HMS Rosario (1797)

History
Spain
Name	Nuestra Seňora del Rosario
Namesake	Our Lady of the Rosary
Captured	24 May 1797
Great Britain
Name	HMS Rosario
Acquired	24 May 1797 by capture
Honours &; awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Capture of the Desiree"
Fate	Expended in action 7 July 1800
General characteristics
Tons burthen	209 bm
Length	89 ft 0 in (27.1 m) (overall); 71 ft 4 in (21.7 m) (keel);
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.2 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Sail plan	Brig
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.

History

Spain
Name	Nuestra Seňora del Rosario
Namesake	Our Lady of the Rosary
Captured	24 May 1797
Great Britain
Name	HMS Rosario
Acquired	24 May 1797 by capture
Honours & awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Capture of the Desiree"
Fate	Expended in action 7 July 1800
General characteristics
Tons burthen	209 bm
Length	89 ft 0 in (27.1 m) (overall) 71 ft 4 in (21.7 m) (keel)
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.2 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	Spanish service: 100 men Fireship:45 men
Armament	Spanish service: 20 guns HMS: 14 guns Fireship:6 × 18-pounder carronades