HMS Algerine
Eight ships of the
Royal Navy
have been named
HMS
Algerine
:
HMS
Algerine
(1810)
was a 10-gun
schooner
launched in 1810 and wrecked in 1813.
HMS
Algerine
was originally a 12-gun
gun-brig
, formerly the French
Pierre Cézar
. She was captured in 1808 and named
HMS
Tigress
. In 1814, she was converted into a 14-gun cutter under the name HMS
Algerine
and was sold in 1818.
HMS
Algerine
(1823)
was a 10-gun
brig-sloop
under the command of Commander Charles Wemyss when she was lost off
Hydra
in a squall in early 1826.
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HMS
Algerine
(1829)
was a 10-gun
Cherokee
-class
brig-sloop launched in 1829 and sold in 1844.
HMS
Algerine
(1857)
was an
Algerine
-class
wooden screw
gunboat
launched in 1857, sold into mercantile service in 1872 and broken up in 1894.
HMS
Algerine
(1880)
was an
Algerine
-class
gunvessel
built by
Harland and Wolff
, launched in 1880, and displacing 835 tons. She was sold in 1892.
HMS
Algerine
(1895)
was a
Phoenix
-class
sloop
launched in 1895, displacing 1050 tons. She was on the
China Station
during the
Boxer Rebellion
, and was sold in 1919 and wrecked in 1923.
HMS
Algerine
(J213)
was an
Algerine
-class
minesweeper
launched in 1941 and sunk in 1942.
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Hepper, David J. (1994)
British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859
. East Sussex: Jean Boudriot.
ISBN
0-948864-30-3