Eight ships of the
Royal Navy
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have been named HMS ''Teazer'' :
* ''Teazer'' was a gunboat purchased in the West Indies that participated in the capture of Martinique, St Lucia, and Guadeloupe in 1794
* was a 14-gun gunvessel launched in 1794 and sold in 1802.
* was a 6-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 ...
purchased in 1798 for local use off
Honduras
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. Her fate is unknown.
* was a 12-gun
gun-brig
A gun-brig was a small brig-rigged warship that enjoyed popularity in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, during which large numbers were purchased or built. In general these were vessels of under 200 tons burthen, and thus smaller than ...
launched in 1804; the French captured her in 1805, but the British recaptured her in 1811 and sold her in 1815.
* was a launched in 1846 and broken up in 1862.
* was a composite gunboat launched in 1868 and broken up in 1887.
* was a launched in 1895 and sold in 1912.
* was an launched in 1917 and sold in 1931.
* was a
T-class destroyer launched in 1943. She was converted to a
Type 16 frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and maneuvera ...
between 1953 and 1955, and was broken up in 1965.
References
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* Gossett, William Patrick (1986) ''The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900''. (London: Mansell).
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Royal Navy ship names