Subject Type: Sloop-of-War
Comprises most unrated vessels of 20 guns and less. Much smaller boats might be classified as ‘gunboats’ or by their special purpose (e.g. ‘bomb vessel’).
Pegasus, HMS
Pegasus was a Swan-class sloop-of-war launched in 1776. She was lost with all hands during a storm off Newfoundland in October 1777.
Niagra (US Brig)
This American brig was commanded by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, whose fleet defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813.
Eagle, USS (brig)
A ship in the United States Navy on Lake Champlain in the War of 1812. The British captured her in 1813, only to lose her back to the Americans at the Battle of Lake Champlain in 1814.