The listing below describes the provisional list of items related to the Royal Navy ships geomagnetic log books held at the British Geological Survey.
| Ship Name | Date | Component | Location | Packet number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aboukir | 1902 | Mediterranean Sea | 30 | |
| Aboukir | 1910 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 30 |
| Acheron | 1848-1851 | DIF | South Pacific, South Atlantic | 31 |
| Acorn | 1888 | D | South Atlantic Ocean | 1 |
| Active | 1893 | D | North Atlantic Arctic Ocean | 33 |
| Active | 1895 | D | North Atlantic Arctic Ocean | 33 |
| Active | 1896 | D | North Atlantic Arctic Ocean | 33 |
| Actpeon | 1856-1858 | D | Worldwide | 32 |
| Alarm | 1858 | D | Pacific Ocean | 34 |
| Albatross | 1894 | D | North Sea, Baltic Sea | 35 |
| Albatross | 1896-1898 | DIH | Austalasia | 35 |
| Albion | 1901 | D | Red Sea | 36 |
| Albion | 1903 | D | China coast | 36 |
| Albion | 1904 | D | China coast | 36 |
| Alert | 1875-1876 | DIHF | Arctic Ocean | 37 |
| Alert | 1878-1881 | D | Worldwide | 37 |
| Alert | 1901-1902 | D | Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean | 37 |
| Alfred | 1851-1852 | D | London to Calcutta and back (via Cape of Good Hope) | 38 |
| Algerine | 1904 | D | Pacific Ocean | 2 |
| Alliance | 1881 | D | Iceland | 39 |
| Allier | 1884 | D | Iceland | 3 |
| Alligator | 1838 | H | Cape of Good Hope | 4 |
| Amethyst | 1910 | D | Falkland Islands | 40 |
| Amphion | 1897 | D | Central America | 41 |
| Amphion | 1898 | D | Central America | 41 |
| Andromeda | 1904 | D | China | 5 |
| Antrim | 1908-1909 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 42 |
| Arethusa | 1902 | D | China coast | 6 |
| Arethuse | 1886-1888 | DI | Atlantic Ocean | 7 |
| Argo | 1909 | D | West coast of England and Irish Coast (see also HMS Research) | 43 |
| Argonaut | 1901 | D | China | 8 |
| Argyll | 1907 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 44 |
| Asp | 1856 | 2 letters from Pembroke Dock, one giving variation | 45 | |
| Asp | 1857 | 2 letters from Pembroke Dock, one giving variation | 45 | |
| Assistance | 1853 | I | Woolwich, Holsteinburg | 9 |
| Astraea | 1904 | D | Indian Ocean | 46 |
| Astraea | 1908 | DIF | Austalasia | 46 |
| Astraea | 1910 | D | China | 46 |
| Atalanta | 1902 | D | Brazil | 10 |
| Aurora | 1895-1896 | DIH | Austalasia and China | 11 |
| Aurora | 1903-1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 11 |
| Bacchante | 1906-1909 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 47 |
| Baltimore | 1900 | D | Philippine Islands | 12 |
| Barham | 1895 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 48 |
| Barham | 1910 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 48 |
| Barrosa | 1897 | D | Africa coasts | 49 |
| Barrosa | 1899 | D | Africa coasts | 49 |
| Barrosa | 1904 | D | Africa coasts | 49 |
| Basilisk | 1898 | D | South Atlantic Ocean | 50 |
| Basilisk | 1902 | D | South Atlantic Ocean | 50 |
| Bayfield | 1886-1895 | D | Canadian Lakes | 51 |
| Beagle | 1837-1840 | D | Worldwide | 107 |
| Beagle | 1897-1899 | D | East coast of South America | 107 |
| Beaver | 1860-1869 | D | Vancouver Island Survey | 52 |
| Bedford | 1908-1908 | D | Pacific Ocean | 53 |
| Bellona | 1901 | D | Iceland | 54 |
| Berwick | 1904 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 55 |
| Berwick | 1905 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 55 |
| Blanche | 1893 | D | East coast of Africa | 56 |
| Blonde | 1899 | D | Iceland | 57 |
