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The National Historic Fleet is a list of historic ships and vessels located in the United Kingdom, under the National Historic Ships register. National Historic Ships UK is an advisory body which advises the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and other public bodies on ship preservation and funding priorities. As part of this remit, National Historic Ships maintains the National Register of Historic Vessels (NRHV), which as of September 2014 listed over 1,000 vessels. The National Historic Fleet is a sub-grouping of this register, the vessels included on this list are distinguished by:

  • Being of pre-eminent national or regional significance
  • Spanning the spectrum of UK maritime history
  • Illustrating changes in construction and technology
  • Meriting a higher priority for long term preservation

The National Historic Fleet may also include vessels from the National Small Boat Register which are a minimum of 50 years old and which fit the above criteria.

As of September 2014 there are 206 vessels on the register, including museum ships, those still in active or commercial service, and a number currently laid up. Some are being actively restored, others have an uncertain future.

Name Image Builder Town/City Year Class Type Location Status Remarks Certificate No. Link
ADC Aldous & Sons Brightlingsea 1895 Fishing smack St Osyth In private ownership 1451
Advance Richard Dunston Thorne 1942 Victualling Inshore Craft Plymouth Undergoing restoration 79
Alaska SL Alaska.jpg J. S. & W. J. Horsham & Co. Bourne End, Buckinghamshire 1883 River launch Marlow, Buckinghamshire Operational, available for hire 7 [1]
Albion Albion Bill 031.jpg William Brighton Lake Lothing, Suffolk 1898 Trading wherry Ludham Preserved, operational Used for sail training 99 [2]
Alfred Corry Lifeboat Alfred Corry, Southwold, 14th June 2009 (2).JPG Beeching Brothers Great Yarmouth 1893 Lifeboat Southwold Museum exhibit 101 [3]
Amy Howson "Amy Howson" - geograph.org.uk - 254428.jpg Joseph Scarr & Sons Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire 1914 Humber sloop South Ferriby Operational, available for hire 103
B.A.S.P BASP LIFEBOAT.JPG J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1924 Watson class Lifeboat Chatham Dockyard Museum exhibit 1687 [4]
Balmoral MVBalmoral.jpg John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Southampton 1949 Ferry Bristol Preserved, operational 128 [5]
Barcadale Herd & Mackenzie Buckie 1938 Fishing drifter River Clyde Privately owned, undergoing restoration 1443
Basuto Basuto (Clyde puffer), Ellesmere Port. - geograph.org.uk - 370953.jpg W. Jacks & Co Port Dundas 1902 Clyde puffer Ellesmere Port Museum exhibit Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 11 [6]
Bertha Steam dredger 1844.jpg G Lunnel & Co Bristol 1844 Dredger Eyemouth - World of Boats Museum exhibit Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Worked in Bridgwater docks 17 [7]
Branksome George Brockbank Windermere 1896 Steam Launch Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories Museum Exhibit 2 [8]
Bruce's James N Miller & Son Ltd St Monans 1926 Fifie Fishing drifter Queensferry Operational, private 1378
Cabby Thames barge - Flickr - exfordy.jpg London & Rochester Trading Company Rochester, Kent 1928 Thames sailing barge Maylandsea Operational, Preserved One of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk" 134 [9]
Calshot Calshot-B John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Southampton 1936 Tugboat Southampton Under restoration Tug, tender & excursion vessel 1 [10]
Cambria Cambria, Standard Quay.jpg William Everard Greenhithe 1906 Thames sailing barge Faversham Operational, private 245 [11]
Carola Steam Yacht carola, Irvine - geograph.org.uk - 365959.jpg Scott & Co Bowling, West Dunbartonshire 1898 Steam yacht Irvine Museum exhibit Part of the Scottish Maritime Museum 9 [12]
Centaur Thames barges at Maldon - geograph.org.uk - 351150.jpg John & Herbert Cann Harwich 1895 Thames sailing barge Maldon, Essex Operational, private 193 [13]
