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History of the British Navy from 1837 to 1901
The Royal Navy during the Victorian era (1837–1901) was a period of profound transformation in technology, organization, and social conditions, marking
Royal Navy during the Victorian Era
Royal_Navy_during_the_Victorian_Era
English officer in the Royal Navy
was an English officer in the Royal Navy during the Victorian era. Fellowes was born at Adbury House, Burghclere, Hampshire, the son of British Army physician
Thomas Fellowes (Royal Navy officer, born 1827)
Thomas_Fellowes_(Royal_Navy_officer,_born_1827)
Class of Royal Navy ironclads
The Ajax class, also known as the Agamemnon class, was a class of ironclad battleships that served in the Royal Navy during the Victorian era. The class
Ajax-class_ironclad
Queen Victoria's reign, 1837 to 1901
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22
Victorian_era
union between the two countries. This had the effect of merging the Royal Scots Navy into the Royal Navy. The Navy grew considerably during the global struggle
History of the Royal Navy (after 1707)
History_of_the_Royal_Navy_(after_1707)
Swords in British military service 1804–1936
of the Royal Navy have used cutlasses, short, wide bladed swords, since the early 18th century. These were originally of non-uniform design but the 1804
Royal_Navy_cutlasses
Naval weapon
be moved across the deck, and were commonly situated to be swung to either side of the ship. The Royal Navy during the Victorian era equipped torpedo
Torpedo_carriage
Historical period in Britain from 1714 to c. 1830–37
Georgian. When Victoria became Queen in 1837 the Georgian era was followed by the Victorian era. The Victorians emphasized moral earnestness and propriety
Georgian_era
Accepted behaviour and norms in the Victorian era
Victorian morality is a distillation of the moral views of the middle class in 19th-century Britain, the Victorian era. Victorian values emerged in all
Victorian_morality
technology and engineering of the Victorian era refers to the development of mathematics, science, technology and engineering during the reign of Queen Victoria
Mathematics, science, technology and engineering of the Victorian era
Mathematics,_science,_technology_and_engineering_of_the_Victorian_era
British naval history
Royal Navy ranks, rates, and uniforms of the 18th and 19th centuries were the original effort of the Royal Navy to create standardized rank and insignia
Royal Navy ranks, rates, and uniforms of the 18th and 19th centuries
Royal_Navy_ranks,_rates,_and_uniforms_of_the_18th_and_19th_centuries
Canadian officer of the British Navy
joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1856. He served as a Gunnery Lieutenant on HMS Aurora during the Fenian Raids in 1866. He was selected to head the second
Archibald_Lucius_Douglas
Historical period in Britain from 1901 to 1910
marked the end of the Victorian era. Her son and successor, Edward VII, was already the leader of a fashionable elite that set a style influenced by the art
Edwardian_era
Era of British history, c. 1795 to 1837
It ends with the accession of Queen Victoria in June 1837 and is followed by the Victorian era (1837–1901). Although the Regency era is remembered as
Regency_era
Naval warfare branch of the Australian Defence Force
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is the Chief of Navy (CN),
Royal_Australian_Navy
HMS Rupert was a battleship of the Victorian Royal Navy, whose principal weapon was designed to be her ram. She was similar in design to HMS Hotspur, but
HMS_Rupert_(1872)
1879 Ajax-class ironclad
