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Richmond | 1806 | — |
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Oak | Oak, teak and elm | 1,500 | 1826 | Broken up | |
Seagull | 1824 | W. Roberts | Milford Haven | 67 | 20 | 9½ | Oak | Oak, teak and elm | 1,659 | 1864 | Sold | First purpose-built lightvessel |
Star | 1825 | W. Roberts | Milford Haven | 67 | 20 | 9 | Oak | Oak, teak and elm | 1,841 | 1855 | sold |
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Relief | 1826 | W. Roberts | Milford Haven | 67 | 20 | 9½ | Oak | Oak, teak and elm | 1,841 | 1867 | Sold | |
Brilliant | 1832 | Brady’s | Dublin | 67 | 20 | 9½ | Oak | Oak, teak and elm | 1,983 | 1867 | Sold | |
Seagull II | 1853 | Charles Hill | Bristol | 82 | 21 | 11 | Oak | Oak, teak and elm | 3,651 | 1867 | Sold. | |
Petrel | 1854 | Charles Hill | Bristol | 82 | 21 | 11 | Oak | Oak, teak and elm | 3,800 | 1867 | Sold. | |
Brilliant II | 1856 | Wheeler | Cork | 82 | 21 | 11 | Oak | Oak, teak and elm | 3,200 | 1913 | Sold. | |
Star II | 1857 | Wheeler | Cork | 82 | 21 | 11 | Oak | Oak, teak and elm | 3,200 | 1862 | Sold. | |
Star III | 1862 | Charles Hill | Bristol | 91 | 21 | 10 | Oak | Oak, teak and elm | 4,189 | 1911 | Sold and scrapped. | |
Relief II | 1863 | Charles Hill | Bristol | 91 | 21 | 10 | Oak | Oak, teak and elm | 4,189 | 1925 | Sold. | |
Gannet | 1865 | Charles Hill | Bristol | 91 | 21 | 10 | Oak | Oak, teak and elm | 4,189 | 1928 | Sold and scrapped. | when stationed at DAUNT, run into by Largo Bay, in 1884 |
Comet | 1867 | Dudgeon & Sons | London | 91 | 21 | 10 | Composite iron | Teak | 5,750 | 1905 | Sold and scrapped. | |
Shamrock | 1867 | Walpole, Webb & Bewley | Dublin | 96 | 21 | 10 | Oak | Oak, teak and elm sheathed with yellow metal. | 5,125 | 1936 | Sold | day mark |
Osprey | 1868 | Walpole, Webb & Bewley | Dublin | 96 | 21 | 10 | Wood | Wood | 5,125 | 1915 | Sold. | |
Albatross | 1875 | Fletcher & Farnall, Milwall | London | 91 | 21 | 10 | Wood | Wood | 5,625 | 8 September 1902 | Salvaged and sold. | Run down and sunk on Kish by RMS Leinster. |
Cormorant | 1878 | Victoria Shipbuilding Co | Passage West, Cork | 91 | 21 | 11 | Iron | Two thicknesses of 3-inch teak, sheathed with yellow metal | 7,500 | 1942 | Salvaged and sold. | Renamed Lady December and moored at Hoo, Near Rochester, Kent. |
Torch | 1881 | Milford Haven Co | Milford Haven | 91 | 21 | 11 | Iron | Two thicknesses of 3-inch teak, sheathed with yellow metal | 8,100 | 1945 | Sold and scrapped. | |
Puffin | 1887 | Schlesinger Davis & Co | Wallsend | 91 | 21 | 11¼ | composite | composite | 6,000 | 8 October 1896 | Salvaged, beached at Rushbrooke, scrapped on beach. | Sank during storm on Daunt, 8th October 1896, crew of 7 lost. |
Shearwater | 1894 | Allsup & Sons | Preston | 96 | 22⅔ | 11¾ | Steel sheathed with teak | Teak sheathed with muntz metal; | 7,900 | 1955 | Sold and scrapped. | watertight bulkhead |
Guillemot | 1894 | Allsup & Sons | Preston | 96 | 22⅔ | 11¾ | Steel sheathed with teak | Teak sheathed with muntz metal; | 7,900 | 28 March 1917 | Sunk by a German submarine | crew survived |
Kittiwake | 1898 | Allsup & Sons | Preston | 96 | 24 | 12 | Steel sheathed with teak | Teak sheathed with muntz metal; | 7,900 | 1956 | Sold and scrapped. | first to have an engine to work the windlass and the first fitted with oil engines for the siren |
Seagull | 1901 | Allsup & Sons | Preston | 96 | 24 | 12 | Steel sheathed with teak | Teak sheathed with muntz metal; | 7,900 | 28 March 1917 | Sunk by a German submarine | Crew survived |
Fulmar | 1904 | J. Reid | Glasgow | 96 | 23 | 12¼ | Steel | Iron | 6,600 | 1964 | Sold for scrap | Five watertight bulkheads |
Comet II | 1904 | J. Reid | Glasgow | 96 | 23 | 12¼ | Steel | Iron | 6,740 | 1965 | Became Radio Scotland | five watertight bulkheads |
Penguin | 1910 | Dublin Dockyard | Dublin | 100 | 24 | 12¼ | Steel | Iron | 7,230 | 1966 | renamed Hallowe'en, as a Youth Adventure Sea Training Vessel | now privately owned |
Tern | 1912 | L. Hawthorn & Co | Leith | 102 | 24 | 13¼ | Steel | Iron | 7,420 | 1967 | Sold and scrapped | Wireless |
Petrel | 1915 | Dublin Dockyard | Dublin | 102 | 24 | 13¼ | Steel | Iron | 10,310 | 1968 | Club House for Down Cruising Club, Strangford Lough | now privately owned |
Guillemot | 1923 | Cran & Somerville | Leith | 102 | 24 | 12½ | Steel | Steel | 17,700 | 1968 | now Wexford Maritime Museum | Set in concrete at Kilmore Quay |
Albatross | 1925 | H. Robb Ltd | Leith | 102 | 24 | 13¼ | Steel | Iron | 15,650 | 1970 | sold to Scouting Association of Ireland | now privately owned in Arklow |
Gannet | 1954 | Philip & Son | Dartmouth | 134 | 25 | 15 | Steel | Steel | 95,200 | still in service | as an automatic light float | |
Osprey | 1955 | Philip & Son | Dartmouth | 134 | 25 | 15 | Steel | Steel | 98,100 | 1975 | Sold | Moored on the Seine, Paris as the Batofar Restaurant |
Shearwater | 1955 | Philip & Son | Dartmouth | 134 | 25 | 15 | Steel | Steel | 98,100 | 1976 | Sold for scrap | |
Kittiwake | 1959 | Philip & Son | Dartmouth | 134 | 25 | 15 | Steel | Steel | 124,128 | 2005 | Sold | moored beside O2 (Point Depot), Dublin |
Skua | 1960 | Philip & Son | Dartmouth | 134 | 25 | 15 | Steel | Steel | 124,128 | 2005 | Sold | |
Cormorant | 1964 | Charles Hill | Bristol | 133 | 26½ | 19½ | Steel | Steel | 145,750 | 1983 | Sold |