Cervia Sunday 4 April 2010, Steam Tug Cervia.JPG Alexander Hall & Company Limited Aberdeen 1945 Tugboat Ramsgate Museum exhibit Part of the Ramsgate Maritime Museum 5 [14]
Challenge Tug Challenge.jpg Alexander Hall & Company Aberdeen 1931 Tugboat Southampton Operational, Available for hire Last steam tug to serve on the River Thames 13 [15]
CMB 4 HM CMB No4 (1920).jpg John I. Thornycroft & Company Hampton 1916 Coastal Motor Boat Boathouse 4,Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Museum, exhibit 400 [16]
Comrade South Ferriby Marina - geograph.org.uk - 189549.jpg Warrens Shipyard New Holland 1923 Humber keel South Ferriby Operational, available for hire 435 [17]
Concord H. King & Sons Pinmill 1937 Sailing yacht Fowey Operational, available for charter 1410 [18]
Concrete canal barge Ww2 concrete barge, National Waterway Museum.jpg A. H. Guest Stourbridge 1918 Concrete canal barge Gloucester Museum exhibit Part of the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester 402 [19]
Consuta Sam Saunders Goring-on-Thames 1898 Umpire's launch River Thames Privately owned, operational Used the consuta method of construction 87 [20]
Coronia Fellows & Co Great Yarmouth 1935 Excursion vessel Scarborough Privately owned, operational 179 [21]
Corrie Robertsons Dunoon 1908 Clyde 30 Racing Yacht Yacht Gosport Operational, Private 1383
Cutty Sark The Cutty Sark 2005-01-24.jpg Scott & Linton Dumbarton 1869 Clipper London - Greenwich Restored and open to the public following fire and renovation The world's last tea clipper 438 [22]
Daniel Adamson Daniel Adamson (ship).jpg Tranmere Bay Development Co. Birkenhead 1903 Tugboat Liverpool Owned by charitable trust, operational Formerly named Ralph Brocklebank. Renamed after Daniel Adamson 15 [23]
Dolly Windermere Steamboat Museum - geograph.org.uk - 606625.jpg 1850 Steam launch Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories Museum exhibit 19 [24]
Doris Bawley Doris LO 284 from leigh on sea built at Harwich in 1909.jpg John & Herbert Cann Harwich 1909 Thames bawley Gillingham, Kent Private, operational 791
Duessa James A Silver Ltd Rosneath 1935 Motor launch Walton-on-the-Naze Private, operational 1381
Edmund Gardner Edmund Gardner 2013.JPG Philip and Son Dartmouth, Devon 1953 Pilot Cutter Liverpool - Merseyside Maritime Museum Museum, dry berth 444 [25]
Elswick II 1913 Dumb lighter South Shields Laid up 445 [26]
Esperance T.B. Seath & Co Rutherglen 1869 Saloon launch Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories Museum exhibit 446 [27]
Esther James Collinson Grimsby 1888 Grimsby smack Grimsby Museum exhibit, undergoing restoration Part of the National Fishing Heritage Centre 170 [28]
Eva Steam launch Eva (boat, 1874).jpg J. I. Thornycroft & Co Ltd Chiswick 1874 Saloon launch Henley-on-Thames Museum exhibit Part of the River and Rowing Museum 25 [29]
Excellent J & G Forbes Sandhaven 1931 Drifter Fishing boat Penzance, Cornwall In commercial use Oldest wooden fishing boat in commercial use 154
Excelsior Excelsior with staysail.jpg John Chambers & Co Lowestoft 1921 Lowestoft Sailing Smack Trawler Lowestoft Training ship 447 [30]
FCB 18 Wates Building Group Limited Barrow in Furness 1944 Concrete lighter Ellesmere Port Museum exhibit Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 1390 [31]
Feasible John Duthie Aberdeen 1912 Steam fishing drifter Penzance Private ownership, undergoing restoration 711
Friendship NWM Ellesmere – 20180425 122052 (40802296595).jpg Sephtons Sutton Stop, Coventry 1925 Narrow boat Ellesmere Port Museum exhibit Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 449 [32]
Garlandstone Garlandstone, Morwellham Quay - geograph.org.uk - 381846.jpg James Goss Calstock 1903 Ketch Morwellham Quay Museum exhibit, up for sale 136 [33]
George Wigan Coal & Iron Company New Springs, Wigan 1910 Leeds & Liverpool Shortboat Ellesmere Port Museum exhibit Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 451 [34]
Gifford Canal boats within Ellesmere Boat Museum - geograph.org.uk - 1005859.jpg William Nurser Braunston 1926 Horse-drawn canal barge Ellesmere Port Museum exhibit Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 452 [35]
