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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Racehorse'': *HMS ''Racehorse'' was an 18-gun privateer captured from the French in 1757. She was on Arctic discovery in 1773. She was renamed ''Thunder'' (and re-classed as a bomb vessel) on 24 October 1775. Captured by the American ''Andrea Doria'' on 24 December 1776 and destroyed by the Royal Navy in 1777 at Delaware Bay. *HMS ''Racehorse'' was a 16-gun sloop purchased in 1777 and shortly thereafter renamed ''Senegal''. The French 74-gun ''Hector'' captured her on 14 August 1778. The French renamed her ''Sénégal''. recaptured her on 2 November 1780 after an engagement that lasted five hours and in which the French lost 12 killed and 28 wounded, while the British lost two killed and four wounded. The Royal Navy took her back into service as HMS ''Senegal''. ''Senegal'' was at Gorée being repaired when she caught fire and exploded, with the loss of captain and 22 men.〔Demerliac (1996), p.71, #446.〕 *HMS ''Racehorse'' was a 10-gun schooner purchased in 1778. She was wrecked in 1779 at Beachy Head. *HMS ''Racehorse'' was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1781. She was broken up in 1799. *HMS ''Racehorse'' was an 18-gun ''Cruizer'' class brig-sloop launched in February 1806. She was wrecked in 1822 off the Isle of Man. *HMS ''Racehorse'' was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1830. She became a coal hulk in 1860 and was sold in 1901. *HMS ''Racehorse'' was a wood screw gunvessel launched in 1860. She was wrecked in 1864 near Yantai in China. *HMS ''Racehorse'' was a ''Greyhound'' class destroyer launched in 1900. She was sold in 1920, resold, and broken up in 1921. *HMS ''Racehorse'' was an R class destroyer launched in 1942. She was sold in 1949. ==Citations== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Racehorse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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