HMS Weser was the
French frigate Weser, or Wezer launched in 1812 in Amsterdam. The British
Royal Navy captured her on 21 October 1813. As HMS Weser she served in North American waters and then was sold for
breaking up in September 1817.
HMS Weser was the
SMS Nix, built for the
Prussian Navy in the early 1850s. In 1855, Nix was sold to the Royal Navy in exchange for the sail
frigateThetis. Weser saw action during the
Crimean War at the
Battle of Kinburn in October 1855. Thereafter she was based in
Malta. She was ultimately decommissioned in 1865, used as a harbor ship, and then sold to
ship breakers in 1873.
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