HMS Jaseur

Last updated November 06, 2021

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Jaseur, the name coming from the French for the waxwing.

HMS Jaseur (1807) was a 12-gun brig-sloop that Bombay captured off the Andaman Islands in 1807. She foundered, with the loss of her whole crew, in 1808.^[1]
HMS Jaseur (1813) was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1813 and sold in 1847.
HMS Jaseur (1857) was a wood screw gunboat launched in 1857 and wrecked in 1859.
HMS Jaseur (1862) was a Philomel-class wood screw gunvessel launched in 1862 and sold in 1874 to the Commissioners of Irish Lights. Whether they renamed her and how long they kept her is unclear.
HMS Jaseur (1892) was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1892 and sold in 1905.
HMS Jaseur (1944) was an Algerine-class minesweeper launched in 1944 and sold for breaking up in 1956.

Citations and references

Citations

↑ Hepper (1994), p.125.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.

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[1] Hepper (1994), p.125.

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