Six ships of the
Royal Navy
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have been named HMS ''Biter''. Another was planned:
* was a 12-gun gunvessel launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
* was a 12-gun
gun-brig
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launched in 1804 and wrecked in 1805.
*HMS ''Biter'' was to have been a class wooden screw gunvessel. She was ordered in 1846 but was cancelled in 1849.
* was a 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 1855. She became a coal hulk in 1865 and was later renamed ''T16''. She was sold in 1904.
* was a tender, previously the
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vessel ''Sir William Reid''. She was transferred in 1905 and sold in 1923.
* was an
escort carrier
The escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier (U.S. hull classification symbol CVE), also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the United States Navy (USN) or "Woolworth Carrier" by the Royal Navy, was a small and slower type of aircraf ...
launched in 1940. She was transferred to the Royal Navy under
lend-lease
Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States (),3,000 Hurricanes and >4,000 other aircraft)
* 28 naval vessels:
** 1 Battleship. (HMS Royal Sovereign (05), HMS Royal Sovereign)
* ...
in 1942, transferred to the
French Navy
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in 1945 and renamed ''Dixmude'', used as an accommodation ship from 1956 and was returned to the
US Navy
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and sunk as a target in 1966.
* is an vessel launched in 1985 and currently in service.
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Royal Navy ship names