This is a consolidated listing of all orders for new or rebuilt ships placed by the Admiralty (through its subsidiary body, the Navy Board) between the Restoration of the Stuart Monarchy in 1660 - taken as the formal date for the creation of the Royal Navy of England (from 1707, of Britain) as an institution - and the death of Queen Anne in 1714. All vessels ordered are listed chronologically by order date, divided according to the Board of Admiralty under which the orders were placed. Orders placed during the period of office of a Lord High Admiral are treated as though the person was equivalent to a Board of Admiralty.
James, Duke of York, as Lord High Admiral King Charles II appointed his brother James as Lord High Admiral in 1660; the latter remained in post until 15 June 1673, when Charles II took over the role himself. Date of Order Name of vessel Type and class Date of launch Notes19.01.1663 Royal Katherine 2nd Rate (76 gun) 26.10.1664 19.01.1663 Royal Oak 2nd Rate (76 gun) 26.12.1664 26.10.1664 Bonaventure (RB) 3rd Rate (60 gun) 26.01.1666 Originally Commonwealth frigate President (1650)26.10.1664 Constant Warwick (RB) 3rd Rate (60 gun) 26.01.1666 26.10.1664 Saint Michael 2nd Rate (84 gun) 30.09.1669 Reclassed as 1st Rate 1672 to 168926.10.1664 unnamed 2nd Rate (84 gun) not built Ordered at Woolwich Dyd; cancelled 15.04.166526.10.1664 Rupert 3rd Rate (60 gun) 26.01.1666 26.10.1664 Defiance 3rd Rate (60 gun) 27.03.1666 26.10.1664 Cambridge 3rd Rate (60 gun) 5.1666 26.10.1664 Monmouth 3rd Rate (60 gun) 3.1667 9.11.1664 Victory 2nd Rate (76 gun) 26.12.1664 11.11.1664 Greenwich 4th Rate (50 gun) 7.06.1666 11.11.1664 Saint David 4th Rate (50 gun) 30.03.1667 1.04.1665 Warspite 3rd Rate (60 gun) 8.06.1666 15.04.1665 Saint Patrick 4th Rate (50 gun) 9.05.1666 4.1665 Loyal London 2nd Rate (80 gun) 10.06.1666 15.04.1665 Sweepstakes 5th Rate (36 gun) 21.03.1666 15.04.1665 Falcon 5th Rate (36 gun) 1666 15.04.1665 Little Victory 5th Rate (26 gun) 1665 30.06.1666 Charles 1st Rate (96 gun) 10.03.1668 15.07.1667 London 1st Rate (96 gun) 25.07.1670 1667 Saint Andrew 1st Rate (96 gun) 4.10.1670 22.04.1669 Royal James 1st Rate (100 gun) 31.03.1671 26.04.1671 Royal Charles 1st Rate (100 gun) 3.1673 1672 Lilly Unrated (6 gun) 1673 Sloop 1672 Swallow Unrated (2 gun) 1673 Sloop 1672 Tulip Unrated (2 gun) 1673 Sloop 1672 Dove Unrated (4 gun) 1673 Sloop 1672 Whipster Unrated (4 gun) 1673 Sloop 1672 Lizard Unrated (4 gun) 1673 Sloop 1672 Dolphin Unrated (4 gun) 1673 Sloop 1672 Vulture Unrated (4 gun) 1673 Sloop 29.10.1672 Prevention Unrated (4 gun) 1673 Sloop 27.01.1673 Cutter Unrated (4 gun) 1673 Sloop 27.01.1673 Hunter Unrated (4 gun) 1673 Sloop 27.01.1673 Invention Unrated (4 gun) 1673 Sloop 27.01.1673 Hound Unrated (4 gun) 1673 Sloop 27.01.1673 Chatham Unrated (4 gun) 1673 Sloop 27.01.1673 Chatham Double Unrated (4 gun) 1673 Sloop 27.01.1673 Bonetta Unrated (4 gun) 1673 Sloop 27.01.1673 Woolwich Unrated (4 gun) 1673 Sloop 1.04.1673 Royal James 1st Rate (100 gun) 29.06.1675 Replacement for ship of 1671
King Charles II, as Lord High Admiral There were no new orders placed for shipbuilding during this 24-day brief interregnum.
