Seven ships of the
Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS ''Adder'', after the
snake
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:
* was an 8-gun
galley
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purchased in 1782 and sold in 1787.
* was a 12-gun
gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
History Pre-steam ...
launched in 1797 and broken up in 1805.
* was a 12-gun
gun-brig
A gun-brig was a small brig-rigged warship that enjoyed popularity in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, during which large numbers were purchased or built. In general these were vessels of under 200 tons burthen, and thus smaller than ...
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
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service in 1826. She was wrecked in 1832.
* was a
cutter
Cutter may refer to:
Tools
* Bolt cutter
* Box cutter
* Cigar cutter
* Cookie cutter
* Cutter (hydraulic rescue tool)
* Glass cutter
* Meat cutter
* Milling cutter
* Paper cutter
* Pizza cutter
* Side cutter
People
* Cutter (surname)
* Cutt ...
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
Packet boats were medium-sized boats designed mainly for domestic mail and freight transport in European countries and in North American rivers and canals. Eventually including basic passenger accommodation, they were used extensively during t ...
, 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
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* War Department (United Kingdom)
* United States Department of War
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in 1905. She was renamed HMS ''Attentive'' in 1919, and was sold in 1923.
References
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Royal Navy ship names