History of the Ship of the Line of the Royal Navy from the galleons of 1650 to the First Rate 120 gun Ship of the Line of 1845, including Caledonia Class, Queen Charlotte, Trafalgar, Victory, Leviathan, Royal Sovereign,  Vengeur and Black Prince Class.

[ Vanguard Class ] [ HMS Victory ] [ HMS Revenge ] [ HMS St Vincent ] [ Duke of Wellington ] [ HMS Victoria ] [ HMS Centurion ] [ HMS London ] [ HMS Volage ] [ HMS Royal Sovereign ] [ Battle of the Nile ] [ Battle of Trafalgar ] [ HMS Impregnable ] [ HMS Lion ] [ Battle of Cape St Vincent ] [ HMS Defence ]

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HMS Fawn  The first “FAWN” was the French 16-gun vessel “FAUNNE.”  She was taken in August 15^th, 1805, to the westward of Rochefort by the “Goliath” and “Camilla.” 

HMS Donegal (right), HMS Sans Pareil (centre) and a gunboat.

Unknown Ship, possibly at this time a training ship.

HMS Calypso, launched 1879. 

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HMS Captain photographed  sent in by Ray Norman

Crew from the training ship HMS President. ©Tony Davies

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HMS Conway.

Photo taken in the Menai Strait mid-April 1953.  On 14th April 1953 HMS Conway was under tow from her normal mooring to Birkenhead up the Menai Strait/ the Swellies between the Welsh mainland and Anglesey.  Close to a place called the Platters on the Caernarfon side of the strait she ran aground due to strong currents and could not be refloated.  She caught fire 30th October 1956 during dismantling and burnt to the waterline.

  Original 1950s Postcard.  Published North Wales  Price £15.  Click here to order.  Order Code PHX229

HMS Worcester

HMS Donegal.

HMS Sans Pareil.

HMS Worcester.

HMS Cambridge c.1897

HMS St Vincent.

W H Anderson served on the ship from June 1879 to June 1880.

Image contributed by and copyright of James E Anderson.  From his grandfathers collection, who served on the ship at the time. 

Unknown Training Brig - similar to HMS Martin, but smaller.

Training Brig HMS Martin

W H Anderson served on the ship from July 1880 to October 1880.

Image contributed by and copyright of James E Anderson.  From his grandfathers collection, who served on the ship at the time. 

HMS Martin in 1902. She was a wooden sailing brig launched at Pembroke in 1890 and used as a tender to the training ship St Vincent. She measured 105 ft long with a displacement of 508 tons and a crew complement of 27.

The little training brig HMS Martin passing out of Spithead under sail in 1897. At this time there were seven such training brigs attached to the various training ships. Martin was originally launched as Mayflower.

Crew members of sail training brig HMS Martin.

Crew member of sail training brig HMS Martin.

Unknown ship of the line at Malta c.1890s.

Presumably a training ship - possibly HMS St Vincent?

HMS Revenge, Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland.

HMS Princess Royal, 1867.

At anchor in the Japanese port of Iiwagima, 1867, while on the China Station (1864 - 67).  Left Plymouth 1864, visiting Madeira, Sierra Leone, Cape of Good Hope, Trincomalie, Singapore, Bangkok, Shanghai and Yokohama. Bearing the flag of Vice Admiral G S V King, Commander in Chief on the China Station 1864-67.   Photo taken by Lt Lord W T Kerr and presented to J G Nevin, Y.S.

HMS Princess Royal, launched 1853. Scrapped at Castle's, Charlton, 1872.