Eight ships of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...

have been named HMS ''Algerine'': * was a 10-gun

schooner A schooner ( ) is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel defined by its Rig (sailing), rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more Mast (sailing), masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than t ...

launched in 1810 and wrecked in 1813. *HMS ''Algerine'' was originally 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 ...

, formerly the French ''Pierre Cézar''. She was captured in 1808 and named . In 1814, she was converted into a 14-gun cutter under the name HMS ''Algerine'' and was sold in 1818. * was a 10-gun

brig-sloop During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system of the Royal Navy covered all vessels with 20 or more guns; thus, the term encompassed all ...

under the command of Commander Charles Wemyss when she was lost off Hydra in a squall in early 1826.Hepper, David J. (1994) ''British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859''. East Sussex: Jean Boudriot. * was a 10-gun launched in 1829 and sold in 1844. * was an wooden screw

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 1857, sold into mercantile service in 1872 and broken up in 1894. * was an built by

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, launched in 1880, and displacing 835 tons. She was sold in 1892. * was a sloop launched in 1895, displacing 1050 tons. She was on the

China Station The Commander-in-Chief, China, was the admiral in command of what was usually known as the China Station, at once both a British Royal Navy naval formation and its admiral in command. It was created in 1865 and deactivated in 1941. From 1831 to 1 ...

during the

Boxer Rebellion The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious F ...

, and was sold in 1919 and wrecked in 1923. * was an launched in 1941 and sunk in 1942.

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