HMS Highflyer

Last updated December 26, 2021

Four vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Highflyer.

The first HMS Highflyer (1813) was an 8-gun schooner operating as an American privateer. In January 1813 HMS Poictiers captured her. The Royal Navy took Highflyer into service, retaining her name. The Americans recaptured her in September of that year.
The second HMS Highflyer (1822) was a 2-gun tender in service from 1822 to 1833.
The third HMS Highflyer (1851) was a wooden-hulled screw frigate launched in 1851 and broken up 1871.
The fourth HMS Highflyer (1898) was a 2nd class cruiser launched 1898 and sold in 1921.
Highflyer was also the name of the Royal Navy shore establishment in Trincomalee, Ceylon until 1958.

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HMS Highflyer was a 21-gun wooden screw frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built on the River Thames by C J Mare and launched on 13 August 1851. She spent twenty years in service, including action in the Crimean War and the Second Opium War, before being broken up at Portsmouth in May 1871.

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HMS Highflyer was originally an American privateer schooner built in 1811. As a privateer she took several British vessels as prizes. The Royal Navy captured her in 1813. She then participated in several raids on the Chesapeake and coastal Virginia before the Americans recaptured her later in 1813.

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