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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Niger'' after the Niger River, whilst another was planned. *HMS ''Niger'' was a 33-gun fifth rate launched in 1759, reduced to sixth rate, converted to a prison ship in 1810, and renamed ''Negro'' in 1813. She was sold in 1814. *HMS ''Niger'' was a 38-gun fifth rate, launched in 1813 and broken up in 1820. *HMS ''Niger'' was a wood screw sloop launched in 1846 and sold in 1869. *HMS ''Niger'' was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1880, renamed ''Cockatrice'' in 1881, ''Moorhen'' in 1896, and sold in 1899. *HMS ''Niger'' was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1892, converted to a minesweeper in 1909, and sunk in 1914 by ''U-12'' near Deal. *HMS ''Niger'' was a ''Halcyon''-class minesweeper launched in 1936 and sunk by a mine near Iceland in 1942. *HMS ''Niger'' was to have been an ''Algerine''-class minesweeper. She was laid down in 1944, but was cancelled two months later. *HMS ''Niger'' was an ''Algerine''-class minesweeper, launched in 1945, and scrapped in 1966. ==References== * *(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Uboat.net ) *(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Uboat.net ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Niger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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