HMS Racer
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Racer: was a 12-gun cutter launched in April 1810. She stranded on the French coast in October, which enabled the French to capture her. was a 12-gun schooner, 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 launched in 1833 and sold in 1852. , a , a wood screw sloop 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. See also , built as American schooner Racer Royal Navy ship names