HMS Harlequin
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Five vessels of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 have been named HMS Harlequin.
was a schooner of 14 guns, purchased in 1796 and still listed in 1802. was a Cruizer-class
Cruizer class brig-sloop
The Cruizer class was an 18-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging...

 brig-sloop of 18 guns, launched in 1813 and sold in Jamaica in 1829. was an American gunboat captured at the Battle of Lake Borgne
Battle of Lake Borgne
The Battle of Lake Borgne was a naval battle between the Royal Navy and the United States Navy in the American South theatre of the War of 1812. It occurred on 14 December 1814 on Lake Borgne and was part of the British advance on New Orleans.-Background:...

 on 14 December 1814. Lieutenant James Hunter, who had been wounded at the battle, was appointed to command her with a commission dated 27 February 1815, and she was paid off in June 1815. The Admiralty formally purchased her in 1815 in the West Indies and she was still listed as a tender in Bermuda in 1816. Prize money for her and the other vessels captured at the battle was paid in July 1821. was a brig-sloop of 16 guns launched in 1836, converted to a coal hulk in 1860 and sold in 1889.
  • HMS Harlequin was a wood screw sloop of 950 tons burthen (bm
    Builder's Old Measurement
    Builder's Old Measurement is the method of calculating the size or cargo capacity of a ship used in England from approximately 1720 to 1849. It estimated the tonnage of a ship based on length and maximum beam...

    ), laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard on 13 February 1861 and cancelled on 16 February 1864.


The Royal Navy also employed a hired armed ship
Hired armed vessels
right|thumb|250px|Armed cutter, etching in the [[National Maritime Museum]], [[Greenwich]]During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the Royal Navy made use of a considerable number of hired armed vessels...

 Harlequin
Hired armed ship Harlequin
The hired armed ship Harlequin served the Royal Navy from 2 July 1804 until her wrecking on 7 December 1809. She was of 185 bm tons burthen and carried an armament of ten 6-pounder guns, eight 12-pounder carronades and two swivel guns...

in 1804; she was wrecked on 7 December 1809.
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