Since the earliest days the Royal Navy has reused its ships
names. The names of all the ships in which William Loney served
have also been used for earlier and/or later ships (even the
whimsically named Pantaloon); this can sometimes lead to
confusion. The following list contains all the other RN ships (excluding Customs cutters, hired ships etc.) I
have been able to identify with the same names as the ships William
Loney served in.
The dates given are those between which the ship carried the name
given, and - if the ship was renamed - are not those on which it was launched and broken
up or lost. The references are explained beneath the table.
| Dates |
Description |
| Wanderer |
| 1806-1817 |
6th rate, 20 |
| 1835-1850 |
2nd class brig, 16 |
| 1855-1866 |
Wooden screw gunvessel |
| 1883-1907 |
Composite screw sloop (Dolphin class) |
| 1919-1946 |
D74, modified "W" class destroyer, 1943 long range escort |
| Persian |
| 1809-1813 |
Brig sloop, 18 (Cruizer class); wrecked on Silver Keys |
| 1839-1866 |
2nd class brig, 16 |
| Dolphin |
| 1648-1650 |
Ketch, 4; ex-Royalist 'Angel' |
| 1652-1657 |
30 gun ship; captured |
| 1660-1665 |
16 gun ship; ex-Royalist 'Wexford'; expended as fireship |
| 1690-1709 |
Small fifth rate, 28/24 |
| 1690-1730 |
Fireship, 8 |
| 1731-1755 |
6th rate, 20; 1746 fireship; renamed 'Firebrand'; renamed 'Penguin' |
| 1751-1777 |
6th rate, 24 |
| 1781-1817 |
5th rate, 44; 1800 troopship |
| 1819-1830 |
4th rate two-decker, 54; ex-'Admiral Rainier' (East
Indiaman), ex-'Hindustan', renamed 'Justitia' |
| 1836-1861 |
Brigantine, 3; became Customs watch vessel |
| 1882-1925 |
Composite screw sloop (Dolphin class); 1907 accommodation hulk for submarines |
| 1924-1939 |
Depot ship; ex-'Pandora'; sunk by mine |
| Penelope |
| 1778-1780 |
6th rate, 24; captured by her Spanish prisoners |
| 1783-1797 |
12 prd frigate, 32 |
| 1798-1815 |
5th rate, 18 prd frigate, 36; 1813 troopship; wrecked in the St. Laurence |
| 1829-1864 |
5th rate, 18 prd
frigate, 36; later 1st class steam frigate, 22 |
| 1867-1912 |
Central battery armoured corvette |
| 1914-1924 |
Light cruiser (Arethusa class) |
| 1935-1944 |
Light cruiser (Arethusa class); sunk by U.410 off Anzio |
| 1962-1991 |
F127, general purpose frigate (Leander class, batch 2) |
| Pantaloon |
| 1831-1852 |
Brig, 10 |
| 1860-1867 |
Wood screw sloop |
| Amphitrite |
| 1778-1794 |
6th rate, 24; wrecked in the Mediterranean |
| 1795-1811 |
9 pdr frigate, ex-'Pomona' |
| 1799-1801 |
5th rate, 24 pdr frigate; ex-Dutch 'Ampfitrite',
renamed 'Imperieuse' |
| 1804-1805 |
5th rate, 18 pdr frigate; ex-Spanish
'Anfitrite'/'Santa Ursila', renamed 'Blanche'; 1807 wrecked off Ushant |
| 1816-1875 |
5th rate, 18 pdr
frigate; later 6th rate, corvette, 26 |
| 1898-1920 |
First class protected cruiser (Diadem class); 1917 minelayer |
| Apollo |
| 1747-1749 |
storeship, 20; captured from French; wrecked off Madras |
| 1774-1786 |
5th rate, 12 pdr frigate, 32; ex-'Glory' |
| 1794-1799 |
5th rate, 18 pdr frigate, 38; wrecked off Dutch coast |
