HMS Tigress

HMS Tigress

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Tigress", after the female tiger:

*HMS|Tigress|1797|6 was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
*HMS|Tigress|1804|6 was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1804 and captured by the Danish in 1808.
*HMS|Tigress|1808|6 was a 12-gun gun-brig, previously the French ship "Pierre Czar". She was captured in 1808, and was later renamed HMS "Algerine" in 1814. She was sold in 1818.
*HMS|Tigress|1911|6 was an "Acheron" class destroyer launched in 1911. She was sold in 1921 and was broken up the following year.

ee also

*HMS|Tiger
*HMS|Tigris


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