HMS Mastiff explained

EIght Royal Navy vessels have borne the name HMS Mastiff, named after the mastiff, a type of dog:

• was the mercantile Herald, launched at Hull in 1790 that the Royal Navy purchased in 1797 and fitted as a gun brig (12 guns); she was lost after running aground in 1800.
• was a gun brig (12 guns) launched in 1813, converted to a survey vessel in 1824 and sold 1851.^[1]
• was a mortar vessel launched in 1855 but renamed Mortar Vessel 7 later that year; transferred to HM Coastguard in 1846 and renamed Watch Vessel 37.^[2]
• was a screw gunboat launched in 1856, originally laid down as ; sold in 1863.^[3]
• was an iron screw third-class gunboat launched in 1871. Converted to a tender in 1890, renamed in 1914 and was sold in 1931.^[4]
• was a launched in 1914 and sold in 1921.^[5]
• was a naval trawler of the launched in 1938, sunk by a mine in 1939.^[6]
• , pennant FY350, was a 1929 Norwegian whaler, Busen 9, hired by the RN for the duration of the war and returned to Norway in December 1945.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mastiff, 1813 . www.pbenyon.plus.com . Benyon, P . 21 August 2016 .
2. Web site: Mastiff, 1855 . www.pbenyon.plus.com . Benyon, P . 21 August 2016 .
3. Web site: Mastiff, 1856 . www.pbenyon.plus.com . Benyon, P . 21 August 2016 .
4. Web site: Mastiff, 1871 . www.pbenyon.plus.com . Benyon, P . 21 August 2016 .
5. Web site: H.M.S. Mastiff (1914) . www.dreadnoughtproject.org . The Dreadnought Project . 21 August 2016 .
6. Web site: MS MASTIFF - Yard No 247 - Armed Trawler - Royal Navy - Built 1938 . www.leithshipyards.com . The Loftsman . 21 August 2016 .
7. Web site: HMS Mastiff (ii) (FY 350) ASW Whaler . . uboat.net . Guðmundur Helgason . 8 May 2017 .