HMS Growler explained

Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Growler

• , a launched in 1797 and captured by French privateers on 21 December 1797. The French Navy took her into service under her existing name. The Royal Navy recovered her in a decayed state in 1809.
• Growler was a tender to in September 1803.
• , a gun-brig launched in 1804 and sold in 1815
• HMS Growler was the, a schooner of five guns that served in the War of 1812, changing hands three times, finally becoming HMS Hamilton.
• , a sloop, broken up January 1854 at Portsmouth.
• , an screw gunboat. broken up 14 December 1864 at Malta.^[1]
• , a, launched in 1868 and sold for scrap in 1887.
• , a rescue tug.^[2] Later RFA Growler

Notes and References

1. Web site: H.M.S. 'GROWLER' . www.historic-shipping.co.uk . Historic Shipping . 9 November 2018.
2. Web site: HMS Growler (W 105) of the Royal Navy - British Rescue Tug of the Bustler class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net . uboat.net . uboat.net . 9 November 2018 . en.