771. | 1741 – 1771 |
| Lyme | 20-gun sixth rate. | 1695 – 1740 |
| Marlborough | Harbour hoy master: George Ayres (1717) | |
| Marlborough | HMS St Michael (1669), a second rate, renamed Marlborough 1706; fought in the Seven Years’ War; present in Sir George Pocock’s fleet at the taking of Havana from the Spanish 1762; foundered at sea 1762. | 1669 – 1762 |
| Martin (1694) | was a 10-gun ketch launched in 1694 and captured by the French in 1702. | 1695 – 1702 |
| Martin (1790) | 16-gun sloop launched in 1790. She foundered in 1800. | 1790 – 1800 |
| Mary (1704) | 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line launched in 1704, rebuilt in 1742 and renamed HMS Princess Mary, and sold in 1766. | 1704 – 1766 |
| Mary Bark | Large transport vessel, 3 masted. James Price, master (1714) | |
| Mary Galley | 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1687. She underwent a ‘great repair’ in 1708, and was again rebuilt in 1727. She was broken up in 1743. | 1687 – 1743 |
| Medusa | 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1785 and wrecked in 1798. | 1785 – 1798 |
| Medway | 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1693, rebuilt in 1718 and hulked in 1740. She was beached in 1748 and a sheer hulk and was broken up in 1749. | 1693 – 1749 |
| Medway Prize | 28-gun sixth rate captured from the French in 1704. She was sold in 1713. | 1704 – 1713 |
| Mermaid | a 24-gun ship launched in 1651, rebuilt as a 32-gun fifth rate in 1689, rebuilt again in 1707 and broken up in 1734. | 1651 – 1734 |
| Minion | no entry in Wikipedia | |
| Moderate | 64 (fourth rate) (1685, ex-French Modéré, captured 12 October 1702), sold 1713 | 1685 – 1713 |
| Monck | a 52-gun third rate frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Portsmouth, and launched in 1659. She retained her name after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns. | 1659 – 1720 |
| Monks Prize | no entry in Wikipedia | |
| Monmouth | 66-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. | 1667 – 1767 |
| Montague | a 52-gun Speaker-class frigate launched in 1654 as Lyme, renamed in 1660, rebuilt in 1698 and 1716 and broken up in 1749. | 1654 – 1749 |
| Moor | no entry in Wikipedia | |
| Namur | 90-gun second rate launched in 1697. She was rebuilt in 1729 and was wrecked in 1749. | 1697 – 1749 |
| Nassau (1699) | 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 2 August 1699. Nassau was wrecked on 30 October 1706 | 1699 – 1706 |
| Nassau (1706) | a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 9 January 1706. | |
| Nemesis | 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1780. The French captured her in 1795 at Smyrna, but in 1796 a squadron led by Barfleur brought her out of the neutral port of Tunis; she was sold in 1814. | 1780 – 1814 |
| Neptune | a 90-gun second rate launched in 1683. She was rebuilt in 1710 and 1730 before being renamed HMS Torbay in her new incarnation as a third rate in 1750. She was sold in 1784. | 1683 – 1784 |
| Newcastle (1653) | a 44-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the Commonwealth of England by Phineas Pett the Younger at Ratcliffe, and launched in May 1653. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 54 guns. | 1653 – 1703 |
| Newcastle (1704) | a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 10 March 1704. | 1704 – 1746 |
| Newport | a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1695 as HMS Orford. She was renamed HMS Newport in 1698 and was sold in 1718. | 1698 – 1718 |
| Niger | 33-gun fifth rate launched in 1759, reduced to sixth rate, converted to a prison ship in 1810, and renamed Negro in 1813. She was sold in 1814. | 1759 – 1814 |
| Nonsuch | 48-gun fourth-rate ship of the line, launched in 1696, rebuilt 1717, and broken up in 1745 | 1696 – 1745 |