| Bonaventure | 1903 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 13 |
| Bonaventure | 1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 13 |
| Boscawen | 1856 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 58 |
| Boscawen | 1859 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 58 |
| Brilliant | 1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 59 |
| Brilliant | 1907 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 59 |
| Brunswick | 1850 | F | Atlantic Ocean | 60 |
| Brunswick | 1851 | F | Atlantic Ocean | 60 |
| Brunswick | 1856 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 60 |
| Brunswick | 1858 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 60 |
| Bulldog | 1860 | DI | North Atlantic Ocean | 61 |
| Bulwark | 1904 | D | Malta | 62 |
| Bulwark | 1906 | D | Malta | 62 |
| Bulwark | 1907 | D | Malta | 62 |
| Cadmus | 1906 | D | China coast | 63 |
| Cadmus | 1907 | D | China coast | 63 |
| Cadmus | 1908 | IF | China coast | 63 |
| Cadmus | 1909 | IF | China coast | 63 |
| Caesar | 1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 14 |
| Calypso | 1894 | D | Arctic Ocean | 64 |
| Calypso | 1895 | D | Arctic Ocean | 64 |
| Cambrian | 1906-1910 | DHIZF | Worldwide | 108 |
| Cameleon | 1868 | D | North Pacific Ocean | 65 |
| Carnarvon | 1908 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 66 |
| Carnarvon | 1909 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 66 |
| Carnegie | 1909 | DIHF | Worldwide | 67 |
| Carnegie | 1910 | DIHF | Worldwide | 67 |
| Caroline | 1894 | D | East coast of Russia | 15 |
| Centurion | 1904 | D | Pacific Ocean | 16 |
| Challenger | 1872-1876 | IF | Worldwide | 16 |
| Challenger | 1872-1876 | DIHF | Computations of curves of compasses etc. | 16 |
| Challenger | 1872-1876 | IF | Worldwide | 16 |
| Challenger | 1872-1876 | DH | Worldwide | 16 |
| Challenger | 1872-1876 | DIHF | Worldwide (abstracts) | 16 |
| Challenger | 1872-1876 | Computations of weight equivelants, etc. | 16 | |
| Challenger | 1872-1876 | IF | Worldwide (abstracts) | 16 |
| Challenger | 1889 | D | Worldwide | 16 |
| Challenger | 1891-1892 | DIH | Australia, Hong Kong | 16 |
| Challenger | 1904 | D | Worldwide | 16 |
| Challenger | 1909-1911 | D | Worldwide | 16 |
| Champion | 1894 | D | Necker Island | 17 |
| Chanticleer | 1828-1831 | DIHF | Worldwide | 109 |
| Clyde | 1876 | D | Indian Ocean | 68 |
| Clyde | 1877 | D | Indian Ocean | 68 |
| Concord | 1901 | D | North America, Kiska Bay | 18 |
| Conquest | 1890 | D | Honolulu, Hawaii | 19 |
| Cordelia | 1896 | D | Newfoundland | 20 |
| Cornus | 1897 | D | North Pacific Ocean | 69 |
| Cosmas | 1894 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 21 |
| Crescent | 1904 | D | South Atlantic Ocean | 22 |
| Crocodile | 1868 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 70 |
| Cumberland | 1845-1854 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 71 |
| Cyclops | 1857-1859 | D | Worldwide | 110 |
| Cyclops | 1860 | D | Indian and Atlantic Oceans | 110 |
| Cyclops | 1861 | D | Indian and Atlantic Oceans | 110 |
| Dart | 1882-1889 | D | Worldwide | 72 |
| Dart | 1891-1893 | D | Worldwide | 72 |
| Dart | 1896-1899 | D | Worldwide | 72 |
| Dart | 1902-1903 | D | Worldwide | 72 |
| Dauntless | 1856 | D | England to Malta and back | 73 |
| Devonshire | 1908-1909 | D | Atlantic | 74 |
| Diamond | 1888-1889 | D | Correspondence | 75 |
| Diamond | 1906 | D | British Guiana | 75 |
| Diamond | 1908 | D | Scotland | 75 |
| Diana | 1906 | D | Red Sea | 76 |
