HMS Highflyer

HMS Highflyer

Four vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS "Highflyer".

* The first "Highflyer" was an 8-gun schooner operating as an American privateer when captured in January 1813 and taken into the RN, then recaptured by the Americans in September of that year.
* The second "Highflyer" was a 2-gun tender in service from 1822 to 1833.
* The third "Highflyer" was a wooden-hulled screw frigate launched in 1851 and broken up 1871.
* The fourth "Highflyer" was a 2nd class cruiser launched 1898 and sold in 1921.
* Royal Navy shore establishment in Trincomalee, Ceylon until 1958


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