# National Historic Fleet

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:
* 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
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.
| Name | Builder | Town/City | Year | Class | Type | Location | Status | Remarks | Certificate No. | Link |
| ADC | Aldous & Sons | Brightlingsea | 1895 | | Fishing smack | St Osyth | In private ownership | | 1451 | |
| Advance | Richard Dunston | Thorne | 1942 | | Victualling Inshore Craft | Plymouth | Undergoing restoration | | 79 | |
| Alaska | J. S. & W. J. Horsham & Co. | Bourne End, Buckinghamshire | 1883 | | River launch | Marlow, Buckinghamshire | Operational, available for hire | | 7 | |
| Albion | William Brighton | Lake Lothing, Suffolk | 1898 | | Trading wherry | Ludham | Preserved, operational | Used for sail training | 99 | |
| Alfred Corry | Beeching Brothers | Great Yarmouth | 1893 | | Lifeboat | Southwold | Museum exhibit | | 101 | |
| Amy Howson | Joseph Scarr & Sons | Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire | 1914 | | Humber sloop | South Ferriby | Operational, available for hire | | 103 | |
| B.A.S.P | J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd | East Cowes, Isle of Wight | 1924 | Watson class | Lifeboat | Chatham Dockyard | Museum exhibit | | 1687 | Archived 8 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine |
| Balmoral | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Southampton | 1949 | | Ferry | Bristol | Preserved, operational | | 128 | |
| Barcadale | Herd & Mackenzie | Buckie | 1938 | | Fishing drifter | River Clyde | Privately owned, undergoing restoration | | 1443 | |
| Basuto | W. Jacks & Co | Port Dundas | 1902 | | Clyde puffer | Ellesmere Port | Museum exhibit | Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port | 11 | |
| Bertha | G Lunnel & Co | Bristol | 1844 | | Dredger | Bristol | Not on public display | Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Worked in Bridgwater docks | 17 | |
| Branksome | George Brockbank | Windermere | 1896 | | Steam Launch | Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories | Museum Exhibit | | 2 | |
| Britannia | John Brown Ltd | Clydebank | 1952 | | Royal Yacht/Hospital Ship | Leith, Edinburgh | Floating museum | | 1919 | |
| Bruce's | James N Miller & Son Ltd | St Monans | 1926 | Fifie | Fishing drifter | Queensferry | Operational, private | | 1378 | |
| Cabby | London & Rochester Trading Company | Rochester, Kent | 1928 | | Thames sailing barge | Maylandsea | Operational, Preserved | One of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk" | 134 | Archived 10 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine |
| Calshot | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Woolston, Southampton | 1936 | | Tugboat | Southampton | Scrapped | Tug, tender & excursion vessel- Scrapped in 2022 following skyrocketing costs to restore her | 1 | Archived 22 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine |
| Cambria | William Everard | Greenhithe | 1906 | | Thames sailing barge | Faversham | Operational, private | | 245 | |
| Carola | Scott & Co | Bowling, West Dunbartonshire | 1898 | | Steam yacht | Irvine | Museum exhibit | Part of the Scottish Maritime Museum | 9 | |
| Centaur | John & Herbert Cann | Harwich | 1895 | | Thames sailing barge | Maldon, Essex | Operational, private | | 193 | |
| Cervia | Alexander Hall & Company Limited | Aberdeen | 1945 | | Tugboat | Ramsgate | Museum exhibit | Part of the Ramsgate Maritime Museum | 5 | |
| Challenge | Alexander Hall & Company | Aberdeen | 1931 | | Tugboat | River Medway | Operational, Available for hire | Last steam tug to serve on the River Thames | 13 | |
| CMB 4 | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Hampton | 1916 | | Coastal Motor Boat | Boathouse 4,Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | Museum, exhibit | | 400 | |
| Comrade | Warrens Shipyard | New Holland | 1923 | | Humber keel | South Ferriby | Operational, available for hire | | 435 | Archived 12 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine |
