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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:

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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.

NameImageBuilderTown/CityYearClassTypeLocationStatusRemarksCertificate No.Link
ADCAldous & Sons Brightlingsea 1895 Fishing smack St Osyth In private ownership1451
AdvanceRichard DunstonThorne1942Victualling Inshore Craft Plymouth Undergoing restoration79
Alaska SL Alaska.jpg J. S. & W. J. Horsham & Co. Bourne End, Buckinghamshire 1883River launch Marlow, Buckinghamshire Operational, available for hire7
Albion Albion Bill 031.jpg William Brighton Lake Lothing, Suffolk 1898Trading wherry Ludham Preserved, operationalUsed for sail training99
Alfred Corry Lifeboat Alfred Corry, Southwold, 14th June 2009 (2).JPG Beeching Brothers Great Yarmouth 1893 Lifeboat Southwold Museum exhibit101
Amy Howson "Amy Howson" - geograph.org.uk - 254428.jpg Joseph Scarr & Sons Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire 1914Humber sloop South Ferriby Operational, available for hire103
B.A.S.P BASP LIFEBOAT.JPG J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1924 Watson class Lifeboat Chatham Dockyard Museum exhibit1687 Archived 8 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine
Balmoral MVBalmoral.jpg John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Southampton 1949Ferry Bristol Preserved, operational128
BarcadaleHerd & Mackenzie Buckie 1938Fishing drifter River Clyde Privately owned, undergoing restoration1443
Basuto Basuto (Clyde puffer), Ellesmere Port. - geograph.org.uk - 370953.jpg W. Jacks & Co Port Dundas 1902 Clyde puffer Ellesmere Port Museum exhibitPart of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 11
Bertha Steam dredger 1844.jpg G Lunnel & Co Bristol 1844 Dredger Bristol Not on public displayDesigned by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Worked in Bridgwater docks 17
Branksome Steam launch Branksome, at the Windermere Jetty museum in Windermere, Cumbria.jpg George Brockbank Windermere 1896Steam Launch Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories Museum Exhibit2
Bruce'sJames N Miller & Son Ltd St Monans 1926FifieFishing drifter Queensferry Operational, private1378
Cabby Thames barge - Flickr - exfordy.jpg London & Rochester Trading Company Rochester, Kent 1928 Thames sailing barge Maylandsea Operational, PreservedOne of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk"134 Archived 10 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Calshot Calshot-B.jpg John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Southampton 1936 Tugboat Southampton ScrappedTug, tender & excursion vessel- Scrapped in 2022 following skyrocketing costs to restore her1 Archived 22 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Cambria Cambria, Standard Quay.jpg William Everard Greenhithe 1906 Thames sailing barge Faversham Operational, private245
Carola Steam yacht Carola.jpg Scott & Co Bowling, West Dunbartonshire 1898Steam yacht Irvine Museum exhibitPart of the Scottish Maritime Museum 9
Centaur Thames barges at Maldon - geograph.org.uk - 351150.jpg John & Herbert Cann Harwich 1895 Thames sailing barge Maldon, Essex Operational, private193
Cervia Sunday 4 April 2010, Steam Tug Cervia.JPG Alexander Hall & Company Limited Aberdeen 1945 Tugboat Ramsgate Museum exhibitPart of the Ramsgate Maritime Museum 5
Challenge Tug Challenge.jpg Alexander Hall & Company Aberdeen 1931 Tugboat River Medway Operational, Available for hireLast steam tug to serve on the River Thames13
CMB 4 HM CMB No4 (1920).jpg John I. Thornycroft & Company Hampton1916 Coastal Motor Boat Boathouse 4,Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Museum, exhibit400
Comrade South Ferriby Marina - geograph.org.uk - 189549.jpg Warrens Shipyard New Holland 1923 Humber keel South Ferriby Operational, available for hire435 Archived 12 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
