HMS Racehorse

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Racehorse":

*HMS "Racehorse" was an 8-gun privateer captured from the French in 1757. She was on Arctic discovery in 1773. Captured by the American "Andrea Doria" in 1776 and destroyed by the Royal Navy in 1777 at Delaware Bay.
*HMS "Racehorse" was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1777. She was captured by the French in 1778. In 1780 she was recaptured from the French, renamed HMS "Senegal", and then blew up in the same year.
*HMS "Racehorse" was a 10-gun schooner purchased in 1778. She was wrecked in 1779 at Beachy Head.
*HMS "Racehorse" was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1781. She was broken up in 1799.
*HMS "Racehorse" was an 18-gun "Cruizer" class brig-sloop launched in 1810. She was wrecked in 1822 at the Isle of Man.
*HMS "Racehorse" was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1810. She was broken up in 1817.
*HMS "Racehorse" was a 20-gun sixth-rate launched in 1830. She became a coal hulk in 1860 and was sold in 1901.
*HMS "Racehorse" was a wood screw gunvessel launched in 1860. She was wrecked in 1864 near Yantai in China.
*HMS "Racehorse" was a "Greyhound" class destroyer launched in 1900. She was sold in 1920.
*HMS "Racehorse" was an R class destroyer launched in 1942. She was sold in 1949.

References

*Colledge