Seven ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Adder'', after the
snake:
* was an 8-gun
galley
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purchased in 1782 and sold in 1787.
* was a 12-gun
gunboat launched in 1797 and broken up in 1805.
* was a 12-gun
gun-brig launched in 1805 but captured by French forces the following year having run aground on the French coast.
* was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1813 and transferred to
Coastguard service in 1826. She was wrecked in 1832.
* was a
cutter
Cutter may refer to:
Tools
* Bolt cutter
* Box cutter, aka Stanley knife, a form of utility knife
* Cigar cutter
* Cookie cutter
* Glass cutter
* Meat cutter
* Milling cutter
* Paper cutter
* Side cutter
* Cutter, a type of hydraulic rescue to ...
launched in 1814 as HMS ''Seagull''. She was renamed HMS ''Adder'' in 1817 and remained in service until 1825.
* was a wooden paddle
packet ship, launched in 1826 as the
GPO ship ''Crocodile''. She was transferred to the Navy in 1837 and was sold in 1870.
* was a tender transferred from the
War Department in 1905. She was renamed HMS ''Attentive'' in 1919, and was sold in 1923.
References
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Royal Navy ship names