HMS Highflyer
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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Four vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Highflyer.
- The first Template:HMS was an 8-gun schooner operating as an American privateer. In January 1813 Template:HMS captured her. The Royal Navy took Highflyer into service, retaining her name. The Americans recaptured her in September of that year.
- The second Template:HMS was a 2-gun tender in service from 1822 to 1833.
- The third Template:HMS was a wooden-hulled screw frigate launched in 1851 and broken up 1871.
- The fourth Template:HMS was a 2nd class cruiser launched 1898 and sold in 1921.
- Highflyer was also the name of the Royal Navy shore establishment in Trincomalee, Ceylon until 1958.