HMS Racehorse (1806)

Racehorse
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Racehorse
Ordered	7 November 1803
Builder	Hamilton & Breed, Hastings
Laid down	June 1804
Launched	17 February 1806
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal "Off Tamatave 20 May 1811"
Fate	Wrecked on 14 December 1822
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	385 bm
Length	100 ft 1+1⁄2 in (30.5 m) (gundeck) 77 ft 4+1⁄4 in (23.6 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 7+1⁄4 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan	Brig rigged
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow guns

HMS Racehorse was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Hamilton & Breeds and launched in 1806 at Hastings. She served in the English Channel, where she captured a small privateer, and in the East Indies, where she participated in the capture of Isle de France (now Mauritius) and the operations around it. She was wrecked in 1822.