HMS Beaver

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Beaver":

*"Beaver", a ketch in the Royalist navy, captured by Parliamentary forces in 1656 and broken up two years later
*"Beaver", 18, a sloop originally called "Trudaine" and operating as a French privateer, but captured in 1757 and renamed before being sold in 1761
*"Beaver" 14, a sloop launched in 1761 and sold in 1783
*"Beaver", 14, a sloop launched in 1795 and sold in 1808
*"Beaver", 10, a "Cherokee" class sloop launched in 1809 and sold in 1829
*"Beaver", a wooden paddle packet originally operating as a Post Office vessel but transferred to the Royal Navy in 1837. It became a dockyard lighter in 1845.
*"Beaver", an "Albacore" class gunboat launched in 1855 and broken up in 1864.
*"Beaver", a 125 ton tender transferred from the War Department to the Royal Navy in 1905 and sold in 1911.
*"Beaver", an "Acheron" class destroyer launched in 1911 and sold in 1921.
*"Beaver" (F93), a Type 22, or "Broadsword" class frigate launched in 1982 and scrapped in 2001.

ee also

*HMS "Beaver Prize", an American privateer captured by HMS "Beaver" in 1778 and commissioned into the Royal Navy. Wrecked in 1780.
*HMCS Beaver

References

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