Prince Rupert's Board King Charles II placed the office into commission on 9 July 1673 and appointed Prince Rupert as First Lord of the Admiralty and head of the commissioners. This board remained in place for almost 6 years. While only six Rated ships were ordered during the first 3 of those years, a large "Thirty Great Ships" Programme, approved by Parliament on 5 March 1677, occupied the Royal Dockyard and some commercial contractors for the rest of the decade. Date of Order Name of vessel Type and class Date of launch Notes1674 Kingfisher 4th Rate (50 gun) 1.1676 Name recorded as King's Fisher 1673 Rose 5th Rate (28 gun) 9.1674 30.09.1674 Sapphire 5th Rate (32 gun) 29.06.1675 30.09.1674 Lark 6th Rate (18 gun) 11.06.1675 8.01.1676 James Galley 5th Rate (30 gun) 2.10.1676 Galley frigate22.03.1676 Charles Galley 5th Rate (30 gun) 12.09.1676 Galley frigate22.03.1677 Experiment unrated (4 guns) 7.1677 "In imitation of a brigantine"5.03.1677 Britannia 1st Rate (100 gun) 28.06.1682 4.1677 Lenox 3rd Rate (70 gun) 18.04.1678 4.1677 Hampton Court 3rd Rate (70 gun) 10.07.1678 4.1677 Anne 3rd Rate (70 gun) 7.11.1678 4.1677 Restoration 3rd Rate (70 gun) 28.05.1678 4.1677 Berwick 3rd Rate (70 gun) 29.05.1679 4.1677 Burford 3rd Rate (70 gun) 10.11.1679 4.1677 Eagle 3rd Rate (70 gun) 31.01.1679 4.1677 Expedition 3rd Rate (70 gun) 10.09.1679 4.1677 Grafton 3rd Rate (70 gun) 15.05.1679 4.1677 Pendennis 3rd Rate (70 gun) 25.12.1679 5.05.1677 Vanguard 2nd Rate (90 gun) 19.11.1678 5.05.1677 Windsor Castle 2nd Rate (90 gun) 5.03.1679 5.05.1677 Sandwich 2nd Rate (90 gun) 17.04.1679 5.1677 Northumberland 3rd Rate (70 gun) 30.06.1679 9.06.1677 Captain 3rd Rate (70 gun) 24.07.1678 19.09.1677 Duchess 2nd Rate (90 gun) 17.05.1679 20.02.1678 Essex 3rd Rate (70 gun) 16.05.1679 20.02.1678 Kent 3rd Rate (70 gun) 15.05.1679 20.02.1678 Exeter 3rd Rate (70 gun) 22.03.1680 20.02.1678 Suffolk 3rd Rate (70 gun) 20.05.1680 3.1678 Hope 3rd Rate (70 gun) 3.03.1679 3.1678 Elizabeth 3rd Rate (70 gun) 25.11.1679 9.07.1678 Stirling Castle 3rd Rate (70 gun) 29.07.1679 9.07.1678 Bredah 3rd Rate (70 gun) 26.09.1679 1678 Albemarle 2nd Rate (90 gun) 29.10.1680 1678 Coronation 2nd Rate (90 gun) 23.05.1685 8.09.1678 Neptune 2nd Rate (90 gun) 17.04.1683 1.03.1679 Duke 2nd Rate (90 gun) 13.06.1682 3.04.1679 Ossory 2nd Rate (90 gun) 24.08.1682
Sir Henry Capell's Board King Charles II appointed Sir Henry Capell as 1st Lord, to lead a Board on 14 May 1679. This board remained in place for 21 months, but no new orders for shipbuilding were placed during this period.
