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Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

vessels have borne the name HMS ''Mastiff'', named after the

mastiff A mastiff is a large and powerful type of dog. Mastiffs are among the largest dogs, and typically have a short coat, a long low-set tail and large feet; the skull is large and bulky, the muzzle broad and short ( brachycephalic) and the ears dr ...

, a type of dog: * was the mercantile ''Herald'', launched at Hull in 1790 that the Royal Navy purchased in 1797 and fitted as a

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 ...

(12 guns); she was lost after running aground in 1800. * was a gun brig (12 guns) launched in 1813, converted to a survey vessel in 1824 and sold 1851. * was a mortar vessel launched in 1855 but renamed ''Mortar Vessel 7'' later that year; transferred to

HM Coastguard His Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG) is a section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible, through the Secretary of State for Transport to Parliament, for the initiation and co-ordination of all maritime search and rescue (SAR) within the ...

in 1846 and renamed ''Watch Vessel 37''. * was a screw

gunboat 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-ste ...

launched in 1856, originally laid down as ; sold in 1863. * was an iron screw third-class gunboat launched in 1871. Converted to a tender in 1890, renamed in 1914 and was sold in 1931. * was a launched in 1914 and sold in 1921. * was a

naval trawler Naval trawlers are vessels built along the lines of a fishing trawler but fitted out for naval purposes; they were widely used during the First and Second World Wars. Some—known in the Royal Navy as "Admiralty trawlers"— were purpose-built ...

of the launched in 1938, sunk by a mine in 1939. * , pennant FY350, was a 1929 Norwegian

whaler A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales. Terminology The term ''whaler'' is mostly historic. A handful of nations continue with industrial whaling, and one, Japa ...

, ''Busen 9'', hired by the RN for the duration of the war and returned to Norway in December 1945.

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