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Sheerness

Builder : Sheerness Country : UK

Ships built by Sheerness (ordered by launch date)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
HMS Salamander	16th May 1832	Sold for scrap December 1883.
HMS Vestal	6th April 1833	Scrapped 17th February 1862.
HMS Bonetta	5th April 1836	Scrapped 23rd April 1861.
HMS Dolphin	14th June 1836	Sold for scrap 11th May 1894.
HMS Vesuvius	11th July 1839	Sold ofr scrap June 1865.
HMS Prometheus	21st September 1839	Sold 1863.
HMS Styx	26th January 1841	Scrapped April 1866.
HMS Spy	24th March 1841	Sold 20th January 1862.
HMS Fury	31st December 1845	Sold 15th July 1864.
HMS Diamond	29th August 1848	Renamed Joseph Straker 13th January 1868.
HMS Miranda	18th March 1851	Sold 2nd December 1869.
HMS Tribune	21st January 1853	Sold August 1866.
HMS Pylades	23rd November 1854	Sold 23rd January 1875.
HMS Scylla	19th June 1856	Sold for scrap 7th November 1882.
HMS Clio	8th August 1858	Sold for scrap 3rd October 1919.
HMS Joseph Straker *	13th January 1868	Renamed (ex - Diamond) 13th January 1868. Sold September 1885.
HMS Bullfinch	13th February 1868	Sold June 1885.
HMS Briton	6th November 1869	Sold 1887.
HMS Encounter	1st January 1873	Sold October 1888.
HMS Diamond	26th September 1874	Sold August 1889.
HMS Osprey	5th August 1876	Sold 29th April 1890.
HMS Gannet	31st August 1878	Renamed President (Training Ship) 16th May 1903. Lent October 1913 renamed Mercury (Training Ship). Preserved at Chatham 1987.
HMS Kingfisher	16th December 1879	Became Trainig Ship Lark 10th November 1892. finally sold in 1919
HMS Satellite	13th August 1881	Sold 21st October 1947.
HMS Caroline	25th November 1882	Renamed Ganges April 1908.
HMS Pylades	5th November 1884	Sold 3rd April 1906.
HMS Grasshopper	30th August 1887	Sold 1905
HMS Daphne	29th May 1888	Sold February 1904.
HMS Barracouta	16th May 1889	Scrapped 4th April 1905.
HMS Goldfinch	18th May 1889	Sold for scrap 14th May 1907.
HMS Gleaner	9th January 1890	Sold 1905.
HMS Gossamer	9th January 1890	Sold 1920.
HMS Brilliant	24th June 1891	Sunk as blockship 23rd April 1918.
HMS Lark *	10th November 1892	Laid down 23rd September 1878 and launched 16th December 1879 and commissioned as Kingfisher 17th August 1880. Reclassified as a training ship and renamed Lark 10th November 1892. Renamed Cruizer 18th May 1893. Sold 1919.
HMS Circe	14th June 1892	Scrapped 1920.
HMS Hebe	15th June 1892	Scrapped 1920.
HMS Alarm	13th September 1892	Sold 1907
HMS Leda	13th September 1892	Scrapped 1922.
HMS Cruizer *	18th May 1893	Sold 1919.
HMS Charybdis	15th June 1893	Sold for scrap October 1923.
HMS Alert	24th December 1894	Loaned to the Civil Authority at Basra in 1906 then sold to them in 1926
HMS Torch	28th December 1894	Transferred to New Zealand in 1917 and renamed Firebrand
HMS Pelorus	15th December 1896	Scrapped 6th May 1920.
HMS Prosperine	5th December 1896	Sold 30th November 1919.
HMS Pomone	25th November 1897	Sold 25th October 1922.
HMS Condor	17th December 1898	Foundered in a gale on 3 December 1901
HMS Rosario	17th December 1898	Became Depot Ship for submarines at Hong Kong 1910. Sold at Hong Kong 11 December 1921
HMS Espiegle	8th December 1900	Sold 7th September 1923.
HMS Vestal	10th February 1900	Sold 21st October 1921.
HMS Shearwater	10th February 1900	To Canada (Shearwater) 1915.
HMS Merlin	30th November 1901	Sold at Hong Kong 3rd August 1923.
HMS Odin	30th November 1901	Sold at Bombay on 12th November 1920
HMS Fantome	23rd March 1901
HMS Clio	14th March 1903	Scrapped 12th November 1920.
HMS Cadmus	29th April 1903	Sold at Hong Kong on 1st September 1921
HMS President *	16th May 1903	Renamed 16th May 1903 (ex-Gannet). Renamed Mercury October 1913.
HMS Ganges *	April 1908	Launched as Caroline 1882. Renamed (ex - Caroline) April 1908. Renamed Powerful III September 1913.
HMS Mercury *	October 1913	Launched as Gannet 31st August 1878. Renamed President 16th May 1903. Lent October 1913 as TS Mercury. Preserved June 1987.
HMS Powerful III *	September 1913	Ex Caroline 25th November 1882, renamed Ganges April 1908. Renamed (ex - Ganges) September 1913. Renamed Impregnable IV November 1919.
HMCS Shearwater *	1915	From UK (ex - Shearwater) 1915. Decommissioned 13th June 1919. Sold May 1922.
HMS Impregnable IV *	November 1919	Launched as Caroline in 1882. Renamed (ex - Powerful III) November 1919. Sold 31st August 1929.