| Concord | H. King & Sons | Pinmill | 1937 | | Sailing yacht | Fowey | Operational, available for charter | | 1410 | |
| Concrete canal barge | A. H. Guest | Stourbridge | 1918 | | Concrete canal barge | Gloucester | Museum exhibit | Part of the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester | 402 | |
| Consuta | Sam Saunders | Goring-on-Thames | 1898 | | Umpire's launch | River Thames | Privately owned, operational | Used the consuta method of construction | 87 | |
| Coronia | Fellows & Co | Great Yarmouth | 1935 | | Excursion vessel | Scarborough | Privately owned, operational | | 179 | |
| Corrie | Robertsons | Dunoon | 1908 | Clyde 30 Racing Yacht | Yacht | Gosport | Operational, Private | | 1383 | |
| Cutty Sark | Scott & Linton | Dumbarton | 1869 | | Clipper | London - Greenwich | Restored and open to the public following fire and renovation | The world's last tea clipper | 438 | |
| Daniel Adamson | Tranmere Bay Development Co. | Birkenhead | 1903 | | Passenger tug | Liverpool | Owned by charitable trust, operational | Formerly named Ralph Brocklebank. Renamed after Daniel Adamson | 15 | |
| Discovery | Dundee Shipbuilders' Company | Dundee | 1901 | | Polar Research Ship | Dundee | Floating museum | | 39 | |
| Dolly | | | 1850 | | Steam launch | Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories | Museum exhibit | | 19 | |
| Doris | John & Herbert Cann | Harwich | 1909 | | Thames bawley | Gillingham, Kent | Private, operational | | 791 | |
| Duessa | James A Silver Ltd | Rosneath | 1935 | | Motor launch | Walton-on-the-Naze | Private, operational | | 1381 | |
| Edmund Gardner | Philip and Son | Dartmouth, Devon | 1953 | | Pilot Cutter | Liverpool - Merseyside Maritime Museum | Museum, dry berth | | 444 | |
| Elswick II | | | 1913 | | Dumb lighter | South Shields | Laid up | | 445 | |
| Esperance | T.B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | 1869 | | Saloon launch | Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories | Museum exhibit | | 446 | |
| Esther | James Collinson | Grimsby | 1888 | | Grimsby smack | Grimsby | Museum exhibit, undergoing restoration | Part of the National Fishing Heritage Centre | 170 | |
| Eva | J. I. Thornycroft & Co Ltd | Chiswick | 1874 | | Saloon launch | Henley-on-Thames | Museum exhibit | Part of the River and Rowing Museum | 25 | |
| Excellent | J & G Forbes | Sandhaven | 1931 | Drifter | Fishing boat | Penzance, Cornwall | In commercial use | Oldest wooden fishing boat in commercial use | 154 | |
| Excelsior | John Chambers & Co | Lowestoft | 1921 | Lowestoft Sailing Smack | Trawler | Lowestoft | Training ship | | 447 | |
| FCB 18 | Wates Building Group Limited | Barrow in Furness | 1944 | | Concrete lighter | Ellesmere Port | Museum exhibit | Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port | 1390 | |
| Feasible | John Duthie | Aberdeen | 1912 | | Steam fishing drifter | Penzance | Private ownership, undergoing restoration | | 711 | |
| Friendship | Sephtons | Sutton Stop, Coventry | 1925 | | Narrow boat | Ellesmere Port | Museum exhibit | Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port | 449 | |
| Garlandstone | James Goss | Calstock | 1903 | | Tamar Ketch | Morwellham Quay | Abandoned | | 136 | |
| George | Wigan Coal & Iron Company | New Springs, Wigan | 1910 | | Leeds & Liverpool Shortboat | Ellesmere Port | Museum exhibit | Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port | 451 | |
| Gifford | William Nurser | Braunston | 1926 | | Horse-drawn canal barge | Ellesmere Port | Museum exhibit | Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port | 452 | |
| Gladys | John & Herbert Cann | Harwich | 1901 | | Thames sailing barge | River Thames | Private ownership | | 204 | |
| Glala | A. R. Luke & Sons | River Hamble | 1915 | | Motor yacht | Ipswich | Private ownership | | 204 | |
| Glenlee | Anderson Rodger and Co | Port Glasgow | 1896 | Barque | Cargo vessel | Glasgow - Yorkhill Quay | Museum | | 450 | |