| Dido | 1910 | D | North Sea Survey (see also HMS Isis) | 77 |
| Discovery | 1875-1876 | DIF | South Polar Seas | 77 |
| Discovery | 1901-1906 | DHF | South Polar voyage and Kew | 77 |
| Discovery | 1901-1906 | I | South Polar Seas | 77 |
| Discovery | 1901-1907 | Correspondence, curves, notes | 77 | |
| Discovery | 1902-1904 | Observations of sun's azimuth, constants and computations | 77 | |
| Donau | 1869-1870 | D | Pacific Ocean | 78 |
| Donau | 1900-1901 | D | South Atlantic Ocean | 78 |
| Donegal | 1904 | D | Barbados | 79 |
| Donegal | 1906 | D | Malta | 79 |
| Doric | 1891 | D | New Zealand and Cape Horn coasts; correspondence 1893. | 23 |
| Doric | 1893 | D | New Zealand and Cape Horn coasts; correspondence 1893. | 23 |
| Doris | 1910 | D | North Sea (also see also HMS Isis) | 80 |
| Drake | 1905 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 81 |
| Dubordieu | 1890-1903 | DIH | Worldwide | 82 |
| Dubordieu | 1895 | DIHF | Atlantic Ocean | 82 |
| Duke of Wellington | 1896 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 83 |
| Dwarf | 1902-1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 84 |
| Dwarf | 1907 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 84 |
| Dwarf | 1909 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 84 |
| Eclipse | 1862 | D | Atlantic and Indian oceans | 85 |
| Eclipse | 1863 | D | Atlantic and Indian oceans | 85 |
| Egeria | 1886-1888 | D | Worldwide | 111 |
| Egeria | 1890 | D | Worldwide | 111 |
| Egeria | 1892 | D | Worldwide | 111 |
| Egeria | 1893 | D | Worldwide | 111 |
| Egeria | 1897-1900 | DHIF | Coast of North American continent | 111 |
| Egeria | 1903-1910 | D | British Columbia | 111 |
| Egeria | 1906 | I | British Columbia | 111 |
| Egmont | 1906-1907 | DHIF | North Atlantic Ocean | 86 |
| Ellinor | 1907 | D | Newfoundland | 87 |
| Ellinor | 1910 | D | Newfoundland | 87 |
| Emerald | 1890 | DIH | Newfoundland | 88 |
| Enterprise | 1850-1855 | D | Pacific Ocean | 89 |
| Erebus | 1840-1843 | DHIZ | Atlantic, Pacific | 112 |
| Erebus | 1840-1843 | DHIZ | Worldwide | 113 |
| Erebus | 1845 | Met. Obs. | Atlantic Ocean | 113 |
| Erebus | 1847 | D | Woolwich | 113 |
| Espiegle | 1910 | D | Persian Gulf | 24 |
| Essex | 1905 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 90 |
| Etoile | 1891? | D | Gulf of Tadjoura | 25 |
| Eugenie | 1851-1853 | D | Report on taking observations | 91 |
| Euryalus | 1908 | IF | Bermuda | 26 |
| Fantome | 1900 | D | North coast of South America | 92 |
| Fantome | 1907-1909 | DIH | Australia | 92 |
| Fantome | 1910 | D | Australia | 92 |
| Favorite | 1866-1868 | Deviations | North-west Atlantic | 93 |
| Fawn | 1876-1877 | D | Red Sea | 94 |
| Fawn | 1877-1880 | D | Mediterranean Sea and all African coasts | 94 |
| Fearless | 1892-1894 | D | Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea | 95 |
| Firefly | 1855-1856 | D | Swedish coast and North Sea | 96 |
| Firefly | 1861-1865 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 96 |
| Flora | 1898 | D | Atlantic | 97 |
| Flora | 1899 | D | Atlantic | 97 |
| Flora | 1906 | DH | Pacific Ocean | 97 |
| Flora | 1909 | DIF | Pacific and China | 97 |
| Flora | 1910 | D | China | 97 |
| Fly | 1842-1846 | DIF | Worldwide | 114 |
| Flying Fish | 1880-1887 | D | North pacific and Australasia | 98 |
| Formidable | 1904 | D | Malta | 27 |
| Forte | 1902 | D | African coasts and Indian Ocean | 99 |
| Forte | 1904 | D | African coasts and Indian Ocean | 99 |
| Forte | 1905 | D | African coasts and Indian Ocean | 99 |
