- Source: HMS Bouncer
HMS Bouncer has been the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy, and may refer to:
HMS Bouncer (1797), formerly Gunboat No. 8, a 12-gun gunvessel launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
HMS Bouncer (1804), a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1804, captured by the French in 1805, who renamed her Ecureuil in 1814, Bouncer again in 1815, Ecuriel again later that year, and condemned her in 1827.
HMS Bouncer (1856), a wooden Albacore-class gunboat launched in 1856 and sold in 1871.
HMS Bouncer (1881), a Bouncer-class flatiron gunboat launched in 1881 and sold in 1905.
HMS Bouncer (1905), the former War Department vessel Sir Richard Fletcher, transferred to the Royal Navy in 1905, employed as a tender, and sold in 1920.
References
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.