Gladys Thames Sailing Barge Gladys, St Katharine Docks - geograph.org.uk - 1382647.jpg John & Herbert Cann Harwich 1901 Thames sailing barge River Thames Private ownership 204
Glala A. R. Luke & Sons River Hamble 1915 Motor yacht Ipswich Private ownership 204 [36]
Glenlee GlenLee.jpg Anderson Rodger and Co Port Glasgow 1896 Barque Cargo vessel Glasgow - Yorkhill Quay Museum 450 [37]
Golden Vanity Sanders & Co Galmpton 1908 Brixham trawler Brixham Private ownership Used for sail training 1673 [38]
Governor Harris Brothers Netherton 1941 Narrow boat Walsall Private ownership 457
Grab No. 1 Blyth Shipbuilding Company Blyth, Northumberland 1927 Grab dredger Blyth, Northumberland Private ownership 1391
Greta 'Greta' at Whitstable - geograph.org.uk - 821084.jpg Stone Brothers Brightlingsea 1891 Thames sailing barge Blyth, Northumberland Private ownership One of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk" 206 [39]
Gularis Staniland & Company Thorne 1938 Motor yacht Newark-on-Trent Private ownership 1399 [40]
H21 Royal Engineers Richborough, Kent 1918 Seaplane lighter Yeovilton Museum exhibit, undergoing restoration Part of the Fleet Air Arm Museum 712 [41]
H F Bailey HF Bailey III in Cromer Henry Blogg Museum 16 Feb 2007 (5).JPG Groves & Gutteridge Ltd Cowes 1935 Watson class Lifeboat Cromer Museum exhibit Part of the RNLI Henry Blogg Museum 1446 [42]
Harriet Singleton Brothers Wyre Dock, Fleetwood 1893 Fishing smack Fleetwood Museum exhibit, undergoing conservation Part of Fleetwood Museum 638 [43]
Hathor Pleasure Wherry Hathor, South Walsham staithe - geograph.org.uk - 232264.jpg Daniel S. Hall Reedham, Norfolk 1905 Pleasure wherry Wroxham Private ownership, awaiting restoration Owned by Wherry Yacht Charter Charitable Trust 453 [44]
Hen Cochrane & Sons Selby 1925 Dumb lighter Liverpool Private ownership 561
Herbert Leigh RNLB Herbert Leigh - panoramio.jpg J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1951 Watson class Lifeboat Barrow-in-Furness Museum exhibit Part of the Dock Museum 561 [45]
HMRC Vigilant Cox & Company Falmouth 1901 Customs Cruiser Faversham Under restoration 500 [46]
HMS Alliance HMS Alliance S67.jpg Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness 1945 Amphion class Submarine Gosport Museum/Memorial Part of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum 100 [47]
HMS Belfast Hms belfast.jpg Harland & Wolff Belfast 1938 Town class Light cruiser London - Port of London Museum/Memorial Part of the Imperial War Museum 123 [48]
HMS Caroline HMS Caroline 1914.jpg Cammell Laird Birkenhead 1914 C class Light cruiser Belfast - Port of Belfast Museum ship Part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy 430 [49]
HMS Cavalier HMSCavalier.jpg J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1943 C class Destroyer Chatham Historic Dockyard Museum ship 431 [50]
HMS Gannet HMS Gannet (1878).jpg Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness 1878 Sloop Chatham Historic Dockyard Museum 505 [51]
HMS Medusa (ML1387) HDML 1387 HMS Medusa.jpg R A Newman & Sons Poole, Dorset 1943 Harbour Defence Motor Launch Southampton Museum 522 [52]
HMS President 20040918-027-thames-ship.jpg Lobnitz & Company Renfrew 1917 Anchusa class Sloop Thames Embankment Private ownership 494 [53]
HMS Trincomalee HMS Trincomalee.jpg Wadia Shipyard Bombay, India 1816 Leda class Frigate Hartlepool's Maritime Experience Museum 497 [54]
HMS Unicorn HMS Unicorn.jpg Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent 1824 Leda class Frigate Dundee Museum 498 [55]
HMS Victory HMS Victory - bow.jpg Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent 1765 Ship of the line Portsmouth - Royal Naval Museum, HMNB Portsmouth Museum Oldest commissioned naval ship in the world 499 [56]
HMS Warrior HMS Warrior (1860)2008.jpg Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Leamouth 1860 Ironclad Portsmouth Museum 501 [57]
Holland 1 Smfirstholland.jpg Vickers, Sons & Maxim Barrow-in-Furness 1901 Holland class Submarine Gosport - Royal Navy Submarine Museum Museum 427 [58]