ConcordH. King & SonsPinmill1937Sailing yacht Fowey Operational, available for charter1410
Concrete canal barge Gloucester Waterways Museum - Gloucester Docks - boat - S.N.D. No. 4.jpg A. H. Guest Stourbridge 1918Concrete canal barge Gloucester Museum exhibitPart of the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester 402
ConsutaSam Saunders Goring-on-Thames 1898Umpire's launch River Thames Privately owned, operationalUsed the consuta method of construction87
Coronia Fellows & Co Great Yarmouth 1935Excursion vessel Scarborough Privately owned, operational179
CorrieRobertsons Dunoon 1908Clyde 30 Racing Yacht Yacht Gosport Operational, Private1383
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 renovationThe world's last tea clipper438
Daniel Adamson Daniel Adamson (ship).jpg Tranmere Bay Development Co. Birkenhead 1903 Tugboat Liverpool Owned by charitable trust, operationalFormerly named Ralph Brocklebank. Renamed after Daniel Adamson 15
Dolly Windermere Steamboat Museum - geograph.org.uk - 606625.jpg 1850 Steam launch Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories Museum exhibit19
Doris Bawley Doris LO 284 from leigh on sea built at Harwich in 1909.jpg John & Herbert Cann Harwich 1909Thames bawley Gillingham, Kent Private, operational791
DuessaJames A Silver Ltd Rosneath 1935Motor launch Walton-on-the-Naze Private, operational1381
Edmund Gardner Edmund Gardner 2013.JPG Philip and Son Dartmouth, Devon 1953 Pilot Cutter Liverpool - Merseyside Maritime Museum Museum, dry berth444
Elswick II1913Dumb lighter South Shields Laid up445
Esperance Lake Windermere on a rainy day (geograph 5379616).jpg T.B. Seath & Co. Rutherglen 1869Saloon launch Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories Museum exhibit446
EstherJames Collinson Grimsby 1888Grimsby smack Grimsby Museum exhibit, undergoing restorationPart of the National Fishing Heritage Centre 170
Eva Steam launch Eva (boat, 1874).jpg J. I. Thornycroft & Co Ltd Chiswick 1874Saloon launch Henley-on-Thames Museum exhibitPart of the River and Rowing Museum 25
ExcellentJ & G Forbes Sandhaven 1931Drifter Fishing boat Penzance, Cornwall In commercial useOldest wooden fishing boat in commercial use154
Excelsior Excelsior with staysail.jpg John Chambers & Co Lowestoft 1921Lowestoft Sailing Smack Trawler Lowestoft Training ship447
FCB 18 FCB18 - A Concrete Barge - geograph.org.uk - 2967234.jpg Wates Building Group Limited Barrow in Furness 1944Concrete lighter Ellesmere Port Museum exhibitPart of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 1390
FeasibleJohn Duthie Aberdeen 1912Steam fishing drifter Penzance Private ownership, undergoing restoration711
Friendship NWM Ellesmere - 20180425 122052 (40802296595).jpg Sephtons Sutton Stop, Coventry 1925 Narrow boat Ellesmere Port Museum exhibitPart of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 449
Garlandstone Garlandstone, Morwellham Quay - geograph.org.uk - 381846.jpg James Goss Calstock 1903 Tamar Ketch Morwellham Quay Abandoned136
George George at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port.jpg Wigan Coal & Iron CompanyNew Springs, Wigan 1910 Leeds & Liverpool Shortboat Ellesmere Port Museum exhibitPart of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 451
Gifford Gifford, National Waterways Museum - geograph.org.uk - 2968023.jpg William Nurser Braunston 1926Horse-drawn canal barge Ellesmere Port Museum exhibitPart of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 452
Gladys Thames Sailing Barge Gladys, St Katharine Docks - geograph.org.uk - 1382647.jpg John & Herbert Cann Harwich 1901 Thames sailing barge River Thames Private ownership204
Glala Glala as we found her.jpg A. R. Luke & Sons River Hamble 1915Motor yacht Ipswich Private ownership204
Glenlee GlenLee.jpg Anderson Rodger and Co Port Glasgow 1896Barque Cargo vessel Glasgow - Yorkhill QuayMuseum450
