HMS ''Teazer'' (or ''Teaser'') was a schooner purchased in

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

in 1798 for local use. She was armed with six 4-pounder guns and had a crew of 25 men from the "Colonial Troops".James (1837), Vol. 2, p.249. ''Teazer'' served in defense of the British colonists at Honduras and participated in the repulse of the Spanish expedition at the Battle of St. George's Caye in September 1798. Her ultimate disposition is unknown. The Spanish threat having passed, she may have been returned to her former owners. It is arguable as to whether she deserves the designation "HMS" as ''Teazer'' was never commissioned into the Royal Navy, and her officers and crew were civilians, whereas in the case of hired armed vessels, the Royal Navy provided the captain. An armed schooner ''Teazer'' was driven ashore in a hurricane at Bridgetown, Barbados, on 23 July 1813. However, there is no chain of evidence that links the schooner that was lost to the 1798 schooner.

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