HQS Wellington HQS-Wellington-Crossthames.jpg Devonport Dockyard Devonport, Devon 1934 Grimsby class Sloop Victoria Embankment Private ownership Headquarters of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners 502 [59]
HSL 102 HSL102.JPG British Power Boat Company Hythe, Hampshire 1936 100 class High Speed Rescue Launch Portsmouth - Gunwharf Quays On display and available for charter Last remaining boat of her class 525 [60]
HSL 376 Hancock Shipbuilding Pembroke Dock 1944 Naval Harbour Service Launch Chatham Historic Dockyard Museum exhibit 41 [61]
Humber British Power Boat Company Hythe, Hampshire 1945 RASC fast launch Oulton Broad Stored, undergoing restoration 542 [62]
Hurlingham Salter Brothers Oxford 1915 Thames excursion steamer Lambeth Private, operational 257 [63]
Ironsides SB Ironsides 4911.jpg Stanfield and Clarke Grays 1900 Thames sailing barge Faversham Private, undergoing restoration 470
Isabella Fortuna Isabella Fortuna 830820.jpg James Weir Arbroath 1890 Fifie Wick Museum, operational 705 [64]
James Stevens No 14 The James Stevens No. 14.jpg Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Blackwall, London 1900 Norfolk and Suffolk class Lifeboat Walton-on-the-Naze Owned by heritage trust, operational 1279 [65]
Janet Janet on Lake Windermere - geograph.org.uk - 732387.jpg J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1892 Admiral's barge Windermere Privately owned 31
Jesse Lumb RNLB Jesse Lumb at Imperial War Museum Duxford.jpg J Samuel White & Co Cowes, Isle of Wight 1939 Watson class Lifeboat Imperial War Museum Duxford Museum exhibit 1759 [66]
John Constable 1880 Stour barge Sudbury Museum, operational Owned by the River Stour Trust 1759 [67]
John H Amos River Medway at Chatham - John H Amos - geograph.org.uk - 733175.jpg Bow, McLachlan and Company Paisley, Scotland 1931 Tugboat Chatham, Kent Laid up on barge 33 [68]
Kathleen and May Kathleen and May01.jpg Ferguson and Baird Connah's Quay, Flintshire 1900 Schooner Bideford, Devon Operational, Up For Sale Last remaining wooden hull three masted top sail schooner 146 [69]
Kent Tug 126.jpg Richards Ironworks Co. Ltd. Lowestoft 1948 Tugboat Chatham, Kent Operational 1937 [70]
Kerne STEAM TUG KERNE AT THE MERSEYSIDE MARITIME MUSEUM CANNING DOCK LIVERPOOL JULY 2013 (9432742219).jpg Montrose Ship Building Company Ltd. Montrose 1912 Tugboat Liverpool Private, operational 34 [71]
Kindly Light Armour Brothers Fleetwood 1911 Pilot Cutter Gweek Under restoration 472
Kingfisher J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1928 Inspection launch Yardley Gobion Privately owned, operational 1380
Kingswear Castle PS Kingswear Castle01.JPG Philip & Son Dartmouth, Devon 1924 Paddle Steamer Dartmouth Operational 35 [72]
Kyles "Kyles" at Clydebuilt Braehead - geograph.org.uk - 1425432.jpg John Fullarton & Co. Paisley 1872 Motor coaster Irvine Museum exhibit Part of the Scottish Maritime Museum 473 [73]
Lady Charlotte J. Crichton & Co. Saltney 1914 Saloon launch Henley-on-Thames Operational, privately owned 27
Lady Daphne Thames Barges (6088452115).jpg Short Brothers Rochester, Kent 1923 Thames sailing barge St Katharine Docks Privately owned, up for sale 210 [74]
Lady of the Lake Glenridding Pier - geograph.org.uk - 259939.jpg T.B. Seath & Co Rutherglen 1877 Excursion steamer Ullswater Operational in commercial service Member of the Ullswater 'Steamers' fleet 375 [75]
Lamouette Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth 1937 Naval pinnace Ramsgate Operational, privately owned 643
Largo Law James N. Miller & Son Ltd St Monans 1924 Pilot vessel Charlestown Private ownership 1620
LCT 7074 Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn 1944 Landing Craft Tank Landing Craft Portsmouth Refloated from Birkenhead docks and transported to Portsmouth for renovation 713
Leader Brest 2016 - 20160717-029 Leader.jpg A. W. Gibb Galmpton 1892 Brixham trawler Brixham Owned by charitable trust as a sail training ship 604 [76]
Light Vessel 12 Spurn SFEC HULL .SPURN1.JPG Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Co Ltd Goole 1927 Lightship Kingston upon Hull Museum ship 671 [77]
