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 borne the name HMS ''Savage'':
* was a 14-gun
sloop purchased in 1748 and wrecked later that year.
* was an 8-gun sloop launched in 1750 and wrecked in 1776.
* was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1778, captured and recaptured in September 1781, hulked in 1804, and sold in 1815.
* was a 16-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 ...
launched in 1805 and sold in 1819.
* was a 10-gun launched in 1830. She became a dockyard chain
lighter
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in 1853 and was broken up in 1866.
* was an 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 1856, used as a mooring lighter and renamed ''YC 3'' from 1864, and was broken up in 1888.
* was a launched in 1910 and sold in 1921.
* was an
S-class destroyer launched in 1942 and broken up in 1962.
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Royal Navy ship names