Golden VanitySanders & Co Galmpton 1908 Brixham trawler Brixham Private ownershipUsed for sail training1673
GovernorHarris Brothers Netherton 1941 Narrow boat Walsall Private ownership457
Grab No. 1 Blyth Shipbuilding Company Blyth, Northumberland 1927 Grab dredger Blyth, Northumberland Private ownership1391
Greta 'Greta' at Whitstable - geograph.org.uk - 821084.jpg Stone Brothers Brightlingsea 1891 Thames sailing barge Blyth, Northumberland Private ownershipOne of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk"206
GularisStaniland & Company Thorne 1938Motor yacht Newark-on-Trent Private ownership1399
H21 Aircraft Lighter.jpg Royal Engineers Richborough, Kent 1918 Seaplane lighter Yeovilton Museum exhibit, undergoing restorationPart of the Fleet Air Arm Museum 712
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 exhibitPart of the RNLI Henry Blogg Museum1446
HarrietSingleton BrothersWyre Dock, Fleetwood 1893Fishing smack Fleetwood Museum exhibit, undergoing conservationPart of Fleetwood Museum 638
Hathor Pleasure Wherry Hathor, South Walsham staithe - geograph.org.uk - 232264.jpg Daniel S. Hall Reedham, Norfolk 1905Pleasure wherry Wroxham Private ownership, awaiting restorationOwned by Wherry Yacht Charter Charitable Trust 453
Hen Cochrane & Sons Selby 1925Dumb lighter Liverpool Private ownership561
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 exhibitPart of the Dock Museum 561
HMRC Vigilant HM Customs Cutter Vigilant on Faversham Creek - geograph.org.uk - 1086384.jpg Cox & Company Falmouth 1901 Customs Cruiser Faversham Under restoration500
HMS Alliance HMS Alliance S67.jpg Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness 1945 Amphion class Submarine Gosport Museum/MemorialPart of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum 100 Archived 3 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
HMS Belfast Hms belfast.jpg Harland & Wolff Belfast 1938 Town class Light cruiser London - Port of London Museum/MemorialPart of the Imperial War Museum 123
HMS Caroline HMS Caroline 1914.jpg Cammell Laird Birkenhead 1914 C class Light cruiser Belfast - Port of Belfast Museum shipPart of the National Museum of the Royal Navy 430
HMS Cavalier HMSCavalier.jpg J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1943 C class Destroyer Chatham Historic Dockyard Museum ship431 Archived 8 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
HMS Gannet HMS Gannet (1878).jpg Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness 1878 Sloop Chatham Historic Dockyard Museum505 Archived 8 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
HMS Medusa (A353) HDML 1387 HMS Medusa.jpg R A Newman & Sons Poole, Dorset 1943 Harbour Defence Motor Launch Southampton Museum522
HMS President 20040918-027-thames-ship.jpg Lobnitz & Company Renfrew 1917 Anchusa class Sloop Thames Embankment Private ownership494
HMS Trincomalee HMS Trincomalee.jpg Wadia Shipyard Bombay, India 1816 Leda class Frigate Hartlepool's Maritime Experience Museum497
HMS Unicorn HMS Unicorn.jpg Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent 1824 Leda class Frigate Dundee Museum498
HMS Victory HMS Victory - bow.jpg Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent 1765 Ship of the line Portsmouth - Royal Naval Museum, HMNB Portsmouth MuseumOldest commissioned naval ship in the world499
HMS Warrior HMS Warrior (1860)2008.jpg Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Leamouth 1860 Ironclad Portsmouth Museum501
Holland 1 Smfirstholland.jpg Vickers, Sons & Maxim Barrow-in-Furness 1901Holland class Submarine Gosport - Royal Navy Submarine Museum Museum427 Archived 3 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
HQS Wellington HQS-Wellington-Crossthames.jpg Devonport Dockyard Devonport, Devon 1934 Grimsby class Sloop Victoria Embankment Private ownershipHeadquarters of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners 502