Light Vessel 16 Inner Dowsing William Pitcher Northfleet 1840 Lightship Rochester, Kent Private ownership 131 [78]
Light Vessel 50 H.Y. Tyne Fletcher, Son & Fearnall London 1879 Lightship Blyth, Northumberland Private ownership Headquarters of the Royal Northumberland Yacht Club 141 [79]
Light Vessel 91 Humber Helwick lightboot.JPG Philip & Son Dartmouth, Devon 1937 Lightship Swansea Floating museum Part of Swansea Museum 137 [80]
Lively Hope William Weatherhead & Son Cockenzie 1936 Ring-Netter Fishing boat Anstruther Museum exhibit Part of the Scottish Fisheries Museum 1856 [81]
Lydia Eva Steam Drifter Lydia Eva.jpg King's Lynn Slipway Company King's Lynn 1930 Fishing boat, Herring drifter Great Yarmouth Operational, Museum The world's last surviving steam-powered herring drifter. 43 [82]
Lynher Morwellham, restored Tamar sailing barge 'Lynher' - geograph.org.uk - 37536.jpg James Goss Calstock 1896 Tamar barge Cremyll Privately owned, up for sale 1137
M33 HMS Monitor M33 - 4 April 2010 at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.JPG Workman Clark Ltd Belfast 1915 M29 class Monitor Portsmouth - Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Museum 482 [83]
Madcap Le cotre-pilote Madcap (3).JPG Davis & Plain Cardiff 1875 Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Carrickfergus Up for sale 91
Maid of the Loch Maid of the Loch, Balloch Pier - geograph.org.uk - 105053.jpg A. & J. Inglis Glasgow 1953 Paddle steamer Balloch, Loch Lomond Under restoration 477 [84]
Maidie Ernest Collins and Sons (Wroxham) Ltd. Wroxham 1904 Broads yacht Wroxham Operational, privately owned 1934
Marbury 1900 Towed canal icebreaker Ellesmere Port Museum exhibit Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 478 [85]
Maria Harris Brothers Rowhedge 1866 Fishing smack Brightlingsea Private, operating 718
Mary Joseph William Paynter Kilkeel 1877 Fishing lugger Belfast Laid up Part of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum 479 [86]
Mary Rose MaryRose-conservation1.jpg Portsmouth 1511 Carrack Portsmouth Museum exhibit, preserved wreck Part of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard 1951
Mascotte The Mascotte at Gloucester Docks - geograph.org.uk - 676685.jpg Thomas Cox & Son Newport, Wales 1904 Pilot cutter Arisaig Privately owned, available for charter 689 [87]
Massey Shaw Massey Shaw 2014.jpg J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1935 Fireboat Deptford Owned by a charitable trust, under restoration 417 [88]
Maud Wherry Maud.jpg D. S. Hall Reedham 1899 Trading wherry Ludham Operational, privately owned 650
May John & Herbert Cann Harwich 1891 Thames sailing barge Ipswich Operational, privately owned 214 [89]
Mayflower The Mayflower, Floating Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 173688.jpg Stothert & Marten Bristol 1861 Tugboat Bristol harbour Floating museum Part of M Shed 45 [90]
Medway Queen Medway Queen Albion Dock.JPG Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon 1924 Paddle steamer Gillingham, Kent Owned by preservation society, under restoration One of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk" 46 [91]
Merak W. H. Walker & Brothers Rickmansworth 1936 Narrow boat Ellesmere Port Museum exhibit Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 481 [92]
Merope W. H. Walker & Brothers Rickmansworth 1936 Narrow boat Ellesmere Port Museum exhibit Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 1805 [93]
MGB 81 MGB-81 (1).JPG British Power Boat Company Hythe, Hampshire 1942 Motor Gun Boat Portsmouth Operational Acquired by Portsmouth Historic Dockyard 524
Mirosa SB Mirosa 4627.JPG John Howard Maldon 1892 Thames sailing barge Faversham - Iron Wharf Operational, preserved 215 [94]
MTB 102 MTB 102 (Motor Torpedo Boat).png Vospers Portsmouth 1937 Motor Torpedo Boat Lowestoft Owned by a trust 486 [95]
My Alice Kidby & Sons Brightlingsea 1907 Smack Brightlingsea Operational, privately owned 1965
Nell Thomas Orr Junior Greenock 1887 Yacht Dover Operational, privately owned 762
North Carr North carr light ship 1988.jpg A. & J. Inglis Glasgow 1932 Lightship Dundee Awaiting Restoration Owned by Dundee City Council 613 [96]
