HMS Saracen (1831) explained

HMS Saracen was a Cherokee-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. Launched 30 January 1831 at the Plymouth Dockyard, at Plymouth, England, this vessel held a gun deck of eight 18-Pounder carronades and two 6-Pounder bow chasers. She also held a crew complement of 75.[1] Henry Worsley Hill served as her commander starting on 15 March 1841.[2]

Saracen was part of the West Africa Squadron, involved in anti-slavery operations against the Atlantic slave trade from west Africa to the Americas. A list of captures of slave trade ships include:

The Saracen was later remembered in a postage stamp from Ascension Island.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: British brig-sloop 'Saracen' (1831). 14 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Naval Database Saracen, 1831. 14 April 2018. 17 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110517054708/http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/S/04126.html. dead.