| Fox | 1857-1859 | IF | Arctic, America, Greenland | 28 |
| Fox | 1896 | D | West coast of Africa | 28 |
| Galilee | 1905-1907 | D | Pacific Ocean | 29 |
| Gannet | 1850-1870 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 100 |
| Gannet | 1867 | I | Labrador | 100 |
| Garnet | 1891-1893 | D | Pacific Ocean | 101 |
| Gazelle | 1874 | DH | West coast of Africa | 102 |
| Gibraltar | 1901 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 103 |
| Glory | 1903 | D | Pacific Ocean | 104 |
| Glory | 1907-1908 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 104 |
| Goldfinch | 1901-1906 | DHI | Gilbraltar, West coast of Africa and adjacent seas | 115 |
| Good Hope | 1904 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 105 |
| Good Hope | 1907-1909 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 105 |
| Grafton | 1902 | D | Vancouver Island | 106 |
| Grafton | 1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 106 |
| Hampshire | 1907 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 1 |
| Hannibal | 1904 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 2 |
| Hardinge | 1904 | D | Colaba | 34 |
| Harrier | 1856 | D | Faro Island | 35 |
| Harrier | 1906 | D | England | 35 |
| Hawke | 1894 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 36 |
| Hawke | 1896 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 36 |
| Hearty | 1910 | D | Scotland | 37 |
| Hecate | 1857-1863 | DHI | Pacific Ocean | 70 |
| Hecate | 1866 | H | Kew | 70 |
| Helena | 1899 | D | Philippine Islands | 3 |
| Herald | 1841 | D | Holyhead | 71 |
| Herald | 1845-1846 | I | Atlantic, Pacific | 71 |
| Herald | 1848-1861 | D | West coast of Africa | 71 |
| Herald | 1852 | Deviations | Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean | 71 |
| Herald | 1860 | Deviations | Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean | 71 |
| Hermes | 1907 | D | West coast of Africa | 38 |
| Hermione | 1907 | D | Indian Ocean | 39 |
| Hermione | 1908 | D | Indian Ocean | 39 |
| Hertha | 1875-76 | DIH | Pacific Ocean | 4 |
| Highflyer | 1856-1857 | D | Plymouth to Hong Kong via Rio and Cape of Good Hope | 40 |
| Highflyer | 1859 | D | West coast of Africa | 40 |
| Howe | 1895 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 5 |
| Hyacinth | 1909 | D | Persian Gulf | 6 |
| Hyacinth | 1911 | D | Persian Gulf | 6 |
| Hydra | 1853 | D | Coast between Capes Hangklip and Aguilhas | 41 |
| Hydra | 1863 | D | Computation of coefficients at Greenhithe | 41 |
| Hydra | 1866-1868 | D | West coast of Africa | 41 |
| Immortalite | 1897 | D | Japan | 7 |
| Imperieuse | 1896-1897 | D | North Pacific Ocean | 42 |
| Implacable | 1905 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 8 |
| Indefatigable | 1900-1904 | D | Atalantic and Caribbean | 43 |
| Industry | 1863-1866 | D | Worldwide | 44 |
| Investigator | 1846-1911 | DHI | India and adjacent seas | 72 |
| Investigator | 1848-1849 | I | Atlantic Ocean | 72 |
| Investigator | 1850 | D | Arctic Ocean | 72 |
| Investigator | 1851 | D | Arctic Ocean | 72 |
| Iphigenia | 1904 | D | England to China | 45 |
| Iphigenie | 1892 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 9 |
| Isis | 1910 | D | North Sea | 46 |
| Jupiter | 1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 10 |
| Kaikoura | 1885-1886 | D | New Zealand | 47 |
| Katoomba | 1904 | D | Australia | 1 |
| Kent | 1911 | D | Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean | 12 |
| King Alfred | 1907 | D | Pacific Ocean | 13 |
| Knight Errant | 1888 | D | Ireland | 14 |
