List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy

This is a list of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy.

team Gunboats

Wooden Paddle Gunboats (Indian Service)

* HMS "Diana" (1823)

* HMS "Traveller" (1838)

* HMS "Sydenham" (1841)

* HMS "Canada" (1847)

Wooden Screw Gunboats

* "Gleaner" (or "Pelter") class (1854)

* "Cheerful" class (1855)

* "Britomart" class (1859)

* "Banterer" class (1880)

* "Pygmy" class (1888)

* HMS "Waterwitch" (1866)

* "Ant" class (1870)

NB. "Gadfly", "Pincher", "Griper" and "Tickler" are sometimes referred to as the "Gadfly" class.

* "Handy" Class (1882)

* "Firebrand" class (1831) - Steam Vessels reclassified in 1844 as First Class Steam Gunvessels

* "Lizard" class (1840) - Steam Vessels reclassified in 1844 as Second Class Steam Gunvessels

Iron Paddle Gunvessels

* "Jackall" class (1844)

* "Myrmidon" class (1845)

NB. A third vessel of the class was retained by Prussia.

Wooden Screw Gunvessels

This section includes two early iron-hulled screw gunvessels of the 1840s, which in other respects were half-sisters to the wooden-hulled gunvessels ordered in 1846.

* "Rifleman" Class (1845)(wooden half-sisters to iron-hulled "Sharpshooter")

* "Minx" Class (1846)(Iron half-sister to wooden "Teazer")

* "Philomel" (or "Ranger") class (1859)

Composite Screw Gunvessels

The gunvessels designed from 1867 onwards were of composite construction, i.e. they had an iron keel, stem and stern posts, and iron framing, with wooden planking retained over the iron frames.
* "Beacon" class (1867)

* "Condor" class (1876)

* "Dolphin" class (1882)

* "Mariner" class
**HMS|Mariner|1884
**HMS|Reindeer|1883
**HMS|Racer|1884
**HMS|Icarus|1885
**HMS|Acorn|1884
**HMS|Melita|1888

teel Torpedo-and-Gunvessels

* "Curlew" Class (1885)

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