| Norfolk | 80-gun third rate launched in 1693. She was rebuilt in 1728, and renamed HMS Princess Amelia in 1755. She was used for harbour service from 1777 and transferred to the Customs service in 1788. | 1693 – 1788 |
| Northumberland | 70-gun third rate launched in 1705. She was rebuilt from 1719 to 1721, and again from 1741 to 1743 (the last time as a 64-gun ship), and was captured by the French Navy off Ushant in 1744. | 1705 – 1744 |
| Norwich | 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford on 24 August 1693. She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Chatham Dockyard, relaunching on 20 May 1718. In 1744 she was reduced to a fifth rate and renamed HMS Enterprise. | 1693 – 1771 |
| Orford (1698) | was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1698. She was rebuilt in 1713 and wrecked in 1745. | 1698 – 1745 |
| Orford (1749) | a 70-gun third rate launched in 1749. She was on harbour service from 1777 and was sunk as a breakwater in 1783. | 1749 – 1783 |
| Oxford | 54-gun fourth-rate ship launched in 1674. She was rebuilt in 1702, and again in 1727 when she was rearmed to 50 guns. The vessel was broken up in 1758. | 1674 – 1758 |
| Pallas | 32-gun fifth rate launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1793 and wrecked in 1798 on Mount Batten Point, near Plymouth. | 1793 – 1798 |
| Panther | was a 54-gun fourth-rate ship of the line launched in 1703. She was rebuilt in 1716, hulked in 1743 and sold in 1768. | 1703 – 1768 |
| Pearle | a fourth rate of 42 guns launched in 1708; a detachment of its crew under Lieutenant Robert Maynard killed Blackbeard in 1718; broken up in 1722 | 1708 – 1722 |
| Pembroke | 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford on 22 November 1694. Pembroke was captured by French warships in the Mediterranean in 1709,[1] recaptured in 1711, and finally sold to Spain in Genoa in 1713 | 1694 – 1713 |
| Phoenix | an 8-gun fire ship launched in 1694, rebuilt in 1709 as a 24-gun sixth-rate and rebuilt again in 1727. She was hulked in 1742 and sold in 1744. | 1694 – 1744 |
| Plymouth | a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1708. She was rebuilt in 1722 and broken up in 1764. | 1708 – 1764 |
| Pomona | 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate launched in 1778. She was renamed Amphitrite in 1795 and broken up in 1811. | 1795 – 1811 |
| Pomroy | harbour hoy. Master William Batt (1719) | |
| Poole | 32-gun Lyme group frigate launched in 1696, converted into a fireship in 1719 and sunk as a foundation at Harwich in 1737. | 1696 – 1737 |
| Port Mahon | a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1711 and scrapped in 1740 | 1711 – 1740 |
| Portmahon | no entry in Wikipedia | |
| Prince | HMS Prince (also referred to as Royal Prince) was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Renamed Royal william in 1692. | 1670 – 1813 |
| Prince Frederick | 70-gun third rate launched in 1679 as HMS Expedition. After a rebuild she was renamed HMS Prince Frederick in 1715. further rebuild was completed at Portsmouth in June 1736. Sold in 1784 | 1697 – 1784 |
| Prince George | 98-gun second-rate launched in 1772 and named after the future George IV of the United Kingdom. She was converted to a sheer hulk in 1832 and was broken up in 1839. | 1772 – 1839 |
| Proserpine | sixth-rate frigate wrecked in a snowstorm on 1 February 1799 on Scharhörn Sand near Newark Island in the Elbe with the loss of 14 of her crew. After she had been abandoned, several crew members returned to her and refloated her on 10 February but she grounded again on Baltrum Island. | 1777 – 1799 |
| Ramillies | 74-gun third rate launched in 1785. She was placed on harbour service in 1831 and was broken up in 1850. | 1785 – 1850 |
| Ranelagh | 80-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard on 25 June 1697.[1] She took part in a number of actions during the War of the Spanish Succession, including the Battle of Vigo in 1702 and the Battle of Vélez-Málaga in 1704. Broken in 1764. | 1697 – 1764 |
