Category talk:National Register of Historic Vessels

The National Historic Fleet, Core Collection is a list of museum ships located in the United Kingdom, under the National Historic Ships register.

The vessels on the National Historic Fleet 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 and which fit the above criteria.

Name	Image	Builder	Town/City	Year	Class	Type	Location	Status	Remarks	Certificate No.	Link
Category:Alfred Corry (ship, 1893)		Beeching Brothers	Great Yarmouth	1893		Lifeboat	Southwold	Museum exhibit			[1]
Category:Bertha (ship, 1844)		G Lunnel & Co	Bristol	1844		Dredger	World of Boats	Museum exhibit	Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Worked in Bridgwater docks		[2]
Category:Branksome (ship, 1896)		George Brockbank	Windermere	1896			Windermere	Operational, Museum			[3]
Category:Cabby (ship, 1928)		London & Rochester Trading Company		1928	Spritsail Barge	Barge	Maylandsea	Operational, Preserved			[4]
Category:Calshot (ship, 1936)		John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston, Southampton	1936		Tugboat	Southampton	Under restoration			[5]
Category:Challenge (ship, 1931)		Alexander Hall & Company	Aberdeen	1931		Tugboat	Bristol Harbour	Operational, Available for hire	Last steam tug to serve on the River Thames		[6]
Category:City of Adelaide (ship, 1864)		William Pile & Hay	Sunderland	1864		Clipper	Scottish Maritime Museum	Hulk, scheduled to be demolished	Oldest clipper in the world		[7]
CMB 4		John I. Thornycroft & Company	Hampton	1916			Imperial War Museum Duxford	Museum, exhibit			[8]
Category:Comrade (ship, 1923)		Warrens Shipyard	New Holland	1923	Humber keel	Sailing barge	South Ferriby	Operational, available for hire			[9]
Category:Corrie (ship, 1908)		Robertsons	Dunoon	1908	Clyde 30 Racing Yacht	Yacht	Gosport	Operational, Private
Category:Cutty Sark (ship, 1896)		Scott & Linton	Dumbarton	1869		Clipper	Greenwich	Under restoration	The world's last tea clipper		[10]
Category:Edmund Gardner (ship, 1953)		Philip & Son	Dartmouth, Devon	1953		Pilot Cutter	Merseyside Maritime Museum	Museum, dry berth			[11]
Category:Excellent (ship, 1931)		J & G Forbes	Sandhaven	1931	Drifter	Fishing boat	Penzance, Cornwall	In commercial use	Oldest wooden fishing boat in commercial use
Category:Excelsior (ship, 1921)		John Chambers & Co	Lowestoft	1921	Lowestoft Sailing Smack	Trawler	Lowestoft	Training ship			[12]
Glenlee		Anderson Rodger and Co	Port Glasgow	1896	Barque	Cargo vessel	Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow	Museum			[13]
HMRC Vigilant		Cox & Company	Falmouth	1901		Customs Cruiser	Medway Maritime Trust	Under restoration			[14]
HMS Alliance		Vickers Armstrong	Barrow-in-Furness	1945	Amphion	Submarine	Royal Navy Submarine Museum	Museum/Memorial			[15]
HMS Belfast		Harland & Wolff	Belfast	1938	Town class	Light cruiser	Port of London	Museum/Memorial			[16]
HMS Caroline		Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	1914	C class	Light Cruiser	Port of Belfast	Royal Navy Training	One of two surviving World War I British warships (see also HMS M33)		[17]
HMS Gannet		Royal Dockyard	Sheerness	1878		Sloop	Chatham Historic Dockyard	Museum			[18]
HMS Medusa		R A Newman & Sons	Poole, Dorset	1943		Motor Launch	Southampton	Museum			[19]
HMS Trincomalee		Wadia Shipyard	Bombay, India	1816	Leda-Class	Frigate	Hartlepool's Maritime Experience	Museum			[20]
HMS Unicorn		Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	1824	Leda-Class	Frigate	Dundee, Scotland	Museum			[21]
HMS Victory		Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	1765		Ship of the line	Royal Naval Museum, HMNB Portsmouth	Museum			[22]
HMS Warrior		Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company	Leamouth	1860		Ironclad	Portsmouth	Museum			[23]
Holland 1		Vickers, Sons & Maxim	Barrow-in-Furness	1901	Holland Class	Submarine	Royal Navy Submarine Museum	Museum			[24]
