HMS Cherub (1806)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cherub.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cherub
Ordered19 November 1805
BuilderJohn King, Dover
Laid downJanuary 1806
Launched27 December 1806
Honours and
awards
FateSold, 1820
General characteristics [3]
Class and typeCormorant-class 18-gun sloop
Tons burthen423 79⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 108 ft 4 in (33.0 m) (overall)
  • 90 ft 9+1⁄2 in (27.7 m) (keel)
Beam29 ft 7+1⁄2 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Armament
  • Upper deck: 16 × 32-pounder carronades
  • QD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder chase guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Cherub was an 18-gun Royal Navy Cormorant-class sloop built in Dover in 1806. She participated in two major campaigns in the West Indies during the Napoleonic Wars, and one major engagement in the Pacific during the War of 1812, all each of which earned her crews clasps to the Naval General Service Medal. The Navy sold her in 1820.

  1. ^ a b "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 242.
  2. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 245.
  3. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 260-261.