Six ships of the

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, and one shore establishment, have borne the name HMS ''Nimrod'', after the biblical figure of

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: * HMS ''Nimrod'' (1799) was an 18-gun sloop, previously the French ship ''Éole''. captured her in 1799 and the Royal Navy sold her in 1811. She then became a

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, undertaking three whaling voyages between 1811 and 1819. * was an 18-gun launched in 1812 and wrecked in 1827 when she was driven ashore after her anchor broke; she was refloated and brought into dock where she was sold later that year. She first appears in ''

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'' for 1828 after having been lengthened and raised, and having undergone a large repair. In 1841, under the command of Captain Manning, she transported assisted emigrants from Liverpool to

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(Melbourne) and Sydney. She is last listed in 1851. * was a 20-gun sloop, previously a

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named HMS ''Andromeda''. She was renamed in 1827, before being launched in 1828. She was used as a

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from 1853, being renamed ''C 1'', and then ''C76''. She was eventually sold in 1907. * was an iron paddle

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launched in 1839, re-erected at

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in 1840 and on the Navy lists until 1859. * was a wood screw gunboat launched in 1856 and sold in 1865. * was a (also known as ''Lightfoot''-class)

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launched in 1915 and sold in 1926. * was a shore establishment at Campbeltown, Argyll. Principal

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training school for officers and men from early 1940. During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars the Admiralty also made use of hired armed cutters with the name of .

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