HMS Thrasher
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Four ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Thrasher:
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have borne the name HMS Thrasher:
- HMS Thrasher was a 12 gun brig, previously named Adamant. She was built in 1804, and purchased that year by the Navy. She was sold in 1814.
- HMS Thrasher was a wood screw gunboat of the Albacore class. She was built in 1856 and sold in 1883.
- HMS ThrasherHMS Thrasher (1895)HMS Thrasher was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1895. One of four Quail-class destroyers, she served in the Great War and was sold off after hostilities ended....
was a B-classB class destroyer (1913)The B class as designated in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the late 1890s. They were constructed to the individual designs of their builders to meet Admiralty specifications, the uniting feature being a specified top speed of and 4 funnels,...
torpedo boat destroyer, completed in 1895. She served in the First World War, and was sold in 1919. - HMS ThrasherHMS Thrasher (N37)HMS Thrasher was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead, launched in November 1940, and had an active career in the Mediterranean and Pacific Far East.-Mediterranean:...
was a T-classBritish T class submarineThe Royal Navy's T class of diesel-electric submarines was designed in the 1930s to replace the O, P and R classes. Fifty-three members of the class were built just before and during the Second World War, where they played a major role in the Royal Navy's submarine operations...
submarineSubmarineA submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
. She was launched in 1940 and served in the Second World War. She was broken up in 1947.