Daniel Finch's Board King Charles II appointed Daniel Finch (Later Earl of Nottingham and Winchelsea) as First Lord, to lead a board on 19 February 1681. This board remained in place for 39 months. Date of order Name of vessel Type and class Date of launch Notes29.04.1682 Saint Albans 4th Rate (50 gun) 6.1687 15.09.1682 Deptford 4th Rate (50 gun) 6.1687 6.01.1683 Sedgemoor 4th Rate (50 gun) 5.1687
King Charles II, as Lord High Admiral On 19 May 1684 Charles II dissolved the Commission and resumed the office of Lord High Admiral himself, retaining the post until his death. There were no orders placed for shipbuilding during this 9 months period.
King James II, as Lord High Admiral Following his brother's death, King James assumed the role of Lord High Admiral himself, and remained in this post until the Glorious Revolution in 1688. Date of Order Name of vessel Type and class Date of launch Notes1686 Mary Galley 4th Rate (34 guns) 1687 Galley frigate18.06.1687 Salamander Bomb vessel late 1687 4.12.1687 Firedrake Bomb vessel 23.06.1688
Lord Torrington's Board King William placed the administration of the Admiralty into commission on 8 March 1689, with Admiral Arthur Herbert (later Lord Torrington) as First Lord. The 28-gun 5th Rates below were purpose-built fireships. Date of Order Name of vessel Type and class Date of launch Notes24.6.1689 Mermaid (RB) 5th Rate (32 gun) 12.1689 Order was "to repair"28.6.1689 Experiment 5th Rate (32 gun) 17.12.1689 28.6.1689 Pembroke 5th Rate (32 gun) 17.12.1689 28.6.1689 Milford 5th Rate (32 gun) 18.03.1690 28.6.1689 Portsmouth 5th Rate (32 gun) 13.05.1690 28.6.1689 Sheerness 5th Rate (32 gun) 6.03.1691 6.12.1689 Dolphin 5th Rate (28 gun) 29.03.1690 Contract date 13.12.16896.12.1689 Speedwell 5th Rate (28 gun) 3.04.1690 Contract date 18.12.16896.12.1689 Spy 5th Rate (28 gun) 6.04.1690 6.12.1689 Hopewell 5th Rate (28 gun) 15.04.1690 Contract date 16.12.16896.12.1689 Fox 5th Rate (28 gun) 16.04.1690 6.12.1689 Griffin 5th Rate (28 gun) 17.04.1690 6.12.1689 Hawk 5th Rate (28 gun) 17.04.1690 6.12.1689 Roebuck 5th Rate (28 gun) 17.04.1690 Contract date 13.12.16896.12.1689 Hound 5th Rate (28 gun) 18.04.1690 Contract date 13.12.16896.12.1689 Vulture 5th Rate (28 gun) 18.04.1690 6.12.1689 Wolf 5th Rate (28 gun) 18.04.1690 6.12.1689 Hunter 5th Rate (28 gun) 29.04.1690
Earl of Pembroke's Board King William on 20 January 1690 appointed a new Board, nominally headed by the Earl of Pembroke, although its effective head was Rear-Adm Sir John Chicheley as Senior Naval Lord. Chicheley was replaced as Senior Naval Lord om 5 June 1690 by Admiral Edward Russell, who was in turn replaced on 23 January 1691 by Captain Henry Priestman. Notably, the construction under this Board included a "Twenty-seven Ships" Programme, approved by Parliament on 24 December 1690, comprising 17 Third Rate ships of 80 guns and 10 Third Rate ships of 60 guns, ordered at various points over the next five years. Date of Order Name of vessel Type and class Date of launch Notes7.03.1690 Adventure 5th Rate (40 gun) 20.02.1691 14.03.1690 Chatham 4th Rate (52 gun) 20.04.1691 