HMS Cruizer explained

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

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

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