HSL 102		British Power Boat Co.	Hythe, Kent	1936		Motor Torpedo Boat	Lymington	For Sale References for this description (or part of this) or for the depiction in the file are not provided. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page.
Jesse Lumb		J Samuel White & Co	Cowes, Isle of Wight	1939	Watson class	Lifeboat	Imperial War Museum Duxford	Museum exhibit			[25]
PS John H Amos		Bow, McLachlan and Company	Paisley, Scotland	1931		Tugboat	Medway Maritime Trust	Laid up on barge			[26]
Kathleen and May		Ferguson and Baird	Connah's Quay, Flintshire	1900		Schooner	Bideford, Devon	Operational, Up For Sale	Last remaining wooden hull three masted top sail schooner		[27]
Kindly Light		Armour Brothers	Fleetwood	1911		Pilot Cutter	Gweek	Under restoration
PS Kingswear Castle		Philip & Son	Dartmouth, Devon	1924		Paddle Steamer	River Medway	Operational			[28]
Landfall		Hawthorn Leslie	Hebburn	1944	Landing Craft Tank	Landing Craft	Birkenhead	Laid up
Lively Hope		William Weatherhead & Son	Cockenzie	1936	Ring-Netter	Fishing boat	Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther	Museum exhibit			[29]
LV 91		Philip & Son	Dartmouth, Devon	1937		Lightvessel	Swansea	Floating museum
Lydia Eva		Kings Lynn Slipway Company	King's Lynn	1930		Fishing boat	Herring drifter	Operational, Museum	The world's last surviving steam-powered herring drifter.		[30]
HMS M33		Workman Clark Ltd	Belfast	1915	M29 class monitor	Monitor	Portsmouth Historic Dockyard	Museum			[31]
Maria		Harris Brothers	Rowhedge	1866	Smack	Fishing boat	Brightlingsea	Private, operating
Mayflower		Stothert & Marten	Bristol	1861		Tugboat	Bristol harbour	Floating museum			[32]
Mirosa		John Howard	Maldon	1892		Thames sailing barge	Iron Wharf, Faversham	Operational, preserved			[33]
MTB 102		Vospers	Portsmouth	1937		Motor Torpedo Boat	Lowestoft	Owned by a trust			[34]
Olga		J Bowden	Porthleven	1909		Pilot Cutter	Swansea	Floating museum			[35]
Peacock		Fellows Morton and Clayton	Saltley Dock, Birmingham	1915		Narrowboat	Dudley	Floating museum			[36]
Peggy		Unknown		1789		Yacht	Castletown, Isle of Man	Stored, undercover			[37]
Prince Frederick's Barge		John Hall	South Bank	1732		State Barge	National Maritime Museum	Museum			[38]
Pyronaut		Charles Hill & Sons Ltd	Bristol	1934		Fireboat	Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum	Floating museum		619	[39]
Reaper		J & G Forbes Ltd	Sandhaven	1901		Fishing boat	Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther	Operational, Museum
Result		Robert Kent & Company	Carrickfergus	1893		Schooner	Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra	Museum exhibit		496	[40]
Royal Yacht Britannia		John Brown Ltd	Clydebank	1952		Royal Yacht/Hospital Ship	Leith, Edinburgh	Floating museum		1919	[41]
RRS Discovery		Dundee Shipbuilders' Company	Dundee	1901		Polar Research Ship	Dundee	Floating museum		39	[42]
Sabrina		Fielding & Platt Ltd	Gloucester	1870		Inspection Launch	Maidenhead	Private: operating		62
SS Great Britain		W Patterson	Wapping Wharf, Bristol	1843		Passenger ship	Bristol Harbour	Museum		76	[43]
SS Nomadic		Harland & Wolff	Belfast	1910		Passenger Tender	Belfast	Under restoration	Built to ferry passengers from Cherbourg to RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic. Last surviving ship built for White Star Line.	2053	[44]
SS Robin		Mackenzie, MacAlpine & Co	Leamouth	1890		Coastal Steamer	West India Docks, London	Floating museum		1794	[45]
SS Shieldhall		Lobnitz & Co Ltd	Renfrew	1955		Sewage Disposal vessel	Southampton	Operational, Private		66	[46]
Stormy Petrel		R & C Perkins	Whitstable	1890		Oyster Smack	Gillingham	Private, operating		840
T 3		Royal Engineers	Richborough, Kent	1918		Seaplane Lighter	Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton	Museum exhibit		712	[47]
Turbinia		Marine Steam Turbine Co	Heaton	1894			Discovery Museum	Museum	Original engine at Science Museum	138	[48]
PS Waverley		A & J Inglis	Pointhouse, River Clyde	1946		Paddle Steamer	Firth of Clyde	Operational		90	[49]
Zetland		Henry Greathead	South Shields	1802		Lifeboat	Redcar	Museum	Oldest lifeboat in the world	627	[50]