In 1768, the HMS Romney came to America to raise your taxes

And she never left.
True story, in fact:

Claim: A ship named the HMS Romney was once used to help enforce import duties on the British North American colonies.

TRUE.

[Collected via e-mail, April 2012]

I was on facebook today and I saw a message directed at Teabaggers which stated:

Hey Teabaggers
Guess what?
In 1768, the British dispatched a 50-gun warship to New England to enforce the crown's right of taxation over the rebellious colonist.
The name of that ship?
HMS Romney