Dispositions of Major Units of the Royal Navy, December 1861
Note
This document excludes all sailing vessels, paddlewheel vessels, screw gunboats and gunvessels.
Disposition of Armoured Vessels
Aetna (Armoured Battery, 16) - Guardship, Chatham
Erebus (Armoured Battery, 16) - Guardship, Portsmouth
Glatton (Armoured Battery, 14) - Portsmouth (Reserve?)
Terror (Armoured Battery, 16) - Bermuda
Thunder (Armoured Battery, 14) - Guardship, Sheerness
Thunderbolt (Armoured Battery, 16) – Guardship, Chatham
Trusty (Cupola Armoured Battery, 16) – Guardship, London
Warrior (Armoured Frigate, 40) - Channel Squadron
Black Prince (Armoured Frigate, 40) - Channel Squadron (trials)
Defence (Armoured Frigate, 22) – Channel Squadron
Resistance (Armoured Frigate, 22) – Channel Squadron (trials)
Dispositions of Major Screw Vessels
Australia Squadron
Orpheus (Corvette (Jason class), 21)
Pelorus (Corvette (Pearl class), 21)
Fawn (Sloop (Cruizer class), 17)
Harrier (Sloop (Cruizer class), 17)
Miranda (Sloop, 14)
Cordelia (Sloop (Racer class), 11)
Brazil Squadron
Forte (Frigate (Forte class), 51)
Curacoa (Frigate (Tribune class), 31)
Satellite (Corvette (Pearl class), 21)
Curlew (Sloop (Swallow class), 9)
Cape of Good Hope Squadron
Narcissus (Frigate, 51) - flag
Brisk (Sloop, 14)
Wasp (Sloop (Archer class), 12)
Ariel (Sloop (Swallow class), 9)
Lyra (Sloop (Swallow class), 9)
Channel Squadron
Royal Albert (Three-decker, 121) - flag
Caesar (Two-decker, 91)
Edgar (Two-decker (Agamemnon class), 91) - flag
Aboukir (Two-decker (Albion class), 91)
Hero (Two-decker, 91)
Revenge (Two-decker (Revenge class), 91)
Chanticleer (Sloop (Camelion class), 17)
Emerald (Frigate (Emerald class), 51)
Shannon (Frigate (Liffey class), 51)
Mersey (Frigate (Mersey class), 40)
Icarus (Sloop (Racer class), 11)
China and East Indies Squadron
Impérieuse (Frigate (Forte class), 51) - flag
Pearl (Corvette (Pearl class), 21)
Scout (Corvette (Pearl class), 21)
Cossack (Corvette (Cossack class), 20)
Tartar (Corvette (Cossack class), 20)
Hornet (Sloop (Cruizer class), 17)
Encounter (Sloop, 14)
Pantaloon (Sloop (Racer class), 11)
Swallow (Sloop (Swallow class), 9)
Mediterranean Squadron
Marlborough (Three-decker (Duke of Wellington class), 131)
Algiers (Two-decker, 91)
Agamemnon (Two-decker (Agamemnon class), 91)
Exmouth (Two-decker (Albion class), 91)
Hannibal (Two-decker (Princess Royal class), 91) - flag
James Watt (Two-decker (Agamemnon class), 91)
London (Two-decker (Rodney class), 91)
Orion (Two-decker (Hood class), 91)
Victor Emanuel (Two-decker (Agamemnon class), 91)
Neptune (Two-decker (Caledonia class), 89)
Trafalgar (Two-decker (Caledonia class), 89)
Queen (Two-decker, 86)
Mars (Two-decker (Majestic class), 80)
Immortalité (Frigate (Emerald class),51)
Liffey (Frigate (Liffey class), 51)
Melpomene (Frigate (Emerald class), 51)
Amphion (Frigate, 34)
Doris (Frigate (Diadem class), 32)
Racoon (Corvette (Pearl class), 21)
Scylla (Corvette (Pearl class), 21)
Malacca (Sloop, 17)
Pelican (Sloop (Camelion class), 17)
Gannet (Sloop (Racer class), 11)
North America and West Indies
Conqueror (Two-decker (Conqueror class), 101)
Donegal (Two-decker (Conqueror class), 101)
Nile (Two-decker (Rodney class), 91)
St George (Two-decker (Caledonia class), 89)
Sans Pareil (Two-decker, 70)
Phaeton (Frigate, 50)
Orlando (Frigate (Orlando class), 40)
Diadem (Frigate (Diadem class), 32)
Ariadne (Frigate (Ariadne class), 26)
Challenger (Corvette (Pearl class), 22)
Cadmus (Corvette (Pearl class), 21)
Jason (Corvette (Jason class), 21)
Rinaldo (Sloop (Camelion class), 17)
Racer (Sloop (Racer class), 11)
Desperate (Sloop (Conflict class), 8)
Pacific
Bacchante (Frigate (Liffey class), 51) - flag
Topaze (Frigate (Liffey class), 51)
Termagant (Frigate, 24)
