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Model of the Yellow Carvel (1475)
This is a list of warships of the
Royal Scots Navy , the navy of the
Kingdom of Scotland prior to the
Acts of Union 1707 . For its continuation after this period, see
List of ship names of the Royal Navy .
Ships
A Scottish armed merchantman engaged in the Baltic trade is attacked by a Hanseatic ship. Detail from a 16th-century map.
unnamed man-of-war c1329
[1] [
self-published source? ]
King's Carvel (Yellow Carvel) 1475
[1]
Flower 1470s
[1]
Christopher 1490s - man-of-war
[1]
Lion early 16th century
[1] converted merchant vessel owned by
Robert Barton of Over Barnton
Jenny Pirwin early 16th century
[1]
Eagle (1502)
Towaich (1502)
Colomb (1504) - hired by Robert Barton
Treasurer (1504) - a converted merchant vessel likely named for Robert Barton, who was
Treasurer of Scotland and responsible for commissioning the vessel
Margaret (1505) - named after
Margaret Tudor
Unicorn (1505)
James (1511)
Michael (Great Michael ) (1511); a 1000-ton
Carrack sold to France 1514
[1] - named after archangel
Michael
Mary Willoughby c. 1535, captured from the English, and used in the Scots Navy until she was recaptured. Named after
Maria Willoughby , friend of
Catherine of Aragon and wife of reigning monarch
Henry VIII of England
Salamander of Leith , 1537, Flagship of
James V of Scotland , gift of
Francis I of France
Lamb of Glasgow 1690 - converted merchant ship
[2]
Pelican (hired 1689) 18 guns ship captured by the French 10 July 1689; re-captured 1690 by the English Navy and renamed Pelican Prize (as fireship), sunk as breakwater in 1692 off Sheerness.
[3]
Janet (hired 1689) 12 guns ship captured by the French 10 July 1689; fate unknown.
[4]
Royal William (1696) - a
Fifth-rate 32-gun frigate. Flagship of
Captain Thomas Gordon , Commodore of the Navy. Became
HMS Edinburgh in 1707;
William III
Royal Mary (1696) - a
Sixth-rate 24 gun frigate. Captain James Hamilton. Became
HMS Glasgow in 1707; like named for
Mary II
Dumbarton Castle (1696) - a
Sixth-rate Frigate, retained its name as
HMS Dumbarton Castle in 1707
The final three ships above were added to the
Royal Navy following the
Act of Union in 1707.
See also
References
Rif Winfield (2009), British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers & Fates . Seaforth Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-84832-040-6 .