HMS Hussar

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Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hussar, after the hussar.

• The first Hussar was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1757 and captured by the French in 1762 after running aground off Cuba.
• The second Hussar was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1763 and wrecked in 1780 off New York City.
• The third Hussar was the American 26-gun sixth-rate Protector captured in 1780 and sold 1783.
• The fourth Hussar was an American galley captured in 1780 and sold 1786. This Hussar may be the same Hussar galley built in Philadelphia during the 1777-1778 British occupation on the orders of Captain Sir Andrew Hammond to the Loyalists. It was used during the Battle of Red Bank and at Fort Mifflin under Lord Cornwallis.
• The fifth Hussar was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1784 and wrecked 1796.
• The sixth Hussar was a 14-gun sloop, originally the French privateer Hussard, captured in 1798 and sold 1800.
• The seventh Hussar was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1799 and wrecked 1804.
• The eighth Hussar was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched 1807 and destroyed in 1861 while being used as a target.
• The ninth Hussar was a torpedo gunboat in service from 1894 to 1920.
• The tenth Hussar was a minesweeper launched in 1934 and accidentally sunk in 1944 off Normandy by Royal Air Force aircraft.