HSL 102 HSL102.JPG British Power Boat Company Hythe, Hampshire 1936100 class High Speed Rescue Launch Portsmouth - Gunwharf Quays On display and available for charterLast remaining boat of her class525
HSL 376Hancock Shipbuilding Pembroke Dock 1944Naval Harbour Service Launch Chatham Historic Dockyard Museum exhibit41 Archived 8 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
Humber British Power Boat Company Hythe, Hampshire 1945RASC fast launch Oulton Broad Stored, undergoing restoration542
Hurlingham Salter Brothers Oxford 1915Thames excursion steamer Lambeth Private, operational257
Ironsides SB Ironsides 4911.jpg Stanfield and Clarke Grays 1900 Thames sailing barge Faversham Private, undergoing restoration470
Isabella Fortuna Isabella Fortuna 830820.jpg James Weir Arbroath 1890 Fifie Wick Museum, operational705
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, operational1279
Janet Janet on Lake Windermere - geograph.org.uk - 732387.jpg J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1892Admiral's barge Windermere Privately owned31
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 exhibit1759
John Constable1880Stour barge Sudbury Museum, operationalOwned by the River Stour Trust 1759
John H Amos River Medway at Chatham - John H Amos - geograph.org.uk - 733175.jpg Bow, McLachlan and Company Paisley, Scotland1931 Tugboat Chatham, Kent Laid up on barge33
Kathleen and May Kathleen and May01.jpg Ferguson and Baird Connah's Quay, Flintshire 1900 Schooner Bideford, Devon Operational, Up For SaleLast remaining wooden hull three masted top sail schooner146
Kent Tug 126.jpg Richards Ironworks Co. Ltd. Lowestoft 1948 Tugboat Chatham, Kent Operational1937
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, operational34
Kindly LightArmour Brothers Fleetwood 1911 Pilot Cutter Gweek Under restoration472
Kingfisher J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1928Inspection launch Yardley Gobion Privately owned, operational1380
Kingswear Castle PS Kingswear Castle01.JPG Philip & Son Dartmouth, Devon 1924 Paddle Steamer Dartmouth Operational35
Kyles "Kyles" at Clydebuilt Braehead - geograph.org.uk - 1425432.jpg John Fullarton & Co. Paisley 1872Motor coaster Irvine Museum exhibitPart of the Scottish Maritime Museum 473
Lady CharlotteJ. Crichton & Co. Saltney 1914Saloon launch Henley-on-Thames Operational, privately owned27
Lady Daphne Thames Barges (6088452115).jpg Short Brothers Rochester, Kent 1923 Thames sailing barge St Katharine Docks Privately owned, up for sale210
Lady of the Lake Glenridding Pier - geograph.org.uk - 259939.jpg T.B. Seath & Co. Rutherglen 1877Excursion steamer Ullswater Operational in commercial serviceMember of the Ullswater 'Steamers' fleet375
Lamouette Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth 1937Naval pinnace Ramsgate Operational, privately owned643
Largo LawJames N. Miller & Son Ltd St Monans 1924 Pilot vessel CharlestownPrivate ownership1620
LCT 7074 LCT 7074 in Portsmouth Opened to Public cropped.jpg Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn 1944 Landing Craft Tank Landing Craft Portsmouth Refloated from Birkenhead docks and transported to Portsmouth for renovation713
Leader Brest 2016 - 20160717-029 Leader.jpg A. W. Gibb Galmpton 1892 Brixham trawler Brixham Owned by charitable trust as a sail training ship604
Light Vessel 12 Spurn Spurn Lightship Post-Refurb, March 2023.jpg Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Co Ltd Goole 1927 Lightship Kingston upon Hull Museum ship671
Light Vessel 16 Inner Dowsing William Pitcher Northfleet 1840 Lightship Rochester, Kent Private ownership131
Light Vessel 50 H.Y. Tyne Fletcher, Son & FearnallLondon1879 Lightship Blyth, Northumberland Private ownershipHeadquarters of the Royal Northumberland Yacht Club 141
Light Vessel 91 Humber Helwick lightboot.JPG Philip & Son Dartmouth, Devon 1937 Lightship Swansea Floating museumPart of Swansea Museum 137