| Golden Vanity | Sanders & Co | Galmpton | 1908 | | Brixham trawler | Brixham | Private ownership | Used for sail training | 1673 | |
| Governor | Harris Brothers | Netherton | 1941 | | Narrow boat | Walsall | Private ownership | | 457 | |
| Grab No. 1 | Blyth Shipbuilding Company | Blyth, Northumberland | 1927 | | Grab dredger | Blyth, Northumberland | Private ownership | | 1391 | |
| Great Britain | William Patterson Shipbuilders | Wapping Wharf, Bristol | 1843 | | Passenger ship | Bristol Harbour | Museum | | 76 | Archived 5 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine |
| Greta | Stone Brothers | Brightlingsea | 1891 | | Thames sailing barge | Blyth, Northumberland | Private ownership | One of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk" | 206 | |
| Gularis | Staniland & Company | Thorne | 1938 | | Motor yacht | Newark-on-Trent | Private ownership | | 1399 | |
| H21 | Royal Engineers | Richborough, Kent | 1918 | | Seaplane lighter | Yeovilton | Museum exhibit, undergoing restoration | Part of the Fleet Air Arm Museum | 712 | |
| H F Bailey | Groves & Gutteridge Ltd | Cowes | 1935 | Watson class | Lifeboat | Cromer | Museum exhibit | Part of the RNLI Henry Blogg Museum | 1446 | |
| Harriet | Singleton Brothers | Wyre Dock, Fleetwood | 1893 | | Fishing smack | Fleetwood | Museum exhibit, undergoing conservation | Part of Fleetwood Museum | 638 | |
| Hathor | Daniel S. Hall | Reedham, Norfolk | 1905 | | Pleasure wherry | Wroxham | Private ownership, awaiting restoration | Owned by Wherry Yacht Charter Charitable Trust | 453 | |
| Hen | Cochrane & Sons | Selby | 1925 | | Dumb lighter | Liverpool | Private ownership | | 561 | |
| Herbert Leigh | J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd | East Cowes, Isle of Wight | 1951 | Watson class | Lifeboat | Barrow-in-Furness | Museum exhibit | Part of the Dock Museum | 561 | |
| HMS Alliance | Vickers Armstrong | Barrow-in-Furness | 1945 | Amphion class | Submarine | Gosport | Museum/Memorial | Part of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum | 100 | Archived 3 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine |
| HMS Belfast | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | 1938 | Town class | Light cruiser | London - Port of London | Museum/Memorial | Part of the Imperial War Museum | 123 | |
| HMS Caroline | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | 1914 | C class | Light cruiser | Belfast - Port of Belfast | Museum ship | Part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy | 430 | |
| HMS Cavalier | J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd | East Cowes, Isle of Wight | 1943 | C class | Destroyer | Chatham Historic Dockyard | Museum ship | | 431 | Archived 8 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine |
| HMS Gannet | Sheerness Dockyard | Sheerness | 1878 | | Sloop | Chatham Historic Dockyard | Museum | | 505 | Archived 8 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine |
| HMS Medusa (A353) | R A Newman & Sons | Poole, Dorset | 1943 | | Harbour Defence Motor Launch | Southampton | Museum | | 522 | |
| HMS President | Lobnitz & Company | Renfrew | 1917 | Anchusa class | Sloop | Thames Embankment | Private ownership | | 494 | |
| HMS Trincomalee | Wadia Shipyard | Bombay, India | 1816 | Leda class | Frigate | Hartlepool's Maritime Experience | Museum | | 497 | |
| HMS Unicorn | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | 1824 | Leda class | Frigate | Dundee | Museum | | 498 | |
| HMS Victory | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | 1765 | | Ship of the line | Portsmouth - Royal Naval Museum, HMNB Portsmouth | Museum | Oldest commissioned naval ship in the world | 499 | |
| HMS Warrior | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Leamouth | 1860 | | Ironclad | Portsmouth | Museum | | 501 | |
| HMS Holland 1 | Vickers, Sons & Maxim | Barrow-in-Furness | 1901 | Holland class | Submarine | Gosport - Royal Navy Submarine Museum | Museum | | 427 | Archived 3 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine |
| HSL 102 | British Power Boat Company | Hythe, Hampshire | 1936 | 100 class | High Speed Rescue Launch | Portsmouth - Gunwharf Quays | On display and available for charter | Last remaining boat of her class | 525 | |
| HSL 376 | Hancock Shipbuilding | Pembroke Dock | 1944 | | Naval Harbour Service Launch | Chatham Historic Dockyard | Museum exhibit | | 41 | Archived 8 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine |
| Humber | British Power Boat Company | Hythe, Hampshire | 1945 | | RASC fast launch | Oulton Broad | Stored, undergoing restoration | | 542 | |
| Hurlingham | Salter Brothers | Oxford | 1915 | | Thames excursion steamer | Lambeth | Private, operational | | 257 | |
| Ironsides | Stanfield and Clarke | Grays | 1900 | | Thames sailing barge | Faversham | Private, undergoing restoration | | 470 | |
| Isabella Fortuna | James Weir | Arbroath | 1890 | | Fifie | Wick | Museum, operational | | 705 | |
| James Stevens No 14 | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Blackwall, London | 1900 | Norfolk and Suffolk class | Lifeboat | Walton-on-the-Naze | Owned by heritage trust, operational | | 1279 | |
| Janet | J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd | East Cowes, Isle of Wight | 1892 | | Admiral's barge | Windermere | Privately owned | | 31 | |
| Jesse Lumb | J Samuel White & Co | Cowes, Isle of Wight | 1939 | Watson class | Lifeboat | Imperial War Museum Duxford | Museum exhibit | | 1759 | |
| John Constable | | | 1880 | | Stour barge | Sudbury | Museum, operational | Owned by the River Stour Trust | 1759 | |
| John H Amos | Bow, McLachlan and Company | Paisley, Scotland | 1931 | | Tugboat | Chatham, Kent | Laid up on barge | | 33 | |
| 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 | 146 | |
| Kent | Richards Ironworks Co. Ltd. | Lowestoft | 1948 | | Tugboat | Chatham, Kent | Operational | | 1937 | |
| Kerne | Montrose Ship Building Company Ltd. | Montrose | 1912 | | Tugboat | Liverpool | Private, operational | | 34 | |
| Kindly Light | Armour Brothers | Fleetwood | 1911 | | Pilot Cutter | Gweek | Under restoration | | 472 | |
| Kingfisher | J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd | East Cowes, Isle of Wight | 1928 | | Inspection launch | Yardley Gobion | Privately owned, operational | | 1380 | |
| Kingswear Castle | Philip & Son | Dartmouth, Devon | 1924 | | Paddle Steamer | Dartmouth | Operational | | 35 | |
| Kyles | John Fullarton & Co. | Paisley | 1872 | | Motor coaster | Irvine | Museum exhibit | Part of the Scottish Maritime Museum | 473 | |
| Lady Charlotte | J. Crichton & Co. | Saltney | 1914 | | Saloon launch | Henley-on-Thames | Operational, privately owned | | 27 | |
| Lady Daphne | Short Brothers | Rochester, Kent | 1923 | | Thames sailing barge | St Katharine Docks | Privately owned, up for sale | | 210 | |
| Lady of the Lake | T.B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | 1877 | | Excursion steamer | Ullswater | Operational in commercial service | Member of the Ullswater 'Steamers' fleet | 375 | |
| Lamouette | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | 1937 | | Naval pinnace | Ramsgate | Operational, privately owned | | 643 | |
| Largo Law | James N. Miller & Son Ltd | St Monans | 1924 | | Pilot vessel | Charlestown | Private ownership | | 1620 | |
| LCT 7074 | Hawthorn Leslie | Hebburn | 1944 | Landing Craft Tank | Landing Craft | Portsmouth | Refloated from Birkenhead docks and transported to Portsmouth for renovation | | 713 | |
| Leader | A. W. Gibb | Galmpton | 1892 | | Brixham trawler | Brixham | Owned by charitable trust as a sail training ship | | 604 | |
| Light Vessel 12 Spurn | Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Co Ltd | Goole | 1927 | | Lightship | Kingston upon Hull | Museum ship | | 671 | |
| Light Vessel 16 Inner Dowsing | William Pitcher | Northfleet | 1840 | | Lightship | Rochester, Kent | Private ownership | | 131 | |
