HMS Niger
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Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Niger.
- The first Niger was a 33-gun fifth-rate launched in 1759, converted to a prison ship in 1810 and renamed Negro in 1813. Sold the following year.
- The second Niger was a 38-gun fifth-rate, launched in 1813 and broken up at Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1820.
- The third Niger was a wooden-hulled screw sloop launched on 18 November 1846 at Woolwich and sold 1869.
- The fourth Niger was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1880, renamed Cockatrice in 1881, Moorhen in 1896, and sold 1899.
- The fifth Niger was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1892, converted to a minesweeper in 1909, and sunk in 1914 by U-12 near Deal.
- The sixth Niger was a Halcyon-class minesweeper launched at Cowes in 1936 and sunk by a mine near Iceland in 1942.
- Another Niger was an Algerine-class was laid down in Toronto on 20 September 1944, but cancelled two months later on 8 November 1944.
- The most recent Niger was also an Algerine-class minesweeper, launched at Renfrew in 1945, and scrapped in 1966.
[edit] References
- J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
- HMS Niger (i) (J 73). Uboat.net. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
- HMS Niger (iii) (J 442). Uboat.net. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
