The Cherokee class was a class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy, mounting ten guns. Brig-sloops were sloops-of-war with two masts rather than the three masts of ship sloops. Orders for 115 vessels wer
HMS Rosario in 1812
HMS Parthian (left) capturing a Spanish pirate ship
HMS Rosario was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy, launched in 1808. She served during the Napoleonic Wars and participated in one engagement that earned her crew the Naval General Servic
Cherokee-class brig-sloop
…HMS Rosario in 1812 Class overview Name Cherokee-class brig-sloop Operators Royal Navy Planned 115 Completed 36 in first batch 34 in second batch (with another 1…
The gallant action off Dieppe, March 1812, by Emeric Essex Vidal