HMS Bruiser

Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bruiser or HMS Bruizer.

• HMS Bruiser (1797) was an Acute-class gun-brig launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
• HMS Bruiser (1804) was an Archer-class gun-brig launched in 1804. She was sold in 1815.
• HMS Bruiser (1854) was the former Robert Stephenson, an iron steam-powered ship purchased on the stocks and launched in 1854. She was renamed Bruiser in June 1855, employed as a floating flour mill during the Crimean War and sold in 1857.
• HMS Bruiser (1867) was a Britomart-class gunboat launched in 1867 and broken up at Devonport in 1886.
• HMS Bruiser (1895) was an Ardent-class destroyer launched in 1895 and sold in 1914
• HMS Bruiser (F127) was a Landing Ship, Tank launched in 1942 and sold in 1946. Converted to a passenger ship in 1951 and scrapped in 1968.
• HMS Bruiser (1945) was a Tank landing ship launched in 1945 as HMS LST 3025. She was renamed HMS Bruiser in 1947 and sold in 1954.
• HMS Bruiser was intended as a Batch 2 Type 22 frigate, but was renamed as Sheffield before being laid down.

Battle honours

Ships named Bruiser have earned the following battle honours:

• Sicily, 1943
• Salerno, 1944
• Anzio, 1944
• Atlantic, 1944
• South France, 1944
• Aegean, 1944

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.