| Lado | 1881 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 15 |
| Lancaster | 1904 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 48 |
| Lancaster | 1907-1911 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 48 |
| Lapwing | 1902-1904 | D | Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean | 49 |
| Lapwing | 1907-1909 | D | Persian Gulf | 49 |
| Latona | 1906 | D | Atlantic (see also HMS Scylla) | 50 |
| Leander | 1844 | IF | Indian Ocean | 51 |
| Leander | 1900 | D | Mexico | 51 |
| Leviathan | 1904 | D | China coast | 52 |
| Lightning | 1863 | D | British Isles | 53 |
| Lightning | 1866 | D | British Isles | 53 |
| Lightning | 1867 | D | British Isles | 53 |
| Lightning | 1871 | D | British Isles | 53 |
| Lively | 1856 | D | British Isles (see HMS Porcupine) | |
| Liverpool | 1867-1870 | D | West coast of Africa | 54 |
| Lizard | 1904 | D | South Pacific Ocean | 16 |
| London | 1903 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 17 |
| Maeander | 1860-1862 | D | Ascension, with correspondence | 55 |
| Magicienne | 1896 | D | Caribbean | 56 |
| Magicienne | 1899 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 56 |
| Magicienne | 1900 | D | East coast of Africa | 56 |
| Magicienne | 1901 | D | East coast of Africa | 56 |
| Magnificent | 1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 18 |
| Magpie | 1879-1884 | D | Indian Ocean | 57 |
| Magpie | 1899 | D | Sierre Leone | 57 |
| Malabar | 1867 | D | Correspondence | 19 |
| Marathon | 1893 | D | Indian Ocean | 58 |
| Marathon | 1899 | D | Indian Ocean | 58 |
| Marble Head | 1899 | D | West coast Nicaragua | 20 |
| Marietta | 1903 | D | Curacao | 21 |
| Maris | 1881 | D | Alexandria | 22 |
| Mars | 1904 | D | Atlantic | 23 |
| Mauche | 1892 | D | Spitzbergen | 24 |
| Melita | 1894 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 25 |
| Melpomene | 1891-1892 | D | South American coast | 26 |
| Mercury | 1905 | D | England | 59 |
| Merlin | 1904 | D | Indian Ocean | 73 |
| Merlin | 1906-1909 | DHIF | Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Australsia and China | 73 |
| Minerva | 1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea | 60 |
| Minerva | 1905 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 60 |
| Minerva | 1909-1911 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 60 |
| Miniia | 1903 | D | North Atlantic Ocean | 27 |
| Minotaur | 1910 | IF | China coast | 61 |
| Mohawk | 1894 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 28 |
| Mohican | 1894 | D | Prince Willian Sound | 29 |
| Monadnock | 1866 | DIH | East coast of South America | 30 |
| Mowe | 1885 | DIH | Cameroons | 62 |
| Mowe | 1891-1894 | D | East coast of Africa | 62 |
| Mowe | 1900 | DIH | East Indies | 62 |
| Muline | 1908-1909 | DIH | Ascension | 63 |
| Mutine | 1904 | D | Fiji | 31 |
| Myrmidon | 1884 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 64 |
| Myrmidon | 1884-1885 | D | Red Sea | 64 |
| Myrmidon | 1886-1889 | D | Australasia | 64 |
| Nancowry | 1902 | D | Indian Ocean | 65 |
| Nassau | 1866-1868 | HI | Worldwide | 74 |
| Nassau | 1866-1880 | D | Worldwide | 74 |
| Nassau | 1873 | HI | Worldwide | 74 |
| Nassau | 1874 | HI | Worldwide | 74 |
| Newport | 1868 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 32 |
| Notion | 1894 | D | North Atlantic Ocean | 66 |
| Nymphe | 1894-1895 | D | Pacific Ocean | 67 |
| Nymphe | 1903 | D | South Atlantic Ocean | 67 |
| Ocean | 1903 | D | China coast | 68 |
| Ocean | 1904 | D | China coast | 68 |
