HMS Hussar

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Hussar", after the hussar.

*The first "Hussar" was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1757 and captured by the French in 1762 after running aground off Cuba.
*The second "Hussar" was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1763 and wrecked in 1780 off New York City.
*The third "Hussar" was the American 26-gun sixth-rate "Protector" captured in 1780 and sold 1783.
*The fourth "Hussar" was an American galley captured in 1780 and sold 1786. This Hussar may be the same "Hussar" galley built in Philadelphia during the 1777-1778 British occupation on the orders of Captain Sir Andrew Hammond to the Loyalists. It was used during the Battle of Red Bank and at Fort Mifflin under Lord Cornwallis.
*The fifth "Hussar" was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1784 and wrecked 1796.
*The sixth "Hussar" was a 14-gun sloop, originally the French privateer "Hussard", captured in 1798 and sold 1800.
*The seventh "Hussar" was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1799 and wrecked 1804.
*The eighth "Hussar" was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched 1807 and destroyed in 1861 while being used as a target.
*The ninth "Hussar" was a torpedo gunboat in service from 1894 to 1920.
*The tenth "Hussar" was a minesweeper launched in 1934 and accidentally sunk in 1944 off Normandy by Royal Air Force aircraft.