| Reserve | a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 18 March 1704. Reserve was renamed HMS Sutherland in 1716, and converted to serve as a hospital ship in 1741. Sutherland was broken up in 1754. | 1704 – 1754 |
| Resolution (1667) | a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line launched 1667; rebuilt 1698; foundered in 1703. | 1667 – 1703 |
| Resolution (1705) | a 70-gun third rate launched 1705; run ashore to avoid capture 1707. | 1705 – 1707 |
| Resolution (1708) | a 70-gun third rate launched 1708; wrecked 1711. | 1708 – 1711 |
| Resolution (1758) | a 74-gun third rate launched 1758; run aground and lost 1759 at the Battle of Quiberon Bay. | 1758 – 1759 |
| Rippon | a 64-gun third rate launched in 1712, rebuilt in 1735 as a 60-gun fourth rate and broken up in 1751. | 1712 – 1751 |
| Rochester | a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1693. She was rebuilt in 1715, and again as a hospital ship in 1744. She was renamed HMS Maidstone after the second rebuild and was broken up in 1748. | 1693 – 1748 |
| Roebuck | 42-gun fifth rate launched in 1704 and dismantled in 1725. She was rebuilt in 1722, and sunk in 1743 as a breakwater. | |
| Romney | 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1762 and wrecked in 1804. | 1762 – 1804 |
| Romney (1694) | a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1694 and wrecked in 1707. | 1694 – 1707 |
| Rose (1709) | 20-gun sixth rate purchased in 1709 and sold in 1712. | 1709 – 1712 |
| Rose (1712) | 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1712, rebuilt in 1724, hulked in 1739 and sold in 1744. | 1712 – 1744 |
| Rose (pink) | a 6-gun pink launched in 1657 and transferred in 1661 to the Irish Packet Service. In the Atlantic Ocean the word pink was used to describe any small ship with a narrow stern, having derived from the Dutch word pincke meaning pinched. They had a large cargo capacity, and were generally square rigged. | 1657 – |
| Royal Ann | a 100-gun first rate launched in 1670 as HMS St Andrew. She was rebuilt and renamed HMS Royal Anne in 1703 and was broken up in 1727. | 1670 – 1727 |
| Royal Ann Galley | a 42-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She ran aground and was wrecked during a gale off Lizard Point, Cornwall 10 November 1721 | 1709 – 1721 |
| Royal Catherine | 84-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1664 at Woolwich Dockyard. Renamed Ramillies in 1706. Wrecked in 1760 | 1664 – 1760 |
| Royal Oak | a 70-gun third rate launched in 1674, rebuilt in 1690, 1713, and 1741. Her 1741 rebuild left her as a 64-gun fourth rate. She was a prison ship between 1756 and 1763, and was broken up in 1764. | 1674 – 1763 |
| Royal William | HMS Prince (also referred to as Royal Prince) was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Renamed Royal william in 1692. a 100-gun first rate launched in 1670 as HMS Prince. She was rebuilt in 1692 and renamed HMS Royal William, rebuilt again in 1719, and rearmed to 84 guns and fitted as a guardship in 1790. She was broken up in 1813. | 1670 – 1813 |
| Ruby | 54-gun fourth-rate ship of the line launched in 1708. She was renamed HMS Mermaid in 1744 and was sold in 1748. | 1708 – 1748 |
| Russell (1692) | 80-gun second-rate ship of the line, rebuilt in 1735 and sunk in 1762 at Sheerness. | 1692 – 1762 |
| Rye Galley | a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1696. She was rebuilt in 1717 as a 24-gun sixth rate and used as a breakwater from 1727. She was broken up in 1735. | 1696 – 1735 |
| Salamander | bomb ship built in 1687 at the Chatham Dockyard. Sold in 1713. | 1687 – 1713 |
| Salisbury | a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1707, rebuilt in 1726 and sold in 1749. | 1707 – 1749 |