| 1799-1804 |
5th rate, 18 pdr frigate, 36; wrecked off Portugal |
| 1805-1856 |
5th rate, 18 pdr
frigate, 38; 1846 troopship |
| 1891-1920 |
2nd class protected cruiser (Apollo class); 1909 minelayer |
| 1934-1938 |
Light cruiser (modified Leander class), became HMAS Hobart |
| 1943-1962 |
M01, light minelaying cruiser (Abdiel class) |
| 1970-1988 |
F70, general purpose Frigate (Leander class) |
| Hydra |
| 1778-1783 |
6th rate, corvette |
| 1797-1820 |
5th rate, 18 pdr frigate, 38; 1812 troopship |
| 1838-1870 |
2nd class steam sloop,
paddle, 6 |
| 1871-1903 |
Twin turret coast defence monitor (Cyclops class), 4 |
| 1912-1921 |
Destroyer (Acheron 'I' class) |
| 1942-1944 |
Minesweeper (Algerine class); damaged by mine and not repaired |
| Melampus |
| 1785-1815 |
5th rate, 18 pdr frigate, 36; sold to Dutch |
| 1820-1906 |
5th rate, 18 pdr
frigate, 38 |
| 1890-1910 |
2nd class protected cruiser (Apollo class) |
| 1914-1921 |
H75, destroyer (Matchless class); ex-Greek 'Chios' |
| Arrogant |
| 1705-1709 |
Two-decker; ex-French 'l'Arrogant'; foundered |
| 1761-1810 |
3th rate, two-decker, 74 |
| 1798-1801 |
Gunvessel, ex-French 'l'Arrogante',
renamed 'Insolent' |
| 1810-1842 |
Store hulk, ex-merchantman 'Adasier',
renamed 'Insolent' |
| 1848-1867 |
Wood screw frigate, 47 |
| 1896-1923 |
2nd class protected cruiser, ram (Arrogant class); 1911 submarine depot ship |
| Dauntless |
| 1804-1807 |
Sloop, 20/22; captured by the French |
| 1808-1825 |
Sloop, 18 |
| 1847-1885 |
Wood screw frigate, 31 |
| 1918-1946 |
Light cruiser (Danae class) |
| Emerald |
| 1757-1761 |
9 pdr frigate, ex French 'l'Emeraude' |
| 1762-1793 |
5th rate, 12 pdr frigate, 32 |
| 1795-1836 |
5th rate, 18 pdr frigate, 36 |
| 1820-1847 |
Tender |
| 1856-1869
| Wood screw frigate, 60 |
| 1876-1906 |
Composite screw corvette (Emerald class), 12 |
| 1903-1910 |
Armoured frigate; 1899 training ship; ex-'Black Prince'; renamed 'Impregnable III' |
| 1918-1918 |
Coastguard gunboat; ex-'Amelia'; ex-'Colleen'; ex-'Coleen (old)'; renamed 'Cuckoo' |
| 1920-1948 |
D66, light cruiser (Emerald class) |
| Cumberland |
| 1695-1707 |
3rd rate, three-decker, 80/72 |
| 1710-1732 |
3rd rate, three-decker, 80 |
| 1739-1760 |
3rd rate, three-decker, 80 |
| 1739-1742 |
Fireship |
| 1774-1804? |
3rd rate, two-decker, 74 |
| 1807-1830 |
3rd rate, two-decker, 74 |
| 1842-1889 |
3rd rate, two-decker,
70 |
| 1902-1921 |
1st class armoured cruiser (Monmouth class) |
| 1926-1959 |
C57, heavy cruiser (Kent class) |
| 1986- |
F85, type 22 guided missile frigate, batch 3 |
| Glasgow |
| 1707-1719 |
6th rate, corvette, 24; ex Scots 'Royal Mary' |
| 1745-1746 |
6th rate, one-decker, 20/24 |
| 1757-1779 |
6th rate, one-decker, 20 |
| 1814-1828 |
24 pdr frigate, 40/50 |
| 1861-1884 |
4th rate wooden screw frigate |
| 1909-1926 |
Protected cruiser (Bristol class) |
| 1936-1958 |
Light cruiser, C21 |
| 1976-2005 |
D88, type 42, batch 1 guided missile destroyer (Sheffield class) |
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