HMS Grappler explained

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Grappler:

• was a 12-gun launched in 1797 and wrecked and burnt in 1803.^[1]
• was an iron paddle vessel launched in 1845 and sold in 1850.
• was a mortar vessel launched in 1856, renamed MV18 later that year, and hulked in 1866. She was sold in 1896.
• was an launched in 1856 and sold into mercantile service in 1868.
• was a Banterer-class composite screw gunboat launched in 1880. She became a boom defence vessel in 1904 and was sold in 1907.

See also

- a 14-gun brig belonging to the Bombay Marine of the British East India Company, launched in 1804, captured in 1806, recaptured in 1809, and that then disappears from the records.

References

• Book: Troude, Onésime-Joachim. Onésime-Joachim Troude

. Onésime-Joachim Troude. 1867. Challamel ainé. Batailles navales de la France. French. 3.

Notes and References

1. Troude, p.306