HMS Racoon (1782)
Brig-sloop of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Racoon.
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.
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Name | HMS Racoon |
Commissioned | August 1782 |
Out of service | 12 September 1782 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | brig-sloop |
Armament | 14 guns |
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