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Boats and ships produced by J. Samuel White's
- nowhere near a complete list, most of the info has come from the internet - so treat it with caution !!

Two of the web sites I used to compile the info on the warships were uboat.net and users.swing.be/naveditoen , both seen to have a lot of info. I've tried to identify other Internet sources by adding a link to the right of the vessel detail.

For civil vessels, look at National Register of Historic Vessels .

This page is VERY much "under construction", so please make allowances, I intend to get everything in date order and as I find more info, I'll add it.

Ships marked with a '?' in the right hand column have been advised to me but I have been unable to confirm that they were built by White's

namebuilt or commissioned where now type link
Royal 1872  9 metres a wooden steamyacht, acajou and with copper sheething link

236

renamed 1912 - Janet

1892 12.20 metres Naval Pinnace 
Osbourne1896  31' Steam pinnace to three Royal Yachts  
HMS Ferret  19 April 1911 Sold for scrap May 1921 Destroyer Acheron Class  
199
renamed 1955 - Treleague		1911 15.24 metres Naval Pinnace 
HMAS Vampire (I)

22 Sept 1917 - Royal Navy

Transferred to Austrialian Navy 11 October 1933

Sunk 09 April 1942 - Pacific campaign 312 ft V & W Class Destroyerlink
HMS Vortigern  25 Jan 1918 sunk 15 March 1942 torpedoed and sunk off Cromer by the German motor torpedo boat S-104 Destroyer - Class: V (old)
 
HMS Winchester  29 April 1918 scrapped 1946 Destroyer - Class: W (old)  
HMS Winchelsea  commissioned 15 Mar 1918 scrapped 1945 Destroyer - Class: W (old) 
HMS Wivern  23 Dec 1919 scrapped 1948 Destroyer Class: W modified group II  
HMS Witherington  commissioned 10 Oct 1919distroyed by accident 29 April 1947 Destroyer - Class: W modified group II  
HMS Worcester (mined December 1943, renamed HMS Yeoman in 1945,1919 Scrapped 1946 Destroyer Pennant No. D96link
B.A.S.P1920 13.72 metres Watson Lifeboat - Yarmouth IWlink
HMS Wolverine  commissioned 27 Feb 1920 scrapped Sept 1946 Destroyer - Class: W modified group II  
HMS Worcester  20 Sept 1922total lose 23 Dec 1943 Destroyer - Class: W modified group II  
Langham 1922 12.19 metres Lifeboat 
Jane Holland1922  40 ft RNLI Eastbourne lifeboatlink
Berenice of London 1923  96 ft Yacht 
William & Kate Johnston 1923 43.20 metres Rescue Lifeboat - New Brighton  
Purbeck Ferry No 1 1923/24   
PS Crested Eagle1925 Bombed and sunk on May 28th 1940 shortly after leaving Dunkirk 299 ft 7 in Paddle steamer built for London to Ramsgate service link
PS Freshwater (later Sussex Queen then Swanage Queen)1927 scrapped early 1960s Paddle Steamer - first used Lymington/Yarmouth route link
Greater London1928 sold out of service to Uruguay in 1957 48 ft 6 in RNLI Southend-on-Sea lifeboat link
E.M.E.D.1928 sold out of service to Chile in 195648 ft 6 in Walton & Frinton lifeboat link
Kingfisher1928 18.00 metres Inspection Launch 
Lady Kylsant1929  8.24 metres Watson Lifeboat - Ireland link
Cecil & Lilian Philpott
1969 renamed Stenoa 		1929 Watson Lifeboat - Newhaven link
Woolwich Free Ferrys, 'John Benn' and 'Will Crooks'
1930 scrapped 1963 160 ft - cross Thames Ferry - Paddle steamerslink
LV 86 (Nore)1931 withdrawn 1974 186.00 metres Lightship
used Edinburgh and Cork stations 		link
Abdy Beauclerk1931  41 ft RNLI Lifeboat - Mahoganylink

