HMS Recruit

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Recruit:

• brig-sloop
  launched in 1806 and sold in 1822.
• HMS Recruit (1829) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1829. She foundered in 1832.
• HMS Recruit (1846) was a 12-gun iron brig launched in 1846 and sold in 1849. She was then converted to a screw ship and was resold into civilian service under the name Harbinger.
• fifth rate HMS Thetis
  . Recruit was sold in 1869.
• HMS Recruit (1896) was a Brazen-class destroyer launched in 1896 and sunk by German U-boat SM UB-6 in 1915.
• HMS Recruit (1916) was an R-class destroyer launched in 1916 and sunk by U-boat SM UB-16 in 1917.
• HMS Recruit (J298) was an Algerine-class minesweeper launched in 1943 and broken up in 1965.

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