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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.

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HMS Tigris

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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...

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HMS Forth

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have borne the name HMS Forth, after the River Forth: HMS Forth was to have been a 36-gun fifth rate, but she was renamed HMS Tigris in 1812 before being...

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Holy Loch

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ship HMS Forth. The loch was used extensively for trials and exercises by Royal Navy submarines during the war, the submarines HMS Vandal (P64) and HMS Untamed (P58)...

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German submarine chaser UJ 2210

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claimed 14 Allied submarines destroyed, although only one of these, (HMS Tigris) can be substantiated. Pollmann was awarded the Knight's Cross of the...

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HMS Tigress

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HMS Tigress (1911) was an Acheron-class destroyer launched in 1911. She was sold in 1921 and was broken up the following year. HMS Tiger HMS Tigris This...

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Operation Savanna

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Scale Raiding Force paddling ashore after launching from the submarine HMS Tigris. The two other kayaks were damaged being launched so only Bergé and Forman...

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List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy

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1813 HMS Scamander 1813 HMS Tagus 1813 HMS Ister 1813 HMS Tigris 1813 HMS Euphrates 1813 HMS Hebrus 1813 HMS Granicus 1813 HMS Alpheus 1814 Seringapatam...

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List of Royal Navy losses in World War II

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while preparing to dive HMS Tigris (N63) off Capri, Italy 27 February 1943 Most likely sunk by German submarine chaser UJ 2210 HMS Turbulent (N98) off La...

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Arctic naval operations of World War II

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July 1941: HMS Nigeria, Aurora, Punjabi and Tartar destroyed a weather station on Bear Island. August 1941: British submarines HMS Tigris and Trident...

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HMS Vandal

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HMS Vandal (P64) was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, yard number 838. The submarine had the shortest career...

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Howard Bone

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command of HMS Sealion on 25 July 1937. He served on HMS Ark Royal between October 1938 and August 1939. On 6 June 1940 Bone took command of HMS Tigris. On 13...

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SS Dorchester

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HMCS Weyburn 23 Feb: Stockport, U-443, U-522 24 Feb: U-649, HMS Vandal 27 Feb: HMT Lord Hailsham, HMS Tigris Unknown date: HNoMS Uredd Other incidents 4 Feb: USS Grouper...

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List of maritime disasters in World War II

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Sinking Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine HMS Barham Association Website HMS Barham Archived 21 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, British...

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Operation Anklet

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Landing Ship Infantry (HMS Prins Albert and Prinses Josephine Charlotte); the submarines HMS Tigris, HMS Sealion; and the survey ship HMS Scott. The Royal Fleet...

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BETASOM

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The US Navy's most successful submarine, USS Tang, sank 116,454 GRT, while HMS Upholder, the Royal Navy's most successful submarine, sank 93,031 GRT of...

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Tilford

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brought back from northern Russia a reindeer (named Minsk) in his submarine HMS Tigris. The land reaches 163m OD on the boundary with Seale, with a marked 180°...

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USS Sawfish

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nuclear-powered submarine in the 1959 film On the Beach, where it is portrayed by HMS Andrew, a Royal Navy diesel-electric submarine. USS Sawfish portrayed the...

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SS Richard With

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Hurtigruten passenger ship fleet in Norway. It was built in 1909. It was sunk by the British submarine HMS Tigris in 1941, which caused the death of 99 people....

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