| Light Vessel 50 H.Y. Tyne | Fletcher, Son & Fearnall | London | 1879 | | Lightship | Blyth, Northumberland | Private ownership | Headquarters of the Royal Northumberland Yacht Club | 141 | |
| Light Vessel 91 Humber | Philip & Son | Dartmouth, Devon | 1937 | | Lightship | Swansea | Floating museum | Part of Swansea Museum | 137 | |
| Lively Hope | William Weatherhead & Son | Cockenzie | 1936 | Ring-Netter | Fishing boat | Anstruther | Museum exhibit | Part of the Scottish Fisheries Museum | 1856 | Archived 8 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine |
| Lydia Eva | King's Lynn Slipway Company | King's Lynn | 1930 | | Fishing boat, Herring drifter | Great Yarmouth | Operational, Museum | The world's last surviving steam-powered herring drifter. | 43 | |
| Lynher | James Goss | Calstock | 1896 | | Tamar barge | Cremyll | Privately owned, up for sale | | 1137 | |
| M33 | Workman Clark Ltd | Belfast | 1915 | M29 class | Monitor | Portsmouth - Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | Museum | | 482 | Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine |
| Madcap | Davis & Plain | Cardiff | 1875 | | Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter | Carrickfergus | Up for sale | | 91 | |
| Maid of the Loch | A. & J. Inglis | Glasgow | 1953 | | Paddle steamer | Balloch, Loch Lomond | Under restoration | | 477 | |
| Maidie | Ernest Collins and Sons (Wroxham) Ltd. | Wroxham | 1904 | | Broads yacht | Wroxham | Operational, privately owned | | 1934 | |
| Marbury | | | 1900 | | Towed canal icebreaker | Ellesmere Port | Museum exhibit | Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port | 478 | |
| Maria | Harris Brothers | Rowhedge | 1866 | | Fishing smack | Brightlingsea | Private, operating | | 718 | |
| Mary Joseph | William Paynter | Kilkeel | 1877 | | Fishing lugger | Belfast | Laid up | Part of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum | 479 | |
| Mary Rose | | Portsmouth | 1511 | | Carrack | Portsmouth | Museum exhibit, preserved wreck | Part of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | 1951 | |
| Mascotte | Thomas Cox & Son | Newport, Wales | 1904 | | Pilot cutter | Arisaig | Privately owned, available for charter | | 689 | |
| Massey Shaw | J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd | East Cowes, Isle of Wight | 1935 | | Fireboat | Deptford | Owned by a charitable trust, under restoration | | 417 | |
| Maud | D. S. Hall | Reedham | 1899 | | Trading wherry | Ludham | Operational, privately owned | | 650 | |
| May | John & Herbert Cann | Harwich | 1891 | | Thames sailing barge | Ipswich | Operational, privately owned | | 214 | Archived 25 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine |
| Mayflower | Stothert & Marten | Bristol | 1861 | | Tugboat | Bristol harbour | Floating museum | Part of M Shed | 45 | |
| Medway Queen | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | Troon | 1924 | | Paddle steamer | Gillingham, Kent | Owned by preservation society, under restoration | One of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk" | 46 | |
| Merak | W. H. Walker & Brothers | Rickmansworth | 1936 | | Narrow boat | Ellesmere Port | Museum exhibit | Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port | 481 | |
| Merope | W. H. Walker & Brothers | Rickmansworth | 1936 | | Narrow boat | Ellesmere Port | Museum exhibit | Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port | 1805 | |
| MGB 81 | British Power Boat Company | Hythe, Hampshire | 1942 | | Motor Gun Boat | Portsmouth | Operational | Acquired by Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | 524 | |
| Mirosa | John Howard | Maldon | 1892 | | Thames sailing barge | Faversham - Iron Wharf | Operational, preserved | | 215 | Archived 12 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine |
| MTB 102 | Vospers | Portsmouth | 1937 | | Motor Torpedo Boat | Lowestoft | Owned by a trust | | 486 | |
| My Alice | Kidby & Sons | Brightlingsea | 1907 | | Smack | Brightlingsea | Operational, privately owned | | 1965 | |