Olga "Olga", a Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter (6774058428).jpg J Bowden Porthleven 1909 Pilot Cutter Swansea Floating museum Part of Swansea Museum 615 [97]
Olive Ernest Collins & Sons (Wroxham) Ltd Wroxham 1909 Norfolk wherry yacht Wroxham Undergoing restoration Owned by Wherry Yacht Charter Charitable Trust 489 [98]
Our Boys Richard Pearce East Looe 1904 Cornish lugger Milford Haven Privately owned, undergoing restoration 117
Panurgic J. S. Watson (Gainsborough) Ltd Gainsborough 1935 Hopper barge Appledore Privately owned, up for sale 653
Pauline 1869 Calder & Hebble Keel Houseboat Leigh Privately owned 1392
Peacock Fellows Morton and Clayton Saltley Dock, Birmingham 1915 Narrowboat Dudley Floating museum Displayed at the Black Country Living Museum 1396 [99]
Peggy Peggy of Castletown.jpg Unknown 1789 Yacht Castletown, Isle of Man Stored, undercover 1125 [100]
Perseverance Basingstoke Canal - geograph.org.uk - 1065264.jpg James Pollock & Sons Ltd Faversham 1934 Grab dredger Ellesmere Port Museum exhibit Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 52 [101]
Pilgrim A Walk Around Brixham (11892459165).jpg J. W. & A. Upham Brixham 1895 Brixham trawler Dartmouth Operational, owned by a preservation trust 1816 [102]
Pioneer The Pioneer 1899.jpg W. Paynter St Ives, Cornwall 1899 Longline fishing vessel Hayle Privately owned, Restored 1409
Portwey Portwey tug.jpg Harland and Wolff River Clyde 1927 Service Vessel Tugboat West India Docks Operational 54 [103]
President Steam narrowboat President - geograph.org.uk - 679005.jpg Fellows Morton and Clayton Saltley Dock, Birmingham 1909 Narrowboat Dudley Floating museum Displayed at the Black Country Living Museum 55 [104]
Primrose William Evans Clark Rye, East Sussex 1887 Rye sailing barge Hastings Museum exhibit Part of the Shipwreck Heritage Museum 618 [105]
Prince Frederick's Barge Prince Frederick's Barge - KTC 01.jpg John Hall South Bank 1732 State Barge London - National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Museum exhibit 617 [106]
Provident Provident of Brixham.jpg Saunders & Co. Galmpton 1924 Brixham trawler Brixham Owned by charitable trust as a sail training ship 616 [107]
Pyronaut Pyronaut.JPG Charles Hill & Sons Ltd Bristol 1934 Fireboat Bristol - Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum Floating museum 619 [108]
Queen Mary TS Queen Mary Greenock 2016 e.jpg William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton 1933 Passenger vessel Greenock Undergoing restoration 495 [109]
Queen Mary's Shallop 1689 Shallop Greenwich Museum exhibit Part of the National Maritime Museum 1860 [110]
Queen of the Lake Lake Windermere MMB 38 Ambleside "Queen of the Lake".jpg Watercraft of Molesey Molesey 1949 Launch Windermere Operational, in commercial service 368 [111]
Ratho Princess River Forth, from Causewayhead - geograph.org.uk - 1364747.jpg Graham Bunn Wroxham 1924 Excursion steamer Ratho Operational, in commercial service 389
Raven Steam ferry 'Raven' approaching Howtown Pier, Ullswater - geograph.org.uk - 2040276.jpg T.B. Seath & Co Rutherglen 1889 Excursion steamer Ullswater Operational, in commercial service Member of the Ullswater 'Steamers' fleet 376 [112]
Raven Lake Windermere on a rainy day (geograph 5379616).jpg T.B. Seath & Co Rutherglen 1871 Steam barge Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories Museum exhibit 57 [113]
Reaper Reaper in sail.jpg J & G Forbes Ltd Sandhaven 1901 Fifie Anstruther Operational, Museum ship Part of the Scottish Fisheries Museum 172 [114]
Regal Lady Regal Lady, Sailing North, Scarborough 2009.jpg Fellows & Co Great Yarmouth 1930 Excursion vessel Scarborough Operational, in commercial service One of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk" 180 [115]
Reminder Detail of Barge 'Reminder' - geograph.org.uk - 119945.jpg F. W. Horlock Mistley 1929 Thames sailing barge Maldon, Essex Operational, in commercial service 1966 [116]
Research W. & G. Stephen Banff 1903 Zulu Fishing drifter Anstruther Museum exhibit Part of the Scottish Fisheries Museum 173 [117]
