List of ships named Tiger

Tiger is a commonly used ship name. The name mostly comes from the Asian cat species of the same name . It exists in several variants such as Tyger , Tigr or Tigre , depending on the national language.

Ship list

designation	Ship type	Class / type	Construction year	Shipyard	Owner	period of service	Whereabouts
tiger^{Receipt ?}			1546		Royal Navy		Wrecked in 1605
tiger^{Receipt ?}					Royal Navy	1613
Tyger^{Receipt ?}	frigate		1647		Royal Navy		Stranded in 1742
tiger^{Receipt ?}	Ship of the line		1747	Wells & Stanton , Rotherhithe	Royal Navy		Sold in 1765
Tigre^{Receipt ?}	Ship of the line		1747		Armada Española		Captured by the Royal Navy in 1762
tiger^{Receipt ?}	Ship of the line		1747		Royal Navy		Sold in 1784
tiger^{Receipt ?}	Ship of the line	Ardent class	1764	Blades, Kingston upon Hull	Royal Navy	1783-1784	Sold in 1784
tiger^{Receipt ?}	Hoy				Royal Navy	1794-1798	Sold in 1798
Tigre^{Receipt ?}	Ship of the line	Téméraire class	1793		French Navy		Captured by the Royal Navy in 1795
tiger^{Receipt ?}	Ship of the line	Téméraire class	1793		Royal Navy		Wrecked in 1817
tiger^{Receipt ?}	brig				Royal Navy	1808-1812
tiger^{Receipt ?}	frigate		1849		Royal Navy		1854 by the Imperial Russian Navy hijacked
Tigr^{Receipt ?}	frigate		1849		Imperial Russian Navy
tiger	Gunboat	Hunter- class	1860	Zieske , Szczecin	Prussian / Imperial Navy	1864-1875	Used up as a cream
tiger	Torpedo cruiser		1887	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino , Muggia	Austrian Navy	1888-1906	Converted into a yacht in 1906 , scrapped in 1920
tiger	Gunboat	Polecat class	1898	Imperial Shipyard , Danzig	Imperial Navy	1900-1914	Sunk in 1914
tiger^{Receipt ?}	destroyer	C class	1900		Royal Navy		Sunk in 1908 after a collision
tiger	tractor		1910	Schiffswerfte und Maschinenfabrik AG , Steinwerder	Jürgen Hinrich Steffen - guiding and tugging business	1910-1966	Museum ship in Hamburg
tiger	Battle cruiser	Single ship	1913	John Brown & Company , Clydebank	Royal Navy	1914-1931	Wrecked in 1932
tiger^{Receipt ?}	Tanker		1921	Fairfield Shipbuilders , Glasgow	A / S Vestlandske Petrol Co., Bergen / Kriegsmarine	1921-1955	Wrecked in 1955
Tigre^{Receipt ?}	destroyer	Chacal class	1924	Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes	French Navy	1926-1954	Wrecked in 1955
tiger	Torpedo boat	Predator class	1928	Reichsmarinewerft , Wilhelmshaven	Reichsmarine / Kriegsmarine	1929-1939	Sunk after a collision on August 27, 1939
tiger^{Receipt ?}	Torpedo boat	Sleipner class	1939	Marinens Hovedverft, hoarding	Kriegsmarine / Royal Norwegian Navy	1940-1959	Captured by the Wehrmacht in 1940, returned in 1945, scrapped from 1959
tiger	Light cruiser	Tiger class	1945	John Brown & Company, Clydebank	Royal Navy	1959-1978	Broken down in 1986
tiger^{Receipt ?}	Speedboat	Jaguar- class	1958	Kröger shipyard , Schacht-Audorf	Federal Navy	1958-1974	Used by the Turkish Navy until 1981
tiger^{Receipt ?}	Speedboat	Tiger class	1972	Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie , Cherbourg	German Navy	1972-1998	The Armada de Chile issued
tiger	ferry		2002	FBMA Marine Inc., Cebu / Philippines	Rederij Doeksen	since 2008	in motion
tiger^{Receipt ?}	Car transporter		2011	DSME, Okpo	Wilhelmsen Lines Car Carrier, Valetta	since 2011	in motion
tiger^{Receipt ?}	Floating dredger		2012	Tianjin Xinhe, Tianjin	Jan De Nul Luxembourg, Luxembourg	since June 2012	in motion