Lively HopeWilliam Weatherhead & Son Cockenzie 1936Ring-Netter Fishing boat Anstruther Museum exhibitPart of the Scottish Fisheries Museum 1856 Archived 8 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Lydia Eva Steam Drifter Lydia Eva.jpg King's Lynn Slipway Company King's Lynn 1930 Fishing boat, Herring drifter Great Yarmouth Operational, MuseumThe world's last surviving steam-powered herring drifter.43
Lynher Morwellham, restored Tamar sailing barge 'Lynher' - geograph.org.uk - 37536.jpg James Goss Calstock 1896 Tamar barge Cremyll Privately owned, up for sale1137
M33 HMS Monitor M33 - 4 April 2010 at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.JPG Workman Clark Ltd Belfast 1915 M29 class Monitor Portsmouth - Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Museum482 Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Madcap Le cotre-pilote Madcap (3).JPG Davis & Plain Cardiff 1875 Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Carrickfergus Up for sale91
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
MaidieErnest Collins and Sons (Wroxham) Ltd. Wroxham 1904 Broads yacht Wroxham Operational, privately owned1934
Marbury Ice Breaker at the National Waterways Museum - geograph.org.uk - 2967605.jpg 1900Towed canal icebreaker Ellesmere Port Museum exhibitPart of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 478
MariaHarris Brothers Rowhedge 1866 Fishing smack Brightlingsea Private, operating718
Mary JosephWilliam Paynter Kilkeel 1877Fishing lugger Belfast Laid upPart of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum 479
Mary Rose Mary rose 2019 sideish.JPG Portsmouth1511 Carrack Portsmouth Museum exhibit, preserved wreckPart 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 charter689
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 restoration417
Maud Wherry Maud.jpg D. S. Hall Reedham 1899Trading wherry Ludham Operational, privately owned650
MayJohn & Herbert Cann Harwich 1891 Thames sailing barge Ipswich Operational, privately owned214 Archived 25 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Mayflower The Mayflower, Floating Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 173688.jpg Stothert & Marten Bristol 1861 Tugboat Bristol harbour Floating museumPart of M Shed 45
Medway Queen Medway Queen Albion Dock.JPG Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon 1924 Paddle steamer Gillingham, Kent Owned by preservation society, under restorationOne of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk"46
Merak Derelict boats at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port (geograph 6718935).jpg W. H. Walker & Brothers Rickmansworth 1936 Narrow boat Ellesmere Port Museum exhibitPart of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 481
MeropeW. H. Walker & Brothers Rickmansworth 1936 Narrow boat Ellesmere Port Museum exhibitPart of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 1805
MGB 81 MGB-81 (1).JPG British Power Boat Company Hythe, Hampshire 1942 Motor Gun Boat Portsmouth OperationalAcquired by Portsmouth Historic Dockyard 524
Mirosa SB Mirosa 4627.JPG John Howard Maldon 1892 Thames sailing barge Faversham - Iron WharfOperational, preserved215 Archived 12 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
MTB 102 MTB 102 (Motor Torpedo Boat).png Vospers Portsmouth 1937 Motor Torpedo Boat Lowestoft Owned by a trust486
My AliceKidby & Sons Brightlingsea 1907 Smack Brightlingsea Operational, privately owned1965
NellThomas Orr Junior Greenock 1887Yacht Dover Operational, privately owned762
North Carr North carr light ship 1988.jpg A. & J. Inglis Glasgow 1932 Lightship Dundee Awaiting RestorationOwned by Dundee City Council 613
Olga "Olga", a Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter (6774058428).jpg J Bowden Porthleven 1909 Pilot Cutter Swansea Floating museumPart of Swansea Museum 615
OliveErnest Collins & Sons (Wroxham) Ltd Wroxham 1909 Norfolk wherry yacht Wroxham Undergoing restorationOwned by Wherry Yacht Charter Charitable Trust 489