Result Robert Kent & Company Carrickfergus 1893 Schooner Cultra Museum exhibit Part of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum 496 [118]
Ripple John Howard Maldon 1878 Smack yacht Tollesbury Operational, in private ownership 770
RML 497 RML 497 Sailing in Tor Bay.jpg Southampton Steam Joinery Ltd Southampton 1941 Fairmile B Motor launch Portsmouth Museum ship Part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy 307 [119]
Ryde Paddle steamer "Ryde" - geograph.org.uk - 156552.jpg William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton 1936 Paddle steamer Newport, Isle of Wight Laid up 61
Royal Yacht Britannia HMY Britannia.jpg John Brown Ltd Clydebank 1952 Royal Yacht/Hospital Ship Leith, Edinburgh Floating museum 1919 [120]
RRS Discovery RRS Discovery.jpg Dundee Shipbuilders' Company Dundee 1901 Polar Research Ship Dundee Floating museum 39 [121]
Sabrina Fielding & Platt Ltd Gloucester 1870 Inspection Launch Maidenhead Private: operating 62
Sabrina 5 Charles Hill & Sons Bristol 1944 Barge Gloucester Floating museum Part of the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester 623 [122]
Sallie Aldous & Sons Brightlingsea 1907 Oyster smack Maldon, Essex Operational, privately owned 831
Seagull II Gill & Sons Rochester, Kent 1901 Thames sailing barge Gillingham, Kent Privately owned, laid up, undergoing restoration 832
Severn Progress Severn Progress in Gloucester Docks.jpg Charles Hill & Sons Bristol 1931 Tugboat Gloucester Floating museum Part of the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester 1448 [123]
Shamrock Nathaniel Shepherd Bowness-on-Windermere 1906 Saloon launch Windermere Operational, owned by a charitable trust 65
Sharpness Sharpness 2 (3963136626).jpg Abdela & Mitchell Brinscombe 1908 Icebreaking tug Trent and Mersey Canal Operational, privately owned 246
Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott at Trossachs Pier - geograph.org.uk - 144100.jpg William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton 1900 Excursion steamer Loch Katrine Operational, in commercial service 67 [124]
Solace Pleasure Wherry Solace, Wroxham Broad - geograph.org.uk - 690471.jpg D. S. Hall Reedham 1903 Norfolk pleasure wherry Wroxham Operational, privately owned 666
Souvenir D'Antan C. & A. Burgoine Hampton Wick 1901 Saloon launch Windermere Operational, privately owned 68
Spartan Clydepufferspartan.JPG J Hay & Sons Kirkintilloch 1940 Victualling Inshore Craft Clyde puffer Irvine, North Ayrshire Museum exhibit Part of the Scottish Maritime Museum 622 [125]
Spider T The "Spider T" at Keadby - geograph.org.uk - 507493.jpg Warrens Shipyard New Holland, North Lincolnshire 1926 Humber Super Sloop Keadby Lock Operational, privately owned 2010 [126]
SS Great Britain Bristol MMB 43 SS Great Britain.jpg William Patterson Shipbuilders Wapping Wharf, Bristol 1843 Passenger ship Bristol Harbour Museum 76 [127]
SS Nomadic Nomadic.jpg Harland & Wolff Belfast 1910 Passenger Tender Belfast Museum Built to ferry passengers from Cherbourg to RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic. Last surviving ship built for White Star Line. 2053 [128]
SS Robin SS Robin 2010.JPG Mackenzie, MacAlpine & Co Leamouth 1890 Coastal Steamer London - Royal Victoria Dock Floating museum 1794 [129]
SS Shieldhall SS Shieldhall 2005c.jpg Lobnitz & Co Ltd Renfrew 1955 Sewage Disposal vessel Southampton Operational, Private 66 [130]
ST 1500 British Power Boat Company Hythe, Hampshire 1942 Seaplane tender Dumbarton Privately owned, undergoing restoration 1223
Steam pinnace 199 J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1911 Naval pinnace Portsmouth Museum exhibit Floating exhibit at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth 40 [131]
Stormy Petrel Stormy Petrel on the Medway.jpg R & C Perkins Whitstable 1890 Oyster Smack Gillingham, Kent Private, operating 840
Sundowner Sunday 4 April, Ramsgate, Dunkirk Little ship Sundowner.JPG Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness 1912 Naval pinnace Ramsgate Museum ship Part of the Ramsgate Maritime Museum. One of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk" 96 [132]