| Nell | Thomas Orr Junior | Greenock | 1887 | | Yacht | Dover | Operational, privately owned | | 762 | |
| Nomadic | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | 1910 | | Passenger Tender | Belfast | Museum | Built to ferry passengers from Cherbourg to RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic. Last surviving ship built for White Star Line. | 2053 | |
| North Carr | A. & J. Inglis | Glasgow | 1932 | | Lightship | Dundee | Awaiting Restoration | Owned by Dundee City Council | 613 | |
| Olga | J Bowden | Porthleven | 1909 | | Pilot Cutter | Swansea | Floating museum | Part of Swansea Museum | 615 | |
| Olive | Ernest Collins & Sons (Wroxham) Ltd | Wroxham | 1909 | | Norfolk wherry yacht | Wroxham | Undergoing restoration | Owned by Wherry Yacht Charter Charitable Trust | 489 | |
| Our Boys | Richard Pearce | East Looe | 1904 | | Cornish lugger | Milford Haven | Privately owned, undergoing restoration | | 117 | |
| Panurgic | J. S. Watson (Gainsborough) Ltd | Gainsborough | 1935 | | Hopper barge | Appledore | Privately owned, up for sale | | 653 | |
| Pauline | | | 1869 | Calder & Hebble Keel | Houseboat | Leigh | Privately owned | | 1392 | |
| Peacock | Fellows Morton & Clayton | Saltley Dock, Birmingham | 1915 | | Narrowboat | Dudley | Floating museum | Displayed at the Black Country Living Museum | 1396 | |
| Peggy | Unknown | | 1789 | | Yacht | Castletown, Isle of Man | Stored, undercover | | 1125 | |
| Perseverance | James Pollock & Sons Ltd | Faversham | 1934 | | Grab dredger | Ellesmere Port | Museum exhibit | Part of the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port | 52 | |
| Pilgrim | J. W. & A. Upham | Brixham | 1895 | | Brixham trawler | Dartmouth | Operational, owned by a preservation trust | | 1816 | |
| Pioneer | W. Paynter | St Ives, Cornwall | 1899 | | Longline fishing vessel | Hayle | Privately owned, Restored | | 1409 | |
| Portwey | Harland and Wolff | River Clyde | 1927 | Service Vessel | Tugboat | West India Docks | Operational | | 54 | |
| President | Fellows Morton & Clayton | Saltley Dock, Birmingham | 1909 | | Narrowboat | Dudley | Floating museum | Displayed at the Black Country Living Museum | 55 | |
| Primrose | William Evans Clark | Rye, East Sussex | 1887 | | Rye sailing barge | Hastings | Museum exhibit | Part of the Shipwreck Heritage Museum | 618 | |
| Prince Frederick's Barge | John Hall | South Bank | 1732 | | State Barge | London - National Maritime Museum, Greenwich | Museum exhibit | | 617 | |
| Provident | Saunders & Co. | Galmpton | 1924 | | Brixham trawler | Brixham | Owned by charitable trust as a sail training ship | | 616 | |
| Pyronaut | Charles Hill & Sons Ltd | Bristol | 1934 | | Fireboat | Bristol - Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum | Floating museum | | 619 | |
| Queen Mary | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | 1933 | | Passenger vessel | Greenock | Undergoing restoration | | 495 | |
| Queen Mary's Shallop | | | 1689 | | Shallop | Greenwich | Museum exhibit | Part of the National Maritime Museum | 1860 | |
| Queen of the Lake | Watercraft of Molesey | Molesey | 1949 | | Launch | Windermere | Operational, in commercial service | | 368 | |
| Ratho Princess | Graham Bunn | Wroxham | 1924 | | Excursion steamer | Ratho | Operational, in commercial service | | 389 | |
| Raven | T.B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | 1889 | | Excursion steamer | Ullswater | Operational, in commercial service | Member of the Ullswater 'Steamers' fleet | 376 | |
| Raven | T.B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | 1871 | | Steam barge | Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories | Museum exhibit | | 57 | |
| Reaper | J & G Forbes Ltd | Sandhaven | 1901 | | Fifie | Anstruther | Operational, Museum ship | Part of the Scottish Fisheries Museum | 172 | |
| Regal Lady | Fellows & Co | Great Yarmouth | 1930 | | Excursion vessel | Scarborough | Operational, in commercial service | One of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk" | 180 | |
