HMS Banterer

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Banterer:

  • HMS Banterer (1807) was a 22-gun sixth rate launched in 1807 and wrecked in 1808.
  • HMS Banterer (1810) was a 14-gun Crocus-class brig-sloop launched in 1810 and sold in 1817 for breaking up. Mercantile interests purchased her an named her Anna.[1]
  • HMS Banterer (1824) was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1824
  • HMS Banterer (1855) was an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855 and sold in 1872.
  • HMS Banterer (1880) was a Banterer-class composite screw gunboat launched in 1880 and sold in 1907.
  • HMS Banterer was an iron twin-screw coastal gunboat launched in 1870 as HMS Plucky. She was renamed HMS Banterer in 1915 and was sold in 1928.

Citations
  1. Bowers (1833), pp. 1–2.

References
  • Bowers, William (1833). Naval Adventures During Thirty-five Years' Service. Richard Bentley.
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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