Our BoysRichard Pearce East Looe 1904 Cornish lugger Milford Haven Privately owned, undergoing restoration117
PanurgicJ. S. Watson (Gainsborough) Ltd Gainsborough 1935 Hopper barge Appledore Privately owned, up for sale653
Pauline1869Calder & Hebble Keel Houseboat Leigh Privately owned1392
Peacock Narrow boat Peacock.jpg Fellows Morton & Clayton Saltley Dock, Birmingham 1915 Narrowboat Dudley Floating museumDisplayed at the Black Country Living Museum 1396
Peggy Peggy of Castletown.jpg Unknown1789 Yacht Castletown, Isle of Man Stored, undercover1125
Perseverance Basingstoke Canal - geograph.org.uk - 1065264.jpg James Pollock & Sons Ltd Faversham 1934Grab dredger Ellesmere Port Museum exhibitPart of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port 52
Pilgrim A Walk Around Brixham (11892459165).jpg J. W. & A. Upham Brixham 1895 Brixham trawler Dartmouth Operational, owned by a preservation trust1816
Pioneer The Pioneer 1899.jpg W. Paynter St Ives, Cornwall 1899 Longline fishing vessel Hayle Privately owned, Restored1409
Portwey Portwey tug.jpg Harland and Wolff River Clyde 1927Service Vessel Tugboat West India Docks Operational54
President Steam narrowboat President - geograph.org.uk - 679005.jpg Fellows Morton & Clayton Saltley Dock, Birmingham 1909 Narrowboat Dudley Floating museumDisplayed at the Black Country Living Museum 55
PrimroseWilliam Evans Clark Rye, East Sussex 1887Rye sailing barge Hastings Museum exhibitPart of the Shipwreck Heritage Museum 618
Prince Frederick's Barge Prince Frederick's Barge - KTC 01.jpg John Hall South Bank 1732 State Barge London - National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Museum exhibit617
Provident Provident of Brixham.jpg Saunders & Co. Galmpton 1924 Brixham trawler Brixham Owned by charitable trust as a sail training ship616
Pyronaut Pyronaut.JPG Charles Hill & Sons Ltd Bristol 1934 Fireboat Bristol - Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum Floating museum619
Queen Mary TS Queen Mary Greenock 2016 e.jpg William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton 1933Passenger vessel Greenock Undergoing restoration495
Queen Mary's Shallop Queen Mary's Shallop.jpg 1689 Shallop Greenwich Museum exhibitPart of the National Maritime Museum 1860
Queen of the Lake Lake Windermere MMB 38 Ambleside "Queen of the Lake".jpg Watercraft of Molesey Molesey 1949Launch Windermere Operational, in commercial service368
Ratho Princess River Forth, from Causewayhead - geograph.org.uk - 1364747.jpg Graham Bunn Wroxham 1924Excursion steamer Ratho Operational, in commercial service389
Raven Steam ferry 'Raven' approaching Howtown Pier, Ullswater - geograph.org.uk - 2040276.jpg T.B. Seath & Co. Rutherglen 1889Excursion steamer Ullswater Operational, in commercial serviceMember of the Ullswater 'Steamers' fleet376
Raven Lake Windermere on a rainy day (geograph 5379616).jpg T.B. Seath & Co. Rutherglen 1871Steam barge Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories Museum exhibit57
Reaper Reaper in sail.jpg J & G Forbes Ltd Sandhaven 1901 Fifie Anstruther Operational, Museum shipPart of the Scottish Fisheries Museum 172
Regal Lady Regal Lady, Sailing North, Scarborough 2009.jpg Fellows & Co Great Yarmouth 1930Excursion vessel Scarborough Operational, in commercial serviceOne of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk"180
Reminder Detail of Barge 'Reminder' - geograph.org.uk - 119945.jpg F. W. Horlock Mistley 1929 Thames sailing barge Maldon, Essex Operational, in commercial service1966
ResearchW. & G. Stephen Banff 1903 Zulu Fishing drifter Anstruther Museum exhibitPart of the Scottish Fisheries Museum 173
Result Schooner Result.jpg Robert Kent & Company Carrickfergus 1893 Schooner Cultra Museum exhibitPart of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum 496
RippleJohn Howard Maldon 1878 Smack yacht Tollesbury Operational, in private ownership770
