USS Tiger

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The USS Tiger was assigned to StarBase 118 on Stardate 237602.01. One of only a few Steamrunner Class ships, and the first Steamrunner-Wolverine class in the whole of Starfleet, the Tiger is designated as the primary Search and Rescue (S.A.R.) vehicle for StarBase 118 and surrounding areas.

When not on a specific assignment, the Tiger usually patrols sector 118 and neighbouring areas. The ship does not have one particular commander, but is usually assigned rotating senior staff from amongst the personnel of Starbase 118, on a monthly or bi-monthly basis.

The Steamrunner class, although normally being categorised as escort ships, join the Defiant class ships as being amongst Starfleet's most powerful military vessels. At Wolf 359, the USS Steamrunner (which was still not fully built, and was operating at around 40% efficiency) showed its might against the Borg, scratching up several important kills. The success of the vessel so impressed Starfleet Command, that they immediately drew up plans to build three more Steamrunner class ships: the Tiger, the Horatio and the Yamato.

The Tiger will remain based out of StarBase 118 as a S.A.R. for a probationary period, before being assigned a permanent senior staff and becoming an active member of the base's fleet.

HMS Tiger (1546)

The first Tiger was a 22-gun ship built in 1546, rebuilt 1570, in use as a floating battery after 1600, and condemned in 1605.

HMS Tiger

The second Tiger was a 260-ton discovery vessel recorded in the Arctic in 1613.

HMS Tiger (1647)

The third Tiger was a 32-gun ship launched in 1647, rebuilt in 1681, 1701, and 1722, and wrecked in 1743.

HMS Tiger (1743)

The fourth Tiger was a 50-gun 4th rate renamed Harwich shortly before launching, and was in use from 1743 till being wrecked in 1760.

HMS Tiger (1747)

The fifth Tiger was a 60-gun 4th rate launched in 1747, hulked in 1760, and sold 1765.

HMS Tiger (1762)

The sixth Tiger was the 74-gun Spanish Tigre captured in 1762 and sold 1784.

HMS Tiger (1794)

The seventh Tiger was a 4-gun hoy purchased in 1794 and sold 1798.

HMS Tiger (1808)

The eighth Tiger was a 12-gun brig in service from 1808 to 1812.

HMS Tiger (1849)

The ninth Tiger was a wooden-hulled paddle sloop launched in 1849, reclassified as a frigate in 1852, and lost in action at Odessa in 1854.

HMS Tiger (1900)

The tenth Tiger was a 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.

HMS Tiger (1913)

HMS Tiger was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in 1913, the most heavily armoured battlecruiser of the Royal Navy in World War I. A sister ship, Leopard, was planned but not completed.

In World War I, she served in Admiral David Beatty's First Battlecruiser Squadron based at Rosyth. She fought in the battle of Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915, at which 10 of her crew were killed. In the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, she was hit by fifteen 11-inch shells from the battlecruisers of Admiral Franz von Hipper's First Scouting Group and 24 of her crew were killed. She served as the flagship of the First Battlecruiser Squadron while Lion was under repair and fought at the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight, 17 November 1917.

Tiger is considered by many warship enthusiasts to be the most aesthetically-pleasing warship of the 20th century.

HMS Tiger (C99)

A Tiger cruiser was ordered in 1942, renamed to Bellerophon and Blake, cancelled in 1946, and later completed as Blake (C99).

HMS Tiger (C20) (1945)

HMS Tiger was a conventional cruiser of the Royal Navy, one of a three ship class known as the Tiger class. Tiger was ordered as Bellerophon, and laid down in 1941 as part of the Minotaur-class light cruisers. They had a low construction prioity due to more pressing requirements for other ship types during WWII. Bellerophon was renamed Tiger in 1945, and was launched, partially constructed, that year. However, work on Tiger was suspended in 1946.

Construction of Tiger resumed, but to a new design, with Tiger becoming the nameship of the class. Tiger was finally commissioned in 1959. She took part in operations in the Far East during the Indonesian Confrontation in the early 1960s. In 1966, talks between Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and Ian Smith, the latter of which had declared the former colony of Rhodesia independent from Britain due to Britain's insistence on black majority rule there. Tiger was placed in reserve in 1966 before undergoing conversion to a helicopter and commando cruiser from 1968-72.

The refit was very expensive, some say the many millions to convert Tiger, as-well as Blake to helicopter cruisers drained much needed resources better used elsewhere. She was recommissioned in 1972. Tiger took part in the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II, but only the following year Tiger was placed in reserve, subsequently being placed on the disposal list in 1979. She was scrapped in 1986 in Spain.

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