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*{{HMS|Tigris|1813}} was a 36-gun [[fifth rate]]. She was built as HMS ''Forth'' but was renamed in 1812, before being launched in 1813. She was sold for breaking up in 1818. |
*{{HMS|Tigris|1813}} was a 36-gun [[fifth rate]]. She was built as HMS ''Forth'' but was renamed in 1812, before being launched in 1813. She was sold for breaking up in 1818. |
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*HMS ''Tigris'' was to have been a 46-gun fifth rate. She was laid down in 1822 but was cancelled in 1832. |
*HMS ''Tigris'' was to have been a 46-gun fifth rate. She was laid down in 1822 but was cancelled in 1832. |
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*{{HMS|Tigris|1829}} was a 10-gun [[survey ship|survey brig]] launched in 1829 and sold in 1862. |
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*{{HMS|Tigris|1834}} was an iron paddle [[gunboat]] launched in sections in 1834. She was reassembled later that year at [[Basra]], and was lost in 1835. |
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*{{HMS|Tigris|1882}} was a paddle vessel launched in 1882 and sold into civilian service in 1904, being renamed ''Amarapoora''. |
*{{HMS|Tigris|1882}} was a paddle vessel launched in 1882 and sold into civilian service in 1904, being renamed ''Amarapoora''. |
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*{{HMS|Tigris|N63}} was a [[British T-class submarine|T-class]] [[submarine]] launched in 1939 and sunk by an unknown cause in 1943. |
*{{HMS|Tigris|N63}} was a [[British T-class submarine|T-class]] [[submarine]] launched in 1939 and sunk by an unknown cause in 1943. |
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==See also== |
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* {{ship|HCS|Tigris|1829}}, a [[brig]] of 258 tons ([[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]]) and 10 guns, was built at the [[Bombay Dockyard]] for the EIC's naval arm.{{sfnp|Wadia|1986|p=343}} (One source misnames her as ''Tigress''.{{sfnp|Phipps|1840|p=158}}) The Indian Navy sold her in 1862.{{sfnp|Hackman|2001|p=333}} |
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* {{ship|PS|Tigris|1836}}, of 109 tons (bm), built by Laird & Co.,{{sfnp|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=134}} was a flat-bottomed, iron, [[paddle steamer]] of 26[[Horsepower|HP]].{{sfnp|Gibson-Hill|1954|p=133|loc=Fn#4}} She was disassembled, shipped to the Bay of [[Antakya|Antioch]], carried overland, and reassembled in 1835 on the [[Lake Amik|Lake of Antioch]] for the [[English Euphrates expedition]], together with {{ship|PS|Euphrates|1836}}.{{sfnp|Gibson-Hill|1954|p=133|loc=Fn#4}} She was wrecked at [[Anah]] on 21 May 1836. (''Euphrates'' completed the descent.) |
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Revision as of 11:30, 1 July 2020
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Tigris, after the river Tigris, in modern-day Iraq. Another was planned but never completed:
- HMS Tigris (1813) was a 36-gun fifth rate. She was built as HMS Forth but was renamed in 1812, before being launched in 1813. She was sold for breaking up in 1818.
- HMS Tigris was to have been a 46-gun fifth rate. She was laid down in 1822 but was cancelled in 1832.
- HMS Tigris (1882) was a paddle vessel launched in 1882 and sold into civilian service in 1904, being renamed Amarapoora.
- HMS Tigris (N63) was a T-class submarine launched in 1939 and sunk by an unknown cause in 1943.
See also
- HCS Tigris (1829), a brig of 258 tons (bm) and 10 guns, was built at the Bombay Dockyard for the EIC's naval arm.[1] (One source misnames her as Tigress.[2]) The Indian Navy sold her in 1862.[3]
- PS Tigris (1836), of 109 tons (bm), built by Laird & Co.,[4] was a flat-bottomed, iron, paddle steamer of 26HP.[5] She was disassembled, shipped to the Bay of Antioch, carried overland, and reassembled in 1835 on the Lake of Antioch for the English Euphrates expedition, together with PS Euphrates (1836).[5] She was wrecked at Anah on 21 May 1836. (Euphrates completed the descent.)
- ^ Wadia (1986), p. 343.
- ^ Phipps (1840), p. 158.
- ^ Hackman (2001), p. 333.
- ^ Colledge & Warlow (2006), p. 134.
- ^ a b Gibson-Hill (1954), p. 133, Fn#4.