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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.
Endeavour: Royal Navy research vessel commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of discovery. Bounty: scene of the famous mutiny. Victory: Nelson's flagship. This ship is still officially in service and is the world's oldest commissioned warship and the flagship of the First Sea Lord. Beagle: carried Charles Darwin on his voyage.
This is a list of frigate classes of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom (and the individual ships composed within those classes) in chronological order from the formal creation of the Royal Navy following the Restoration in 1660. Where the word 'class' or 'group' is not shown, the vessel was a 'one-off' design with just that vessel completed ...
The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555. Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (Seaforth Publishing, 2007).
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line.With 246 years of service as of 2024, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission.She was ordered for the Royal Navy in 1758, during the Seven Years' War and laid down in 1759.
HMS Duke of Wellington was a 131-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1852, she was symptomatic of an era of rapid technological change in the navy, being powered both by sail and steam. An early steam-powered ship, she was still fitted with towering masts and trim square-set yards, and was the flagship of Sir Charles ...
Altogether over 13,000 ships have been in service with the Royal Navy. [ 1 ] Unlike many other naval services, the Royal Navy designates certain types of shore establishment (e.g. barracks , naval air stations and training establishments ) as "ships" and names them accordingly.
The total displacement of the Royal Navy's commissioned and active ships is approximately 362,200 tonnes. The Royal Navy also includes a number of smaller non-commissioned assets. The naval training vessels Brecon and Hindostan can be found based at the Royal Navy stone frigates HMS Raleigh and the Britannia Royal Naval College, respectively