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<!-- German. Iltis class gunboat, launched 15 August 1899, commissioned 3 April 1900, scuttled 29 October 1914 --> | <!-- German. Iltis class gunboat, launched 15 August 1899, commissioned 3 April 1900, scuttled 29 October 1914 --> | ||
===HMS Tiger=== | ===HMS Tiger=== | ||
<!--380 ton destroyer launched in 1900 sunk in 1908 during an exercise in the English Channel south of the Isle of Wight. Tiger crossed the bows of HMS Berwick and was sliced in two, 28 lives were lost. --> | <!--380 ton destroyer launched in 1900 sunk in 1908 during an exercise in the English Channel south of the Isle of Wight. Tiger crossed the bows of HMS Berwick and was sliced in two, 28 lives were lost. http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/hmstiger.html--> | ||
===[[wp:HMS Tiger (1913)|HMS Tiger]]=== | ===[[wp:HMS Tiger (1913)|HMS Tiger]]=== | ||
A [[wp:battlecruiser|battlecruiser]] of the Royal Navy, this Tiger was constructed in Clydebank, near Glasgow, Scotland by the [[wp:John Brown & Company|same company]] responsible for the ocean liner [[wp:RMS Queen Elizabeth 2|Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2)]]. Construction began in June 1912 and the ship was launched in December the following year. Despite originally being planned as part of the [[wp:Lion class battlecruiser|Lion class]], she was redesigned at an early stage as a unique vessel. She was the most heavily armoured Battlecruiser in service for the United Kingdom upon the outbreak of World War 1. | A [[wp:battlecruiser|battlecruiser]] of the Royal Navy, this Tiger was constructed in Clydebank, near Glasgow, Scotland by the [[wp:John Brown & Company|same company]] responsible for the ocean liner [[wp:RMS Queen Elizabeth 2|Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2)]]. Construction began in June 1912 and the ship was launched in December the following year. Despite originally being planned as part of the [[wp:Lion class battlecruiser|Lion class]], she was redesigned at an early stage as a unique vessel. She was the most heavily armoured Battlecruiser in service for the United Kingdom upon the outbreak of World War 1. | ||
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===USS Tiger (ID-1640)=== | ===USS Tiger (ID-1640)=== | ||
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===[[wp:HMS Blake (C99)|HMS Tiger (C99)]]=== | ===[[wp:HMS Blake (C99)|HMS Tiger (C99)]]=== | ||
===[[wp:HMS Tiger (C20)|HMS Tiger (C20)]]=== | ===[[wp:HMS Tiger (C20)|HMS Tiger (C20)]]=== | ||
:''"Quis Eripet Dentes" ("Who will draw my teeth?")'' | |||
===Tiger (S23)=== | ===Tiger (S23)=== | ||
<!-- German, Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958 to 1974, then to Turkish Navy as P334 Yildiz--> | <!-- German, Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958 to 1974, then to Turkish Navy as P334 Yildiz--> | ||
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A battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, this Tiger was constructed in Clydebank, near Glasgow, Scotland by the same company responsible for the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2). Construction began in June 1912 and the ship was launched in December the following year. Despite originally being planned as part of the Lion class, she was redesigned at an early stage as a unique vessel. She was the most heavily armoured Battlecruiser in service for the United Kingdom upon the outbreak of World War 1.
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- "Quis Eripet Dentes" ("Who will draw my teeth?")