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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Teazer :

• Teazer was a gunboat purchased in the West Indies that participated in the capture of Martinique, St Lucia, and Guadeloupe in 1794
• HMS Teazer (1794) was a 14-gun gunvessel launched in 1794 and sold in 1802.
• HMS Teazer (1798) was a 6-gun schooner purchased in 1798 for local use off Honduras. Her fate is unknown.
• HMS Teazer (1804) was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1804; the French captured her in 1805, but the British recaptured her in 1811 and sold her in 1815.
• HMS Teazer (1846) was a Teazer-class gunvessel launched in 1846 and broken up in 1862.
• HMS Teazer (1868) was a Beacon-class composite gunboat launched in 1868 and broken up in 1887.
• HMS Teazer (1895) was a Conflict-class destroyer launched in 1895 and sold in 1912.
• HMS Teazer (1917) was an R-class destroyer launched in 1917 and sold in 1931.
• HMS Teazer (R23) was a T-class destroyer launched in 1943. She was converted to a Type 16 frigate between 1953 and 1955, and was broken up in 1965.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (3rd Rev ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
• Gossett, William Patrick (1986) The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. (London: Mansell). ISBN 0-7201-1816-6
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.