HMS Grinder

Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named Grinder:

Three dockyard tugs have also been named Grinder:

  • Grinder, a wooden paddle tug, of 332 tons, was launched in 1868 and sold in 1919.
  • Grinder was a 300-ton tug ordered in 1941 but captured on the stocks in the Fall of Hong Kong. The Japanese completed her in 1943 as the Nagashima.
  • Grinder was a 710-ton paddle tug launched in 1958.

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.
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