Commander John Ravenshaw commissioned Cherub in April for the North Sea. Cherub is listed among the vessels qualifying for prize money arising out of the battle of Copenhagen. On the way there, Cherub and detained the Danish ship Neptunus on 30 August. Cherub sent Neptune (or Neptunus), which had been sailing from Stockholm to Holstein, into Sheerness.[1] Slightly earlier, she supported the Swedes at the defence of Stralsund and Rügen.[2]
On 29 February 1808 Cherub sailed for the Leeward Islands. From April to mid-June 1808 Cherub and cruised in company, and agreed to share any prizes they captured. Around 9 May Cherub captured the privateer schooner Vaillante, Dubois, master, which was armed with swivel guns and small arms. Her crew abandoned her and escaped ashore, leaving behind one man who was sick and who died the next day. Cherub and Nimrod then used the schooner as a tender.[3] On 17 May Nimrod captured a Spanish schooner carrying hides, cocoa, and indigo. She was the Esther, sailing from La Guayra to Teneriffe.[4] 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. She was armed with two guns and four howitzers but her crew abandoned her before the boarding party arrived. She had been carrying a cargo of cocoa from Cumano to Barcelona when the British intercepted her. The British were able to retrieve her, though not without difficulty.[5] Nimrod then took the prizes into St Thomas. There the estimates were that the brig's cargo was worth about $20,000, and the Spanish schooner about $1200.[6]
On 20 November,, Cherub,, and Unique participated in the capture of, Intrepid, and Mary and Allen. The last prize money was paid in 1839.
