HMS Niger

HMS Niger

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Niger" after the Niger River, whilst another was planned.

*HMS "Niger" was a 33-gun fifth-rate launched in 1759, converted to a prison ship in 1810 and renamed "Negro" in 1813. She was sold in 1814.
*HMS "Niger" was a 38-gun fifth-rate, launched in 1813 and broken up in 1820.
*HMS "Niger" was a wood screw sloop launched in 1846 and sold in 1869.
*HMS "Niger" was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1880, renamed "Cockatrice" in 1881, "Moorhen" in 1896, and sold in 1899.
*HMS "Niger" was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1892, converted to a minesweeper in 1909, and sunk in 1914 by U-12 near Deal.
*HMS "Niger" was a "Halcyon"-class minesweeper launched in 1936 and sunk by a mine near Iceland in 1942.
*HMS "Niger" was to have been an "Algerine"-class minesweeper. She was laid down in 1944, but was cancelled two months later.
*HMS "Niger" was an "Algerine"-class minesweeper, launched in 1945, and scrapped in 1966.

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*cite web | title= HMS "Niger" (i) (J 73)| work=Uboat.net | url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3669.html |accessdate=2007-01-26
*cite web | title= HMS "Niger" (iii) (J 442)| work=Uboat.net | url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3783.html |accessdate=2007-01-26


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