Swan MV Swan on Lake Windermere.jpg Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness 1938 Excursion vessel Windermere Operational, in commercial service Member of the Windermere Lake Cruises fleet 377 [133]
Swan Scottish Traditional Boat Festival - geograph.org.uk - 482138.jpg Hay & Co. Ltd. Lerwick 1900 Fifie Lerwick Operational, owned by charitable trust 672 [134]
Tahilla John I. Thornycroft & Company Hampton 1922 Cruise boat Southampton Operational, privately owned 552
Teal Lake Windermere MMB 62 Bowness-on-Windermere MV Teal.jpg Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness 1936 Excursion vessel Windermere Operational, privately owned Member of the Windermere Lake Cruises fleet 379 [135]
Telegraph Alexander M. Gostelow Boston, Lincolnshire 1906 Boston smack Maldon Operational, privately owned 1457
Tern MV 'Tern' just off Lakeside, Lake Windermere - geograph.org.uk - 829004.jpg Forrestt & Sons Ltd Wivenhoe 1891 Excursion vessel Windermere Operational, privately owned Member of the Windermere Lake Cruises fleet 380 [136]
Thalatta Sailing Barge Thalatta River Blackwater 2004.jpg W. B. McLearon Harwich 1906 Thames sailing barge St Osyth Operational, owned by a charitable trust Used for sail training 230 [137]
Thalia G. F. Wanhill Poole 1889 Cutter Southampton Operational, privately owned 844
Thames Esperanza J. Bond Maidenhead 1898 Saloon launch River Thames Operational, privately owned 94
The King H. Tagg East Molesey 1902 Excursion vessel Borstal, Rochester Laid up 241
Thomas Thomas (6642296961).jpg Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby 1937 Tugboat Port Talbot Privately owned 679
TID 164 TID 164, Chatham Historic Dockyard - geograph.org.uk - 894384.jpg William Pickersgill & Sons Southwick, Sunderland 1945 TID class Tugboat Chatham Historic Dockyard Privately owned 70
Torbay Lass R. Jackman & Sons Brixham 1923 Brixham trawler Maldon Undergoing restoration Owned by the Heritage Marine Foundation 95 [138]
Trimilia Saunders-Roe Cowes, Isle of Wight 1925 Ramsgate class Lifeboat Ipswich Privately owned 461 [139]
Turbinia Turbinia At Speed.jpg Marine Steam Turbine Co Heaton 1894 Newcastle upon Tyne - Discovery Museum Museum exhibit Original engine at Science Museum 138 [140]
VIC 32 J M Briscoe - Clyde puffer VIC32 moored at Corpach.jpg Richard Dunston Thorne 1943 Victualling Inshore Craft Crinan, Argyll and Bute Operational, in commercial service 75
VIC 96 Maryport Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 1627127.jpg Richard Dunston Thorne 1945 Victualling Inshore Craft Chatham, Kent Undergoing restoration, owned by a charitable trust 78 [141]
Vigilance BM76 VIGILANCE at Brixham - geograph.org.uk - 1250499.jpg J. W. & A. Upham Brixham 1926 Brixham trawler Brixham Operational, privately owned 741
Violette J. Pollock & Son, Co. Ltd. Faversham 1919 Coasting schooner Hoo Laid up 716
Waterlily National Maritime Museum Cornwall (8802).jpg John I. Thornycroft & Company Chiswick 1866 Steam launch Falmouth Museum exhibit Part of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall 81 [142]
Waverley PS Waverley off Greenock 1994.jpg A & J Inglis Pointhouse, River Clyde 1946 Paddle Steamer Firth of Clyde Operational 90 [143]
White Heather J. S. Watson (Gainsborough) Ltd. Gainsborough 1932 Canal Tug Woking Operational, privately owned 1657
Willdora Scotland 1901 Fishing trawler Sunderland Undergoing restoration, owned by a charitable trust One of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk" 1858 [144]
William Gammon Groves & Gutteridge Ltd Cowes, Isle of Wight 1947 Watson class Lifeboat Swansea Museum exhibit Part of Swansea Museum 723 [145]
Wingfield Castle PSWingfieldCastle.jpg William Gray & Company Hartlepool 1934 Paddle ferry Hartlepool Museum ship 83 [146]
Xylonite SB Xylonite 3821.jpg F. W. Horlock Mistley 1926 Thames sailing barge Maylandsea Operational, available for charter 236 [147]
Zetland Henry Greathead South Shields 1802 Lifeboat Redcar Museum Oldest lifeboat in the world 627 [148]
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