HMS Weazel (1745)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Weazel
Builder	James Taylor & John Randall, Rotherhithe
Launched	22 May 1745 at Rotherhithe
Completed	24 June 1745 at Deptford Dockyard
Acquired	22 April 1745
Commissioned	May 1745
In service	1745–1749 1752–1756 1757–1764 1769–1779
Out of service	1779
Honours and awards	Second Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
Captured	13 January 1779 by French frigate Boudeuse
General characteristics
Class and type	16-gun ship-sloop
Tons burthen	307 65⁄94 bm
Length	94 ft 6.75 in (28.8 m) (gundeck) 76 ft 4.5 in (23.3 m) (keel)
Beam	27 ft 6.25 in (8.4 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 0 in (3.7 m)
Sail plan	Ship rig
Complement	110 (1745–1749) 125 (1749–1779)
Armament	16 × 6-pounder guns 14 × ½-pdr swivel guns

HMS Weazel or Weazle was a 16-gun ship-sloop of the Royal Navy, in active service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. Launched in 1745, she remained in British service until 1779 and captured a total of 11 enemy vessels. She was also present, but not actively engaged, at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1747.

Weazel was captured by the French in 1779, and was later sold into private hands.