Hulks are listed under location, and in chronological order, starting in 1800.
GIBRALTAR Guerier ex French 74 1798-1810 San Juan Nepomuceno ex Spanish 74 1805-1818 Reindeer ex brig 1841-1857 guard ship Owen Glendower ex 36 frigate 1842-1884 convict ship Samarang ex 28 1847-1883 guard ship Euryalus ex 36 1847-1860 convict ship transferred from Chatham Cormorant sloop 1889-1949 base ship 1946=Rooke Rupert turret ship 1895-1902 guard ship Devastation turret ship 1898-1902 guard ship Plover gunboat 1905-1928 boom defence 1925=Banterer Rapid corvette 1906-1948 accommodation ship Hercules battleship 1906-1915 accommodation ship 1909=Calcutta MALTA Dego ex French 60? 1800-1802 prison ship Trident ex 64 1808-1816 receiving ship Ceylon ex frigate 1832-1857 receiving ship Hibernia ex 120 1855-1902 guard ship/receiving ship Egmont ex Achilles 1902-1914 base ship Egmont ex Firefly 1914-1931 base ship Egmont ex Bullfrog 1931-1933 base ship SIERRA LEONE Conflict ex brig 1830s-1841receiving ship Isis ex 50 1861-1867 coal depot ASCENSION ISLAND Tortoise ex? 1811-1863 receiving ship Independencia ex slaver 1811-1846? Coal hulk Meander ex 38 1857-1870 coal & store ship Flora ex 36 1865-1871 store ship SAINT HELENA Camel ex storeship 1819-1831? Abundance ex storeship 1819-1821 never sent? CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Broaderscarp ex Dutch 54 1800-1803 Badger ex brig 1834-1860 receiving ship Pacific ex mercantile 1845-1867 light vessel & receiving ship Seringapatam ex 38 1847-1873 receiving ship Swift ex brig 1861-1866 mooring vessel Flora ex 36 1872-1891 ex Ascension Island-receiving ship Penelope battleship 1889-1914 guard ship/prison hulk 1897- Monarch battleship 1897-1905 guard ship 1902=Simoon Nubian ex Procida 1901-1912 coal hulk Thames cruiser 1920-1947 TS as General Botha ZANZIBAR London ex 90 1874-1884 harbour storeship BOMBAY Arrogant ex 74 1807-1810 Arrogant ex mercantile 1809-1824 sheer hulk Abyssinia turret ship 1870-1903 guard ship Magdala turret ship 1870-1904 guard ship Dalhousie troopship 1919-1976 receiving ship temp Karachi 1944-45 Dufferin troopship 1927-1955 TRINCOMALEE Challenger ex brig 1819-1824 'to receive rice' Orlando ex 36 1819-1824 hospital ship Arrogant sheer hulk 1824-1842 ex Bombay Saphire ex 28 1847-1864 receiving ship SINGAPORE Terror monitor 1933-1939 base ship Laburnum sloop 1935-1942 drill ship Test frigate 1947-1950 accommodation ship Michael minesweeper 1950-1956 drill ship HONG KONG Minden ex 74 1842-1861 seamen's hospital Alligator ex 28 1848-1865 seamen's hospital Hercules ex 74 1853-1865 army depot Melville ex 74 1857-1873 hospital ship Princess Charlotte ex 110 1857-1875 barracks Victor Emmanuel battleship 1860-1897 base ship Meeanee ex 80 1867-1906 army hospital Flamer gunboat 1868-1874 hospital ship Opossum gunboat 1875-1896 hospital ship/mooring hulk 1895=Siren Wivern turret ship 1880-1920 guard ship/depot ship Tamar troopship 1897-1941 base ship Rosario sloop 1910-1921 submarine depot ship Cornflower sloop 1934-1941 drill ship Lysander minesweeper 1950-1951 drill ship Cornflower SHANGHAI Acorn ex brig 1867-1869 hospital ship HOBART,TASMANIA Anson ex 74 1843-1851 convict ship MELBOURNE Nelson battleship 1867-1928 floating battery/storage hulk Cerberus turret ship 1870-1926 guard ship 1900 to hulk SYDNEY