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Palmer

Builder : Palmer Country : UK

Ships built by Palmer (ordered by launch date)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
HMS Alacrity	20th March 1856
HMS Terror	28th April 1856	Sold 1902.
HMS Defence	24th April 1861	Training Ship 1898. Scrapped 1935.
HMAS Cerberus	2nd December 1868	Renamed Platypus II 1918. Scuttled as a breakwater at Half Moon Bay in 1926 and preparations underway to raise and preserve her.
HMS Swiftsure	15th June 1870	RENAMED ORONTES IN 1904. SOLD FOR SCRAP IN 1908.
HMS Triumph	27th September 1870	RENAMED TENEDOS IN 1904, INDUS IV IN 1912, THEN ALGIERS IN 1914. SOLD FOR SCRAP IN 1921.
HMS Gorgon	14th October 1871	Sold 12th May 1903.
HMS Tay	19th October 1876	Sold to 22 October 1920.
HMS Tees	19th October 1876	Sold 9 July 1907
HMS Medway	3rd October 1876	Sold 1904 in Bermuda.
HMS Sabrina	3rd October 1876	Renamed Sabine 1916.
HMS Spey	5th October 1876	Sold in 1923
HMS Medina	3rd August 1876	Sold at Bermuda 1904.
HMS Don	14th April 1877	Sold 1914.
HMS Esk	28th April 1877	Sold April 1903.
HMS Slaney	28th April 1877	Diving tender in 1906. Sold 30 August 1919
HMS Dee	4th April 1877	Sold 10th July 1902.
HMS Trent	23rd August 1877	Renamed Pembroke September 1905. Renamed Gannet in June 1917 as a diving tender. Sold to the Dover Shipbreaking Company on 21st February 1923.
HMS Tweed	23rd August 1877	Sold at Hong Kong 21 November 1905
HMS Surprise	17th January 1885	Renamed Alacrity 1913
HMS Alacrity	28th February 1885	Sold 1913.
HMS Undaunted	25th November 1886	Sold 9th April 1907.
HMS Orlando	3rd August 1886	Sold 11th July 1905.
HMS Pique	13th December 1890	Sold 9th May 1911.
HMS Rainbow	25th March 1891	To Canada as Rainbow August 1910.
HMS Retribution	6th August 1891	Sold for scrap 1911
HMS Revenge	3rd November 1892	Renamed Redoubtable 2nd August 1915. Finally broken up in 1919.
HMS Resolution	28th May 1892	Scrapped 2nd April 1914.
HMS Janus	12th March 1895	Sold for scrap 1914.
HMS Lightning	10th April 1895	Sunk 30th June 1915.
HMS Porcupine	19th September 1895	Sold April 1920
HMS Bat	7th October 1896	Scrapped 30th August 1919.
HMS Chamois	3rd November 1896	Foundered 26th September 1904.
HMS Crane	17th December 1896	Sold 10th June 1919.
HMS Star	11th August 1896	Broken up January 1919
HMS Whiting	26th August 1896	Sold for scrap 27th November 1919.
HMS Pegasus	4th March 1897	Sunk 20th September 1914.
HMS Flying Fish	4th March 1897	Scrapped January 1919
HMS Fawn	13th April 1897	Scrapped January 1919
HMS Pyramus	15th May 1897	Sold for scrap 21st April 1920.
HMS Flirt	15th May 1897	Torpedoed and sunk on 27 October 1916
HMS Spiteful	11th January 1899	Sold for breaking September 1920
HMS Peterel	30th March 1899	Sold 30th August 1919.
HMS Syren	20th December 1900	Sold for scrap 1920
HMS Myrmidon	26th May 1900	Sunk in collision 26th March 1917.
HMS Kangaroo	8th September 1900	Scrapped 1920
HMS Russell	19th February 1901	Sunk 27th April 1916.
HMS Erne	14th January 1903	Wrecked off Rattray Head on 6 February 1915.
HMS Ure	25th October 1903	Sold 27th May 1919.
HMS Ettrick	28th February 1903	Sold for breaking May 1919
HMS Exe	27th April 1903	Sold for breaking February 1920
HMS Cherwell	23rd July 1903	Sold for breaking June 1919
HMS Dee	10th September 1903	Sold 23rd July 1919.
HMS Rother	5th January 1904	Sold 23rd June 1919.
HMS Orontes *	March 1904	Renamed (ex - Swiftsure) March 1904. Sold 4th July 1908.
HMS Sapphire	17th March 1904	Sold for scrap May 1921
HMS Tenedos *	April 1904	Renamed (ex - Triumph) April 1904. Renamed Indus IV 1912.
