Navy List

Napoleonic Wars

Seven Years War

Achille: 74 guns; Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Agamemnon: 64 guns; American Wars; Nelson's first ship of the line, he takes command 30 January 1793; Toulon blockade; Seiges of Bastia, Calvi 1794; engaged the Melpomène at Sardinia; Captain Sir Edward Berry; Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Aigle: Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Ajax: Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Alexander: 74 guns; Captain Alexander John Ball; Battle of the Nile 1798
Algésiras: Admiral Magon; Battle of Trafalgar 1805
HMS Amazon: April 1761 at Yarmouth
HMS Andromeda: 32 guns; 1788 Captain Prince William Henry (son of George III)
HMS Apollo
Aquilon: 74 guns; 1798 Egyptian Campaign
Arethusa: Frigate; attacked by Belle Poule - marked beginning of hostilities
Artémise: 40 gun frigate; Sunk at the Battle of the Nile
Audacious: Captain Davidge Gould; Battle of the Nile 1798
Badger: brig; Commanded by Nelson in the West Indies
HMS Barfleur: First Rate; 100 guns; name changes became Barfleur in 1819; broken up in 1825
Belle Poule: Frigate; attacked Arethusa - marked beginning of hostilities
Bretagne: 110 guns; 24 July 1778 Admiral Comte d'Orvilliers outruns the British at the battle of Ushant
Bellerophon: Captain Henry d'Esterre Darby; Battle of the Nile 1798; Captain John Cooke; Battle of Trafalgar 1805
HMS Blonde: 1825 Captain George Anson
Bombay
HMS Britannia: First Rate; 100 guns; ordered 25th April 1751 and built at Portsmouth dockyard; launched 19th October 1762; Renamed HMS Princess Royal in 1810; 1812 renamed HMS St George; 1819 again changed to HMS Barfleur; broken up in 1825
Briton: Frigate; Captain Thoman Staines
Brunswick: 74 guns
Bucentaure: flagship of Admiral Villeneuve; Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Buford
HMS Bulwark: 74 guns; flagship of Rear-Admiral Philip Charles Durham; 1813 Blockade off Rochefort
Ça Ira: 84 gun; struck another French ship and was taken by the British in 1795.
HMS Caesar: flagship of Admiral Richard Strachan
H.M.S. Caledonia
Captain: 74 guns; Commodore Nelson's flagship 1796; Captain Ralph Miller; Battle of St. Vincent 1797
H.M.S. CAROLINE
Chamberlyne: Captain Peregrine Clifford
Conquérant: 74 guns; 1798 Egyptian Campaign
Culloden: Captain Thomas Troubridge; Battle of St. Vincent 1797; Santa Cruz 1797; Battle of the Nile 1798
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Defence: 1793 Captain James Gambier; Captain John Peyton; Battle of the Nile 1798; Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Detrel: Sloop; 1796 off Greece
Diane: Battle of the Nile 1798
Dolphin
Drake: 20 gun sloop; Captured by American John Paul Jones
HMS Dreadnought: 98 guns; 1809 in port at ?
Edgar: 72 guns
Eltham: 1750 at Portsmouth
Endymion: frigate; 2 November 1808 escorted convoy of ships carrying cavalry regiments to Penninsula from Stokes Bay to Lisbon; Hon. Captain Capel
Euryalus: Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Excellent: Captain Cuthbert Collingwood; Battle of St. Vincent 1797
H.M.S. FLORA
Foudroyant: 80 guns; Nelson's flagship in 1799; 1801 sailed from Palermo in spring; sailed to Syracuse & Malta w\Lord & Lady Hamilton on board
Franklin: 80 guns; 1798 Egyptian Campaign
Fougueux: Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Formidable: flagship of Rear Admiral Dumanoir Le Pelley; Battle of Trafalgar
Généreux: 74 guns; 1798 Egyptian Campaign
Gladiator: March 1799 at Portsmouth
Goliath: Captain Thomas Foley; Battle of the Nile 1798
Guarland: 1755 Captain Marriot Arbuthnot
Guerrier: 74 guns; 1798 Egyptian Campaign
Guillaume Tell: 80 guns; 1798 Egyptian Campaign
Hazard: sloop; 1807 Captain Charles Dilkes
Hermione: 32 guns; Captain Hugh Pigot; Mutiny 21 September 1797
Heureux: 74 guns; 1798 Egyptian Campaign
Hinchingbrooke: frigate
Horatio: Captain William Henry Dillon; May 1815 Struck rock off Guernsey
Inconstante: 40 guns; nearly destroyed by fire during Dejuner
Intrépide: 74 gun; nearly destroyed by fire during Dejuner; Captain Louis Antoine Cyprian Infernet; Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Iris: frigate
Junon: frigate; Battle of the Nile
Justice: Battle of the Nile 1798
