HMS Cherokee

Last updated July 25, 2023

Several Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Cherokee:

HMS Cherokee (1808) was the lead ship of the Cherokee class of brig-sloops. She saw service during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1810 she participated in an engagement that resulted in her crew qualifying for the Naval General Service Medal. The Navy sold Cherokee in 1828. She then became a merchantman trading between Liverpool and Africa. Cherokee was wrecked in August 1831 returning to England from Africa.
HMS Cherokee (1842) was a paddle patrol vessel in service on the Canadian Great Lakes.^[1]
HMS Cherokee (1856) was an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat.^[2]

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HMS Falcon was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. She was sold in 1838.

HMS Frolic was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. She was sold in 1838.

HMS Reynard was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was sold in 1838.

HMS Skylark was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was wrecked in 1845.

HMS Spey was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was wrecked in 1840.

HMS Pigeon was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was sold in 1847.

HMS Partridge was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was sold in 1864.

HMS Wizard was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was wrecked in 1859.

HMS Merlin was the name ship of her class of three 2-gun paddle packet boats built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. She was converted into a survey ship in 1854 and then into a gunvessel two years later. The ship was decommissioned in 1858 and was sold into commercial service in 1863.

HMS Medusa was one of three 2-gun Merlin-class paddle packet boat built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. She was converted into a tugboat in 1861–1862 and sold for scrap in 1872.

HMS Polyphemus was an Alecto-class sloop designed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy. Originally classed as a steam vessel (SV3), her classification would be changed to a Third Class Sloop. She initially served in the Mediterranean, west coast of Africa and the Baltic. She was wrecked on the Baltic side Jutland on 29 January 1856.

References

↑ Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
↑ Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.

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[1] Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.

[2] Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.

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