Fifteen ships of the British
Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Tiger after the feline
tiger, with a number of others provisionally bearing the name at various stages in their construction:
'HMS' - the abbreviation for 'His' or 'Her Majesty's Ship' is an anachronism before about 1820, when it became a common use by ship commanders; its accepted use by the
Admiralty did not happen until some years later.
HMS Tiger was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1764 as
HMS Ardent. She was captured by the French in 1764, but was recaptured in 1782 and renamed HMS Tiger. She was sold in 1784.
HMS Tiger was to have been a 50-gun fourth rate, but she was renamed
HMS Grampus before her launch in 1802.
HMS Tiger (1849) was a wooden-hulled paddle
sloop launched in 1849, reclassified as a
frigate in 1852, and was destroyed in action with the
Russians off
Odessa in 1854.
HMS Tiger was to have been a
Minotaur-classlight cruiser. She was initially ordered in 1942, but renamed HMS Bellerophon later that year and was
laid down in 1944. She was renamed HMS Blake in 1944, HMS Bellerophon again in 1945 and was cancelled in 1946.
HMS Tiger was another proposed Minotaur-class cruiser, initially ordered as HMS Blake. She was renamed HMS Tiger in 1944, and then HMS Blake again in 1945. After work was suspended in 1946, she was completed and launched in 1961 as
HMS Blake.
HMS Tiger (C20) was another Minotaur-class cruiser, initially ordered as HMS Bellerophon. She was renamed and launched as HMS Tiger in 1945. She was laid up in 1946 and completed in 1959 as a
Tiger-class cruiser. She was scrapped in 1986.
Battle honours
Ships named Tiger have earned the following
battle honours:
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Fifteen ships of the British
Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Tiger after the feline
tiger, with a number of others provisionally bearing the name at various stages in their construction:
'HMS' - the abbreviation for 'His' or 'Her Majesty's Ship' is an anachronism before about 1820, when it became a common use by ship commanders; its accepted use by the
Admiralty did not happen until some years later.
HMS Tiger was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1764 as
HMS Ardent. She was captured by the French in 1764, but was recaptured in 1782 and renamed HMS Tiger. She was sold in 1784.
HMS Tiger was to have been a 50-gun fourth rate, but she was renamed
HMS Grampus before her launch in 1802.
HMS Tiger (1849) was a wooden-hulled paddle
sloop launched in 1849, reclassified as a
frigate in 1852, and was destroyed in action with the
Russians off
Odessa in 1854.
HMS Tiger was to have been a
Minotaur-classlight cruiser. She was initially ordered in 1942, but renamed HMS Bellerophon later that year and was
laid down in 1944. She was renamed HMS Blake in 1944, HMS Bellerophon again in 1945 and was cancelled in 1946.
HMS Tiger was another proposed Minotaur-class cruiser, initially ordered as HMS Blake. She was renamed HMS Tiger in 1944, and then HMS Blake again in 1945. After work was suspended in 1946, she was completed and launched in 1961 as
HMS Blake.
HMS Tiger (C20) was another Minotaur-class cruiser, initially ordered as HMS Bellerophon. She was renamed and launched as HMS Tiger in 1945. She was laid up in 1946 and completed in 1959 as a
Tiger-class cruiser. She was scrapped in 1986.
Battle honours
Ships named Tiger have earned the following
battle honours:
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.