HMS Biter

HMS Biter

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Biter". Another was planned:

*HMS|Biter|1797|6 was a 12-gun gunvessel launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
*HMS|Biter|1804|6 was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1804 and wrecked in 1805.
*HMS "Biter" was to have been a wooden screw gunvessel. She was ordered in 1846 but was cancelled in 1849.
*HMS|Biter|1855|6 was a "Dapper" class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855. She became a coal hulk in 1865 and was later renamed "T16". She was sold in 1904.
*HMS|Biter|1905|6 was a tender, previously the War Department vessel "Sir William Reid". She was transferred in 1905 and sold in 1923.
*HMS|Biter|D97|6 was an escort carrier launched in 1940. She was transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease in 1942, transferred to the French Navy in 1945 and renamed "Dixmude", used as an accommodation ship from 1956 and was returned to the US Navy and sunk as a target in 1966.
*HMS|Biter|P270|6 was an "Archer" class patrol vessel launched in 1985 and currently in service.


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