5TH HMS HUSSAR-- 28-gun, 6th Rate launched in 1784 and wrecked on 27 December 1796 in a strong storm that drove her ashore about 15 miles west of Ile de Batz.
6TH HMS HUSSAR-- 14-gun sloop, originally the French privateer Hussard. Captured 1798 and sold 1800.
7TH HMS HUSSAR-- 38-gun, 5th Rate, launched in 1789 and wrecked 8 February 1804, by grounding on reef near Ile de Sein. Crew burned the ship and escaped.
8TH HMS HUSSAR-- This was was around during the War of 1812, but I could find no mention of it being in the North America region. It was a 46-gun 5th Rate, launched in 1807 and destroyed as a target ship in 1861.
9TH HMS HUSSAR-- a torpedo gunboat in service 1894-1920.
10TH HMS HUSSAR-- Minesweeper launched in 1934 and accidentally sunk of Normandy by the RAF in 1944. This looks like an interesting story that I will have to look into for my World War II blog. Tattooed On Your Soul.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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