| Reminder | F. W. Horlock | Mistley | 1929 | | Thames sailing barge | Maldon, Essex | Operational, in commercial service | | 1966 | |
| Research | W. & G. Stephen | Banff | 1903 | Zulu | Fishing drifter | Anstruther | Museum exhibit | Part of the Scottish Fisheries Museum | 173 | |
| Result | Robert Kent & Company | Carrickfergus | 1893 | | Schooner | Cultra | Museum exhibit | Part of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum | 496 | |
| Ripple | John Howard | Maldon | 1878 | | Smack yacht | Tollesbury | Operational, in private ownership | | 770 | |
| RML 497 | Southampton Steam Joinery Ltd | Southampton | 1941 | Fairmile B | Motor launch | Portsmouth | Museum ship | Part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy | 307 | |
| Robin | Mackenzie, MacAlpine & Co | Leamouth | 1890 | | Coastal Steamer | London - Royal Victoria Dock | Floating museum | | 1794 | |
| Ryde | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | 1936 | | Paddle steamer | Newport, Isle of Wight | Laid up | | 61 | |
| Sabrina | Fielding & Platt Ltd | Gloucester | 1870 | | Inspection Launch | Saul Junction, Frampton-on-Severn | Private: operating | | 62 | |
| Sabrina 5 | Charles Hill & Sons | Bristol | 1944 | | Barge | Gloucester | Floating museum | Part of the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester | 623 | |
| Sails of Dawn | McGruer & Co | Clynder | 1969 | | Ocean racing and cruising yacht | Malta - Manoel Island | Under restoration | | 3661 | |
| Sallie | Aldous & Sons | Brightlingsea | 1907 | | Oyster smack | Maldon, Essex | Operational, privately owned | | 831 | |
| Seagull II | Gill & Sons | Rochester, Kent | 1901 | | Thames sailing barge | Gillingham, Kent | Privately owned, laid up, undergoing restoration | | 832 | |
| Severn Progress | Charles Hill & Sons | Bristol | 1931 | | Tugboat | Gloucester | Floating museum | Part of the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester | 1448 | |
| Shamrock | Nathaniel Shepherd | Bowness-on-Windermere | 1906 | | Saloon launch | Windermere | Operational, owned by a charitable trust | | 65 | |
| Sharpness | Abdela & Mitchell | Brinscombe | 1908 | | Icebreaking tug | Trent and Mersey Canal | Operational, privately owned | | 246 | |
| Shieldhall | Lobnitz & Co Ltd | Renfrew | 1955 | | Sewage Disposal vessel | Southampton | Operational, Private | | 66 | |
| Sir Walter Scott | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | 1900 | | Excursion steamer | Loch Katrine | Operational, in commercial service | | 67 | |
| Solace | D. S. Hall | Reedham | 1903 | | Norfolk pleasure wherry | Wroxham | Operational, privately owned | | 666 | |
| Souvenir D'Antan | C. & A. Burgoine | Hampton Wick | 1901 | | Saloon launch | Windermere | Operational, privately owned | | 68 | |
| Spartan | J Hay & Sons | Kirkintilloch | 1940 | Victualling Inshore Craft | Clyde puffer | Irvine, North Ayrshire | Museum exhibit | Part of the Scottish Maritime Museum | 622 | |
| Spider T | Warrens Shipyard | New Holland, North Lincolnshire | 1926 | | Humber Super Sloop | Keadby Lock | Operational, privately owned | | 2010 | |
| ST 1500 | British Power Boat Company | Hythe, Hampshire | 1942 | | Seaplane tender | Dumbarton | Privately owned, undergoing restoration | | 1223 | |
| Steam Pinnace 199 | J. Samuel White, & Co Ltd | East Cowes, Isle of Wight | 1911 | | Naval pinnace | Portsmouth | Museum exhibit | Floating exhibit at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth | 40 | |
| Stormy Petrel | R & C Perkins | Whitstable | 1890 | | Oyster Smack | Gillingham, Kent | Private, operating | | 840 | |
| Sundowner | Sheerness Dockyard | Sheerness | 1912 | | Naval pinnace | Ramsgate | Museum ship | Part of the Ramsgate Maritime Museum. One of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk" | 96 | |
| Swan | Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow-in-Furness | 1938 | | Excursion vessel | Windermere | Operational, in commercial service | Member of the Windermere Lake Cruises fleet | 377 | |
