Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rifleman:
HMS Rifleman (1804) was a 12-gun gun-brig purchased in 1804 and sold in 1809.
HMS Rifleman (1809) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1809 and sold in 1836. She then became a whaler, making three whaling voyages between 1837 and 1856.
HMS Rifleman (1846) was a Rifleman-class wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1846 and sold in Hong Kong in 1869.
HMS Rifleman (1872) was a Frolic-class composite screw gunvessel launched in 1872 and sold in 1890.
HMS Rifleman (1910) was an Acorn-class destroyer completed in 1910 and sold for breaking in 1921.
HMS Rifleman (J299) was an Algerine-class minesweeper completed in 1944. She was used as an accommodation ship in Barrow in 1970 and sold for breaking in 1972.
A Weapon-class destroyer named HMS Rifle was laid down in 1944, but cancelled in 1945.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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Navy have borne the name HMSRifleman: HMSRifleman (1804) was a 12-gun gun-brig purchased in 1804 and sold in 1809. HMSRifleman (1809) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class...
named Fiery Cross). The atoll was surveyed by Lieutenant J. W. Reed of HMSRifleman, who in 1867 reported it to be one extensive reef, and found the apparent...
"before striking out to swim as the vessel went down under his feet." HMSRifleman rescued a number of survivors and armed trawlers towed the bulk, who...
Regiment: 298 troops Sierra Leone Police Corps: 45 men HMS Acorn, HMS Icarus and HMSRifleman: 38 naval personnel irregulars from friendly tribes: 400...
JTRS HMS contract was structured to address Increment 1, consisting of Phases 1 and 2. Increment 1, Phase 1 was to develop the AN/PRC-154 Rifleman Radio...
British oceanographer and surveyor who surveyed the bank from aboard HMSRifleman in the 1860s. In 1947 the Republic of China government gave the bank...
Supermarine Walrus HMS Nelson HMS Sussex HMS Empress HMS Ameer HMS Paladin HMS Raider HMS Racehorse HMS Rotherham HMS Plucky HMSRiflemanHMS Vestal - Damaged...
the sloops HMS Shark, HMS Royalist and HMSRifleman and commanded, on an acting basis, the fifth-rate HMS Pique and then the fourth-rate HMS Salisbury...
have borne the name HMS Sepoy, whilst another two were planned but never entered service: HMS Sepoy was to have been a wooden Rifleman-class screw gunvessel...
18-gun sloop Goree at Bermuda; and soon after appointed to the brig-sloop Rifleman, employed in protecting merchant vessels in the Bay of Fundy. In August...
Beaver and sent to the Caribbean, where he assumed command of the 18-gun Rifleman in September 1817. He returned to England in August 1818. He undertook...
at Darlinghurst Gaol for the murder of Captain John Longmuir on board HMSRifleman. Henry Vincent Jarvis – 23 December 1873 – Hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol...
in the 1860s from aboard HMSRifleman was later named Tizard Bank after him. Towards the end of 1872 Tizard transferred to HMS Challenger. The appointment...
the same time. Rifleman Bradshaw first appeared in Sharpe's Gold. He was a quiet rifleman, rarely speaking. He was often seen with Rifleman Tobias Moore...
short for Karabinerhaken, meaning "carbine rifle hook" used by a carbine rifleman, or carabinier, to attach his carbine to a belt or bandolier. Carabiners...
during the American Revolution. En route, the squadron fell in with HMSRifleman (18), and learned that the USS Adams (28), commanded by Captain Charles...
made commander of HMSRifleman in place of William Carleton. He was promoted to Captain in February 1830. In 1840 he became captain of HMS Magicienne and...
voyage from China to London. She was refloated with assistance from HMSRifleman ( Royal Navy). Cochief United States The 69-ton schooner was wrecked...
portrayed Marshal Micah Torrance, opposite Chuck Connors's character in The Rifleman from 1958 to 1963. He later appeared with Connors in the 1966 Western film...
HMS Ville de Paris was a 110-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 July 1795 at Chatham Dockyard. She was designed by Sir...
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