Six ships of the
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 F ...
have borne the name HMS ''Rifleman'':
* was 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 ...
purchased in 1804 and sold in 1809.
* was an 18-gun launched in 1809 and sold in 1836. She then became a
whaler, making three whaling voyages between 1837 and 1856.
* was a wooden screw
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 1846 and sold in Hong Kong in 1869.
* was a composite screw gunvessel launched in 1872 and sold in 1890.
* was an completed in 1910 and sold for breaking in 1921.
* was an completed in 1944. She was used as an accommodation ship in Barrow in 1970 and sold for breaking in 1972.
* A named HMS ''Rifle'' was laid down in 1944, but cancelled in 1945.
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Royal Navy ship names