National Historic Fleet, Core Collection

The National Historic Fleet, Core Collection is a list of museum ships located in the United Kingdom, under the National Historic Ships register.

The vessels on the National Historic Fleet are distinguished by:

• Being of pre-eminent national or regional significance
• Spanning the spectrum of UK maritime history
• Illustrating changes in construction and technology
• Meriting a higher priority for long term preservation^[1]

The National Historic Fleet may also include vessels from the National Small Boat Register which are a minimum of 50 years and which fit the above criteria.

Name	Image	Builder	Town/City	Year	Class	Type	Location	Status	Remarks	Certificate No.	Link
Alfred Corry		Beeching Brothers	Great Yarmouth	1893		Lifeboat	Southwold	Museum exhibit			[1]
Bertha		G Lunnel & Co	Bristol	1844		Dredger	World of Boats	Museum exhibit	Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Worked in Bridgwater docks		[2]
Branksome		George Brockbank	Windermere	1896			Windermere	Operational, Museum			[3]
Cabby		London & Rochester Trading Company		1928	Spritsail Barge	Barge	Maylandsea	Operational, Preserved			[4]
Calshot		John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston, Southampton	1936		Tugboat	Southampton	Under restoration			[5]
Challenge		Alexander Hall & Company	Aberdeen	1931		Tugboat	Bristol Harbour	Operational, Available for hire	Last steam tug to serve on the River Thames		[6]
City of Adelaide		William Pile & Hay	Sunderland	1864		Clipper	Scottish Maritime Museum	Hulk, scheduled to be demolished	Oldest clipper in the world		[7]
CMB 4		John I. Thornycroft & Company	Hampton	1916			Imperial War Museum Duxford	Museum, exhibit			[8]
Comrade		Warrens Shipyard	New Holland	1923	Humber keel	Sailing barge	South Ferriby	Operational, available for hire			[9]
Corrie		Robertsons	Dunoon	1908	Clyde 30 Racing Yacht	Yacht	Gosport	Operational, Private
Cutty Sark		Scott & Linton	Dumbarton	1869		Clipper	Greenwich	Under restoration	The world's last tea clipper		[10]
Edmund Gardner		Philip & Son	Dartmouth, Devon	1953		Pilot Cutter	Merseyside Maritime Museum	Museum, dry berth			[11]
Excellent		J & G Forbes	Sandhaven	1931	Drifter	Fishing boat	Penzance, Cornwall	In commercial use	Oldest wooden fishing boat in commercial use
Excelsior		John Chambers & Co	Lowestoft	1921	Lowestoft Sailing Smack	Trawler	Lowestoft	Training ship			[12]
Glenlee		Anderson Rodger and Co	Port Glasgow	1896	Barque	Cargo vessel	Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow	Museum			[13]
Falmouth	1901		Customs Cruiser	Medway Maritime Trust	Under restoration			[14]
HMS Alliance		Vickers Armstrong	Barrow-in-Furness	1945	Amphion	Submarine	Royal Navy Submarine Museum	Museum/Memorial			[15]
HMS Belfast		Harland & Wolff	Belfast	1938	Town class	Light cruiser	Port of London	Museum/Memorial			[16]
HMS Caroline		Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	1914	C class	Light Cruiser	Port of Belfast	Royal Navy Training	One of two surviving World War I British warships (see also HMS M33)		[17]
HMS Gannet		Royal Dockyard	Sheerness	1878		Sloop	Chatham Historic Dockyard	Museum			[18]
Poole, Dorset	1943		Motor Launch	Southampton	Museum			[19]
HMS Trincomalee		Wadia Shipyard	Bombay, India	1816	Leda-Class	Frigate	Hartlepool's Maritime Experience	Museum			[20]
HMS Unicorn		Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	1824	Leda-Class	Frigate	Dundee, Scotland	Museum			[21]
HMS Victory		Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	1765		Ship of the line	Royal Naval Museum, HMNB Portsmouth	Museum			[22]
HMS Warrior		Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company	Leamouth	1860		Ironclad	Portsmouth	Museum			[23]
Holland 1		Vickers, Sons & Maxim	Barrow-in-Furness	1901	Holland Class	Submarine	Royal Navy Submarine Museum	Museum			[24]
HSL 102		British Power Boat Co.	Hythe, Kent	1936		Motor Torpedo Boat	Lymington	For Sale[citation needed]
Jesse Lumb		J Samuel White & Co	Cowes, Isle of Wight	1939	Watson class	Lifeboat	Imperial War Museum Duxford	Museum exhibit			[25]
PS John H Amos		Bow, McLachlan and Company	Paisley, Scotland	1931		Tugboat	Medway Maritime Trust	Laid up on barge			[26]
Kathleen and May		Ferguson and Baird	Connah's Quay, Flintshire	1900		Schooner	Bideford, Devon	Operational, Up For Sale	Last remaining wooden hull three masted top sail schooner		[27]
Kindly Light		Armour Brothers	Fleetwood	1911		Pilot Cutter	Gweek	Under restoration
PS Kingswear Castle		Philip & Son	Dartmouth, Devon	1924		Paddle Steamer	River Medway	Operational			[28]
Landfall		Hawthorn Leslie	Hebburn	1944	Landing Craft Tank	Landing Craft	Birkenhead	Laid up
Lively Hope		William Weatherhead & Son	Cockenzie	1936	Ring-Netter	Fishing boat	Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther	Museum exhibit			[29]
LV 91		Philip & Son	Dartmouth, Devon	1937		Lightvessel	Swansea	Floating museum
Lydia Eva		Kings Lynn Slipway Company	King's Lynn	1930		Fishing boat	Herring drifter	Operational, Museum	The world's last surviving steam-powered herring drifter.		[30]
HMS M33		Workman Clark Ltd	Belfast	1915	M29 class monitor	Monitor	Portsmouth Historic Dockyard	Museum			[31]
Maria		Harris Brothers	Rowhedge	1866	Smack	Fishing boat	Brightlingsea	Private, operating
Mayflower		Stothert & Marten	Bristol	1861		Tugboat	Bristol harbour	Floating museum			[32]
Mirosa		John Howard	Maldon	1892		Thames sailing barge	Iron Wharf, Faversham	Operational, preserved			[33]
MTB 102		Vospers	Portsmouth	1937		Motor Torpedo Boat	Lowestoft	Owned by a trust			[34]
Olga		J Bowden	Porthleven	1909		Pilot Cutter	Swansea	Floating museum			[35]
Peacock		Fellows Morton and Clayton	Saltley Dock, Birmingham	1915		Narrowboat	Dudley	Floating museum			[36]
Peggy		Unknown		1789		Yacht	Castletown, Isle of Man	Stored, undercover			[37]
Prince Frederick's Barge		John Hall	South Bank	1732		State Barge	National Maritime Museum	Museum			[38]
Pyronaut		Charles Hill & Sons Ltd	Bristol	1934		Fireboat	Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum	Floating museum		619	[39]
Reaper		J & G Forbes Ltd	Sandhaven	1901		Fishing boat	Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther	Operational, Museum
Result		Robert Kent & Company	Carrickfergus	1893		Schooner	Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra	Museum exhibit		496	[40]
Royal Yacht Britannia		John Brown Ltd	Clydebank	1952		Royal Yacht/Hospital Ship	Leith, Edinburgh	Floating museum		1919	[41]
RRS Discovery		Dundee Shipbuilders' Company	Dundee	1901		Polar Research Ship	Dundee	Floating museum		39	[42]
Sabrina		Fielding & Platt Ltd	Gloucester	1870		Inspection Launch	Maidenhead	Private: operating		62
SS Great Britain		W Patterson	Wapping Wharf, Bristol	1843		Passenger ship	Bristol Harbour	Museum		76	[43]
SS Nomadic		Harland & Wolff	Belfast	1910		Passenger Tender	Belfast	Under restoration	Built to ferry passengers from Cherbourg to RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic. Last surviving ship built for White Star Line.	2053	[44]
SS Robin		Mackenzie, MacAlpine & Co	Leamouth	1890		Coastal Steamer	West India Docks, London	Floating museum		1794	[45]
SS Shieldhall		Lobnitz & Co Ltd	Renfrew	1955		Sewage Disposal vessel	Southampton	Operational, Private		66	[46]
Stormy Petrel		R & C Perkins	Whitstable	1890		Oyster Smack	Gillingham	Private, operating		840
T 3		Royal Engineers	Richborough, Kent	1918		Seaplane Lighter	Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton	Museum exhibit		712	[47]
Turbinia		Marine Steam Turbine Co	Heaton	1894			Discovery Museum	Museum	Original engine at Science Museum	138	[48]
PS Waverley		A & J Inglis	Pointhouse, River Clyde	1946		Paddle Steamer	Firth of Clyde	Operational		90	[49]
Zetland		Henry Greathead	South Shields	1802		Lifeboat	Redcar	Museum	Oldest lifeboat in the world	627	[50]

