Six ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 and one naval base have borne the name HMS Stag after the Stag

STAG

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was a 32-gun Niger class frigate

Niger class frigate

The Niger-class frigates were 32-gun sailing frigates of the fifth rate produced for the Royal Navy. They were designed in 1757 by Sir Thomas Slade, and were an improvement on his 1756 design for the 32-gun s....

 launched on 4 September 1758. She was reduced to a 28-gun sixth-rate

Sixth-rate

Sixth rate was the designation used by the Royal Navy for small warships mounting between 20 and 24 nine-pounder guns on a single deck, sometimes with guns on the upper works and sometimes without.-Rating:...

 in 1777, but restored as a 32-gun fifth-rate

Fifth-rate

In Britain's Royal Navy during the classic age of fighting sail, a fifth rate was the penultimate class of warships in a hierarchal system of six "ratings" based on size and firepower.-Rating:...

 in 1779. She was broken up in July 1783 at Deptford. was a 32 gun fifth rate launched in 1794 and wrecked in 1800 at Vigo Bay. was a 36 gun fifth rate launched in 1812 and broken up in 1821. was a 46 gun fifth rate launched in 1830, breaking up completed in 1866. was a coastguard yawl launched in 1861 and sold in 1891. was the sole member of the Stag class of D class destroyer

D class destroyer (1913)

The D class as so named in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. They were all constructed to the individual designs of their builder, John I. Thornycroft & Company of Chiswick, to meet Admiralty specifications...

, was launched in 1899 by John I. Thornycroft & Company

John I. Thornycroft & Company

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. She survived World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 to be sold in 1921. was the name used for the base for British naval personnel in Egypt

Egypt

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. First established at Port Said

Port Said

Port Said is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about 30 km along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787...

, it commissioned 8 January 1940. There were outposts at Adabya, Kabrit, Ismailia, Generiffa, Port Tewfik. It was paid off in May 1949.