Ships built by Sheerness(ordered by name)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
HMS Alarm	13th September 1892	Sold 1907
HMS Alert	24th December 1894	Loaned to the Civil Authority at Basra in 1906 then sold to them in 1926
HMS Barracouta	16th May 1889	Scrapped 4th April 1905.
HMS Bonetta	5th April 1836	Scrapped 23rd April 1861.
HMS Brilliant	24th June 1891	Sunk as blockship 23rd April 1918.
HMS Briton	6th November 1869	Sold 1887.
HMS Bullfinch	13th February 1868	Sold June 1885.
HMS Cadmus	29th April 1903	Sold at Hong Kong on 1st September 1921
HMS Caroline	25th November 1882	Renamed Ganges April 1908.
HMS Charybdis	15th June 1893	Sold for scrap October 1923.
HMS Circe	14th June 1892	Scrapped 1920.
HMS Clio	14th March 1903	Scrapped 12th November 1920.
HMS Clio	8th August 1858	Sold for scrap 3rd October 1919.
HMS Condor	17th December 1898	Foundered in a gale on 3 December 1901
HMS Cruizer *	18th May 1893	Sold 1919.
HMS Daphne	29th May 1888	Sold February 1904.
HMS Diamond	26th September 1874	Sold August 1889.
HMS Diamond	29th August 1848	Renamed Joseph Straker 13th January 1868.
HMS Dolphin	14th June 1836	Sold for scrap 11th May 1894.
HMS Encounter	1st January 1873	Sold October 1888.
HMS Espiegle	8th December 1900	Sold 7th September 1923.
HMS Fantome	23rd March 1901
HMS Fury	31st December 1845	Sold 15th July 1864.
HMS Ganges *	April 1908	Launched as Caroline 1882. Renamed (ex - Caroline) April 1908. Renamed Powerful III September 1913.
HMS Gannet	31st August 1878	Renamed President (Training Ship) 16th May 1903. Lent October 1913 renamed Mercury (Training Ship). Preserved at Chatham 1987.
HMS Gleaner	9th January 1890	Sold 1905.
HMS Goldfinch	18th May 1889	Sold for scrap 14th May 1907.
HMS Gossamer	9th January 1890	Sold 1920.
HMS Grasshopper	30th August 1887	Sold 1905
HMS Hebe	15th June 1892	Scrapped 1920.
HMS Impregnable IV *	November 1919	Launched as Caroline in 1882. Renamed (ex - Powerful III) November 1919. Sold 31st August 1929.
HMS Joseph Straker *	13th January 1868	Renamed (ex - Diamond) 13th January 1868. Sold September 1885.
HMS Kingfisher	16th December 1879	Became Trainig Ship Lark 10th November 1892. finally sold in 1919
HMS Lark *	10th November 1892	Laid down 23rd September 1878 and launched 16th December 1879 and commissioned as Kingfisher 17th August 1880. Reclassified as a training ship and renamed Lark 10th November 1892. Renamed Cruizer 18th May 1893. Sold 1919.
HMS Leda	13th September 1892	Scrapped 1922.
HMS Mercury *	October 1913	Launched as Gannet 31st August 1878. Renamed President 16th May 1903. Lent October 1913 as TS Mercury. Preserved June 1987.
HMS Merlin	30th November 1901	Sold at Hong Kong 3rd August 1923.
HMS Miranda	18th March 1851	Sold 2nd December 1869.
HMS Odin	30th November 1901	Sold at Bombay on 12th November 1920
HMS Osprey	5th August 1876	Sold 29th April 1890.
HMS Pelorus	15th December 1896	Scrapped 6th May 1920.
HMS Pomone	25th November 1897	Sold 25th October 1922.
HMS Powerful III *	September 1913	Ex Caroline 25th November 1882, renamed Ganges April 1908. Renamed (ex - Ganges) September 1913. Renamed Impregnable IV November 1919.
HMS President *	16th May 1903	Renamed 16th May 1903 (ex-Gannet). Renamed Mercury October 1913.
HMS Prometheus	21st September 1839	Sold 1863.
HMS Prosperine	5th December 1896	Sold 30th November 1919.
HMS Pylades	5th November 1884	Sold 3rd April 1906.
HMS Pylades	23rd November 1854	Sold 23rd January 1875.
HMS Rosario	17th December 1898	Became Depot Ship for submarines at Hong Kong 1910. Sold at Hong Kong 11 December 1921
HMS Salamander	16th May 1832	Sold for scrap December 1883.
HMS Satellite	13th August 1881	Sold 21st October 1947.
HMS Scylla	19th June 1856	Sold for scrap 7th November 1882.
HMS Shearwater	10th February 1900	To Canada (Shearwater) 1915.
HMCS Shearwater *	1915	From UK (ex - Shearwater) 1915. Decommissioned 13th June 1919. Sold May 1922.
HMS Spy	24th March 1841	Sold 20th January 1862.
HMS Styx	26th January 1841	Scrapped April 1866.
HMS Torch	28th December 1894	Transferred to New Zealand in 1917 and renamed Firebrand
HMS Tribune	21st January 1853	Sold August 1866.
HMS Vestal	6th April 1833	Scrapped 17th February 1862.
HMS Vestal	10th February 1900	Sold 21st October 1921.
HMS Vesuvius	11th July 1839	Sold ofr scrap June 1865.

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

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