RML 497 RML 497 Sailing in Tor Bay.jpg Southampton Steam Joinery Ltd Southampton 1941 Fairmile B Motor launch Portsmouth Museum shipPart of the National Museum of the Royal Navy 307
Ryde Paddle steamer "Ryde" - geograph.org.uk - 156552.jpg William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton 1936 Paddle steamer Newport, Isle of Wight Laid up61
Royal Yacht Britannia HMY Britannia.jpg John Brown Ltd Clydebank 1952 Royal Yacht/Hospital Ship Leith, EdinburghFloating museum1919
RRS Discovery RRS Discovery.jpg Dundee Shipbuilders' Company Dundee 1901Polar Research Ship Dundee Floating museum39
Sabrina Fielding & Platt Ltd Gloucester 1870Inspection Launch Saul Junction, Frampton-on-Severn Private: operating62
Sabrina 5Charles Hill & Sons Bristol 1944Barge Gloucester Floating museumPart of the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester 623
SallieAldous & Sons Brightlingsea 1907Oyster smack Maldon, Essex Operational, privately owned831
Seagull IIGill & Sons Rochester, Kent 1901 Thames sailing barge Gillingham, Kent Privately owned, laid up, undergoing restoration832
Severn Progress Severn Progress in Gloucester Docks.jpg Charles Hill & Sons Bristol 1931 Tugboat Gloucester Floating museumPart of the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester 1448
ShamrockNathaniel Shepherd Bowness-on-Windermere 1906Saloon launch Windermere Operational, owned by a charitable trust65
Sharpness Sharpness 2 (3963136626).jpg Abdela & Mitchell Brinscombe 1908Icebreaking tug Trent and Mersey Canal Operational, privately owned246
Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott at Trossachs Pier - geograph.org.uk - 144100.jpg William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton 1900Excursion steamer Loch Katrine Operational, in commercial service67
Solace Pleasure Wherry Solace, Wroxham Broad - geograph.org.uk - 690471.jpg D. S. Hall Reedham 1903 Norfolk pleasure wherry Wroxham Operational, privately owned666
Souvenir D'AntanC. & A. Burgoine Hampton Wick 1901Saloon launch Windermere Operational, privately owned68
Spartan Clydepufferspartan.JPG J Hay & Sons Kirkintilloch 1940Victualling Inshore Craft Clyde puffer Irvine, North Ayrshire Museum exhibitPart of the Scottish Maritime Museum 622
Spider T The "Spider T" at Keadby - geograph.org.uk - 507493.jpg Warrens Shipyard New Holland, North Lincolnshire 1926Humber Super Sloop Keadby Lock Operational, privately owned2010
SS Great Britain Bristol MMB 43 SS Great Britain.jpg William Patterson Shipbuilders Wapping Wharf, Bristol 1843 Passenger ship Bristol Harbour Museum76 Archived 5 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
SS Nomadic 2020-08-17 -- SS Nomadic in Belfast.jpg Harland & Wolff Belfast 1910Passenger Tender Belfast MuseumBuilt to ferry passengers from Cherbourg to RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic. Last surviving ship built for White Star Line.2053
SS Robin SS Robin 2010.JPG Mackenzie, MacAlpine & Co Leamouth 1890Coastal Steamer London - Royal Victoria Dock Floating museum1794
SS Shieldhall SS Shieldhall 2005c.jpg Lobnitz & Co Ltd Renfrew 1955 Sewage Disposal vessel Southampton Operational, Private66
ST 1500 British Power Boat Company Hythe, Hampshire 1942 Seaplane tender Dumbarton Privately owned, undergoing restoration1223
Steam Pinnace 199 Steam Pinnace 199.jpg J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1911Naval pinnace Portsmouth Museum exhibitFloating exhibit at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth 40
Stormy Petrel Stormy Petrel on the Medway.jpg R & C Perkins Whitstable 1890 Oyster Smack Gillingham, Kent Private, operating840
Sundowner Sunday 4 April, Ramsgate, Dunkirk Little ship Sundowner.JPG Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness 1912Naval pinnace Ramsgate Museum shipPart of the Ramsgate Maritime Museum. One of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk"96
