HMS Jasper

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Jasper, after the mineral Jasper:

HMS Jasper (1808) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and wrecked in 1817.
HMS Jasper (1820) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1820 and wrecked in 1828. The wreck was sold in 1831.
HMS Jasper (1837) was a wooden paddle packet, originally the GPO vessel Aladdin. She was transferred to the navy in 1837, and caught fire and sank in 1854.
HMS Jasper (1855) was a Dapper-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855. She ran aground during the Siege of Taganrog later in 1855.
HMS Jasper (1857) was an Algerine-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1857. She was sold to the Emperor of China in 1862 and renamed Amoy. She was resold to Egypt in 1865.
HMS Jasper (J407) was a Catherine-class minesweeper launched as HMS Garnet in 1943 and transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease. She was renamed HMS Jasper in 1944 and was returned to the US Navy in 1946.

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