HMS Rosario (1808)
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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
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The gallant action off Dieppe, March 1812, by Emeric Essex Vidal
Frederick Marryat
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Captain Frederick Marryat was a Royal Navy officer and novelist. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy. He is r
HMS Rosario (1808)
…Lastly, on 25 June, she seized 98 gallons of spirits. Rosario then transferred to the St. Helena station. Following the death of Napoleon in May 1821, Frederick Marryat was appointed to command her and carry the dispatches announcing Napoleon's death to England. Between 20 September and 8 December Marrayat and Rosario…
Portrait by John Simpson, 1826
Frederick Marryat's sketch of Napoleon's body on his deathbed