Agamemnon was a Victorian Royal Navy Ajax-class ironclad turret battleship, the sister ship of HMS Ajax. Agamemnon and Ajax were built to the same design
HMS_Agamemnon_(1879)
2011 novel by Charles Finch
Charles Finch, is a set aboard a Royal Navy vessel in 1873 and in Egypt during the Victorian era. It is the fifth novel in the Charles Lenox series. Charles
A_Burial_at_Sea
Class of pre-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy
The Royal Sovereign class was a group of eight pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. The ships spent their careers in the
Royal Sovereign-class battleship
Royal_Sovereign-class_battleship
British Pylades-class corvette
was the sole member of the Pylades class of first-class screw corvettes that served in the Victorian Royal Navy. Pylades was a development of the previous
HMS_Pylades_(1854)
British torpedo cruisers
The Scout class was a pair of torpedo cruisers operated by the Royal Navy between 1885 and 1905. The ships, Scout and Fearless, were some of the first
Scout-class_cruiser
Royal Navy Admiral (1842–1924)
October 1842 – 19 November 1924) was a distinguished Royal Navy officer in the Edwardian and Victorian eras. Compton Domvile was born on 10 October 1842 to
Compton Domvile (Royal Navy officer)
Compton_Domvile_(Royal_Navy_officer)
British naval officer and politician (1786–1860)
the Portuguese Navy during the Liberal Wars. An innovator concerned with the development of ironclads, and an advocate of human reforms in the Royal Navy
Charles Napier (Royal Navy officer)
Charles_Napier_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Royal Navy officer and explorer
1922) was a Royal Navy surgeon, surveyor, Arctic explorer, and leading Freemason, from London. He graduated as a Doctor of Medicine from the University
Belgrave_Ninnis
Topics referred to by the same term
Audacious-class aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy Audacious-class ironclad, Victorian-era battleship class of the British Royal Navy SS Audacious (1913), a
Audacious
1870 ironclad of the Royal Navy
ironclad of the Royal Navy of the Victorian era, who carried her main armament in a central box battery. She was named for Sultan Abdulaziz of the Ottoman
HMS_Sultan_(1870)
1828 painting by Thomas Lawrence
painting by the British artist Thomas Lawrence. It depicts Admiral Sir Edward Codrington of the Royal Navy. Codrington had served throughout the French Revolutionary
Portrait_of_Edward_Codrington
1852 ship
HMS Agamemnon was the lead ship of her class of 91-gun, second-rate ships of the line constructed during the 1850s for the Royal Navy. Completed in 1853
HMS_Agamemnon_(1852)
Political and diplomatic history of the Victorian era refers to politics in the United Kingdom and British Empire during the reign of Queen Victoria, 1837-1901
Political and diplomatic history of the Victorian era
Political_and_diplomatic_history_of_the_Victorian_era
Frigate of the Royal Navy
wooden screw frigate (later re-designated a corvette) of the Royal Navy. She was built on the River Thames by C J Mare and launched on 13 August 1851.
HMS_Highflyer_(1851)
Australian gunboat
Albert was a gunboat of the Victorian Naval Forces which was requisitioned for service with the Royal Australian Navy during World War I. HMVS Albert
HMVS_Albert
Frigate of the Royal Navy
HMS Glasgow was a wooden screw frigate, the fifth ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy. Glasgow was launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 28 March
HMS_Glasgow_(1861)
during the Napoleonic Wars but blue or white trousers, during winter and summer, were normal shipboard wear. (This continued into the Victorian era.)