HMS Kempenfelt

Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy at Devonport on 19 October 1939 and renamed HMCS Assiniboine

30 May 1932 sent for scrap 10 Nov 1945 Destroyer C class  
HMS ELFIN (20.8.1941 renamed NETTLE and given the Pendant number T.94)commissioned 16.1.1934Sold 1957 108 ft torpedo recovery vessellink
HMS Forester  commissioned 29 Mar 1935 Sold to be broken up for scrap on 22 January 1946. Scrapped at Rosyth in June 1947Destroyer F Class  
HMS Fury   18 May 1935 21 June 1944 - mined off the Normandy beaches Destroyer F Class  
Noneta1935 65 ft Motor Yacht - steel link
Massey Shaw 1935 Retired from duty in 1970 78 ft London Fire Tender link
Thamesa 1936  15 metres Yacht  
Caroline 1936  30.50 metres Minesweeper  
HMS Salamander (J86) laid down on 18th April 1935
launched 24 March 1936 		Damaged beyond repair by allied aircraft while mine sweeping off Normandy on 27th August 1944 Minesweeper of the Halcyon class link
HMS Niger  (J73) commissioned 4 Jun 1936

sunk - 05 July 1942 - She mistook an iceberg for the North Cape of Iceland and navigated the returning Arctic Convoy QP13 into a British minefield and was lost with all hands.

Minesweeper of the Halcyon class link
ORP Grom 
Grom means thunder 		20 Jul 1936 sunk 4 May 1940
During the Norwegian campaign, sunk near Narvik by a German He111 . Before being lost she bombarded the German troops in the Narvik area
Destroyer - Grom Class link
ORP Blyskawica
- 		launched 1936  Polish distroyer 
Minnehaha 1936  40 ft Motor Yacht - teak link
HMS Bittern  launched 14 Jul 1937 sunk 30 April 1940 Sloop of the Bittern class  
HMS Intrepidcommissioned on 29 July 1937Sunk 27 Sept 1943 Aegean Sea I class destroyer link
ORP Blyskawica 
Blyskawica means lightning in English 		25 Nov, 1937

Decommisioned 1 May 1976 and preserved as museum in Gdynia.

While back at Whites in 1942 for a refit, she used her guns to keep Germany aircraft high during an air-raid on 4th May - Probably the worst nights bombing of Cowes with 70 died, but it would have been a lot worse without the Blyskawica.

Destroyer link
HMS Impulsive  29 Jan 1938Sold for scrap 22 Jan 1946 Destroyer I class  
HMS Egret  launched 31 May 1938 sunk 27 Aug 1943 the first warship to be sunk by a guided missleEscort - Sloop of the Egret class 
The Princess Royal 1938  21.5 metres Lifeboat  
James Braidwood 1939 196145 ft London Fire Tender  
Michael Stephens1939

1963 tranferred to Exmouth

Sold 1976

46 ft RNLI Lifeboat - Carvel link
HMS Kingston 1939 Sunk Malta Harbour June 1942 357 ft ‘Kelly’ Class destroyer link
Jesse Lumb1939retired 1970 14.02 metres Watson Lifeboat - Bembridge link
HMS Jersey  28 April 1939sunk 04 May 1941 - mined off Malta Grand Harbour Destroyer J Class  
HMS Shearwater  07 Sept 1939 Sold 21 April 1947 Escort - Kingfisher class 
HMS Kingston  14 Sept 1939 11 April 1942 - Heavily damaged by aircraft in La Valletta harbour at Malta while in dry dock. She rolled over and became a constructive total loss. Scrapped at Malta. Destroyer K Class  

HMS Havant 

Requisitioned by the Royal Navy on 4 September 1939 while being built for the Brazilian Navy

