HMS Weazle

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Weazle:

• The first Weazle, launched in 1704, was a 10-gun sloop, sold in 1712.
• The second Weazle, launched in 1721, was a 8-gun sloop, sold in 1732.
• The third Weazle, launched in 1745, was a was a 16-gun sloop, captured in 1779 by the French Boudeuse in the West Indies.
• The fourth Weazle, launched in 1783, was a 14-gun brig sloop, wrecked in Barnstaple Bay 1799.
• The fifth Weazle, launched in 1799, was a 16-gun brig sloop, wrecked in 1804 off Gibraltar.
• The sixth Weazle, launched in 1805, was a Cruizer class 18-gun brig sloop, sold in 1815.
• The seventh Weazle, purchased in 1808, was a 10-gun Schooner, listed in 1811.
• The eighth Weazle, launched in 1822, was a Cherokee class 18-gun brig sloop, sold in 1844.

[edit] References

• Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.