HMS Niger
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Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Niger.
- The first Niger was a 33-gun fifth-rate launched in 1759, renamed Negro in 1813 and sold the following year.
- The second Niger was a 38-gun fifth-rate in service from 1813 to 1820.
- The third Niger was a wooden-hulled screw sloop launched in 1846 and sold 1869.
- The fourth Niger was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1880, renamed Cockatrice in 1881, Moorhen in 1896, and sold 1899.
- The fifth Niger was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1892, converted to a minesweeper in 1909, and sunk in 1914 by U-12.
- The sixth Niger was a minesweeper launched in 1936 and sunk by a mine in 1942.
- Another Niger minesweeper was laid down in Toronto in September 1944, but cancelled after two months.
- The seventh Niger was a minesweeper launched in 1945, and in service until 1966.