Uniforms_of_the_Royal_Marines
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
1869. The ship was sold for scrap in 1885. Royal Sovereign was originally ordered on 19 February 1844 as a sister ship of the Surveyor of the Navy, Sir
HMS_Royal_Sovereign_(1857)
Wrecked navy ship in Victoria, Australia
Victorian Ship) is a breastwork monitor that served in the Victoria Naval Forces, the Commonwealth Naval Forces (CNF), and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)
HMVS_Cerberus
Former island in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
in the island's Victorian explosive storage tunnels. During the 1970s and 80s, the island was also the forward operating base (FOB) of a Royal Navy Hovercraft
Stonecutters_Island
The Alert class was a two-ship class of 6-gun screw steel sloops built for the Royal Navy in 1894. Alert and Torch were constructed of steel to a design
Alert-class_sloop
British battleship (1891–1907)
HMS Sans Pareil was one of the two Victoria-class battleship of the British Royal Navy of the Victorian era, her sister ship being HMS Victoria. In deciding
HMS_Sans_Pareil_(1887)
1868 ironclad of the Royal Navy
HMS Hercules was a central-battery ironclad of the Royal Navy in the Victorian era, and was the first warship to mount a main armament of 10-inch (250 mm)
HMS_Hercules_(1868)
monitor which served in the Victorian Royal Navy. She was designed by Sir Edward Reed to a specific formula determined by the Board of Admiralty, and
HMS_Glatton_(1871)
1875 Royal Navy ship
HMS Alexandra was a central battery ironclad of the Victorian Royal Navy, whose seagoing career was from 1877 to 1900. She spent much of her career as
HMS_Alexandra
Topics referred to by the same term
Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia Royal Norfolk Regiment, an infantry regiment of the British Army The Battle of Norfolk, a military engagement during the
Norfolk_(disambiguation)
Royal Navy officer
British boxer of the same era, as they shared the same surname. Beckett was also a capable amateur boxer, holding the title of Royal Navy Heavyweight boxing
W._N._T._Beckett
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
HMS Victoria was the lead ship of her class of 121-gun, first rate ships of the line built for the Royal Navy (RN) during the 1850s. She and her sister
HMS_Victoria_(1859)
Royal Navy gunboat (1886–1906)
The Curlew-class torpedo gunboat consisted of two "gun and torpedo vessels" operated by the Royal Navy between 1886 and 1906. Designed to be a torpedo
Curlew-class_torpedo_gunboat
British naval ironclad (1866–1914)
for the Royal Navy in the mid-1860s. In this ship, designed by Sir Edward Reed, the power-to-weight ratio was increased; the long rows of guns on the broadside
HMS_Bellerophon_(1865)
Sloop of the Royal Navy
launched in 1900. She served on the Royal Navy's Pacific Station and in 1915 was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Shearwater, serving as
HMS_Shearwater_(1900)
1864 British coastal defence ship
(10 mm) plates. Named after Prince Albert, the ship remained the only ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy through 2020. Prince Albert was ordered
HMS_Prince_Albert_(1864)
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
Orion-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy (RN) during the 1850s, the last sailing ships of the line ordered for the RN. She was converted
HMS_Hood_(1859)
British shipbuilders
came to prominence during the Victorian era. During the 20th century it built destroyers and other naval craft for both the Royal Navy and export customers;
J._Samuel_White
British warship class (1890–1907)
The Royal Navy's Victoria class (or Sans Pareil class) of the 1880s was the first class of ironclad warship (sometimes described as a battleship) which
Victoria-class_ironclad
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
HMS Princess Royal was the lead ship of her class of 91-gun, second-rate ships of the line built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1850s. Completed in 1854
HMS_Princess_Royal_(1853)
Naval ensign
The Australian White Ensign (also known as the Australian naval ensign or the Royal Australian Navy ensign) is a naval ensign used by ships of the Royal
Australian_White_Ensign
Admiral class battleship
a battleship of the Victorian Royal Navy, a member of the Admiral class of warships designed by Nathaniel Barnaby. The ship was the last British battleship
HMS_Rodney_(1884)
The Gleaner (or Pelter)-class gunboat was a class of six gunboats built for the Royal Navy in 1854 for use in the Crimean War. The Gleaner class was designed
Gleaner-class_gunboat
Royal Navy turret ironclad