Swan MV Swan on Lake Windermere.jpg Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness 1938Excursion vessel Windermere Operational, in commercial serviceMember of the Windermere Lake Cruises fleet377
Swan Scottish Traditional Boat Festival - geograph.org.uk - 482138.jpg Hay & Co. Ltd. Lerwick 1900 Fifie Lerwick Operational, owned by charitable trust672
Tahilla John I. Thornycroft & Company Hampton 1922Cruise boat Southampton Operational, privately owned552
Teal Lake Windermere MMB 62 Bowness-on-Windermere MV Teal.jpg Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness 1936Excursion vessel Windermere Operational, privately ownedMember of the Windermere Lake Cruises fleet379
TelegraphAlexander M. Gostelow Boston, Lincolnshire 1906Boston smack Maldon Operational, privately owned1457
Tern MV 'Tern' just off Lakeside, Lake Windermere - geograph.org.uk - 829004.jpg Forrestt & Sons Ltd Wivenhoe 1891Excursion vessel Windermere Operational, privately ownedMember of the Windermere Lake Cruises fleet380
Thalatta Sailing Barge Thalatta River Blackwater 2004.jpg W. B. McLearon Harwich 1906 Thames sailing barge St Osyth Operational, owned by a charitable trustUsed for sail training230
ThaliaG. F. Wanhill Poole 1889 Cutter Southampton Operational, privately owned844
Thames EsperanzaJ. Bond Maidenhead 1898Saloon launch River Thames Operational, privately owned94
The KingH. Tagg East Molesey 1902Excursion vessel Borstal, Rochester Laid up241
Thomas Thomas (6642296961).jpg Cochrane & Sons Ltd. Selby 1937 Tugboat Port Talbot Privately owned679
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 owned70
Torbay LassR. Jackman & Sons Brixham 1923 Brixham trawler Maldon Undergoing restorationOwned by the Heritage Marine Foundation95
Trimilia Saunders-Roe Cowes, Isle of Wight 1925 Ramsgate class Lifeboat Ipswich Privately owned461
Turbinia 27TurbiniaBR127b.jpg Marine Steam Turbine CoHeaton1894 Newcastle upon Tyne - Discovery Museum Museum exhibitOriginal engine at Science Museum 138
VIC 32 J M Briscoe - Clyde puffer VIC32 moored at Corpach.jpg Richard Dunston Thorne 1943Victualling Inshore Craft Crinan, Argyll and Bute Operational, in commercial service75
VIC 96 Maryport Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 1627127.jpg Richard Dunston Thorne 1945Victualling Inshore Craft Chatham, Kent Undergoing restoration, owned by a charitable trust78
Vigilance BM76 VIGILANCE at Brixham - geograph.org.uk - 1250499.jpg J. W. & A. Upham Brixham 1926 Brixham trawler Brixham Operational, privately owned741
VioletteJ. Pollock & Son, Co. Ltd. Faversham 1919Coasting schooner Hoo Laid up716
Waterlily National Maritime Museum Cornwall (8802).jpg John I. Thornycroft & Company Chiswick 1866Steam launch Falmouth Museum exhibitPart of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall 81
Waverley PS Waverley off Greenock 1994.jpg A & J Inglis Pointhouse, River Clyde 1946 Paddle Steamer Firth of Clyde Operational90
White HeatherJ. S. Watson (Gainsborough) Ltd. Gainsborough 1932Canal Tug Woking Operational, privately owned1657
WilldoraScotland1901 Fishing trawler Sunderland Undergoing restoration, owned by a charitable trustOne of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk"1858
William GammonGroves & Gutteridge Ltd Cowes, Isle of Wight 1947 Watson class Lifeboat Swansea Museum exhibitPart of Swansea Museum 723
Wingfield Castle PSWingfieldCastle.jpg William Gray & Company Hartlepool 1934Paddle ferry Hartlepool Museum ship83
Xylonite SB Xylonite 3821.jpg F. W. Horlock Mistley 1926 Thames sailing barge Maylandsea Operational, available for charter236
Zetland Open Day - Zetland Museum, by a volunteer.jpg Henry Greathead South Shields 1802 Lifeboat Redcar MuseumOldest lifeboat in the world627

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Notes

  1. "About the registers". National Historic Fleet Collection. National Historic Ships . Retrieved 26 June 2009.

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