HMS Wear	21st January 1905	Sold for breaking November 1919.
HMS Swale	20th April 1905	Sold for breaking June 1919.
HMS Pembroke *	September 1905	Renamed (ex - Trent) September 1905. Renamed Gannet June 1917.
HMS Albacore	19th September 1906	Sold for scrapping August 1919
HMS Lord Nelson	4th September 1906	Scrapped 4th June 1920
HMS Bonetta	14th January 1907	Sold for scrap 7th June 1920.
HMS Viking	14th September 1909	Sold 12th December 1919.
HMS Hercules	10th May 1910	Sold for scrap 8th November 1921
HMS Indus IV *	1912	Laid down as Triumph in 1870. Renamed (ex - Tenedos) 1912. Renamed Algiers January 1915. Broken up 1921.
HMS Queen Mary	20th March 1912	Sunk 31st May 1916.
HMS Leonidas	30th October 1913	Sold 9th May 1921.
HMS Murray	6th August 1914	Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Myngs	24th September 1914	Sold 9th May 1921.
HMS Algiers *	January 1915	Renamed (ex - Indus IV) January 1915. Sold 7th January 1921.
HMS Resolution	14th January 1915	Scrapped 13th May 1948.
HMS Nonsuch	7th December 1915	Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Negro	8th March 1915	Sunk in collision 21st December 1916.
HMS Marshal Ney	17th June 1915	Laid down as M13 renamed Marshal Ney before completion. Renamed Vivid June 1922. Sold for breaking 1957.
HMS Redoutable *	2nd August 1915	Renamed (ex - Revenge) 2nd August 1915. From 1915-1919 was accommodation ship. Sold for scrap 6th November 1919.
HMS Marshal Soult	24th August 1915	Laid down as M14 and renamed Marshal Soult while building. Scrapped August 1946.
HMS General Wolfe	9th September 1915	Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Sabine *	1916	Renamed (ex - Sabrina) 1916. Renamed Vivid 1920.
HMS North Star	9th November 1916	Sunk 23rd April 1918.
HMS E40	9th November 1916	Scrapped December 1921
HMS Norman	20th March 1916	Sold 9th May 1921.
HMS E39	18th May 1916	Scrapped October 1921
HMS Oriole	31st July 1916	Sold for breaking 9 May 1921
HMS Northesk	5th July 1916	Sold 9th May 1921.
HMS Osiris	28th September 1916	Sold for breaking 9 May 1921
HMS Nugent	23rd January 1917	Sold 9th May 1921.
HMS Gannet *	June 1917	Launched as Trent 1877. Renamed (ex - Pembroke) June 1917. Sold for scrap 21st February 1923.
HMS Urchin	7th June 1917	Sold 7th January 1930.
HMS Ursa	23rd July 1917	Sold 13th July 1926.
HMS Sterling	8th October 1918	Scrapped 25th August 1932.
HMS Waterhen	26th March 1918	To Australia (Waterhen), October 1933.
HMS Dauntless	10th April 1918	Sold for scrap April 1946
HMS Wryneck	13th May 1918	Bombed by German aircraft off Greece 27 April 1941
HMS Steadfast	8th August 1918	Sold for breaking 28 July 1934
HMS Stonehenge	19th March 1919	Wrecked 1st November 1920.
HMS Stormcloud	30th May 1919	Sold 28th July 1934.
HMS Vivid *	1920	Renamed (ex - Sabine) 1920. Sold July 1922.
HMS Platypus II *	1st April 1921	Renamed (ex - Cerberus) 1st April 1921. Sold for scrap 23rd April 1924.
HMS Vivid *	June 1922	Renamed (ex Marshal Ney) June 1922. Renamed Drake 1st January 1934.
HMS York	17th July 1928	Abandoned 22nd May 1941. Wreck scrapped 1952.
HMS Boreas	18th July 1930	Lent to Greece (Salamis) 5th April 1944.
HMS Brazen	25th July 1930	Sunk off Dover by German aircraft 20th July 1940
HMAS Waterhen *	October 1933	From UK (ex - Waterhen) October 1933. Sunk 30th June 941.
HMS Drake *	1st January 1934	Renamed (ex - Vivid) 1st January 1934. Renamed Alaunia II 1947.
Salamis *	April 1944	Loaned from UK (Boreas) April 1944. Returned to UK (Boreas) September 1951.
HMS Alaunia II *	1947	Renamed (ex - Drake) 1947. Scrapped 6th October 1957.
HMS Boreas *	September 1951	Returned from Greece (Salamis) September 1951. Scrapped 15th April 1952.

