HMS Harrier explained

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Harrier:

• , an 18-gun launched in 1804 and lost around March 1809, presumed foundered off the Île de France.^[1]
• , an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1813, sold in 1829
• , an 18-gun sloop-of-war launched in 1831, broken up in 1840
• , a 17-gun wood screw sloop-of-war launched in 1854, broken up in 1866
• , a two-gun schooner launched in 1881, sold in 1888
• , a launched in 1894, sold in 1920
• , a launched in 1934, sold in 1950
• HMS Harrier (shore establishment) was also a Royal Naval shore establishment for radar research and training, near Dale, Pembrokeshire. It was commissioned in 1948 and closed in 1961.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Grocott (1997), p.277,
2. Web site: HMS Harrier . Coastlands Local History Group . 28 September 2019.