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    HMS Niger was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1892, converted to a minesweeper in 1909, and sunk in 1914 by the German submarine SM U-12 near Deal. The ship...
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  • 1869. HMS Niger (1880) was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1880, renamed Cockatrice in 1881, Moorhen in 1896, and sold in 1899. HMS Niger (1892) was...
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    51°13′14″N 1°26′24″E / 51.2206°N 1.4400°E / 51.2206; 1.4400 (HMS Niger (1892)) Northern Belle  United States 5 January 1857 An American transatlantic...
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    service in HMS Sampson and HMS Vulture, taking part in several of the operations during the Crimean War 1854–55. As a Commander he served in HMS Serapis...
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    November 1918. HMS Niger, 1892–1914 German Submarine U-12 A Canadian Armed Drifter The grave of Stoker 1st Class Boniface from HMS Niger. The grave of...
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    command of HMS Investigator, a 149-ton wooden paddle survey vessel with two gun armament launched 16 November 1861, in the ascent of the Niger of August–October...
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    Charles Fane De Salis. de Salis entered the Royal Navy, HMS Britannia, in 1871; and served in the Niger (1886) and the Ogaden Somali expeditions (1901). After...
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  • and to captain on 30 June 1889. He was in command of the cruiser HMS Phoebe from 1892 to 1895, while she served on the Cape and West Africa Station, and...
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    she captured numerous merchant ships and defeated five British warships: HMS Guerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane, and Levant. The battle with Guerriere earned...
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    King George III at Weymouth, Niger returned to Spithead and Foote, by royal request, was transferred to the larger frigate HMS Seahorse. Once again attached...
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