| Salisbury Prize (1698) | a 48-gun fourth rate, launched in 1698 and captured by the French in 1703. She was subsequently recaptured in 1708 and renamed Salisbury Prize, and later renamed Preston in 1716. She was broken up in 1749. | |
| Sampson | several ships but none listed covering this era | |
| Sapphire | 42-gun fourth rate launched in 1708, hulked in 1740 and sold in 1745. | 1708 – 1740 |
| Scorpion Sloop | a 16-gun Echo-class sloop launched in 1785 and sold in 1802. She apparently became the whaler and letter of marque Scorpion, and worked in the South Seas fisheries until the Spaniards captured her in 1808. | 1785 – 1802 |
| Seaford | 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1697, rebuilt in 1724 and broken up in 1740. | |
| Seahorse | a 14-gun sixth rate launched in 1709 and wrecked in 1711. | 1709 – 1711 |
| Sharke | a 14-gun sloop launched in 1711, rebuilt in 1722 and sold in 1732. | 1711 – 1722 |
| Sheerness | 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1691, rebuilt in 1731 and sold in 1744. | 1691 – 1744 |
| Shrewsbury | three-decker 80-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on the 6th of February, 1695. Broken up 1749 | 1695 – 1749 |
| Soeesdyke | no entry in Wikipedia | 1702 – |
| Soesdyke Yacht | | 1702 – 1713 |
| Somerset | 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Chatham Dockyard on 31 May 1698. | 1698 – 1740 |
| Sorlings (1694) | a 32-gun fifth rate vessel built under contract at Shoreham in 1693/94. | 1694 – 1705 |
| Sorlings (1706) | a 42 gun 5th rate built at Sheerness Dockyard | 1706 – 1717 |
| Southsea Castle | no entry in Wikipedia | 1708 – |
| Speedwell | 8-gun fireship, rebuilt in 1702 as a 28-gun fifth rate, and wrecked in 1720. | 1702 – 1720 |
| Squirrel | from 17–24 September 1718, Southack led a raid on Canso and Chedabucto (present-day community of Guysborough) in what became known as the Squirrel Affair. Southack laid siege for three days to Fort St. Louis at Chedabucto, which was defended primarily by Acadians. There were approximately 300 Acadians in the area. On board HMS Squirrel, Southack killed numerous Acadians and imprisoned others. On 18 September, British marines land on Lasconde’s Grave and seize the entrance to Chedabucto Harbour. The following day HMS Squirrel landed troops at Salmon River who then proceeded to the rear of the village. HMS Squirrel made its first attempt to enter the harbour but was beaten back by the Acadian cannon fire from the fort. Later in the day the village was captured by the landed troops. On 20 September HMS Squirrel made a second attempt to enter the harbour. It successfully fired upon the fort. On 23 September Southack burned the village and loaded the goods on to the captured French transports. After pillaging and burning the villages, on 24 September, Southack released the Acadian prisoners onto the Canso Islands without any provisions or clothing. Others fled to Isle Madame. He seized two French ships, and encouraged the Governor of Nova Scotia, Richard Philipps, to fortify Canso. | |
| St George | was a 96-gun first rate launched in 1668 as HMS Charles and renamed in 1687. Rebuilt several times and broken up in 1774. | 1668 – 1774 |
| Stag | no entry in Wikipedia | |
| Strombolo | 8-gun fireship launched in 1691, rebuilt in 1704 and sold in 1713. | 1691 – 1713 |
| Sufolk (1680) | a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by contract of 20 February 1678 by Sir Henry Johnson at Blackwall. She participated in the War of the English Succession 1689 – 1697, in the Battles of Beachy Head and Barfleur. She was rebuilt in 1699. She was actively involved in the War of Spanish Succession 1702 – 1713. Her later career was as guard ship duties, deployments to the Baltic Sea and the West Indies. She was finally broken in 1765 after lying in Ordinary for almost twenty years. | 1680 – 1765 |
