HMS Nimrod

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Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nimrod, after the biblical figure of Nimrod:

  • HMS Nimrod was an 18-gun sloop, previously the French ship Eole. She was captured in 1799 by HMS Solebay and sold in 1811.
  • HMS Nimrod was an 18-gun Cruizer class brig sloop launched in 1812 and wrecked in 1827, her wreck being sold later that year.
  • HMS Nimrod was a 20-gun sloop, previously a sixth rate named HMS Andromeda. She was renamed in 1827, before being launched in 1828. She was used as a coal hulk from 1853, being renamed C 1, and then C76. She was eventually sold in 1907.
  • HMS Nimrod was an iron paddle gunboat launched in 1839, re-erected at Basra in 1840 and on the Navy lists until 1859.
  • HMS Nimrod was a wood screw gunboat launched in 1856 and sold in 1865.
  • HMS Nimrod was a Marksman class destroyer leader launched in 1915 and sold in 1926.
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