Ships built in Pembroke Dock

List of ships built in and around Pembroke Dock from 1816 to 1922

1) This list is taken largely from a semi-official list compiled in the Yard not long before it closed, It is now known to include some inaccuracies of detail. To this I have added certain conjecture & surmise. Some liberties with the nomendature of ship types, e.g. using 'Battleship' long before such vessels, strictly, existed. For an accurate & details list, see Lawrence Phillip's book. (2) Launches were normally made at High Water Spring Tides & only in the case of small vessels was is possible to launch two on one tide. hence the frequency of a second launch occurring almost exactly one month after a first. (3) No:91 Juno (1844) was refitted in 1878, renamed Atalanta & subsequently lost with all hands on her first voyage with a new Name. It says much for the quality of her original construction, if not for the policies of the Admiralty, that she was considered worth giving a refit & new lease of life 34 years after launch. Her fate also adds strength to the sailor's superstition about changing a ship's name. (4) Some ships were years on the slip before launch & others were slow in being completed after launch, for various reasons.

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(Amendment, updates and additions) (AJ) Anndra Johnstone

No Name Type Guns Launch Date Remarks 1 Valorous Frigate 28 10/02/1816 2 Ariadne Frigate 28 10/02/1816 3 Thetis Frigate 46 01/02/1817 4 Arethusa Frigate 46 29/07/1817 5 Racer Cutter 04/04/1818 6 Sprightly Cutter 03/01/1818 7 Belleisle Battleship 74 26/04/1819 8 Fishguard Frigate 46 08/07/1819 9 Sylvia Cutter 13/05/1820 10 Frolic Cutter (?) 10 10/06/1820 11 Falcon Cutter (?) 10 10/06/1820 12 Melamous Frigate 46 10/08/1820 13 Skylark Cutter 17/02/1820 14 Swift Cutter 17/02/1820 15 Nerius Frigate 46 30/07/1821 16 Reynard Cutter (?) 10 26/10/1821 17 Meteor Bomb Ship 28 25/06/1823 18 Hamadryad Frigate 46 25/07/1823 19 Zephyr Cutter (?) 10 01/11/1823 20 Wellington Lighter 28/06/1824 21 Vengeance Battleship 84 27/07/1824 22 Thistle Frigate 46 09/09/1824 23 Talbot Frigate 28 09/10/1824 24 Sheldrake Cutter (?) 10 19/05/1825 25 Druid Frigate 46 01/07/1825 26 Success Frigate 28 30/08/1825 27 Skylark Cutter 19 06/05/1826 28 Erebus Bomb Ship 07/06/1826 29 Nemesis Frigate 46 19/08/1826 30 Satellite Frigate 18 02/10/1826 31 Mooring Lighter 27/12.1826 32 Clarence Battleship 84 25/07/1827 33 Spey Cutter (?) 10 06/10/1827 34 Variable Cutter (?) 10 06/10/1827 35 Leda Frigate 46 15/04/1828 36 Sparrow Cutter 28/06/1828 37 Snipe Cutter 28/06/1828 38 Speedy Cutter 28/06/1828 39 Comet Sloop 18 11/08/1828 40 Hotspur Frigate 46 09/10/1828 41 Lightning Sloop 18 11/08/1829 42 Partridge Cutter (?) 10 12/10/1829 43 Thias 10 12/10/1829 44 Raven Cutter 21/10/1829 45 Starling Cutter 31/10/1829 46 Wizard Cutter (?) 