HMS ''Bouncer'' has been the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy, and may refer to: * , formerly ''Gunboat No. 8'', a 12-gun

gunvessel A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies. History Pre-steam ...

launched in 1797 and sold in 1802. * , a 12-gun

gun-brig A gun-brig was a small brig-rigged warship that enjoyed popularity in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, during which large numbers were purchased or built. In general these were vessels of under 200 tons burthen, and thus smaller than ...

launched in 1804, captured by the French in 1805, who renamed her ''Ecureuil'' in 1814, ''Bouncer'' again in 1815, ''Ecuriel'' again later that year, and condemned her in 1827. * , a wooden launched in 1856 and sold in 1871. * , a

flatiron gunboat Flat-iron gunboats (more formally known as Rendel gunboats) were a number of classes of coastal gunboats generally characterised by small size, low freeboard, the absence of masts,Some Rendel-type gunboats were fitted with masts (the British ''Med ...

launched in 1881 and sold in 1905. * , the former War Department vessel ''Sir Richard Fletcher'', transferred to the Royal Navy in 1905, employed as a tender, and sold in 1920.

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