HMS Racoon (1782)

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Racoon
CommissionedAugust 1782
Out of service12 September 1782
General characteristics
Class and typebrig-sloop
Armament14 guns

HMS Racoon was a 14-gun two-masted brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, purchased for service during the American Revolutionary War. She was commissioned in August 1782 under the command of Lieutenant (and later Admiral) Edmund Nagle, but was captured and destroyed four weeks later by the French frigate Aigle.