| Swan | Hay & Co. Ltd. | Lerwick | 1900 | | Fifie | Lerwick | Operational, owned by charitable trust | | 672 | |
| Tahilla | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Hampton | 1922 | | Cruise boat | Southampton | Operational, privately owned | | 552 | |
| Teal | Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow-in-Furness | 1936 | | Excursion vessel | Windermere | Operational, privately owned | Member of the Windermere Lake Cruises fleet | 379 | |
| Telegraph | Alexander M. Gostelow | Boston, Lincolnshire | 1906 | | Boston smack | Maldon | Operational, privately owned | | 1457 | |
| Tern | Forrestt & Sons Ltd | Wivenhoe | 1891 | | Excursion vessel | Windermere | Operational, privately owned | Member of the Windermere Lake Cruises fleet | 380 | |
| Thalatta | W. B. McLearon | Harwich | 1906 | | Thames sailing barge | St Osyth | Operational, owned by a charitable trust | Used for sail training | 230 | |
| Thalia | G. F. Wanhill | Poole | 1889 | | Cutter | Southampton | Operational, privately owned | | 844 | |
| Thames Esperanza | J. Bond | Maidenhead | 1898 | | Saloon launch | River Thames | Operational, privately owned | | 94 | |
| The King | H. Tagg | East Molesey | 1902 | | Excursion vessel | Borstal, Rochester | Laid up | | 241 | |
| Thomas | Cochrane & Sons Ltd. | Selby | 1937 | | Tugboat | Port Talbot | Privately owned | | 679 | |
| TID 164 | William Pickersgill & Sons | Southwick, Sunderland | 1945 | TID class | Tugboat | Chatham Historic Dockyard | Privately owned | | 70 | |
| Torbay Lass | R. Jackman & Sons | Brixham | 1923 | | Brixham trawler | Maldon | Undergoing restoration | Owned by the Heritage Marine Foundation | 95 | |
| Trimilia | Saunders-Roe | Cowes, Isle of Wight | 1925 | Ramsgate class | Lifeboat | Ipswich | Privately owned | | 461 | |
| Turbinia | Marine Steam Turbine Co | Heaton | 1894 | | | Newcastle upon Tyne - Discovery Museum | Museum exhibit | Original engine at Science Museum | 138 | |
| VIC 32 | Richard Dunston | Thorne | 1943 | | Victualling Inshore Craft | Crinan, Argyll and Bute | Operational, in commercial service | | 75 | |
| VIC 96 | Richard Dunston | Thorne | 1945 | | Victualling Inshore Craft | Chatham, Kent | Undergoing restoration, owned by a charitable trust | | 78 | |
| Vigilance | J. W. & A. Upham | Brixham | 1926 | | Brixham trawler | Brixham | Operational, privately owned | | 741 | |
| Vigilant | Cox & Company | Falmouth | 1901 | | Customs cutter | Faversham | Under restoration | | 500 | |
| Violette | J. Pollock & Son, Co. Ltd. | Faversham | 1919 | | Coasting schooner | Hoo | Laid up | | 716 | |
| Waterlily | John I. Thornycroft & Company | Chiswick | 1866 | | Steam launch | Falmouth | Museum exhibit | Part of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall | 81 | |
| Waverley | A & J Inglis | Pointhouse, River Clyde | 1946 | | Paddle Steamer | Firth of Clyde | Operational | | 90 | |
| Wellington | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport, Devon | 1934 | Grimsby class | Sloop | Victoria Embankment | Private ownership | Former headquarters of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners | 502 | |
| White Heather | J. S. Watson (Gainsborough) Ltd. | Gainsborough | 1932 | | Canal Tug | Woking | Operational, privately owned | | 1657 | |
| Willdora | | Scotland | 1901 | | Fishing trawler | Sunderland | Undergoing restoration, owned by a charitable trust | One of the "Little Ships of Dunkirk" | 1858 | |
| William Gammon | Groves & Gutteridge Ltd | Cowes, Isle of Wight | 1947 | Watson class | Lifeboat | Swansea | Museum exhibit | Part of Swansea Museum | 723 | |
| Wingfield Castle | William Gray & Company | Hartlepool | 1934 | | Paddle ferry | Hartlepool | Museum ship | | 83 | |
| Xylonite | F. W. Horlock | Mistley | 1926 | | Thames sailing barge | Maylandsea | Operational, available for charter | | 236 | |
| Zetland | Henry Greathead | South Shields | 1802 | | Lifeboat | Redcar | Museum | Oldest lifeboat in the world | 627 | |