Six ships of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Jaseur'', the name coming from the French for the

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. * was a 12-gun

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that captured off the

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in 1807. She foundered, with the loss of her whole crew, in 1808.Hepper (1994), p.125. * was a brig-sloop launched in 1813 and sold in 1847. * was a wood screw gunboat launched in 1857 and wrecked in 1859. * was a wood screw gunvessel launched in 1862 and sold in 1874 to the

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. Whether they renamed her and how long they kept her is unclear. * was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1892 and sold in 1905. * was an launched in 1944 and sold for breaking up in 1956.

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