HMS Cherokee (1842)
HMS Cherokee (1842)


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NameCherokee (1842)Explanation
TypeVessel   
Launched22 September 1842
HullWooden
PropulsionPaddle
Builders measure750 tons
Displacement 
Guns 
Fate1851
Class 
Ships book
NoteIllustration from Toronto Public Library website
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
1 July 1846
- 16 May 1848
Commanded by Commander William Newton Fowell, Lake Ontario
17 May 1848
- 25 March 1850
Commanded by Lieutenant William Rees Davies, Lakes of Canada
24 October 1851Daily News (Kingston, Ontario, Canada) mentioned her purchase by Capt Gaskin
2 May 1853The Sun (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) reports her sailing from New York for Rio de Janeiro, being sold to Peru and renamed Ucayal


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