20.03.1690 Centurion 4th Rate (50 gun) 6.03.1691 20.03.1690 Chester 4th Rate (50 gun) 21.03.1691 15.08.1690 Norwich 4th Rate (48 gun) 16.07.1691 15.08.1690 Weymouth 4th Rate (48 gun) 8.08.1693 5.09.1690 Vulcan 5th Rate (28 gun) 21.02.1691 Contract date 31.10.16905.09.1690 Blaze 5th Rate (28 gun) 5.03.1691 Contract date 21.10.16905.09.1690 Flame 5th Rate (28 gun) 6.03.1691 Contract date 31.10.16905.09.1690 Strombolo 5th Rate (28 gun) 7.03.1691 25.09.1690 Aetna 5th Rate (28 gun) 19.03.1691 Contract date 20.10.169025.09.1690 Phaeton 5th Rate (28 gun) 19.03.1691 Contract date 31.10.169025.09.1690 Lightning 5th Rate (28 gun) 20.03.1691 Contract date 31.10.169025.09.1690 Vesuvius 5th Rate (28 gun) 30.03.1691 Contract date 31.10.169020.10.1690 Hart Ketch (10 gun) 23.03.1691 20.10.1690 Roe Ketch (10 gun) 8.04.1691 20.10.1690 Harp Ketch (10 gun) 24.04.1691 20.10.1690 Scarborough Ketch (10 gun) 2.05.1691 31.10.1690 Hind Ketch (10 gun) 2.04.1691 31.10.1690 Talbot Ketch (10 gun) 6.04.1691 31.10.1690 Eaglet Ketch (10 gun) 7.04.1691 31.10.1690 Aldborough Ketch (10 gun) 6.05.1691 21.1.1691 Shark Brigantine (6 gun) 20.04.1691 12.03.1691 Devonshire 3rd Rate (80 gun) 5.04.1692 Contract date in column 112.03.1691 Cornwall 3rd Rate (80 gun) 23.04.1692 Contract date in column 112.03.1691 Humber 3rd Rate (80 gun) 30.03.1693 16.03.1691 Boyne 3rd Rate (80 gun) 21.05.1692 16.03.1691 Sussex 3rd Rate (80 gun) 3.06.1692 Renamed Russell 9.05.1692 16.03.1691 Ipswich 3rd Rate (70 gun) 19.04.1694 16.03.1691 Medway 3rd Rate (60 gun) 20.09.1693 18.04.1691 Royal William (RB) 1st Rate (100 gun) 21.04.1692 Rebuild of Prince1691 Queen (RB) 1st Rate (100 gun) 1.1693 Rebuild of Royal Charles21.12.1691 Norfolk 3rd Rate (80 gun) 28.03.1693 30.12.1691 Carlisle 3rd Rate (60 gun) 11.02.1693 1.01.1692 Falmouth 4th Rate (50 gun) 25.06.1693 13.1.1692 Dispatch Brigantine (6 gun) 10.05.1692 13.1.1692 Discovery Brigantine (6 gun) 9.05.1692 17.02.1692 Portland 4th Rate (50 gun) 28.03.1693 17.02.1692 Anglesea 4th Rate (50 gun) 17.04.1694
Lord Cornwallis's Board King William on 10 March 1692 appointed Lord Charles Cornwallis to be First Lord in a fresh Admiralty Board. Date of Order Name of vessel Type and class Date of launch Notes13.05.1692 Torbay 3rd Rate (80 gun) 16.12.1693 13.05.1692 Sussex 3rd Rate (80 gun) 11.04.1693 28.06.1692 Rochester 4th Rate (50 gun) 15.03.1693 13.07.1692 Southampton 4th Rate (50 gun) 10.06.1693 8.1692 Norwich 4th Rate (50 gun) 24.08.1693 19.12.1692 Diligence Brigantine (6 gun) 23.03.1693 19.12.1692 Spy Brigantine (6 gun) 15.04.1693 25.01.1693 Firedrake Bomb vessel 6.1693 25.01.1693 Granado Bomb vessel 26.06.1693 26.01.1693 Serpent Bomb vessel 24.06.1693 26.01.1693 Mortar Bomb vessel 25.06.1693 19.02.1693 Shoreham 5th Rate (32 gun) 6.01.1694 3.03.1693 Newark 3rd Rate (80 gun) 3.06.1695 10.03.1693 Scarborough 5th Rate (32 gun) 15.02.1694 Renamed Milford 169710.04.1693 Sorlings 5th Rate (32 gun) 19.03.1694 10.04.1693 Winchelsea 5th Rate (32 gun) 13.09.1694
Viscount Falkland's Board King William on 15 April 1693 appointed a new Board under Anthony Carey, 5th Viscount Falkland, as First Lord.