HMS Unicorn (1776)

Summary

HMS Unicorn was a 20-gun sixth-rate Sphinx-class post ship of the Royal Navy. Serving in the American Revolutionary War, she was captured by the French in 1781 and renamed Licorne, but was recaptured by the British a year later. Returned to Royal Navy service as Unicorn Prize, she was decommissioned in 1786 and broken up in the following year.