Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Banterer: was a 22-gun sixth rate launched in 1807 and wrecked in 1808. was a 14-gun launched in 1810 and sold in 1817 for breaking up. was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1810 and sold in 1817. was an wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855 and sold in 1872. was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1880 and sold in 1907. HMS Banterer was an iron twin-screw coastal gunboat launched in 1870 as . She was renamed HMS Banterer in 1915 and was sold in 1928. References Royal Navy ship names