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The following is a selection of some of the many ships that were connected with Liverpool. There are pictures available for some of the ships and where this is the case you can click on the ship name to view it.
All information provided here is believed to be correct. However, no responsibility can be taken by the author for the consequence of any error in information on this web site. The numbers in brackets after the notes indicate the source reference.
Name |
Company |
Year |
Event [Reference Source] |
R Robinson | 1857 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
R Jabobs | 1856 |
Used on the Liverpool to New Orleans route. | |
Race Horse | Brock & Co. | 1815 |
A ship of 182 tons (built 1794) surveyed in Liverpool. Sailed to Guernsey [W015]. |
Rajah | 1852 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
Rallus | Cork Steam Ships Co. Ltd. | 1870 |
A 120 horsepower schooner of 1065 tons with engine by J. Jack & Co. in Liverpool [W015]. |
Ramazan | Liverpool Shipping Co. Ltd. | 1913 |
A schooner of 3477 tons (built 1905) registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
Ranee | Nicholson & Co. | 1864 |
A ship of 1264 tons built by Hart in Liverpool and registered in Liverpool. Sailed to Australia [W015]. |
Rangatira | Shaw, Savill & Albion | 1910 |
Used on the Liverpool to Wellington route. |
Ranger | 1909 |
A Liverpool salvage steamer [20]. | |
Rappahannock | 1851 |
Used to bring (mainly Irish) immigrants to New York from Liverpool under Master William Cushing [W019]. | |
Rappahannock | 1864 |
A Confederate Navy ship that arrived in Liverpool where her crew were paid off and the ship auctioned. | |
Ravenspoint | Sir John Esplen, K.B.E. | 1918 |
A schooner of 2427 tons built by H. & W. Grayson Ltd. in Garston and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
Recruit | J. Ewing & Co. | 1858 |
A ship of ~1000 tons (built 1852) registered in Liverpool. Sailed to India & China [W015]. |
Red Jacket | White Star Line | 1854 |
Used on the Liverpool to Port Phillips Head, Australia route. A transatlantic record was also set by a 'Red Jacket' crossing from New York to Liverpool in 13 days under Captain Asa Eldredge of Cape Cod, born 1809. |
Reform | 1837 |
Departed Liverpool [Records of Joseph Price]. | |
Regina | Dominion Line | 1922 |
Used on the Liverpool to Halifax and Portland routes. |
Reiherstieg | J C Godeffroy & Sohn | 1860 |
Brig. |
Reindeer | 1806 |
The captain, Edward Clarke was given an award by Liverpool underwriters after beating off a French privateer. | |
Reliance | 1846 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
Relief | 1588 |
A privateer ship whose master, Humphrey Brooke discovered Spain's plans for the Armada and warned Sir Francis Drake. | |
Remington | C.G. Cowie, Sons & Co. | 1876 |
A ship of 999 tons (built 1863) registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
Remus | R. Conaway & Co. | 1887 |
A barque of 768 tons (built 1872) registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
Renown | 1771 |
Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08]. | |
Republic | White Star Line | 1903 |
Used on the Liverpool to Boston route. Was originlly named 'Columbus'. |
Resistance | 1863 |
Part of 'The Channel Fleet' visiting the Mersey [Records of Joseph Price]. | |
Resolute | Black Star Line | 1857 |
Packet used on the Liverpool to New York route. |
Retrench | Buchanan | 1828 |
A brig of 313 tons (built 1826) surveyed in Liverpool. Sailed to Charleston [W015]. |
Revenue | 1851 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
Rex | Realm Steam Ship Co. Ltd. | 1893 |
A brigantine of 1750 tons (built 1889) registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
Rhein | Gray | 1892 |
Bought by the Liverpool owner. |
Rhode Island | White Diamond Steam Ship Co. Ltd. | 1919 |
A schooner of 5655 tons (built 1918) registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
Rhone | Bibby & Co. | 1866 |
A barque of 1387 tons (built 1856) registered in Liverpool. Sailed to the Mediterannean [W015]. |
Rhynland | American Line | 1895 |
Used on the Liverpool to Philadelphia route. |
Richard Anderson | 1841 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
Richard Morse | 1853 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
Richard S Ely | 1862 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
Ringwall | 1942 |
A Liverpool ship of 407 tons gross that hit a mine after leaving Dublin and was lost near the Isle of Man [20]. | |
Rising Star | 1880 |
Used under Captain Melmour [Records of Joseph Price]. | |
Rising Sun | 1800s |
Used on the Liverpool to Boston route [Web 06]. | |
Rival | James M Wood | 1844 |
Brig used on the Liverpool to West Indies route [Records of Joseph Price]. |