Notes

1. ^ "About the registers". National Historic Fleet Collection. National Historic Ships. http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/pages/about-the-registers.html. Retrieved 2009-06-26. 

References

• "National Historic Fleet - Core Collection (Page 1 Alfred Corry to Glenlee)". National Historic Fleet - Core Collection. National Historic Ships. http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/ships_register.php?action=search&nhfcc=1. Retrieved 2009-06-26. 
• "National Historic Fleet - Core Collection (Page 2 HMRC Vigilant to Kathleen and May)". National Historic Fleet - Core Collection. National Historic Ships. http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/ships_register.php?action=search&nhfcc=1&page=2. Retrieved 2009-06-26. 
• "National Historic Fleet - Core Collection (Page 3 Kindly Light to Peggy)". National Historic Fleet - Core Collection. National Historic Ships. http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/ships_register.php?action=search&nhfcc=1&page=3. Retrieved 2009-06-26. 
• "National Historic Fleet - Core Collection (Page 4 Prince Frederick's Barge to Waverley)". National Historic Fleet - Core Collection. National Historic Ships. http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/ships_register.php?action=search&nhfcc=1&page=4. Retrieved 2009-06-26. 
• "National Historic Fleet - Core Collection (Page 5 Zetland)". National Historic Fleet - Core Collection. National Historic Ships. http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/ships_register.php?action=search&nhfcc=1&page=5. Retrieved 2009-06-26.