HMS ''Hazard'' was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1744. She was captured in November 1745 by Jacobite forces in Montrose harbour and was sailed to

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and was renamed ''Le Prince Charles''. In March 1746, the ship was carrying £13,000 in gold, arms and other supplies to Inverness, when she was intercepted and was chased by , which recaptured ''Le Prince Charles'' in the Kyle of Tongue on 26 March. Reverting to her previous name ''Hazard'', she was sold in 1749.

References

* * McLaughlan, Ian. ''The Sloop of War 1650–1763''. Seaforth Publishing, 2014. . * Winfield, Rif. ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates''. Seaforth Publishing, 2007. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Hazard (1744), HMS 1744 ships Sloops of the Royal Navy Ships built in Deptford Jacobite rising of 1745