19 Dec 1939 01 June 1940 heavily damaged by German aircraft off Dunkirk during the evacutation there. Sunk by the minesweeper Destroyer H Class  
HMS Havelock  Requisitioned by the Royal Navy on 4 September 1939 while being built for the Brazilian Navy 10 Feb 1940 Sold for scrap 31 Oct 1946 Destroyer H Class 
HMS Quorn  03 Aug 1940 02 Aug1944 - Sunk by a German \"Linsen\" explosive motorboat or a German \"Neger\" manned torpedo off the invasion areaEscort Destroyer - Hunt (Type I) class 
HMS Southdown  08 Nov 1940 scrapped 01 Nov 1956 (Barrow) Escort Destroyer - Hunt (Type I) class 
T. G. B.1940 14.33 metres Watson Lifeboatlink
HMS Abdiel  commissioned 15 Apr 1941 sunk 10 Sep 1943 (mined) Minelayer  

HMS  Silverton 

Loaned to the Polish Navy before completion as ORP Krakowiak.
Returned in September 1946

28 May 1941 scrapped 01 March 1949 - (Grays) Escort Destroyer - Hunt (Type II) class  
HMS Puckeridge  30 July 1941 sunk 06 Sept 1943 torpedoed by U-617 Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class 
HMS Southwold  09 Oct 1941 sunk 23 Feb 1942 - Mined off La Valletta, Malta Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class 
HMS Tetcott  11 Dec 1941 scrapped 24 Sept 1956 (Milford Haven) Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class 
HMS Quentin  15 April 1942 sunk by 02 Dec 1942 (torpedoed byJu-88 Western Mediterranean) Destroyer Q Class  
HMAS HMS Quiberon 

commissioned into Royal Navy 6th July 1942

Transferred to Austrialia Navy 1950

decommisioned 01 Jan 1964

sold for scrap 1972

Destroyer Q Class link
HMAS HMS Quickmatch 30 Sept 1942

decommisioned 01 April 1963

sold for scrap 1972

Destroyer Q Class link
HMS Easton  07 Dec 1942 scrapped 01 Jan 1953 (Rosyth) Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type III) class 
HMS Virago commissioned 5 Nov 1943scrapped June 1965 Fast Anti-Submarine Frigate -  
HMS Eggesford  29 Jan 1943

sold 01 Jan 1958 to the Federal German Navy where she served as the frigate Brommy F 218

scrapped 1969

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type III) class 
HMS Stevenstone  18 March 1943 scrapped 02 Sept 1959 (Dunston) Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type III) class 
HMS Talybont  19 May 1943 scrapped 14 Feb 1961 (Charlestown) Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type III) class 

HMS  Success
transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy, became KNM Stord

06 Sept 1943 scrapped 01 Jan 1959 Destroyer of the S class 
HMS Swift  06 Dec 1943 sunk 24 June 1944 (mined supporting D-Day)Destroyer  

HMS Vixen  Never commissioned in the Royal Navy.
Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Sioux

28 Feb 1944

Decommissioned 26 February 1946.
Recommissioned in 1950.
Decommissioned 30 October 1963.
Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1965.

Destroyer V class  
HMS Volage  commissioned 26 May 1944 scrapped 01 Jan 1972Destroyer V Class  
HMS Cavalier  22 Nov 1944 decommissioned 21 Oct 1977 Preserved at Chatham Dockyard.
Destroyer CA Class  
HMS Cavalier commissioned 1944 decommissioned 1998'C' type "Caesar" Class destroyer  

