The Northern Lighthouse Board

Remark: Names of the ships were reused, sometimes multiple times. The numbers in brackets after the names of some ships are for reference only. They were not carried on the ships, as there was only one ship with a given name at any given time.

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PHAROS (I)
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1799 - c1810 Wooden Sloop, 49 x 18 x 8 feet, 59 Registered Tons 1799: Built at Elie, Fife for the Northern Lighthouse Board 1810c: Sold to unknown Leith owners, name unchanged 1814: Owners now Archibald Young, Alexander Crombie & Robert Cox, Leith, name unchanged 1823: Broken Up
THE LIGHTHOUSE YACHT
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1807 - 1820 Wooden Sloop, 58 x 18 x 10 feet, 81 Registered Tons 1807: Built at Leith for the Northern Lighthouse Board 1820: Sold to Alexander Houston of Clarkington, Haddingtonshire, name unchanged 1823: Lost at sea.
SMEATON
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1807 - 1817 Wooden Sloop, 55 x 10 x ? feet, 42 Registered Tons 1807: Built at Leith for the Northern Lighthouse Board 1817: Sold No further details available.
SIR JOSEPH BANKS
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1809 - Not known Wooden Sloop, 42 Registered Tons 1807: Built at Arbroath, employed as assisting SMEATON in the construction of the Bell Rock Lighthouse. 1808: In service No further details available.
PATRIOT
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1809 - Not known Sailing Vessel, 56 x 10 x ? feet, 46 Registered Tons 1808: Built at Kirkcaldy 1809: Purchased to assist SMEATON in construction of the Bell Rock Lighthouse, name unchanged. No further details available.
PHAROS (III) *
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1816 - 1842 Wooden Sloop, 45 x 14 x 8 feet, 38 Registered Tons 1816: Built by Morton at Leith for the Commissioners and based at Leith as tender to Bell Rock Lighthouse. 1842: Sold to Archy MacQueen of Broadford, Skye, registered at Inverness, name unchanged 1842: Sold to Archy MacQueen of Broadford, Skye, registered at Inverness, name unchanged 1858: Sold to James Finlay & John McGregor, Lochalsh, name unchanged 1859: Wrecked in Sound of Mull *(PHAROS II was a lightvessel)
REGENT
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1820 - 1846 Wooden Schonner, 66 x 21 x 11 feet, 107 Registered Tons 1820: Built by Robert Davey, Topsham for the Board and based at Leith 1846: Sold to John Crabbie, Leith, name unchanged 1850: Sold to Thomas Mackie, Leith, name unchanged 1852: Sold to D R MacGregor, Leith, name unchanged 1859: Sold to Thomas Reddie, Charlestown, Fife, name unchanged 1863: Lost at sea
SKERRYVORE
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1839 - 1847 Wooden Paddle Steamer, 87.3 x 17.5 x 9.5 feet, 129 Gross Tons; 48 Net Tons 1839: Built by Robert Menzies & Sons, Leith and based at Hynish, Tiree in connection with the construction of the lighthouse on Skerryvore 1847: Sold to Liverpool Steam Tug Co, Liverpool, name unchanged 1850: Sold to John Houghton, Liverpool, name unchanged 1851: Sold to William M Jackson, Liverpool, name unchanged 1853: Sold to John Barnet, Liverpool and reduced to a brigantine, 215 reg, name unchanged 1860: Lost at sea
PRINCE OF WALES
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1841 - 1852 Wooden Sloop, 58 x 16 x 9 feet, 51 Registered Tons 1841: Built by Robert Steele & Co, Greenock and based at Leith as tender to the Bell Rock Lighthouse 1852: Sold to William Hay, Lerwick as fishing vessel, name unchanged 1866: Owners now George H B Hay, Arthur J Hay & William Irvine 1883: Owners now George H B Hay & Arthur J Hay 1896: Sold to Danish owners - no further details available
FRANCES (II)
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1843 - 1852 Wooden Sloop, 39 x 13 x 7 feet, 24 Registered Tons 1842: Built by Thomas White, Cowes, Isle of Wight for Thomas & John White, Cowes 1843: Purchased, name unchanged 1852: Sold to John H Baikie, Kirkwall, re-rigged as dandy, name unchanged 1871: John H Baikie declared bankrupt and sold to John Hewison, Kirkwall, name unchanged 1871: Sold to James Seatter of Westray, re-rigged as a schooner, name unchanged 1883: Broken up at Westray, Orkney Islands
PHAROS (IV)
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1846 - 1861 Iron Paddel steamer, 143.2 x 21.7 x 14.8 feet, 270 Gross Tons; 186 Net Tons 1846: Built by Wm Fairbairn & Son, Millwall Works, London, and based at Leith 1861: Sold to Aberdeen, Grimsby & Hull Steam Packet Co, name unchanged 1863: Title of owners became Aberdeen & Hull Steam Navigation Co 1863: Sold to Aberdeen, Tyne & Hamburg Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Aberdeen, name unchanged 1864: Lengthened to 171.6 feet, tonnage now 328g 243n 1866: Transferred to Aberdeen, Newcastle & Hull Steam Co Ltd, Aberdeen 1877: Sold to Thomas Williamson, Barrow and broken up
JANET
NLB Duty: Construction: History:	1848 - 1851 Wooden Sloop, 38 x 10 x 5 feet, 16 Registered Tons 1841: Launched but not apparently registered. 1845: Rebuilt by Denny & Rankin, Dumbarton for Robert Mitchell, Leith, name unchanged 1848: Purchased, name unchanged 1851: Sold to John McLean of Kylerhea, registered at Inverness, name unchanged 1874: Sold to John McLachlan of Kilfinnan, name unchanged 1881: Sold to Peter McIntyre of Rothesay, name unchanged 1881: Broken up