HMS Niger

Last updated October 01, 2021

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Niger after the Niger River, whilst another was planned.

HMS Niger (1759) was a 33-gun fifth rate launched in 1759, reduced to sixth rate, converted to a prison ship in 1810, and renamed Negro in 1813. She was sold in 1814.
HMS Niger (1813) was a 38-gun fifth rate, launched in 1813 and broken up in 1820.
HMS Niger (1846) was a wood screw sloop launched in 1846 and sold in 1869.
HMS Niger (1880) was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1880, renamed Cockatrice in 1881, Moorhen in 1896, and sold in 1899.
HMS Niger (1892) was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1892, converted to a minesweeper in 1909, and sunk in 1914 by the German submarine U-12 near Deal.
HMS Niger (J73) was a Halcyon-class minesweeper launched in 1936 and sunk by a mine near Iceland in 1942.
HMS Niger was to have been an Algerine-class minesweeper. She was laid down in 1944, but was cancelled two months later.
HMS Niger (J442) was an Algerine-class minesweeper, launched in 1945, and scrapped in 1966.

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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.
"HMS Niger (i) (J 73)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
"HMS Niger (iii) (J 442)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2007.

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