Royal Navy Ships

The 31 Royal Naval ships that saw service during the Boer War were:

 

HMS Barracouta HMS Barrosa HMS Beagle HMS Blanche HMS Doris HMS Dwarf HMS Fearless HMS Forte HMS Gibraltar HMS Magicienne HMS Magpie

HMS Monarch HMS Naiad HMS Niobe HMS Partridge HMS Pearl HMS Pelorus HMS Philomel HMS Powerful HMS Racoon HMS Rambler HMS Rattler

HMS Redbreast HMS Sappho HMS Sybille HMS Tartar HMS Terrible HMS Terpsichore HMS Thetis HMS Thrush HMS Widgeon

For a timeline of the vessels' deployment in South Africa click here.

 

Click here for information about a QSA to HMS Dido.

 

In the pages that follow, the figures given for Horse Power indicate the output for Natural Draught (lower or only figure) and Forced Draught (upper figure) boilers.   Some of the details have been taken from the 1901 Navy List.