River Indus | Hargrove & Co. | 1870 |
A ship of 1045 tons (built 1868) registered in Liverpool. Sailed to Ceylon [W015]. |
Robert Peel | 1857 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
Robert and Elizabeth | Robert Haydock | 1698 |
Left Liverpool for Philadephia with Welsh emigrant Foulke Thomas who settled at Gwynedd County,Pennsylvania. |
Robert Ker | Boyd & Co. | 1832 |
A ship of 357 tons (built 1824) surveyed in Liverpool. Sailed to Charleston [W015]. |
Robert Lees | L. Yound & Co. | 1863 |
A ship of 1239 tons built by Vernon in Liverpool and registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
Robert Quayle | Kermode & Co. | 1814 |
A snow of 356 tons built in Liverpool and surveyed in Liverpool. Sailed to Lisbon & New South Wales [W015]. |
Robert Walne | 1816 |
A ship of 286 tons (built 1811) surveyed in Liverpool. Sailed to Philadelphia [W015]. | |
Robt Kelly | 1851 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
Rochester | 1841 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
Rockaway | 1852 |
Used on the Liverpool to New Orleans route. | |
Roderick Dhu | 1852 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
Roger Ahein | 1865 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
Romanic | Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. | 1913 |
A schooner of 11,394 tons (built 1898) registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
Romeo | Wilson Line | 1918 |
Torpedoed and sunk by U-102 on its way to Liverpool. |
Roquelle | Imperial Direct Line Ltd. | 1922 |
A steamer of 4364 tons (built 1918) registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
Rory O'More | Moore & Co. | 1846 |
A barque of ~300 tons (built 1898) registered in Liverpool. Sailed to Montreal [W015]. |
Rosalind | New York, Newfoundland & Halifax Steam Ship Co. Ltd. | 1921 |
A schooner of 2163 tons (built 1911) registered in Liverpool [W015]. |
Roscius | 1847 |
A ship of 2500 tons used to carry Irish emigrants on the Liverpool to New York route. | |
Roscoe | Ellis & Co. | 1841 |
A schooner of 112 tons (built 1838) surveyed in Liverpool. Sailed to Antigua [W015]. |
Roscommon | Union Steamship Company of NZ | 1917 |
Sunk by a U-Boat. |
Rose | 1771 |
Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08]. | |
Rowanmore | Johnston Warren Line | 1900 |
Built for the Liverpool owner. |
Royal Charter | Liverpool & Australian Steam Navigation Company | 1859 |
Clipper built in Liverpool in 1854. She left Port Phillip Bay on 26 August 1859 with passengers and gold but was wrecked in bad weather off Anglesey before arriving in Liverpool with loss of 400 lives. Captured in a painting by Liverpool artist Francis Hustwick [Liverpool Daily Post, Nov 2003]. |
Royal Daffodil II | 1934 |
Mersey ferry boat built [23]. | |
Royal Daffodil II | 1958 |
Mersey ferry boat built [23]. | |
Royal Exchange | Watkins | 1847 |
A barque of 234 tons (built 1844) that sailed to Liverpool [W015]. |
Royal George | Williams & Co. | 1832 |
A brig of 96 tons (built 1808) surveyed in Liverpool. Sailed to Ireland [W015]. |
Royal George | Cunard Line | 1919 |
Used on the Liverpool to New York route. |
Royal Iris | 1951 |
Mersey ferry boat built [23]. | |
Royal Oak | 1863 |
Part of The Channel Fleet visiting the Mersey [Records of Joseph Price]. | |
Royal Saxon | R. Towns | 1829 |
A ship of 510 tons built in Liverpool [W015]. |
Royal Standard | Wilson & Co. | 1865 |
A steamer of ~2000 tons (built 1863) registered in Liverpool. Sailed to Australia [W015]. |
Transatlantic Steamship Company | 1838 |
Built in Liverpool in 1837 and the first steamship to make the west bound crossing taking 15 days to reach New York from Liverpool [08]. | |
Royalist | 1833 |
250 ton brig used on the Aberdovey to Liverpool route and voyages to Trinidad, St.Vincent and Quebec[Records of Joseph Price]. | |
Ruapehu | Beaver Line | 1898 |
Used on the Liverpool to Quebec route. |
Rufus K Page | 1853 |
Used on the Liverpool to New Orleans route. | |
Rufus King | C. Hull | 1820 |
A ship of 523 tons (built 1812) surveyed in Liverpool. Sailed to New York [W015]. |
Rumbold | 1771 |
Engaged in the African slave trade sailing from Liverpool [08]. | |
Runic | White Star Line | 1901 |
Maiden voyage was Liverpool to Cape Town. |
Russell Glover | Glover & Co. | 1840 |
A ship of 795 tons surveyed in Liverpool. Sailed to New Orleans [W015]. |
Russia | 1874 |
A ship used by explorer Henry M Stanley to travel from Liverpool to New York [26]. | |
Russia | Hamburg-Amerika Line | 1889 |
A steamer of 4017 tons built by Laird Bros. in Liverpool [W015]. |
Russia Merchant | 1774 |
Sailed from Liverpool to Maryland. | |
Ryelands | J. Helme | 1887 |
A schooner of 149 tons built by Nicholson & Marsh in Liverpool [W015]. |
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