ROYAL NAVY SHIPS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS
COMMAND |
SHIP |
TYPE |
YEARS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS |
| Admiralty | HMS Endeavour | bark | 1770 |
| 1788-1821 | |||
| First Fleet | HMS Sirius | frigate | 1788-1799 |
| HMS Supply | armed tender | 1788-1799 | |
| Third Fleet | HMS Gorgon (5th rate) | 44 gun. The first warship to visit the colony. | 1791 - 1792 |
| Admiralty | HMS Daedalus | Supply ship | 1793 |
| HMS Chatham | Armed tender | 1793 | |
| HMS Providence | 28 gun sloop | 1795 |
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| HMS Reliance | discovery vessel | 1795 - 1800 |
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| HMS Norfolk | colonial sloop | 1798 | |
| HMS Buffalo | supply ship | 1799 - 1800 |
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| HMS Lady Nelson | an experimental brig designed for working in shallow waters. | 1800 - 25 | |
| HMS Porpoise | 1800 - 10 | ||
| HMS Investigator | 1801 | ||
| HMS Venus | brig | 1801 - 03 | |
| HMS Glatton | 1803 | ||
| HMS Cumberland | colonial schooner | 1803 | |
| HMS Hindostan | 50 gun frigate | 1809 - 10 | |
| HMS Samarang | sloop of war. Brought £10,000 worth of silver dollars to the colony. |
1812 - 13 | |
| HMS Briton (5th rate) | 38 guns | 1814 | |
| HMS Kangaroo | brig | 1815 | |
| HMS Success (5th rate) | 28 gun | 1817 - 27 | |
| HMS Mermaid | 1818 - 29 | ||
| HMS Sally | colonial cutter | 1822 | |
| HMS Amity | colonial brig | 1823 | |
| HMS Warspite | battleship | 1826 | |
| HMS Fly | 1826 - 44 | ||
| HMS Volage | 1826 | ||
| HMS Bomb | 1829 | ||
| HMS Sulphur | 1829 | ||
| HMS Crocodile | 1830 | ||
| HMS Comet | 18 gun sloop | 1831 | |
| HMS Frederick | colonial cutter | 1837 | |
| HMS Erebus | 1838 | ||
| HMS Terror | 1838 | ||
| HMS Juno | 1856 | ||
| HMS Boscawen | 1858 | ||
| East Indies Squadron | 1821-1859 | ||
| HMS Alligator (6th rate) | 1838 | ||
| HMS Caroline (6th rate) | |||
| HMS Conway (6th rate) | |||
| HMS Imogene (6th rate) | |||
| HMS Rattlesnake (6th rate) | 1836 - 48 | ||
| HMS Hyacinth | sloop | 1836 | |
| HMS Pelorus | sloop | 1859 | |
| HMS Zebra | sloop | 1830 - 31 | |
| HMS Beagle | 10 gun brig-sloop survey ship | 1837 – 1881 | |
| HMS Acheron | paddle steam vessel | ||
| HMS Torch | paddle steam vessel | ||
| HMS Calliope | |||
| HMS Electra | sloop | 1853 | |
| HMS Falcon | sloop | ||
| HMS Galatea | |||
| HMS Lizard | |||
| Australian Station | 1859-1887 | ||
| HMS Iris | 26 guns sailing frigate | 1859-61 | |
| HMS Pelorus | 21 gun screw corvette | 1859-62 | |
| HMS Niger | 14 gun screw corvette | ||
| HMS Cordelia | 11 guns steam screw sloop | ||
| HMS Bramble | tender sailing | 1850 - 73 | |
| HMS Basilisk | paddle sloop | ||
| HMS Harrier | screw sloop | ||
| HMS Sappho | 18 gun sloop | 1858 | |
| HMS Elk | 12 gun sailing | 1858 | |
| HMS Orpeheus | screw corvette | 1862-63 | |
| HMS Curacoa | screw frigate | 1863 | |
| HMS Pearl | screw frigate | 1873-76 | |
| HMS Nelson | screw cruiser | 1882 - 1888 | |
| HMS Orlando | screw cruiser (no sail) | 1888 - 1897 | |
| HMS Dart | |||
| HMS Calliope | screw corvette (barque rigged with sail) | 1888 – 1889 | |
| HMS Encounter | 1906 to 1912 | ||
| HMS Pioneer | Cruiser | 1906 - 1913 | |
| HMS Psyche | Cruiser | 1906 - 1913 | |
| HMS Fantome | Sloop | 1906 - 1913 | |
| HMS Penguin | depot ship ex-sloop | 1906 - 1913 | |
| The Auxiliary Squadron | 1887- 1913 | ||
| HMS Katoomba | Cruiser | 1887 - 1900 | |
| HMS Mildura | Cruiser | 1887 – 1900 | |
| HMS Ringarooma | Cruiser | 1887 – 1900 | |
| HMS Tauranga | Cruiser | 1887 – 1900 | |
| HMS Wallaroo | Cruiser | 1887 – 1900 | |
| HMS Boomerang | Torpedo gun boat | 1887 – 1900 | |
| HMS Karrakatta | Torpedo gun boat | 1887 – 1900 | |
| HMS Euryalus | four-funneller armoured cruiser | 1904 - 1905 | |
| HMS Powerful | four-funnelled armoured cruiser | 1905 – 1911 | |
| HMS Drake | four-funnelled armoured cruiser | 1911 – 1913 | |
| HMS Cambrian | Second class protected cruisers | ||
| HMS Challenger | Second class protected cruisers | ||
| HMS Encounter | Second class protected cruisers | ||
| HMS Cambrian | second-class protected cruiser | 1912 - 1913 | |
| HMS Pegasus | third class vessel | ||
| HMS Pioneer | third class vessel | ||
| HMS Prometheus | third class vessel | ||
| HMS Psyche | third class vessel | ||
| HMS Pyramus | third class vessel | ||
| a number of screw sloops, some of which were employed on surveying duties. |
