HMS Bruiser

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bruiser or HMS Bruizer.

• Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
• Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass launched in 1804. She was sold in 1815.
• Template:HMS was the former Robert Stephenson, an iron steam-powered ship purchased on the stocks and launched in 1854. She was renamed Bruiser in June 1855, employed as a floating flour mill during the Crimean War and sold in 1857.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass launched in 1867 and broken up at Devonport in 1886.
• Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass launched in 1895 and sold in 1914
• Template:HMS was a Landing Ship, Tank launched in 1942 and sold in 1946. Converted to a passenger ship in 1951 and scrapped in 1968.
• Template:HMS was a Tank landing ship launched in 1945 as Template:HMS. She was renamed HMS Bruiser in 1947 and sold in 1954.
• HMS Bruiser was intended as a Batch 2 Type 22 frigate, but was renamed as Template:HMS before being laid down.

Battle honours

Ships named Bruiser have earned the following battle honours:

• Sicily, 1943
• Salerno, 1944
• Anzio, 1944
• Atlantic, 1944
• South France, 1944
• Aegean, 1944

References

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