| Odin | 1903 | D | Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean | 69 |
| Odin | 1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean | 69 |
| Odin | 1910 | D | Persian Gulf | 69 |
| Odin | 1911 | D | Persian Gulf | 69 |
| Orlando | 1901 | D | China coast | 33 |
| Orlando | 1902 | D | Malaya | 33 |
| Pagoda | 1844-1845 | DIH | Antarctic and adjacent seas. Also Met obs. | 33 |
| Palinurus | 1910 | D | West coast of India | 1 |
| Paluma | 1885-1895 | D | Australia | 33 |
| Pandora | 1851-1856 | DIH | Voyage from England to Australia met obs 1851, 1852 | 34 |
| Peacock | 1891 | D | China | 2 |
| Pearl | 1902-1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean | 35 |
| Pegasus | 1899 | D | South America, East coast | 3 |
| Pegasus | 1906 | D | Pacific Ocean | 3 |
| Pelonis | 1905 | D | Delagoa Bay South Africa | 4 |
| Pembroke | 1855 | D | North Atlantic Ocean (with remarks book) | 36 |
| Penguin | 1889-1902 | DHI | Worldwide | 94 |
| Penguin | 1889-1902 | HZF | Worldwide | 95 |
| Perseus | 1904 | D | Indian Ocean | 37 |
| Perseus | 1905 | D | Indian Ocean | 37 |
| Phaeton | 1900 | D | Chile | 5 |
| Phoebe | 1870 | D | Pacific Ocean | 38 |
| Phoebe | 1902 | D | Chathanm Islands | 38 |
| Phoenix | 1853 | Deviations | Greenhithe | 39 |
| Phoenix | 1904 | D | China coast | 39 |
| Pioneer | 1881-1882 | D | West coast Africa | 6 |
| Pique | 1903 | D | Singapore | 7 |
| Plover | 1837-1839 | I | Worldwide (see also HMS Sitka) | 40 |
| Plover | 1848-1849 | I | Worldwide (see also HMS Sitka) | 40 |
| Plover | 1854 | I | Worldwide (see also HMS Sitka) | 40 |
| Plover | 1860 | I | Worldwide (see also HMS Sitka) | 40 |
| Plover | 1863-1865 | I | Worldwide (see also HMS Sitka) | 40 |
| Plover | 1892 | D | Indian Ocean | 40 |
| Plumper | 1857-1863 | DIF | Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean See also HMS Hecate) | 41 |
| Pola | 1895-1896 | DIH | Expedition to Red Sea | 8 |
| Porcupine | 1856-1861 | D | British Isles coast | 42 |
| Porcupine | 1858 | D | Newfoundland | 42 |
| Porcupine | 1866-1867 | D | British Isles coast | 42 |
| Porpoise | 1903 | D | Indian Ocean | 43 |
| Porpoise | 1904 | D | Indian Ocean | 43 |
| Prince Albert | 1830 | I | Western Canada | 44 |
| Prince of Wales | 1905 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 9 |
| Princess Alice | 1856 | D | North Sea, Baltic Sea | 45 |
| Prometheus | 1909-1910 | D | Australia and New Zealand | 46 |
| Proserpine | 1904 | D | East coast of Africa | 47 |
| Pyramus | 1904 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 10 |
| Queen | 1904 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 11 |
| Racoon | 1892 | D | East coast of Africa | 12 |
| Racoon | 1893 | D | East coast of Africa | 12 |
| Raleigh | 1893 | D | Cape of Good Hope | 48 |
| Raleigh | 1894 | D | Cape of Good Hope | 48 |
| Rambler | 1885 | D | Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, red Sea, Australasia, China | 49 |
| Rambler | 1887-1890 | D | Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, red Sea, Australasia, China | 49 |
| Rambler | 1895-1903 | D | Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, red Sea, Australasia, China | 49 |
| Ranger | 1888-1889 | HDI | Californian coast | 14 |
| Ranger | 1889 | HDI | Californian coast | 14 |
| Ranger | 1895 | D | Guayaguil | 14 |
| Rattlesnake | 1846-1850 | DHIF | South Indian Ocean, also some met obs. | 97 |
| Rattlesnake | 1847 | X | Australia | 97 |
| Rattlesnake | 1853 | DI | South Atlantic Ocean | 97 |
| Rattlesnake | 1863-1868 | D | South Atlantic Ocean | 97 |
