HMS Rosario (1797)

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

History
Spain
NameNuestra Seňora del Rosario
NamesakeOur Lady of the Rosary
Captured24 May 1797
Great Britain
NameHMS Rosario
Acquired24 May 1797 by capture
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Capture of the Desiree"[1]
FateExpended in action 7 July 1800
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen209 bm
Length
  • 89 ft 0 in (27.1 m) (overall)
  • 71 ft 4 in (21.7 m) (keel)
Beam23 ft 6 in (7.2 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)[3]
Sail planBrig
Complement
  • Spanish service: 100 men
  • Fireship:45 men
Armament
  • Spanish service: 20 guns
  • HMS: 14 guns
  • Fireship:6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Rosario, previously the Spanish ship Nuestra Senora Del Rosario, was a brig the British Royal Navy captured off Cadiz in 1797 and took her into service. The British converted her to a fireship and expended her in 1800 in an attack at Dunkirk Roads.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 238.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 288.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NMM-WH-374792 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).