HMS Cruizer

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cruizer or HMS Cruiser:

• HMS Cruizer (1705) was a 24-gun sixth rate, previously the French ship De Meric. She was captured in 1705 by HMS Tryton and was wrecked in 1708.
• HMS Cruizer (1709) was a 14-gun sloop. She was previously named Unity, before being purchased in 1709. She was sold in 1712.
• HMS Cruizer (1721) was an 8-gun sloop captured in 1721 and foundered in 1724.
• HMS Cruizer (1721 sloop) was an 8-gun sloop launched in 1721 and broken up in 1731.
• HMS Cruizer (1732) was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1732 and broken up in 1744.
• HMS Cruizer (1752) was an 8-gun Cruizer-class sloop launched in 1752 and burnt in 1776.^[1]
• HMS Cruizer (1780) was a 14-gun cutter purchased in 1780 and lost in 1792.
• HMS Cruizer (1797) was the prototype of the 18-gun Cruizer-class brig sloops, to which design 110 vessels were ordered; the prototype was launched in 1797 and sold in 1819.
• HMS Cruizer (1828) was a Snake-class ship sloop launched in 1828, converted to a brig in 1831, back to a ship in 1840 and sold at Bombay in 1849.
• HMS Cruizer (1852) was a Cruizer-class wooden screw sloop launched in 1852. She was renamed HMS Cruiser in 1857, and then converted into a training ship and renamed HMS Lark in 1893. She was sold in 1912.
• HMS Cruizer was a Doterel-class sloop, previously named HMS Kingfisher. She had been launched in 1879, renamed HMS Lark in 1892 and HMS Cruizer in 1893. She was sold in 1919.

Citations

1. "British sloop 'Cruizer' (1752)". threedecks.org. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.