| Rattlesnake | 1874-1853 | Correspondence | 97 | |
| Raven | 1837 | D | Cape Palmas | 50 |
| Redbreast | 1904 | D | Indian Ocean | 51 |
| Research | 1903 | DHZ | Shetland Isles (Scotland) | 52 |
| Research | 1907 | D | Coast of England survey | 52 |
| Research | 1909 | D | Coast of England survey | 52 |
| Resolute | 1850 | I | North Atlantic Ocean | 15 |
| Resolute | 1851 | I | North Atlantic Ocean | 15 |
| Retribution | 1896 | D | South Atlantic Ocean | 53 |
| Retribution | 1897 | D | South Atlantic Ocean | 53 |
| Rifleman | 1862 | D | Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean | 54 |
| Rosario | 1904 | D | Australasia | 55 |
| Roxburgh | 1906 | D | Spain | 56 |
| Roxburgh | 1907 | D | Atlantic (See also HMS Cape of Good Hope) | 56 |
| Royal Alfred | 1869 | D | Bermuda | 16 |
| Royal Arthur | 1893 | D | Bermuda, report to Hydrographer, 1893 | 57 |
| Royal Arthur | 1893 | HZ | South Atlantic; also computations | 57 |
| Royal Arthur | 1895 | HZ | South Atlantic; also computations | 57 |
| Royal Arthur | 1902 | D | Australia | 57 |
| Ruby | 1893-1895 | D | Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean | 58 |
| Saida | 1898-1899 | DIH | East coast of Africa | 17 |
| Saint George | 1900 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 59 |
| Saint George | 1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 59 |
| Samarang | 1843-1846 | IF | Australasia, Pacific Ocean | 60 |
| Sapphire | 1883 | D | Tristan da Cunha | 18 |
| Sapphire | 1887 | D | Shanghai | 18 |
| Sappho | 1905 | D | Atlantic Ocean (see HMS Scylla) | 61 |
| Sappho | 1906 | D | Atlantic Ocean (see HMS Scylla) | 61 |
| Scylla | 1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 62 |
| Scylla | 1906 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 62 |
| Scylla | 1910 | D | Spanish Honduras | 62 |
| Sealark | 1905 | DIH | Indian Ocean, Red Sea | 63 |
| Sealark | 1906 | DIH | Indian Ocean, Red Sea | 63 |
| Sealark | 1908 | D | Indian Ocean | 63 |
| Serpent | 1865 | I | Madeira | 64 |
| Serpent | 1865-1869 | D | Voyage to Japan and back | 64 |
| Shamrock | 1856 | D | Ireland | 65 |
| Shamrock | 1860 | D | Ireland | 65 |
| Shearwater | 1903 | D | Pacific Ocean | 66 |
| Shearwater | 1904 | D | Pacific Ocean | 66 |
| Sirius | 1893-1895 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 67 |
| Sirius | 1904 | D | Australasia, Hong Kong | 67 |
| Sitka | 1854 | D | North Pacific Ocean | 68 |
| Sitka | 1855 | D | North Pacific Ocean | 68 |
| Solace | 1899 | D | Ladrona or Mariana Islands | 19 |
| Sparrow | 1892 | D | African coast | 69 |
| Sparrow | 1893 | D | African coast | 69 |
| Sparrowhawk | 1884 | D | North Atlantic Ocean | 70 |
| Sparrowhawk | 1897-1889 | D | North Atlantic Ocean | 70 |
| Sphinx | 1901 | D | Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean | 71 |
| Sphinx | 1902 | D | Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean | 71 |
| Sphinx | 1904 | D | Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean | 71 |
| Sphinx | 1906 | D | Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean | 71 |
| Sphinx | 1909 | D | Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean | 71 |
| Stork | 1888-1892 | D | Mediterranean Sea, red Sea, Indian Ocean near Africa | 72 |
| Stork | 1894-1896 | D | Mediterranean Sea, red Sea, Indian Ocean near Africa | 72 |
| Suffolk | 1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 73 |
| Sulphur | 1825-1827 | D | South Atlantic Ocean | 96 |
| Sulphur | 1831-1832 | F | Africa | 96 |
| Sulphur | 1836 | IH | Puma and Tacames | 96 |
