HMS Niger explained

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Niger after the Niger River, whilst another was planned.

• was a 33-gun fifth rate launched in 1759, reduced to sixth rate, converted to a prison ship in 1810, and renamed Negro in 1813. She was sold in 1814.
• was a 38-gun fifth rate, launched in 1813 and broken up in 1820.
• was a wood screw sloop launched in 1846 and sold in 1869.
• was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1880, renamed Cockatrice in 1881, Moorhen in 1896, and sold in 1899.
• was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1892, converted to a minesweeper in 1909, and sunk in 1914 by the German submarine near Deal.
• was a launched in 1936 and sunk by a mine near Iceland in 1942.
• HMS Niger was to have been an . She was laid down in 1944, but was cancelled two months later.
• was an Algerine-class minesweeper, launched in 1945, and scrapped in 1966.

References

• • Web site: HMS Niger (i) (J 73). Uboat.net . 2007-01-26.
• Web site: HMS Niger (iii) (J 442). Uboat.net . 2007-01-26.