HMS Growler

Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Growler

• HMS Growler (1797), a Courser-class gun-brig launched in 1797 and captured by French privateers on 21 December 1797. The French Navy took her into service under her existing name. The Royal Navy recovered her in a decayed state in 1809.
• Growler was a tender to HMS Vanguard in September 1803. ^[1]
• HMS Growler (1804), a gun-brig launched in 1804 and sold in 1815
• HMS Growler was the USS Growler, a schooner of five guns that served in the War of 1812, changing hands three times, finally becoming HMS Hamilton.
• HMS Growler (1841), a sloop, broken up January 1854 at Portsmouth.
• HMS Growler (1856), an Albacore-class screw gunboat. broken up 14 December 1864 at Malta. ^[2]
• HMS Growler (1868), a Beacon-class gunvessel, launched in 1868 and sold for scrap in 1887.
• HMS Growler (1942), a rescue tug. ^[3] Later RFA Growler

See also

• RFA Growler - two ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Citations

1. "No. 16032". The London Gazette . 26 May 1807. p. 718.
2. "H.M.S. 'GROWLER'". www.historic-shipping.co.uk. Historic Shipping. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
3. "HMS Growler (W 105) of the Royal Navy - British Rescue Tug of the Bustler class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. uboat.net. Retrieved 9 November 2018.