Several
ships of the British
Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Bruiser'' or HMS ''Bruizer''.
* was an launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
* was an launched in 1804. She was sold in 1815.
* was the former ''Robert Stephenson'', an
iron steam-powered ship purchased on the stocks and launched in 1854. She was renamed ''Bruiser'' in June 1855, employed as a floating flour mill during the
Crimean War and sold in 1857.
* was a launched in 1867 and broken up at Devonport in 1886.
* was an launched in 1895 and sold in 1914
* was a
Landing Ship, Tank launched in 1942 and sold in 1946. Converted to a passenger ship in 1951 and scrapped in 1968.
* was a
Tank landing ship launched in 1945 as . She was renamed HMS ''Bruiser'' in 1947 and sold in 1954.
*HMS ''Bruiser'' was intended as a Batch 2
Type 22 frigate, but was renamed as before being
laid down.
Battle honours
Ships named ''Bruiser'' have earned the following
battle honours:
*
Sicily, 1943
*
Salerno
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, 1944
*
Anzio, 1944
*
Atlantic, 1944
*
South France
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, 1944
*Aegean, 1944
References
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