HMS Biter
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Six ships of the Royal Navy
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
launched in 1804 and wrecked in 1805.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
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
Brig
A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
launched in 1804 and wrecked in 1805.
- HMS Biter was to have been a wooden screw gunvessel. She was ordered in 1846 but was cancelled in 1849. was a Dapper class wooden screw gunboatGunboatA 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:...
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 War DepartmentWar OfficeThe War Office was a department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence...
vessel Sir William Reid. She was transferred in 1905 and sold in 1923. was an escort carrier launched in 1940. She was transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-leaseLend-LeaseLend-Lease was the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of war in Europe in...
in 1942, transferred to the French NavyFrench NavyThe French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
in 1945 and renamed Dixmude, used as an accommodation ship from 1956 and was returned to the US Navy and sunk as a target in 1966. is an Archer classArcher class patrol vesselThe Archer class is a class of patrol and training vessels in service with the British Royal Navy, commonly referred to as a Fast Training Boat.-History & operations:...
patrol vessel launched in 1985 and currently in service.