Six ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
have borne the name HMS ''Barracouta'', after the fish ''
Thyrsites atun
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''. Another was renamed before being launched:
* was a 14-gun
sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
, previously a
cutter. She was purchased in 1782 and sold in 1792. She became the privateer cutter ''Thought'', which the French captured in 1793. She became a French privateer and sailed under various names until captured as ''Vedette'' in 1800. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS ''Vidette'', but sold her in 1802, never having commissioned her.
* was a 4-gun
schooner
A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...
launched in 1804 and wrecked in 1805.
* was a launched in 1807 and sold in 1815.
* was a 10-gun launched in 1820. She was commissioned as a
Falmouth packet
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in 1829 and was sold in 1836.
* was a wooden paddle sloop launched in 1851 and broken up in 1881.
* was a third class
cruiser
A cruiser is a type of warship. Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, and can usually perform several roles.
The term "cruiser", which has been in use for several hu ...
launched in 1889 and sold in 1905.
*HMS ''Barracouta'' was to have been a , but she was renamed before being launched in 1967.
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Royal Navy ship names