Eleven ships of the

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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 HMS ''Tryton'' and was wrecked in 1708. * 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 ...

. 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. * 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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