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Great Britain

Extant from : 1000

There are a total of 11,924 British ships and 31,266 British people listed on this site


Alternate Names

  • 1000 Kingdom of England
  • 1649/05/19 Commonwealth of England
  • 1653 Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
  • 1660/05/08 Kingdom of England
  • 1707/05/01 Great Britain
  • 1801/01/01 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • 1922/12/05 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Wars

National operators

  • Army (0 ships)
  • Canadian Provincial Marine (1796-1910) (2 ships)
  • Corps of Engineers (1716) (0 ships)
  • East India Company (1600-1874) (1,544 ships)
  • English Royalist (1643-1660) (61 ships)
  • Hudson's Bay Company (1670) (10 ships)
  • Indian Navy (1613-1945) (7 ships)
  • Levant Company (1592-1825) (4 ships)
  • Massachusetts Provincial (1 ship)
  • Muscovy Company (1555-1917) (3 ships)
  • Navy Board (1 ship)
  • Pennsylvania Provincial (1757) (1 ship)
  • Private Owners (2,708 ships)
  • Revenue Service (77 ships)
  • Royal African Company (1660-1752) (58 ships)
  • Royal Mail (1516-2013) (67 ships)
  • Royal Marines (0 ships)
  • Royal Navy (7,357 ships)
  • South Carolina Provincial (2 ships)
  • South Sea Company (1711) (8 ships)
  • The Barons (1215-1217) (0 ships)
  • Transport Board (1690-1817) (10 ships)

Vessels by Category (Total vessels 11,924)

  • First Rate (76 vessels)
  • Second Rate (138 vessels)
  • Third Rate (616 vessels)
  • Fourth Rate (475 vessels)
  • Fifth Rate (834 vessels)
  • Sixth Rate (585 vessels)
  • Unrated (3,209 vessels)
  • Merchant (2,491 vessels)
  • Hired Vessel (1,426 vessels)
  • Privateer (1,956 vessels)
  • Other Vessels (104 vessels)
  • Shore Establishment (14 vessels)

Personnel by Role ( All personnel 31,265)

  • Naval Sailor (25,080 people)
  • Designer (64 people)
  • Ship Owner (1,058 people)
  • Privateer (1,774 people)
  • Pirate (22 people)
  • Ship Builder (646 people)
  • Other (126 people)
  • Administrator (241 people)
  • Marine (462 people)
  • Soldier (274 people)
  • Merchant Sailor (1,578 people)
  • Dockyard Staff (1,402 people)
  • Clergyman (212 people)
  • Medic (213 people)

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