HMS Pelican (1812)

"Pelican" off Ricasoli Point, leaving the Grand Harbour, Malta, 1833, by Nicolas Cammillieri
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Pelican
Builder	Robert Davy, Topsham
Laid down	January 1812
Launched	August 1812
Commissioned	11 December 1812
Decommissioned	1865
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Pelican 14 Augt. 1813"[1]
Fate	Sold June 1865
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	38541⁄94 (bm)
Length	100 ft (30 m) (overall) 77 ft 5+5⁄8 in (23.612 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 9 in (9.37 m)
Draught	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) (unladen); 11 ft 1 in (3.38 m) (laden)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Brig-sloop
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Pelican was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in August 1812. She is perhaps best known for her capture in August 1813 of the brig USS Argus. When the navy sold Pelican in 1865 she was the last Cruizer-class vessel still in service.