Ships built by Palmer(ordered by name)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
HMS Alacrity	28th February 1885	Sold 1913.
HMS Alacrity	20th March 1856
HMS Alaunia II *	1947	Renamed (ex - Drake) 1947. Scrapped 6th October 1957.
HMS Albacore	19th September 1906	Sold for scrapping August 1919
HMS Algiers *	January 1915	Renamed (ex - Indus IV) January 1915. Sold 7th January 1921.
HMS Bat	7th October 1896	Scrapped 30th August 1919.
HMS Bonetta	14th January 1907	Sold for scrap 7th June 1920.
HMS Boreas	18th July 1930	Lent to Greece (Salamis) 5th April 1944.
HMS Boreas *	September 1951	Returned from Greece (Salamis) September 1951. Scrapped 15th April 1952.
HMS Brazen	25th July 1930	Sunk off Dover by German aircraft 20th July 1940
HMAS Cerberus	2nd December 1868	Renamed Platypus II 1918. Scuttled as a breakwater at Half Moon Bay in 1926 and preparations underway to raise and preserve her.
HMS Chamois	3rd November 1896	Foundered 26th September 1904.
HMS Cherwell	23rd July 1903	Sold for breaking June 1919
HMS Crane	17th December 1896	Sold 10th June 1919.
HMS Dauntless	10th April 1918	Sold for scrap April 1946
HMS Dee	4th April 1877	Sold 10th July 1902.
HMS Dee	10th September 1903	Sold 23rd July 1919.
HMS Defence	24th April 1861	Training Ship 1898. Scrapped 1935.
HMS Don	14th April 1877	Sold 1914.
HMS Drake *	1st January 1934	Renamed (ex - Vivid) 1st January 1934. Renamed Alaunia II 1947.
HMS E39	18th May 1916	Scrapped October 1921
HMS E40	9th November 1916	Scrapped December 1921
HMS Erne	14th January 1903	Wrecked off Rattray Head on 6 February 1915.
HMS Esk	28th April 1877	Sold April 1903.
HMS Ettrick	28th February 1903	Sold for breaking May 1919
HMS Exe	27th April 1903	Sold for breaking February 1920
HMS Fawn	13th April 1897	Scrapped January 1919
HMS Flirt	15th May 1897	Torpedoed and sunk on 27 October 1916
HMS Flying Fish	4th March 1897	Scrapped January 1919
HMS Gannet *	June 1917	Launched as Trent 1877. Renamed (ex - Pembroke) June 1917. Sold for scrap 21st February 1923.
HMS General Wolfe	9th September 1915	Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Gorgon	14th October 1871	Sold 12th May 1903.
HMS Hercules	10th May 1910	Sold for scrap 8th November 1921
HMS Indus IV *	1912	Laid down as Triumph in 1870. Renamed (ex - Tenedos) 1912. Renamed Algiers January 1915. Broken up 1921.
HMS Janus	12th March 1895	Sold for scrap 1914.
HMS Kangaroo	8th September 1900	Scrapped 1920
HMS Leonidas	30th October 1913	Sold 9th May 1921.
HMS Lightning	10th April 1895	Sunk 30th June 1915.
HMS Lord Nelson	4th September 1906	Scrapped 4th June 1920
HMS Marshal Ney	17th June 1915	Laid down as M13 renamed Marshal Ney before completion. Renamed Vivid June 1922. Sold for breaking 1957.
HMS Marshal Soult	24th August 1915	Laid down as M14 and renamed Marshal Soult while building. Scrapped August 1946.
HMS Medina	3rd August 1876	Sold at Bermuda 1904.
HMS Medway	3rd October 1876	Sold 1904 in Bermuda.
HMS Murray	6th August 1914	Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Myngs	24th September 1914	Sold 9th May 1921.
HMS Myrmidon	26th May 1900	Sunk in collision 26th March 1917.
HMS Negro	8th March 1915	Sunk in collision 21st December 1916.
HMS Nonsuch	7th December 1915	Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Norman	20th March 1916	Sold 9th May 1921.
HMS North Star	9th November 1916	Sunk 23rd April 1918.
HMS Northesk	5th July 1916	Sold 9th May 1921.
HMS Nugent	23rd January 1917	Sold 9th May 1921.
HMS Oriole	31st July 1916	Sold for breaking 9 May 1921
HMS Orlando	3rd August 1886	Sold 11th July 1905.
HMS Orontes *	March 1904	Renamed (ex - Swiftsure) March 1904. Sold 4th July 1908.
