Maritime History

HMS Pelican (1812)

HMS Pelican was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in August 1812. She is perhaps best known for her capture in August 1813 of the brig USS Argus. When the navy sold Pelican in 1865 she was the last Cruizer-class vessel still in service.

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• ▸HMAS Castlemaine
• ▸Nude Woman with a Blue Shawl
• ▸Hook Lighthouse

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