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RN auxiliary ships Survey Class Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note — HMS Scott: H131: 1997: 13,500 tonnes: Ocean survey: Devonport [77] — HMS Protector: A173: 2011: 5,000 tonnes: Icebreaker & survey [78] [N 16] Sea class 18 m variant: HMS Magpie: H130: 2018: 37 tonnes: Survey motor launch [80] Non-commissioned vessels ...
HMS Ajax(1798) an Ajax-class ship of the line that served in the Napoleonic Wars. HMS Ajax is a Third-rate ship which formed the majority of the Royal Navy's ships of the line at that time. Ships of the line were the main ships used in naval battles at the time.
This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.
Ship Built Type Flag Ref HMS Mutine: 1900: Sloop Royal Navy [44] TSS South Stack: 1900: Passenger ship United Kingdom [8] HMS Exmouth: 1901: Battleship Royal Navy [45] HMS Lively: 1901: Destroyer Royal Navy [46] HMS Orwell: 1901: Destroyer Royal Navy [47] HMS Sprightly: 1901: Destroyer Royal Navy [46] TSS Great Southern: 1902: Passenger ship ...
Presented by sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe, it covers various significant ships in the maritime history of Britain. The show was broadcast in 6 episodes, first broadcast on BBC Four from 4 May 2010, before starting on BBC Two from 15 May 2010. The show was produced in conjunction with an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum.
Eppleton Hall is a paddlewheel tugboat built in England in 1914. The only remaining intact example of a Tyne-built paddle tug, and one of only two surviving British-built paddle tugs (the other being the former Tees Conservancy Commissioners' vessel, PS John H Amos), [3] she is preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California.
After Robert Napier's death new partners led by marine engineer Dr Kirk [nb 2] the previous manager, built for George Thompson's Aberdeen White Star Line the single screw iron SS Aberdeen with a three crank triple expansion engine and delivered in 1881. It was designed for the Australia trade passing through the Suez canal.
The National Historic Fleet is a list of historic ships and vessels located in the United Kingdom, under the National Historic Ships register. National Historic Ships UK is an advisory body which advises the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and other public bodies on ship preservation and funding priorities. As part of this remit ...