| Sulphur | 1837-1841 | I | Pacific Ocean | 96 |
| Swallow | 1862-1865 | D | Worldwide | 74 |
| Swallow | 1893-1895 | D | East coast Africa | 74 |
| Swatara | 1874 | DHIZF | Chatham Islands | 20 |
| Swatara | 1875 | DHIZF | Chatham Islands | 20 |
| Swatara | 1889 | D | Mozambique | 20 |
| Sylvia | 1866 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 75 |
| Sylvia | 1867-1872 | D | Indian ocean to China Sea | 75 |
| Sylvia | 1874 | D | Suez | 75 |
| Sylvia | 1874-1877 | D | Australasia, China | 75 |
| Sylvia | 1882-1886 | D | Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean | 75 |
| Tainui | 1893-1895 | D | Pacific Ocean | 76 |
| Tartar | 1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 77 |
| Tartarus | 1856 | D | Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea | 21 |
| Tartarus | 1858 | D | Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea | 21 |
| Terrible | 1901 | D | China | 78 |
| Terror | 1836 | DIH | England to Hudson's Bay | 98 |
| Terror | 1837 | DIH | England to Hudson's Bay | 98 |
| Terror | 1841 | DHZ | Ross Bank | 98 |
| Thalia | 1887-1888 | D | England to Australia | 79 |
| Thames | 1891 | D | Heeling error experiments | 80 |
| Thetis | 1903 | D | China | 81 |
| Thetis | 1904 | D | China | 81 |
| Thistle | 1904 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 22 |
| Thrush | 1896 | D | East coast of Africa | 82 |
| Thrush | 1897 | D | Kisimayu | 82 |
| Thunder | 1835-1848 | DIF | Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean | 83 |
| Torch | 1852 | D | South America to Australia via Cape of Good Hope | 84 |
| Torch | 1853 | D | South America to Australia via Cape of Good Hope | 84 |
| Torch | 1904 | D | Pacific Ocean | 84 |
| Torch | 1905 | D | Australia | 84 |
| Triton | 1892 | D | British Isles coast (see also HMS Research) | 85 |
| Triton | 1906 | D | British Isles coast (see also HMS Research) | 85 |
| Triton | 1909 | D | British Isles coast (see also HMS Research) | 85 |
| Tyne | 1856 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 23 |
| Undaunted | 1896 | D | Japan | 86 |
| Venerable | 1904 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 87 |
| Vengeance | 1847 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 24 |
| Vengeance | 1904 | D | China | 24 |
| Venus | 1904 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 88 |
| Venus | 1910 | D | North Sea(see also HMS Isis) | 88 |
| Vineta | 1860-1865 | DI | Baltic Sea | 25 |
| Vineta | 1870-76 | D | Atlantic Ocean and North Sea | 25 |
| Voliage | 1847 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 89 |
| Voliage | 1893 | D | Iceland | 89 |
| Voliage | 1895 | D | Iceland | 89 |
| Vulcan | 1903 | D | Greece | 26 |
| Vulcan | 1904 | D | Greece | 26 |
| Vulcan | 1908 | D | Mediterranean Sea | 26 |
| Warspite | 1899 | D | Coquimbo and Valdivie | 90 |
| Warspite | 1900-1901 | D | Pacific Ocean | 90 |
| Waterwitch | 1894-1899 | DHI | Worldwide | 99 |
| Waterwitch | 1904 | D | China and adjacent seas | 99 |
| Waterwitch | 1906-1908 | D | China and adjacent seas | 99 |
| Widgeon | 1900 | D | Delagoa Bay, South Africa | 27 |
| Wilberforce | 1841 | IF | Voyage to Ascension Island | 28 |
| Wild Swan | 1896-1897 | D | Pacific Ocean | 91 |
| Wolf | 1898 | D | West coast of Africa | 29 |
| Wolf | 1899 | D | West coast of Africa | 29 |
| Yankton | 1902 | D | West coast of South America | 30 |
| Yantic | 1889 | D | Caribbean Sea | 31 |
| Zealous | 1869 | D | North Pacific Ocean | 92 |
| Zrinya | 1897 | D | Atlantic Ocean | 32 |