HMS Racoon (1808)

Racoon
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Racoon
Ordered	19 October 1805
Builder	John Preston, Great Yarmouth
Laid down	March 1806
Launched	30 March 1808
Commissioned	June 1808
Reclassified	Convict prison ship in 1819
Fate	Sold 1838
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Cormorant-class sloop
Tons burthen	425 88⁄94 (bm)
Length	108 ft 4 in (33.0 m) overall 90 ft 8+3⁄4 in (27.7 m) keel
Beam	29 ft 8+1⁄2 in (9.1 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	121
Armament	Upper deck: 16 × 32-pounder carronades QD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Racoon, sometimes spelled HMS Raccoon, was an 18-gun ship sloop of the Cormorant class of the Royal Navy. She was built by John Preston, of Great Yarmouth, and launched on 30 March 1808. She sailed as far as Fort Astoria on the Columbia River. She became a hospital ship in 1819 and finally was sold in 1838.