HMS Rosario (1800)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Hardi, HMS Hardi, and HMS Rosario.

Plan of HMS Rosario by John Marshall (Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1795-1801); National Maritime Museum
History
France
NameHardi
BuilderBordeaux
Launchedc. June 1796,[1] or 1800[2]
Commissioned1799[3]
FateCaptured 1800
Great Britain
NameHMS Hardi
Acquiredby capture, 1800
RenamedHMS Rosario in 1800
General characteristics [2]
TypeSloop
Displacement350 tons (French)[3]
Tons burthen42544⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 111 ft 2 in (33.9 m) (overall),
  • 89 ft 0 in (27.1 m) (keel)
Beam29 ft 11+3⁄4 in (9.1 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6+1⁄2 in (4.1 m)
Complement
  • Privateer: 194
  • HMS:121
Armament
  • Privateer: 18 guns
  • HMS: 16 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Rosario was a 20-gun sixth rate of the British Royal Navy. She was previously the French privateer Hardi, which HMS Anson captured in 1800. The navy took her into service as HMS Hardi but renamed her HMS Rosario later in 1800. She was sold in 1809.

  1. ^ Demerliac (1999), p. 268, n°2355.
  2. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 268.
  3. ^ a b Demerliac (1999), p. 268, n° 2355.