was a Victorian ironclad battleship carrying her main armament in centrally placed turrets. The ship was constructed in the 1870s for the Royal Navy to oppose
HMS_Inflexible_(1876)
Type of steam-powered warship
revolutionary Hellenic Navy during the Greek War of Independence, on the order of Capt Frank Abney Hastings, a former Royal Navy officer who had volunteered
Steam_frigate
Royal Navy Admiral (1863–1947)
1863 – 9 June 1947) was an officer in the Royal Navy noted for his technical abilities. According to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, twice First Sea Lord
Reginald_Bacon
Royal Navy ship class in service (1852–1912)
The Cruizer class was a class of six 17-gun wooden screw sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1852 and 1856. The wooden sloops of the Cruizer class
Cruizer-class_sloop
Period in English and Scottish history
The Caroline era is the period in English and Scottish history named for the 24-year reign of Charles I (1625–1649). The term is derived from Carolus,
Caroline_era
19th-century troopship of the Royal Navy
19th-century troopship of the Royal Navy, intended for carrying troops to southern Africa and the West Indies (rather than to India like the Euphrates class of
HMS_Orontes_(1862)
Political event
giving them control over the universities. The country was relatively highly taxed, but gained access to English markets. The era was remembered as one of
Interregnum_(1649–1660)
The British Royal Navy built a series of pre-dreadnought battleships as part of a naval expansion programme that began with the Naval Defence Act 1889
List of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy
List_of_pre-dreadnought_battleships_of_the_Royal_Navy
The Surprise class were two 3rd class cruisers built for the British Royal Navy, and launched in 1885. Originally designed as unarmed dispatch ships,
Surprise-class_cruiser
paused during the war, it replaced a Victorian building of the same name by Thomas Henry Wyatt that had been built (1864–67). A bank of the inter-war era was
Architecture_of_Liverpool
Sloop of the Royal Navy
HMS Rattler was a 9-gun steam screw sloop of the Royal Navy, and one of the first British warships to be completed with screw propulsion. She was originally
HMS_Rattler_(1843)
Ironclad battleship of the Victorian Royal Navy
was an ironclad battleship of the Victorian Royal Navy which was unique in that she carried her main armament partly in the traditional broadside battery
HMS_Temeraire_(1876)
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Late Victorian Navy: the Pre-Dreadnought Era and the Origins of the First World War, (Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2008) James Levy, review of The Late Victorian
Naval_Defence_Act_1889
Type of Royal Navy ship
The Calypso class comprised two steam corvettes (later classified as third-class cruisers) of the Royal Navy. Built for distant cruising in the heyday
Calypso-class_corvette
Armoured composite gunboat
composite gunboat, the only ship of her class, and the third ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was the first Royal Navy vessel to have twin
HMS_Vixen_(1865)
The Archer class was a class of eight torpedo cruisers of the Royal Navy. They were envisaged from 1883 onwards by Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key to replace
Archer-class_cruiser
Royal Naval officer and novelist (1792–1848)
Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was a Royal Navy officer and novelist. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction
Frederick_Marryat
Sloop of the Royal Navy
HMS Malacca was a 17-gun wooden sloop of the Royal Navy. She was ordered on 9 November 1847 from Moulmein, Burma to be built of teak. As a Surveyor's Department
HMS_Malacca_(1853)
The Arrow class comprised six second-class screw-driven vessels built as dispatch vessels for the Royal Navy in 1854, mounting six guns. In 1856 they were
Arrow-class_gunvessel
Gunvessel of the Royal Navy
was a Victorian era British Royal Navy sloop of war and the lead ship of six Intrepid-class gunvessels. She was a member of Blue Squadron in the 23 April
HMS_Intrepid_(1855)
British warship
was a major warship built for the Royal Navy as a semi-private venture, following a dispute between the designer and the Admiralty. With wrought-iron armour
HMS_Captain_(1869)
British Emerald-class corvette
composite screw corvette that served in the Victorian Royal Navy. The Emerald class was a development of the wooden Amethyst class but combined an iron
HMS_Turquoise_(1876)
Queen of Norway from 1905 to 1938
Carl served as an officer in the Royal Danish Navy, and he and his family lived mainly in Denmark until 1905. In June 1905, the Norwegian Storting dissolved
Maud_of_Wales
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
