From April to mid-June 1808 Cherub and Nimrod cruised in company, and agreed to share any prizes they captured.

[9] Lastly, on 22 May, Cherub and Nimrod jointly captured a Spanish letter of marque brig after a brief exchange of fire when the British sent in a boarding party in boats after her crew had run her ashore.

[11][b] On 20 November Amaranthe, Circe, Cherub, Epervier, and Unique participated in the capture of Bonetta, Intrepid, and Mary and Allen.

On 23 January 1809 Captain William Maude of Jason returned to his station off Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, where he had left Cherub to watch the French frigate that was taking shelter there.

Cherub and Pelorus carried a detachment of troops from the 63rd Regiment of Foot which they disembarked at Corbet and which marched on St Pierre.

[19] In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasp "Martinique" to all surviving claimants from the campaign.

In early June 1809 Cherub and Julia sailed into the anchorage at Basse-Terre to cut out two French frigates lying there under the protection of a fort and some batteries.

The wind suddenly failed the British vessels, which were nevertheless able to extricate themselves from the situation with no losses or damage, but no success either.

Latona and Cherub shared the prize money with the other vessels that had formed the blockade of the Saintes, Amaranthe, Blonde, Curieux, Haughty, Julia, and Morne Fortunee.

[d] In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasp "Guadaloupe" to all surviving claimants from the campaign.

[26] On 19 December 1812 Cherub left Cork with a convoy of 12 vessels, eight for Brazil, two for Buenos Aires, and one for the South Seas.

At the Galapagos Islands, Racoon continued on to attack American fur traders at Fort Astoria on the Columbia River, while Phoebe and Cherub remained to search for the frigate USS Essex, which had been attacking the British whaling fleet in the Pacific.

The British were armed with long guns, which were more effective at a longer range than the American armament of carronades.

As the British anchored out of effective range of the American carronades, the battle was very one-sided and lasted for an hour until Captain David Porter of Essex struck his colours with 23 dead and 42 wounded on board.

On 31 May Phoebe and Essex set sail for England, finally anchoring in Plymouth sound on 13 November.

Gamble and seven men (four unfit for duty) escaped and sailed Sir Andrew Hammond 2500 miles before they had the misfortune to meet up with Cherub.

[43] On 15 May 1818, Cherub captured the Spanish slaver Josefa (or Joseffa, or Josepha), Buenaventura Llarena, master, off Cape Appollonia.

Cherub sent her to Jamaica, then Havana, and finally back to Freetown, Sierra Leone, arriving 26 November.

[46] An accounting of the costs and revenues of the colony at Sierra Leone shows £6740 14s 6d in income from "Captain Willis of H.M.S.