HMS Racoon was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1808. The ship was 100 feet long with a crew of 121 men and armed with sixteen 32-pounder carronades. It was involved in several notable naval engagements, including capturing the American privateer Thomasina in 1813 and the American privateer Rattlesnake in 1814 during the War of 1812. The ship also participated in the bombardment of Fort Bowyer in Alabama in 1814. Racoon was later decommissioned and sold out of service in 1816.

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