West Indies and Pacific Service
Cherub was stationed in the West Indies and took part in the capture of Guadeloupe in 1810 and remained on the Leeward Islands station until 1812. That year she returned to England with a convoy for a refit. In December 1812, she sailed for the Pacific Ocean. In 1813, she joined with HMS Phoebe and HMS Racoon and in company they sailed to the Galapagos Islands. Then Racoon was detached to attack American fur traders on the Columbia River while Phoebe and Cherub searched for the American frigate, USS Essex which had been attacking the British whaling fleet in the Pacific.
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