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Napier

Builder : Napier Country : UK

Ships built by Napier (ordered by launch date)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
HMS Berenice	1836	Destroyed by fire 31st October 1866.
HMS Jackal	28th October 1844	Sold November 1887.
HMS Lizard	28th November 1844	Scrapped April 1869
HMS Bloodhound	9th January 1845	Scrapped 1866.
HMS Simoom	24th May 1849	Sold June 1887.
HMS Black Prince	27th February 1861	Training Ship 1899 Queenstown. Renamed Emerald March 1903. Plymouth as Impregnable III June 1910. Sold for BU 21st March 1923.
HMS Hector	26th September 1862	Scrapped 1905.
HMS Audacious	27th February 1869	Renamed Fisgard April 1904.
HMS Invincible	29th May 1869	Renamed Erebus April 1904, then Fisgard II in 1906. Sank in a storm off Portland Bill 17th September 1914.
HMS Hotspur	19th March 1870	Sold 2nd August 1904.
HMS Bustard	7th January 1871	Sold November 1917.
HMS Kite	8th February 1871	Sold 18 May 1920 and converted to a dredger
HMS Arab	13th October 1874	Sold 1889.
HMS Wild Swan	28th January 1876	Renamed Clyde 1st May 1904 and used as the Aberdeen Drill ship. Renamed Columbine July 1913 and moved to Rosyth as the Base Ship, Forth.
HMS Northampton	18th November 1876	Sold 4th April 1905.
HMS Penguin	25th March 1876	Transferred to Australia 18th March 1913 as HMAS Penguin.
HMS Leander	28th October 1882	Sold 1st July 1920.
HMS Arethusa	23rd December 1882	Sold 4th April 1905.
HMS Phaeton	27th February 1883	Sold in 1913 and renamed TS Indefatigable, Repurchased and renamed Carrick II in 1941, sold 1947
HMS Galatea	10th March 1887	Sold 4th April 1905.
HMS Gibraltar	27th April 1892	Became Depot ship in 1914. Scrapped in 1923
HMS Fisgard *	April 1904	Renamed (ex - Audacious) April 1904. Renamed Imperieuse 1914.
HMS Erebus	April 1904	Renamed (ex - Invincible) April 1904. Renamed Fisgard II January 1906.
HMS Clyde *	1st May 1904	Renamed 1st May 1904 (ex-Wild Swan). Renamed Columbine July 1913.
HMS Fisgard II *	January 1906	Launched as HMS Invincible in 1869. Renamed (ex - Erebus) January 1906. Foundered 17th September 1914.
HMS Impregnable III *	June 1910	Launched as Black Prince 27 February 1861. Training Ship 1899. Renamed Emerald March 1904. Renamed Impregnable III June 1910. Sold 21st March 1923
HMAS Penguin *	18th March 1913	Transferred from UK 18th March 1913, Ex HMS Penguin. Commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Penguin for use as a depot ship, on 1 July 1913. Sold 1924, subsequently burnt 13th December 1960.
HMS Columbine *	July 1913	Renamed July 1913 (ex-Clyde). Sold 4th May 1920.
HMS Imperieuse *	1914	Renamed (ex - Fisgard) 1914. Sold for scrap 15th March 1929 and scrapped at Inverkeithing.

Ships built by Napier(ordered by name)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
HMS Arab	13th October 1874	Sold 1889.
HMS Arethusa	23rd December 1882	Sold 4th April 1905.
HMS Audacious	27th February 1869	Renamed Fisgard April 1904.
HMS Berenice	1836	Destroyed by fire 31st October 1866.
HMS Black Prince	27th February 1861	Training Ship 1899 Queenstown. Renamed Emerald March 1903. Plymouth as Impregnable III June 1910. Sold for BU 21st March 1923.
HMS Bloodhound	9th January 1845	Scrapped 1866.
HMS Bustard	7th January 1871	Sold November 1917.
HMS Clyde *	1st May 1904	Renamed 1st May 1904 (ex-Wild Swan). Renamed Columbine July 1913.
HMS Columbine *	July 1913	Renamed July 1913 (ex-Clyde). Sold 4th May 1920.
HMS Erebus	April 1904	Renamed (ex - Invincible) April 1904. Renamed Fisgard II January 1906.
HMS Fisgard *	April 1904	Renamed (ex - Audacious) April 1904. Renamed Imperieuse 1914.
HMS Fisgard II *	January 1906	Launched as HMS Invincible in 1869. Renamed (ex - Erebus) January 1906. Foundered 17th September 1914.
HMS Galatea	10th March 1887	Sold 4th April 1905.
HMS Gibraltar	27th April 1892	Became Depot ship in 1914. Scrapped in 1923
HMS Hector	26th September 1862	Scrapped 1905.
HMS Hotspur	19th March 1870	Sold 2nd August 1904.
HMS Imperieuse *	1914	Renamed (ex - Fisgard) 1914. Sold for scrap 15th March 1929 and scrapped at Inverkeithing.
HMS Impregnable III *	June 1910	Launched as Black Prince 27 February 1861. Training Ship 1899. Renamed Emerald March 1904. Renamed Impregnable III June 1910. Sold 21st March 1923
HMS Invincible	29th May 1869	Renamed Erebus April 1904, then Fisgard II in 1906. Sank in a storm off Portland Bill 17th September 1914.
HMS Jackal	28th October 1844	Sold November 1887.
HMS Kite	8th February 1871	Sold 18 May 1920 and converted to a dredger
HMS Leander	28th October 1882	Sold 1st July 1920.
HMS Lizard	28th November 1844	Scrapped April 1869
HMS Northampton	18th November 1876	Sold 4th April 1905.
HMS Penguin	25th March 1876	Transferred to Australia 18th March 1913 as HMAS Penguin.
HMAS Penguin *	18th March 1913	Transferred from UK 18th March 1913, Ex HMS Penguin. Commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Penguin for use as a depot ship, on 1 July 1913. Sold 1924, subsequently burnt 13th December 1960.
HMS Phaeton	27th February 1883	Sold in 1913 and renamed TS Indefatigable, Repurchased and renamed Carrick II in 1941, sold 1947
HMS Simoom	24th May 1849	Sold June 1887.
HMS Wild Swan	28th January 1876	Renamed Clyde 1st May 1904 and used as the Aberdeen Drill ship. Renamed Columbine July 1913 and moved to Rosyth as the Base Ship, Forth.

* - Represents a ship built here which later changed to this name or role.

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