Six ships of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Racer'': HMS Racer aground on Ryde Sands ILN0-1871-0923-0021

* was a 12-gun

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launched in April 1810. She stranded on the French coast in October, which enabled the French to capture her. * was a 12-gun

schooner A schooner ( ) is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel defined by its Rig (sailing), rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more Mast (sailing), masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than t ...

, formerly the American ''Independence''. captured her in 1812. ''Racer'' was wrecked in the Florida Straits in 1814. * was a 6-gun cutter launched in 1818, and ordered to be sold in 1830. * was a 16-gun

brig-sloop During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system of the Royal Navy covered all vessels with 20 or more guns; thus, the term encompassed all ...

launched in 1833 and sold in 1852. *, a , a wood

screw sloop A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. They were popularized in the mid-19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine and the transition of fleets to this new technology. The sailing sloop The British sloop in the Age o ...

launched in 1857 and broken up in 1876. * was a composite screw gunvessel launched in 1884. She was re-classified as a sloop in 1884, used as a salvage vessel from 1917 and was sold in 1928.

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