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HMS Adder

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Adder, after the snake: * was an 8-gun galley purchased in 1782 and sold in 1787. * was a 12-gun gunboat launched in 1797 and broken up in 1805. * was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1805 but captured by French forces the following year having run aground on the French coast. * was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1813 and transferred to Coastguard service in 1826. She was wrecked in 1832. * was a cutter launched in 1814 as HMS Seagull. She was renamed HMS Adder in 1817 and remained in service until 1825. * was a wooden paddle packet ship, launched in 1826 as the GPO ship Crocodile. She was transferred to the Navy in 1837 and was sold in 1870. * was a tender transferred from the War Department in 1905. She was renamed HMS Attentive in 1919, and was sold in 1923.

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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Adder, after the snake: * was an 8-gun galley purchased in 1782 and sold in 1787. * was a 12-gun gunboat launched in 1797 and broken up in 1805. * was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1805 but captured by French forces the following year having run aground on the French coast. * was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1813 and transferred to Coastguard service in 1826. She was wrecked in 1832. * was a cutter launched in 1814 as HMS Seagull. She was renamed HMS Adder in 1817 and remained in service until 1825. * was a wooden paddle packet ship, launched in 1826 as the GPO ship Crocodile. She was transferred to the Navy in 1837 and was sold in 1870. * was a tender transferred from the War Department in 1905. She was renamed HMS Attentive in 1919, and was sold in 1923.

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