Pioneer cruiser 1919-1926 accommodation ship HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA Centurion ex 50 1808-1824 hospital ship Inflexible ex 64 1809-1820 floating magazine Success ex 32 1813-1820 prison hulk Pyramus ex 36 1832-1879 receiving ship & convict ship Netley ex revenue cutter 1840s-1859 buoy boat Niobe cruiser 1910-1920 depot ship (NB: commissioned into the RCN in 1910, she served at sea during the first couple years of the war). ST JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND Calypso sloop 1902-1922 drill ship 1916=Briton BERMUDA Ruby ex 64 1811-1821 depot ship Ardent ex 64 1813-1824 prison ship Romulus ex 36 1813-1816 hospital ship Romney ex 50 1820-1837 hospital ship Antelope ex 50 1823-1848 convict ship Royal Oak ex 74 1825-1850 receiving ship Dromedary ex store ship 1825-1864 convict ship Resolute ex brig 1826-1852 diving bell Despatch ex transport 1826-1846 receiving ship/slop ship Dotterel ex brig 1827-1848 receiving ship Coromandel ex 56 1827-1853 convict ship Weymouth ex 44 1828-1865 receiving ship/convict ship Slaney ex 28 1830-1838 Tenedos ex 38 1843-1875 convict ship Thames ex 38 1844-1863 convict ship Medway ex 74 1847-1865 convict ship Terror floating battery 1857-1901 base ship Virginia barque 1862-1866 coal hulk Irresistible battleship 1868-1894 depot ship Scorpion turret ship 1869-1901 guard ship Minstrel gunboat 1874-1902 coal hulk Forward gunboat 1892-1904 coal hulk Shah frigate 1895-1919 receiving ship/coal hulk Hotspur turret ship 1897-1903 guard ship Malabar troopship 1897-1918 base ship 1901=Terror Rupert turret ship 1904-1907 guard ship BARBADOS Vestal ex 28 1814-1816 prison ship HAVANNA Romney ex 50 1837-1845 receiving ship for freed slaves MARTINIQUE Vorsechterkite Dutch brig 1800-1802? Store ship TORTOLA Clair French schooner1802-1879? Receiving ship JAMAICA Admiral de Vreis Dutch 64 1798-1806 receiving ship Shark sloop 1807?-1818 receiving ship Coromandel ex 56 1807-1813 army convalescent ship Thrush ex sloop 1809-1815 gunpowder depot Barbados ex US brig 1813-1815 powder ship Serapis ex 44 1819-11826 convalescent ship Magnificent ex 74 1825-1843 receiving ship Galatea ex 36 1836-1849 receiving ship & coal depot Imaun donated 70 1842-1862 receiving ship Marianne ex slaver 1858-1867 receiving ship Kingston ex slaver 1858-1867 bathing place Aboukir 2nd rate 1861-1877 receiving ship Urgent troopship 1877-1903 depot ship ANTIGUA De Ruyter ex Dutch 64 1801?-1804 prison ship Minerva ex mercantile 1803-1811 prison hospital ship Antigua ex French 1804-1816 prison ship Spider ex Spanish 1813-1815 station ship, St Johns Harbour RIO DE JANEIRO Crescent ex 38 1840-1854 receiving ship for freed slaves Madagascar ex 38 1853-1863 receiving ship Egmont ex 74 1863-1875 store ship CALLAO Triad ex cutter 1840s?-1848 coal depot Naiad ex 38 1847-1866 coal depot VALPARAISO Nereus ex 38 1843-1879 coal depot COQUIMBO Liffey ex 50 1877-1903 AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Philomel cruiser 1921-1949 depot ship ESQUIMALT, BRITISH COLUMBIA Rainbow cruiser 1910-1920 base ship (NB: she was commissioned into the RCN in 1910, and was at sea for the first couple years of the war). Algerine sloop 1914-1924 base ship
Last Updated: 15 January, 2001.
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