| Sultan | 74-gun third rate launched in 1775, and converted for use as a prison ship in 1797. She was renamed HMS Suffolk in 1805 and was broken up in 1816. | 1775 – 1816 |
| Superb | a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy. She had previously been Le Superbe, a 56-gun warship of the French Navy, until her capture off Lizard Point by HMS Kent in July 1710. Commissioned into the Royal Navy in September 1710, HMS Superb served throughout Queen Anne’s War and the War of the Quadruple Alliance, during which she participated in the Battle of Cape Passaro in 1718. She was broken up in 1732. | 1710 – 1732 |
| Swallow | a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1703, rebuilt in 1719 and broken up in 1728. | 1704 – 1728 |
| Swallow Prize | a French 32-gun fifth rate, captured in March 1704 by HMS Swallow. She was wrecked on 17 November 1711 off Corsica. | 1704 – 1711 |
| Swiftsure | a 70-gun ship later renamed Revenge | 1673 – 1750 |
| Syren | previously the French Serin, a brig-aviso, launched in 1788 at Bayonne. HMS Intrepid and HMS Chichester captured her in 1794. She left Jamaica in late July 1796 and was lost without a trace, probably in August 1796. | 1788 – 1796 |
| Syren (1773) | a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Siren was first commissioned in August 1775 under the command of Captain Tobias Furneaux, her only commanding officer. | 1773 – 1777 |
| Tartar | 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1702 and reduced to a sixth rate in 1720 rebuilt in 1733 as a 20-gun sixth rate | 1702 – 1755 |
| Torbay | 80-gun second rate launched in 1693, rebuilt in 1719 and broken up in 1749. | |
| Towy | no entry in Wikipedia | |
| Triumph | 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1764. She was used for harbour service from 1813 and was broken up in 1850. | 1764 – 1850 |
| Tryall Sloop | HMS Tryall (1719), a 10-gun sloop launched in 1719 and broken up in 1731 | 1719 – 1733 |
| Tyger | 32-gun ship launched in 1647, rebuilt in 1681, 1701, 1705 and 1721, and wrecked in 1742. | 1647 – 1742 |
| Undaunted | previously HMS Arethusa, a 38-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1793. She was renamed HMS Undaunted in 1795 and was wrecked in 1796. | 1793 -1796 |
| Unity | harbour hoy, Anthony Swift Master. Several vessels were built as stores ships and named Unity. | |
| Valeur | a 24-gun sixth rate captured from the French in 1705 by HMS Worcester. She was converted to a fire ship in 1716 and was broken up in 1718. | 1705 – 1718 |
| Vanguard | 90-gun three-decker second-rate launched in 1678, sunk in 1703 but raised in 1704, rebuilt twice and renamed HMS Duke in 1728. She was broken up in 1769. | 1678 – 1768 |
| Vulcan | an 8-gun fireship launched in 1691 and sunk as a breakwater in 1709. | 1691 – 1709 |
| Warspite | 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1666 at Blackwall Yard. | 1666 – 1771 |
| Warwick (1696) | a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford and launched in 1696. She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Rotherhithe, and relaunched on 9 January 1711. Warwick was broken up in 1726. | 1696 – 1726 |
| Weymouth | 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1693. She was rebuilt in 1718 and was broken up in 1732. | 1693 – 1732 |
| Windzor | 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1695. She was rebuilt in 1745 and broken up in 1777. | 1695 – 1777 |
| Woolwich (1675) | a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1675, rebuilt in 1702 and 1741, and broken up in 1747. | 1675 – 1751 |
| Yarmouth | 70-gun third rate launched in 1695. She was rebuilt in 1709, converted to a hulk in 1740 and sold in 1769. | 1695 – 1769 |
| York (1706) | 60-gun fourth rate launched 1706; sunk 1751 at Sheerness as a breakwater | 1706 – 1751 |
