Eleven ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
have borne the name HMS ''Cruizer'' or HMS ''Cruiser'':
* was a 24-gun
sixth rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted guns on a single deck, sometimes with smaller guns on the upper works an ...
, previously the French ship ''De Meric''. She was captured in 1705 by and was wrecked in 1708.
* was a 14-gun
sloop. She was previously named ''Unity'', before being purchased in 1709. She was sold in 1712.
* was an 8-gun sloop captured in 1721 and foundered in 1724.
* was an 8-gun sloop launched in 1721 and broken up in 1731.
* was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1732 and broken up in 1744.
* was an 8-gun sloop launched in 1752 and burnt in 1776.
* was a 14-gun
cutter
Cutter may refer to:
Tools
* Bolt cutter
* Box cutter
* Cigar cutter
* Cookie cutter
* Cutter (hydraulic rescue tool)
* Glass cutter
* Meat cutter
* Milling cutter
* Paper cutter
* Pizza cutter
* Side cutter
People
* Cutter (surname)
* Cutt ...
purchased in 1780 and lost in 1792.
* was the prototype of the 18-gun brig sloops, to which design 110 vessels were ordered; the prototype was launched in 1797 and sold in 1819.
* was a launched in 1828, converted to a brig in 1831, back to a ship in 1840 and sold at Bombay in 1849.
* was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1852. She was renamed HMS ''Cruiser'' in 1857, and then converted into a training ship and renamed HMS ''Lark'' in 1893. She was sold in 1912.
* HMS ''Cruizer'' was a sloop, previously named . She had been launched in 1879, renamed HMS ''Lark'' in 1892 and HMS ''Cruizer'' in 1893. She was sold in 1919.
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Royal Navy ship names