brother, Edward, the heir apparent. Albert attended naval college as a teenager and served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during the First World War
George_VI
British naval ship
steam frigate of the British Royal Navy launched in 1849, which was lost in 1854 after grounding near Odessa during the Crimean War. The 1,221-ton ship
HMS_Tiger_(1849)
Type of abbreviation used to describe ships
the most significant navy was Britain's Royal Navy, which has usually used the prefix "HMS", standing for "His/Her Majesty's Ship". The Royal Navy also
Ship_prefix
British Admiral of the Royal Navy (1862–1914)
of the Royal Navy. He earned a reputation for great gallantry. Appointed to the royal yacht, he was close to the British royal family. Prior to the First
Christopher_Cradock
The Dapper-class gunboat was a class of twenty gunboats built for the Royal Navy in 1854–55 for use in the Crimean War. The Dapper class was designed
Dapper-class_gunboat
Royal Navy Admiral (1872-1957)
a Royal Navy officer who saw active service in the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War. In the mid-1920s he was Naval Representative to the League
Aubrey Smith (Royal Navy officer)
Aubrey_Smith_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
was the lead ship of her class of 91-gun, second rate ships of the line built for the Royal Navy (RN) during the 1850s, the last sailing ships of the line
HMS_Orion_(1854)
the Royal Navy until 1870. The class was reclassified as corvettes in 1862. The Greyhound class were a lengthened version of the wooden sloops of the
Greyhound-class_sloop
British officer (1788–1880)
the Royal Navy, an explorer, and Commandant of Ascension Island, who saw service spanning the end of the Napoleonic era and well into the Victorian era
Arthur Morrell (Royal Navy officer)
Arthur_Morrell_(Royal_Navy_officer)
1894 class of British torpedo gunboats
The Dryad-class torpedo gunboat was the last class of torpedo gunboat built for the Royal Navy. This type of vessel was rapidly replaced by the faster
Dryad-class_torpedo_gunboat
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
121-gun, first-rate, modified Queen-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy (RN) during the 1850s. She was converted to screw-propulsion whilst
HMS_Prince_of_Wales_(1860)
The Irish people served in the British Armed Forces (including the British Army, the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force and other elements). All of Ireland
Irish in the British Armed Forces
Irish_in_the_British_Armed_Forces
The Alarm-class torpedo gunboat was the penultimate class of torpedo gunboat built for the Royal Navy. The class was contemporary with the early torpedo
Alarm-class_torpedo_gunboat
permitted succession in the male line, so the personal union of the United Kingdom and Hanover came to an end. The Victorian era was marked by great cultural
History of the monarchy of the United Kingdom
History_of_the_monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom
Men's formal knee-length coat
characterised by a knee-length skirt cut all around the base just above the knee, popular during the Victorian and Edwardian periods (1830s–1910s). It is a fitted
Frock_coat
The Beagle class was a two-ship class of 8-gun screw steel sloops built for the Royal Navy in 1889. Beagle and Basilisk were constructed of copper-sheathed
Beagle-class_sloop
Sloop of the Royal Navy
HMS Gannet is a Royal Navy Doterel-class screw sloop-of-war launched on 31 August 1878. It became a training ship in the Thames in 1903, and was then loaned
HMS_Gannet_(1878)
Chief of the General Staff, Northern Command GO Commanding-in-Chief Brigadier-General Herbert William Wilberforce CB CMG (1833–1856), Royal Navy General
List of British generals and brigadiers
List_of_British_generals_and_brigadiers
Royal Navy Admiral (1867–1958)
was an officer of the Royal Navy, who served during the Victorian era and had risen to the rank of rear-admiral by the outbreak of the First World War.
Sydney_Fremantle
Sloop of the Royal Navy
to the Royal Australian Navy in 1914, returned to the Royal Navy in 1920, and sold in 1924. She was the fourth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name
HMS_Fantome_(1901)
Sloop of the Royal Navy
sloop of the Royal Navy, built at the Woolwich Dockyard and launched on 22 August 1848. Basilisk was designed by Oliver Lang to the same lines as the screw
HMS_Basilisk_(1848)
Japanese prince and admiral (1867–1922)
awarded the Royal Victorian Chain by the King. Prince Higashifushimi received the posthumous title of marshal admiral and the Collar of the Supreme Order
Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito
Prince_Higashifushimi_Yorihito
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