Racer's sister ship HMS Sappho
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Racer |
Ordered | 10 July 1832 |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
Laid down | September 1832 |
Launched | 18 July 1833 |
Completed | 5 September 1833 |
Commissioned | 13 July 1833 |
Out of service | 8 March 1852 |
Fate | Sold 17 September 1852 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Racer-class brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 430 63⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 32 ft 4+3⁄4 in (9.9 m) |
Draught |
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Depth of hold | 14 ft 10+1⁄2 in (4.5 m) |
Sail plan | Brig-sloop |
Complement | 110 |
Armament | 2 × 12-pdr cannon; 14 × 32-pdr carronades |
HMS Racer was a 16-gun Racer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. Commissioned in 1833 she served on the North America and West Indies Station where she was badly damaged by what became known as Racer's hurricane in 1837. After repair at Havana she returned to England where she was paid off. Racer was recommissioned later in 1838 and returned to North America where, in 1840, her commanding officer was drowned in an accident. She was refitted in 1842 and served on the South America Station and on anti-slavery patrols off West Africa. An 1848 refit reduced her to 12 guns and she afterwards served as a tender to HMS Caledonia and in the Mediterranean Sea. Racer was sold out of service in 1852.