# HMS Jasper

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Six ships of the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) have borne the name **HMS *Jasper***, after the mineral [Jasper](/source/Jasper):

- [HMS *Jasper* (1808)](/source/HMS_Jasper_(1808)) was a 10-gun [*Cherokee*-class brig-sloop](/source/Cherokee-class_brig-sloop) launched in 1808 and wrecked in 1817.
- [HMS *Jasper* (1820)](/source/HMS_Jasper_(1820)) was a 10-gun *Cherokee*-class brig-sloop launched in 1820 and wrecked in 1828. The wreck was sold in 1831.
- [HMS *Jasper* (1837)](/source/HMS_Jasper_(1837)) was a wooden paddle [packet](/source/Packet_boat), originally the [General Post Office](/source/General_Post_Office) vessel *Aladdin*. She was transferred to the navy in 1837 and caught fire and sank in 1854.
- [HMS *Jasper* (1855)](/source/HMS_Jasper_(1855)) was a [*Dapper*-class gunboat](/source/Dapper-class_gunboat) wooden screw [gunboat](/source/Gunboat) launched in 1855. She ran aground during the [Siege of Taganrog](/source/Siege_of_Taganrog) later in 1855.
- [HMS *Jasper* (1857)](/source/HMS_Jasper_(1857)) was an [*Algerine*-class gunboat](/source/Algerine-class_gunboat) wooden screw gunboat launched in 1857. She was sold to the Emperor of China in 1862 and renamed *Amoy*. She was resold to Egypt in 1865.
- [HMS *Jasper* (J407)](/source/HMS_Jasper_(J407)) was a [*Catherine*-class minesweeper](/source/Catherine-class_minesweeper) launched as HMS *Garnet* in 1943 and transferred to the Royal Navy under [lend-lease](/source/Lend-lease). She was renamed HMS *Jasper* in 1944 and was returned to the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) in 1946.

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