Seven 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 borne the name HMS ''Recruit'':
* was an 18-gun launched in 1806 and sold in 1822.
* was a 10-gun launched in 1829. She foundered in 1832.
* was a 12-gun iron
brig
A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square rig, square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel or warship from then until the l ...
launched in 1846 and sold in 1849. She was then converted to a screw ship and was resold into civilian service under the name ''Harbinger''.
* was an iron paddle
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 1850 and previously the
Prussian
Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, the House of Hohenzoll ...
ship ''Salamander''. She was exchanged in 1855 together with the Prussian ''Nix'' for the
fifth rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower.
Rating
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. ''Recruit'' was sold in 1869.
* was a launched in 1896 and sunk by German
U-boat
U-boats are Submarine#Military, naval submarines operated by Germany, including during the World War I, First and Second World Wars. The term is an Anglicization#Loanwords, anglicized form of the German word , a shortening of (), though the G ...
in 1915.
* was an launched in 1916 and sunk by U-boat in 1917.
* was an launched in 1943 and broken up in 1965.
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Royal Navy ship names