HMS Chub

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chub, or alternatively HMS Chubb, a name given to several types of fish, many in the family Cyprinidae:

• HMS Chub was a 4-gun Ballahoo-class schooner launched in 1807. She capsized in 1812.
• HMS Chubb was a schooner, the American USS Growler, which the British captured in 1813. The Americans recaptured her at the Battle of Lake Champlain and sold her in 1815.^[1]
• HMS Chub was a Cheerful-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855 and broken up by 1869.

References

Citations

1. "NMM, vessel ID 382365" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol. v. National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 30 July 2011.

Bibliography

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.

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