Clio (Corvette (Pearl class), 22)
Charybdis (Corvette (Pearl class), 21)
Orestes (Corvette (Jason class), 21)
Mutine (Sloop (Greyhound class), 17)
Camelion (Sloop (Camelion class), 17)
West Africa
Falcon (Sloop (Cruizer class), 17)
Arrogant (Frigate, 46) - flag
UK Coast Guard
Russell (Blockship (Cornwallis class), 60) - Falmouth
Hogue (Blockship (Blenheim class), 60) - Grenock
Pembroke (Blockship (Cornwallis class), 60) - Harwich
Ajax (Blockship (Blenheim class), 60) - Kingstown
Edinburgh (Blockship (Blenheim class), 60) - Leith
Majestic (Two-decker (Majestic class), 80) - Liverpool
Blenheim (Blockship (Blenheim class), 60) - Pembroke
Colossus (Two-decker (Majestic class), 80) - Portland
Hawke (Blockship (Cornwallis class), 60) - Queenstown
Horatio (Frigate blockship (Eurotas class), 24) - Sheerness
Dauntless (Frigate, 24) - Southampton Water
Cornwallis (Blockship (Cornwallis class), 60) - The Humber
Hastings (Blockship (Cornwallis class), 60) - RNR Liverpool
Chatham Reserve Squadron
Hood (Two-decker (Hood class), 91)
Bombay (Two-decker, 91)
Collingwood (Two-decker (Majestic class), 80)
Goliath (Two-decker (Majestic class), 80)
Irresistible (Two-decker (Majestic class), 80)
Severn (Frigate, 51)
Undaunted (Frigate (Bristol class), 51)
Pylades (Corvette, 21)
Rattlesnake (Corvette (Jason class), 21)
Devonport Reserve Squadron
Windsor Castle (Three-decker, 116)
Gibraltar (Two-decker (Duncan class), 101)
Albion (Two-decker (Albion class), 91)
Royal William (Two-decker (Caledonia class), 89)
Lion (Two-decker (Majestic class), 80)
Liverpool (Frigate (Liffey class), 51)
Phoebe (Frigate, 51)
Peterel (Sloop (Rosario class), 11)
Royalist (Sloop (Rosario class), 11)
Forth (Mortar frigate, 2)
Pembroke Reserve Squadron
Defiance (Two-decker, 81)
Brunswick (Two-decker, 80)
Aurora (Frigate (Forte class), 51)
Perseus (Sloop (Camelion class), 17)
Shearwater (Sloop (Rosario class), 11)
Plymouth Reserve Squadron
Howe (Three-decker (Victoria class), 121)
St Jean d'Acre (Two-decker, 101)
Princess Royal (Two-decker (Princess Royal class), 91)
Renown (Two-decker (Revenge class), 91)
Centurion (Two-decker (Majestic class), 80)
Arethusa (Frigate, 51)
Alert (Sloop (Cruizer class), 17)
Greyhound (Sloop (Greyhound class), 17)
Conflict (Sloop (Conflict class), 8)
Seahorse (Mortar frigate (Eurotas class), 0)
Portsmouth Reserve Squadron
Duke of Wellington (Three-decker (Duke of Wellington class), 131)
Royal Sovereign (Three-decker (Duke of Wellington class), 131)
Prince of Wales (Three-decker, 121)
Victoria (Three-decker (Victoria class), 121)
Duncan (Two-decker (Duncan class), 101)
Victoria (Three-decker (Victoria class), 121)
Rodney (Two-decker (Rodney class), 91)
Nelson (Two-decker, 89)
Prince Regent (Two-decker, 89)
Frederick William (Two-decker, 86)
Glasgow (Frigate (Bristol class), 51)
Octavia (Frigate, 51)
Sutlej (Frigate, 51)
Tribune (Frigate (Tribune class), 31)
Esk (Corvette (Highflyer class), 20)
Highflyer (Frigate (Highflyer class), 21)
Cruizer (Sloop (Cruizer class), 17)
Plumper (Sloop, 8)
Sheerness Reserve Squadron
Royal George (Three-decker, 120)
Anson (Two-decker (Revenge class), 91)
Atlas (Two-decker (Revenge class), 91)
Waterloo (Two-decker (Caledonia class), 89)
Cressy (Two-decker, 80)
Meeanee (Two-decker (Majestic class), 80)
Chesapeake (Frigate (Forte class), 51)
Leander (Frigate, 51)
Newcastle (Frigate (Bristol class), 51)
Zebra (Sloop (Camelion class), 17)
Phoenix (Sloop, 10)
Eurotas (Mortar frigate (Eurotas class), 2)
Woolwich Reserve Squadron
Bristol (Frigate (Bristol class), 51)
Galatea (Frigate (Ariadne class), 26)
Barrosa (Corvette (Jason class), 21)
Archer (Sloop (Archer class), 12)
Rapid (Sloop (Rosario class), 11)
Rosario (Sloop (Rosario class), 11)
Niger (Sloop, 8)