HMS Cruizer (1797)

Cruiser
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Cruizer
Ordered	19 December 1796
Builder	Stephen Teague of Ipswich
Laid down	February 1797
Launched	20 December 1797
Commissioned	February 1798
Out of service	Laid up in ordinary in November 1813.
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasps: "Copenhagen"[1] "Cruizer 1 Novr. 1808"[2]
Fate	Sold for breaking 3 February 1819
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Type	Rated for 18 guns
Tons burthen	38241⁄94 (bm)
Length	100 ft 0 in (30.5 m) (gundeck) 77 ft 3+1⁄2 in (23.6 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan	Brig rigged
Complement	121
Armament	As built: 18 × 6-pounder guns Later: 16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

HMS Cruizer (often Cruiser) was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Stephen Teague of Ipswich and launched in 1797. She was the first ship of the class, but there was a gap of 5 years between her launch and the ordering of the next batch in October 1803; by 1815 a total of 105 other vessels had been ordered to her design. She had an eventful wartime career, mostly in the North Sea, English Channel and the Baltic, and captured some 15 privateers and warships, and many merchant vessels. She also participated in several actions. She was laid up in 1813 and the Commissioners of the Navy sold her for breaking in 1819.