10 24/05/1830 47 Seahorse Frigate 46 21/07/1830 48 Stag Frigate 46 02/10/1830 49 Timber Barge 29/01/1831 50 Viper Schooner 6 12/05/1831 51 Imogene Frigate 26 29/06/1831 52 Fly Sloop (?) 18 25/06/1831 53 Harrier Sloop (?) 18 08/11/1831 54 Cockatrice Schooner 6 14/05/1832 55 Andromache Frigate 28 27/08/1832 56 Royal William Battleship 120 02/04/1833 57 Rodney B 92 18/06/1833 58 Forth Frigate 46 01/08/1833 59 Fountain Water Lighter 26/11/1833 60 Sinbad Lighter 27/02/1834 61 Tartarus Steamer 23/06/1834 First 'Steamer' built in yard 62 Cleopatra Frigate 26 28/04/1835 63 Vanguard B 80 25/08/1835 64 Harlequin Sloop (?) 16 160/04/1836 65 Dido Sloop (?) 18 13/06/1836 66 Carysfort Frigate 26 12/08/1836 67 Cremill Victualling Hoy 29/08/1836 Sailing Lighter 68 Gorgon Steamer Frigate 16 31/08/1837 First Steam Warship built in yard 69 Lilly Sloop (?) 16 29/09/1837 70 Penguin Steam Packet 23/04/1834 71 Grecian Steam Frigate 16 24/04/1838 72 Petrel Steam Packet 23/05/1838 73 Daphne Sloop (?) 18 06/08/1838 74 Merlin Steamship 18/09/1838 75 Medush Steamship 31/10/1838 76 Cyclops Steam Frigate 16 10/07/1839 77 Persian Steam Frigate (?) 16 07/10/1839 78 Medina Steamship 18/03/1840 see 72/75 79 Iris Frigate 26 14/07/1840 80 Vixen Steam Sloop 04/02/1841 81 Geyser Steam Sloop 06/04/1841 82 Cambrian Frigate 36 05/07/1841 83 Collingwood Battleship 80 17/08/1841 84 Spiteful Steam Sloop 24/03/1842 85 Superb Battleship 80 06/09/1842 86 Victoria & Albert Royal Yacht 26/04/1843 87 Helena Sloop (?) 16 1/07/1843 88 Vulture Steam Frigate 21/09/1843 89 Flying Fish 12 03/04/1844 90 Centurion Battleship 80 02/05/1844 91 Juno Frigate 26 01/07/1844 92 Water Lighter 21/08/1844 93 Kingfisher 12 18/04/1845 94 Inflexible Steam Sloop 22/04/1845 95 Dragon Steam Sloop 17/07/1845 96 Constance Frigate 50 12/03/1846 97 Conflict Steam Sloop 05/08/1846 Frist Screw' built in Yard 98 Encounter Steam Sloop 24/09/1846 99 Mariner 12 19/10/1846 100 Sybille Frigate 36 15/04/1847 101 Britomart 10 12/06/1847 102 Lion Battleship 80 29/07/1847 103 Camilla 16 08/09/1847 104 Atalanta 16 09/10/1847 105 Colossus Battleship 80 01/06/1848 106 Magicienne Steam Frigate 07/03/1849 107 Buzzard Steam Sloop 24/03/1849 108 Desperate Steam Sloop 23/04/1849 109 Arethusa Frigate 50 20/06/1849 110 Octavia Frigate 50 18/08/1849 111 Liberty 12 11/06/1850 112 Harten 12 19/09/1850 113 Barracouta Steam Sloop 31/03/1851 114 Valorous Steam Sloop 30/04/1851 115 Mosquito 16 29/07/1851 116 Duke of Wellington Battleship 140 14/09/1852 117 James Watt Battleship 90 23/04/1853 118 Rover 16 29/07/1852 119 Caesar Battleship 90 23/04/1853 120 Squirrel 12 08/08/1853 121 Curacoa Frigate 31 13/04/1854 122 Harrier 16 13/05/1854 123 Swallow 8 12/06/1854 124 Ariel 8 11/07/1854 125 Falcon 16 10/08/1854 126 Victoria & Albert Royal Yacht 16/01/1855 127 Sutlej Frigate 50 17/04/1855 128 Brunswick Battleship 80 01/06/1855 129 Repulse Battleship 91 27/09/1855 Revenge?? 