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. , a , launched in 1868 and sold for scrap in 1887. , a rescue tug. Later RFA Growler
See also - two ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
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