HMS MTB 425

1944 transferred to Polish Navy as S 6
11 Oct 1945 returned RN

10 July 1944 Dec 1945 sold to mercantile service71 ft 6 in Motor Torpedo Boat - type White 424  

HMS MTB 426

1944 transferred to Polish Navy as S 7
15 Oct 1945 returned RN

30 July 1944 Dec 1945 sold to mercantile service 71 ft 6 in Motor Torpedo Boat - type White 424  

HMS MTB 427

1944 transferred to Polish Navy as S 8
15 Oct 1945 returned RN

19 Sept 1944 Dec 1945 sold to mercantile service 71 ft 6 in Motor Torpedo Boat - type White 424  

HMS MTB 428

1944 transferred to Polish Navy as S 9
15 Oct 1945 returned RN

26 Oct 1944 Dec 1945 sold to mercantile service 71 ft 6 in Motor Torpedo Boat - type White 424  

HMS MTB 429

1944 transferred to Polish Navy as S 10
15 Oct1945 returned RN

30 Oct 1944 Dec 1945 sold to mercantile service 71 ft 6 in Motor Torpedo Boat - type White 424  
St Cybi (CS No 9)1945 15.85 metres Barnett Lifeboat link
HMS Carysfort 20 Feb 1945 sold for scrap 01 Nov 1970 'C' type "Caesar" Class destroyer link
HMS Contest 09 Nov 1945 Scrapped 02 Feb 1960 Destroyer CO Class  

HMS Crispin

Sold to Royal Pakistan Navy and renamed Jahangir in 1958

10 July 1946 decommissioned RN 18 March 1958 Destroyer C Class  

HMS Creole

Sold to Royal Pakistan Navy and renamed Alamgir in 1958

14 Oct 1946 decommissioned RN 29 Feb 1956 Destroyer C Class 
HMS F Feb  01 Jan 1920 Submarine  
HMS Tribune   Destroyer  
HMS Trinidad   Destroyer  
HMS Trojan    Destroyer  
HMS Truant    Destroyer  
HMS Trusty    Destroyer  
Herbert Leigh1947withdrawn 1988 14.25 metres Lifeboat - Barrow link
HMS Tomahawk  17 Sept 1947 01 Jan 1971 Destroyer  
HMS Dainty
commissioned 26 Feb 1953Scrapped 1972Daring Class Destroyer  
ML Burja 1954  32.60 m - steel Motor yacht 
HMS Dundas commissioned 9th March 1956 scrapped at Troon in 1983 Type 14 Blackwood Class  
HMS Grafton commissioned 11th January 1957scrapped 1971 Type 14 Blackwood Class 
H.M.S. Echo
renamed Earl of Romney 		launched on the 1st of May 1957acquired by The Marine Society 1987
Up for sale 2004 		107 ft Inshore Survey Craft - timber link
HMS Exmouth
commissioned 20th December 1957scrapped 1971 Type 14 Blackwood Class  
Adriatico probably built 1950's for french owners cargo vessel
?
Susan Constant built around 1960 Constants Limited cargo vessel ?
Caesarea 1960withdrawn from service 1975 passenger ferry used on the Channel Islands service link
Sarnia 1961 withdrawn from service 1977 sister ship to Caesarea passenger ferry used on the Channel Islands services link
HMS Londonderry


commissioned 18th October 1961 sunk as a target 25th June 1989 Type 12 Rothesay Class  
Official Number ON963, A.M.T. (Austin, Mulhauser, Toon). 1962 Stationed at Howth, Ireland. Retired 1989 - now (2006) in private ownership. 47 ft Watson class lifeboat.  
HMS Eskimo


commissioned 21st February 1963 sunk as target January 1986 Type 81 Tribal Class  

Official Number ON 969

Gegevens ??

1963 retired 1990

47 ft -type Motor Lifeboat van de RNLI
Sunderland

 
Royal Thames 1964 transferred to Runswick 1970-78, then Pwllheli 1979-91 and finally Clogher Head 1991-93. Sold into private ownership 37 ft Oakley type RNLI Lifeboat Caister link
HMS Arethusa
commissioned 24th November 1965 sunk - used as target June 1991 Type 12M Leander Class
the last warship to be built at the Cowes shipyard 		 
Crescence mid 1960s built for London and Rochester Shipping Co. believed to be the last big ship they built
?
Shirley Jean Adye 1973 Sold to Pembroke Dock Authority in July 1992 35 ft 6 in Liverpool motor type RNLI Lifeboat - Caisterlink