130 Flying Fish Dispatch Vessel 21/12/1855 131 Pioneer Dispatch Vessel 19/01/1856 132 Petrel Screw Gunboat 09/02/1856 Crimean War 133 Nettle Screw Gunboat 09/02/1856 Programe 134 Rambler Screw Gunboat 21/02/1856 135 Decoy Screw Gunboat 21/02/1856 136 Janus Screw Gunboat 08/03/1856 137 Drake Screw Gunboat 08/03/1856 138 Albert Srew 16 20/05/1856 139 Cordellia 9 03/07/1856 140 Diadeti Frigate 32 14/10/1856 141 Dido Frigate 32 25/03/1857 142 Immortalite Screw Frigate 50 25/10/1859 143 Gannet 11 29/12/1857 144 Orlando Screw Frigate 50 12/06/1858 145 Windsor Castle Screw Battleship 90 26/08/1985 All subsequent Battleships were screw driven 146 Revenge Battleship 90 16/04/1859 147 Greyhound Screw 16 15/06/1859 148 Immortalite Screw Frigate 50 25/10/1859 All subsequent Frigates were screw driven 149 Espoir Screw 5 07/01/1860 150 Howe Battleship 121 07/03/1860 151 Pelican Screw 17 07/03/1860 152 Nimble Screw 5 15/09/1860 153 Pandora Screw 5 07/02/1861 154 Defiance Battleship 91 27/03/1861 155 Aurora Frigate 50 22/06/1861 156 Perseus Screw 6 21/08/1861 157 Shearwater Screw 4 17/10/1861 158 Psyche Paddle Yacht 29/03/1862 159 Prince Consort First Iron Cased Ship' 33 26/06/1862 See text 160 Enchantress Paddle Yacht 02/08/1862 Admiralty Yacht 161 Research Iron Cased Sloop 4 15/08/1863 162 Albert Royal Yacht 03/10/1863 Paddle 163 Zealous Iron Clad Frigate 20 07/03/1864 164 Lord Clyde Iron Clad Frigate 24 13/10/1864 165 Amazon Wood Sloop 4 23/05/1865 166 Vestal Wood Sloop 4 16/11/1865 167 Nasau Wood Sloop 4 20/02/1866 Later a survey vessel 168 Daphne Wood Sloop 4 23/10/1866 169 Penelope Iron Armour Clad 10 18/06/1867 Twin Screw 170 Newport Screw 4 20/07/1867 171 Gnat Composite Gunboat 26/11/1867 First type of Gunboat 172 Inconstant Composite Frigate 16 12/11/1868 173 Bittern Gunboat 3 20/09/1869 Twin Screw 174 Iron Duke Iron Armour Clad 14 01/03/1870 Twin Screw 175 Osbourne Royal Yacht 19/12/1870 Paddle 176 Coquette Composite Gunboat 4 05/04/1871 177 Foam Composite Gunboat 4 20/08/1871 178 Decoy Composite Gunboat 4 12/10/1871 179 Merlin Composite Gunboat 4 24/11/1871 180 Mosquito Composite Gunboat 4 09/12/1871 181 Goshawk Composite Gunboat 4 23/01/1872 182 Swinger Compostie G 4 07/02/1872 183 Tunderer Battleship (Turret) 4 25/03/1873 From this point, although the number of Guns mounted by Ships continued to be quoted for some years, as result of developments in the design of ships & weapons, the unqualified figure is almost meaningless as a measure of the effective fighting of a vessel & is henceforth omitted from this list 184 Seaflower Wood Saling Brig 25/02/1873 185 Fantome Composite Sloop 18/08/1873 186 Egeria Composite Sloop 01/11/1893 187 Vesuvius Torpedo Vessel 24/03/1874 A very early example of this type. One Tube 188 