HMS Tiger
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Twelve ships of the British Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Tiger, after the feline tiger.
- The first Tiger was a 22-gun ship built in 1546, rebuilt 1570, in use as a floating battery after 1600, and condemned in 1605.
- The second Tiger was a 260-ton discovery vessel recorded in the Arctic in 1613.
- The third Tiger was a 32-gun ship launched in 1647, rebuilt in 1681, 1701, and 1722, and wrecked in 1743.
- The fourth Tiger was a 50-gun 4th rate renamed Harwich shortly before launching, and was in use from 1743 till being wrecked in 1760.
- The fifth Tiger was a 60-gun 4th rate launched in 1747. She sailed out to India where she remained throughout her service, playing a part in the capture of Calcutta, and in actions at Cuddalore, Negapatam and Pondicherry. She was made a hulk in 1761 and sold in Bombay four years later.
- The sixth Tiger was the 74-gun Spanish Tigre captured in 1762 and sold 1784.
- The seventh Tiger was a 4-gun hoy purchased in 1794 and sold 1798.
- The eighth Tiger was a 12-gun brig in service from 1808 to 1812.
- The ninth Tiger was a wooden-hulled paddle sloop launched in 1849, reclassified as a frigate in 1852, and lost in action at Odessa in 1854.
- The tenth Tiger was a 380 ton destroyer launched in 1900 sunk in 1908 during an exercise in the English Channel south of the Isle of Wight. Tiger crossed the bows of HMS Berwick and was sliced in two, 28 lives were lost.
- The eleventh Tiger was a battlecruiser launched in 1913. Served in World War I, and was badly damaged in the Battle of Dogger Bank (1915) and the Battle of Jutland, but resumed service after repairs. Scrapped in 1932.
- A Tiger of the Minotaur class of cruisers was ordered in 1942, initially named as Blake then renamed Blake, cancelled in 1946, and later completed as Blake (C99).
- The twelfth Tiger (C20) was another Minotaur class cruiser ordered (as Bellerophon) but ultimately turned into a guided missile cruiser launched in 1945 as a light cruiser, later converted, and in service until 1978.
See also HMS Tigre.
