HMS Bruizer

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Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bruizer, an old name for a boxer.

• The first Bruizer was a 160 ton, 12-gun gunboat launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
• The second Bruizer was 12-gun brig launched in 1804 and sold in 1815.
• The third Bruizer was Britomart-class steam powered gunboat launched in 1867 and scrapped in 1886.
• The last Bruizer was a destroyer launched in 1895 and sold in 1914.

See also HMS Bruiser

[edit] References

• J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.