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Kent: 74 guns; Captain Hope
Leander: 50 guns; Captain Thomas Boulden Thompson; Santa Cruz 1797
Licorne: Frigate
Majestic: Captain George Blagden Westcott; Battle of the Nile 1798
Mars: Captain George Duff; Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Melpomène: engaged by the Agamemnon at Sardinia
Mercure: 74 guns; 1798 Egyptian Campaign
Minerve: frigate
H.M.S. Minerva
Minotaur: Captain Thomas Louis 1794; Battle of Nile 1798; Captain Charles Mansfield; Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Mutine: brig; Captured near Santa Cruz 1797; Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy; Battle of the Nile 1798
Neptune: Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Orient: 124 guns; Napoleon's flag ship during the 1798 Egyptian Campaign; Vice Admiral Brueys; Sunk at the Battle of the Nile
Orion: 74 guns; Captain James Saumerez; Battle of St. Vincent 1797; Battle of the Nile 1798
Oxford
Pearl
Peuple Souverain: 74 guns; 1798 Egyptian Campaign
HMS Pickle
Prince George: 90 gun first-rater; Captain Jonathan Faulknor until 15 May 1778; 15 May 1778 Captain Sir John Lindsay takes posession
HMS Princess Royal: First Rate; 100 guns; name changes HMS Princess Royal in 1810
Pluton: Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Principe de Asturias: Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Prosperpine: 28 guns; 1799 Captain James Wallis
HMS Queen Charlotte: 110 guns; 17 March 1800 fire on board; 700 die; paid off 21 August 1815
Raisonable: captured by the British 1762; 1770 recomissioned - Captain Maurice Suckling; Nelson's first post as a Midshipman; 1770 decommissioned
HMS Rattlesnake: 128 guns
Redoudtable: Captain Lucas; Battle of Trafalgar 1805
HMS Resistance: 1799 destroyed by lightening in the East Indies
Resolution: 1757 Captain Barber
HMS Revenge
Royal Charlotte: George III's yacht
Royal George: 1782 flagship of Admiral Richard Kerpenfelt; sinks
Royal Sovereign: 100 guns; flagship of Vice-Admiral Collingwood at; Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Royal William: 84 guns
St. George: Flagship of Nelson 1808
St. George: First Rate; 100 guns; 1812 name changed to HMS St. George
Salvador del Mundo: 1807 at Plymouth
Sandwich: 90 guns; 1759 at Chatham
Seahorse: frigate; Captain Edward Foote
Serapis: 50 guns; Captain Richard Pearson; 1779 captured by John Paul Jones
Sérieuse: frigate; Battle of the Nile 1798; shipwrecked shortly after the battle
Soverign: built 1814; Captain John Wells sailed to Malta
Spartiate: 74 guns; 1798 Egyptian Campaign
Superb: 1803 Captain Richard G. Keats; flagship of Admiral Edward Boscaren
Swallow: Sloop; 1747 Captain John Rowsier; 1812 off Minorca
Swiftsure: Captain Benjamin Hallowell 1798; Battle of the Nile 1798
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Tartar
Temeraire: Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Theseus: 74 guns; Captain Ralph Miller 1797; Rear-Admiral Nelson's flagship at Santa Cruz; Battle of the Nile 1798
Timoléon: 74 guns; 1798 Egyptian Campaign
Tonnant: 80 guns; 1798 Egyptian Campaign; Captain Charles Tyler; Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Torbay: 74 guns; Captain Augustus Keppel won the battle at Quiberon Bay
HMS Tremendous
Tromp: 54 guns; July 1800 Martinique (sailed w\13 seamens wives aboard); 5 September 1812 returned to Portsmouth
Triumph: 74 guns; 1778 Guarding Nore at the mouth of the Thames
HMS Unite
Vanguard: 74 guns; Captain Edward Berry; Admiral Nelson's flagship 1798
HMS Victory: 100 gun first rater; 12 March 1778 commisioned; Captain Sir John Lindsay; 27 April inspected by George III at Chatam; 15 May Admiral Keppel and Captain Jonathan Faulknor take posession; 1796 flagship of Admiral John Jervis - Captain Robert Calder; Battle of St. Vincent 1797; Admiral Nelson's flagship 1803; Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy; Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Ville de Paris: 104 guns; 1808; Captain Carmen
HMS Wolverine: 14 guns; engaged French at Ostend - General Coote; at Dinkirk; 1799 engaged 2 French Luggers Captain Lewis Mortlock died during battle
Zealous: 74 guns; Captain Samuel Hood 1796; Santa Cruz 1797; Battle of Nile 1798

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