Several vessels have been named Chesterfield.
Numerous British vessels have borne the name Prince of Wales, after the then current Prince of Wales, the title borne by the heir-presumptive to the throne of the United Kingdom.
Britannia may refer to any one of a large number of ships:
The British Royal Navy purchased HMS Shark on the stocks in 1775. She was launched in 1776, and in 1778 converted to a fireship and renamed HMS Salamander. The Navy sold her in 1783. She then became the mercantile Salamander. In the 1780s she was in the northern whale fishery. In 1791 she transported convicts to Australia. She then became a whaling ship in the southern whale fishery for a number of years, before becoming a general transport and then a slave ship. In 1804 the French captured her, but the Royal Navy recaptured her. Although she is last listed in 1811, she does not appear in Lloyd's List (LL) ship arrival and departure (SAD) data after 1804.
Several vessels have been named Thames, for the River Thames:
A number of vessels have been named Alexander:
Numerous ships have sailed under the name Antelope. Notable ones include:
A number of sailing ships have been named Queen Charlotte.
Several vessels have been named Harriet, or Harriot:
Numerous vessels have borne the name Active :
Several vessels have been named Recovery:
Several ships have been named Commerce:
Several ships have Zephyr for the light wind.
Several ships have been named Hinchinbrooke, or Hinchinbrook, or Hinchinbroke.
Several ships have been named Swallow for the bird Swallow:
Several vessels have been named Tartar:
Several vessels have been named William:
Several ships have been named Trelawney or Trelawny.
Chesterfield was launched in 1806 at Portland. She served from November 1806 to her capture in October 1811, as a Post Office Packet Service packet, sailing between Weymouth and the Channel Islands. A French privateer captured her at the end of October 1811 in "a spirited but ineffectual" single ship action. She then became a French privateer that made several captures before the Royal Navy recaptured her.