HMS Racoon (1795)

HMS Racoon capturing French brig-corvette Lodi, circle of William John Huggins
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Racoon
NamesakeRaccoon
Ordered13 July 1795
BuilderJohn Randall, Rotherhithe
Laid downJuly 1795
Launched14 October 1795
FateBroken up 1806
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeDiligence-class brig-sloop
Type18-gun Brig-sloop
Tons burthen317 2794 (bm)
Length
  • 95 ft 1 in (29.0 m) (overall)
  • 75 ft 2+14 in (22.9 m) (keel)
Beam22 ft 2 in (6.8 m)
Draught
  • Unladen: 6 ft 4 in (1.9 m)
  • Laden: 10 ft 3 in (3.1 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 1 in (3.7 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planBrig
Complement121
Armament

HMS Racoon (or Raccoon) was a brig-sloop built and launched in 1795. She served during the French Revolutionary Wars and in the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars. She had an active career under several captains, working essentially independently while capturing or destroying some 20 enemy privateers and naval vessels. Several of the captures involved engagements that resulted in casualties on Racoon as well as on her opponents. She was broken up early in 1806.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 282.