HMS Osiris	28th September 1916	Sold for breaking 9 May 1921
HMS Pegasus	4th March 1897	Sunk 20th September 1914.
HMS Pembroke *	September 1905	Renamed (ex - Trent) September 1905. Renamed Gannet June 1917.
HMS Peterel	30th March 1899	Sold 30th August 1919.
HMS Pique	13th December 1890	Sold 9th May 1911.
HMS Platypus II *	1st April 1921	Renamed (ex - Cerberus) 1st April 1921. Sold for scrap 23rd April 1924.
HMS Porcupine	19th September 1895	Sold April 1920
HMS Pyramus	15th May 1897	Sold for scrap 21st April 1920.
HMS Queen Mary	20th March 1912	Sunk 31st May 1916.
HMS Rainbow	25th March 1891	To Canada as Rainbow August 1910.
HMS Redoutable *	2nd August 1915	Renamed (ex - Revenge) 2nd August 1915. From 1915-1919 was accommodation ship. Sold for scrap 6th November 1919.
HMS Resolution	28th May 1892	Scrapped 2nd April 1914.
HMS Resolution	14th January 1915	Scrapped 13th May 1948.
HMS Retribution	6th August 1891	Sold for scrap 1911
HMS Revenge	3rd November 1892	Renamed Redoubtable 2nd August 1915. Finally broken up in 1919.
HMS Rother	5th January 1904	Sold 23rd June 1919.
HMS Russell	19th February 1901	Sunk 27th April 1916.
HMS Sabine *	1916	Renamed (ex - Sabrina) 1916. Renamed Vivid 1920.
HMS Sabrina	3rd October 1876	Renamed Sabine 1916.
Salamis *	April 1944	Loaned from UK (Boreas) April 1944. Returned to UK (Boreas) September 1951.
HMS Sapphire	17th March 1904	Sold for scrap May 1921
HMS Slaney	28th April 1877	Diving tender in 1906. Sold 30 August 1919
HMS Spey	5th October 1876	Sold in 1923
HMS Spiteful	11th January 1899	Sold for breaking September 1920
HMS Star	11th August 1896	Broken up January 1919
HMS Steadfast	8th August 1918	Sold for breaking 28 July 1934
HMS Sterling	8th October 1918	Scrapped 25th August 1932.
HMS Stonehenge	19th March 1919	Wrecked 1st November 1920.
HMS Stormcloud	30th May 1919	Sold 28th July 1934.
HMS Surprise	17th January 1885	Renamed Alacrity 1913
HMS Swale	20th April 1905	Sold for breaking June 1919.
HMS Swiftsure	15th June 1870	RENAMED ORONTES IN 1904. SOLD FOR SCRAP IN 1908.
HMS Syren	20th December 1900	Sold for scrap 1920
HMS Tay	19th October 1876	Sold to 22 October 1920.
HMS Tees	19th October 1876	Sold 9 July 1907
HMS Tenedos *	April 1904	Renamed (ex - Triumph) April 1904. Renamed Indus IV 1912.
HMS Terror	28th April 1856	Sold 1902.
HMS Trent	23rd August 1877	Renamed Pembroke September 1905. Renamed Gannet in June 1917 as a diving tender. Sold to the Dover Shipbreaking Company on 21st February 1923.
HMS Triumph	27th September 1870	RENAMED TENEDOS IN 1904, INDUS IV IN 1912, THEN ALGIERS IN 1914. SOLD FOR SCRAP IN 1921.
HMS Tweed	23rd August 1877	Sold at Hong Kong 21 November 1905
HMS Undaunted	25th November 1886	Sold 9th April 1907.
HMS Urchin	7th June 1917	Sold 7th January 1930.
HMS Ure	25th October 1903	Sold 27th May 1919.
HMS Ursa	23rd July 1917	Sold 13th July 1926.
HMS Viking	14th September 1909	Sold 12th December 1919.
HMS Vivid *	June 1922	Renamed (ex Marshal Ney) June 1922. Renamed Drake 1st January 1934.
HMS Vivid *	1920	Renamed (ex - Sabine) 1920. Sold July 1922.
HMS Waterhen	26th March 1918	To Australia (Waterhen), October 1933.
HMAS Waterhen *	October 1933	From UK (ex - Waterhen) October 1933. Sunk 30th June 941.
HMS Wear	21st January 1905	Sold for breaking November 1919.
HMS Whiting	26th August 1896	Sold for scrap 27th November 1919.
HMS Wryneck	13th May 1918	Bombed by German aircraft off Greece 27 April 1941
HMS York	17th July 1928	Abandoned 22nd May 1941. Wreck scrapped 1952.

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

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