Dreadnought Battleship (Turret) 08/03/1875 189 Shannon Armour Clad 11/11/1875 190 Emerald Composite Sloop 18/08/1876 191 Iris Dispatch Vessel 12/04/1877 192 Mercury Dispatch Vessel 17/04/1878 193 Pincher Gunboat 05/05/1879 194 Gadfly Gunboat 05/05/1879 195 Nautlus Wood Sailing Brigg 12/11/1879 196 Griper Gunboat 15/09/1879 197 Tickler Gunboat 15/09/1879 198 Pilot Wood Sailing Brigg 12/11/1879 199 Ajax Battleship (Turret) 10/03/1880 200 Redwing Composite Gunboat 22/05/1880 201 Bullfrog Composite Gunboat 03/02/1881 202 Cockchafer Composite Gunboat 19/02/1881 203 Insolent Composite Gunboat 15/03/1881 204 Bouncer Composite Gunboat 15/03/1881 205 Edninburgh Battleship 18/03/18882 206 Collingwood Battlesip 22/11/1882 207 Amphion Dispatch Vessel 13/10/1883 208 Hove Battleship 28/04/1885 209 Thames Cruiser 03/12/1885 210 Anson Battleship 17/02/1886 211 Forth Cruiser 23/10/1886 212 Aurora 2nd Class Cruiser 28/10/1887 213 Nile Battleship 27/03/1888 214 Peacock Composite Gunboat 22/06/1888 215 Pidgeon Composite Gunboat 05/09/1888 216 Plover Composite Gunboat 18/10/1888 217 Magpie Composite Gunboat 15/03/1889 218 Redbreast Composite Gunboat 25/04/1889 219 Redpole Composite Gunboat 13/06/1889 220 Widgeon Composite Gunboat 09/08/1889 221 Blanche Composite Sloop 06/09/1889 222 Blonde Composite Sloop 22/10/1889 Last of composite construction 223 Mayflower Wood Sailing Brigg 20/01/1890 Last Wooden Ship 224 Pearl 3rd Class Cruiser 28/07/1890 225 Empress of India Battleship 07/05/1891 226 Repulse Battleship 27/02/1891 227 Cambrian 2nd Class Cruiser 30/01/1893 228 Flora 2nd Class Cruiser 21/11/1893 229 Hazard Torpedo Gunboat 17/02/1894 230 Renown Battleship 08/05/1895 231 Hanibal Battleship 28/04/1896 Last battleship 232 Andromeda 2nd Class Cruiser 30/04/1897 233 Spartlate 2nd Class Cruiser 27/10/1989 234 Victoria & Albert Royal Yacht 09/05/1899 235 Drake Cruiser 05/03/1901 236 Essex Cruiser 29/08/1901 237 Cornwall Cruiser 29/10/1902 238 Duke of Edinburgh Armoured Cruiser 14/01/1904 239 Warrior Armoured Cruiser 25/11/1905 240 Defence Armoured Cruiser 27/04/1907 241 Boadicea Light Cruiser 14/05/1908 242 Bellona Light Cruiser 20/03/1909 243 Blanche Light Cruiser 25/11/1909 244 Blonde Light Cruiser 22/06/1910 245 Active Light Cruiser 14/03/1911 246 Amphion Light Cruiser 04/12/1911 247 Fealess Light Cruiser 12/06/1912 248 Nottingham Light Cruiser 18/04/1913 249 Oil Fuel Lighter 00/07/1913 250 Trefoil Tanker (RFA) 27/10/1913 251 Cordellia Light Cruiser 23/02/1914 252 Carysfort Light Cruiser 19/11/1914 253 J3 Submarine 04/12/1915 254 J4 Submarine 02/02/1916 255 Cambrian Light Cruiser 03/03/1916 256 Turmoil Tanker (RFA) 07/03/1917 257 Curacoa Light Cruiser 05/05/1917 258 L10 Submarine 24/01/1918 259 H51 Submarine 15/11/1918 260 Coal Lighter 00/12/1918 261 H52 Submarine 31/03/1919 262 Coal Barge 263 Oleander Tanker (RFA) 26/04/1922