page_title: HMS Cruizer (1828)
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Cruizer (1828) / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Early 20th century British postcard showing one of six paintings on the 1839 capture of Aden painted by Captain J. S. Rundle of the Royal Navy, who had taken part in the expedition.
context_page_description: HMS Cruizer was a Snake-class ship-sloop launched in 1828 for the British Royal Navy. The ship was built as a revival of the retired Snake-class ship-sloops. The Navy converted her to a brig in 1831, back to a ship in 1840, and sold her at Bombay in 1849
context_section_description: On 23 July 1830 boats and men from Cruizer and HMS Sulphur pulled Medina off the Parmelia Reef near the Swan River. Medina had grounded while delivering immigrants.
  In 1839 Cruizer participated in the Aden Expedition along with the frigate HMS Volage and the two British East India Company (EIC) vessels, the sloop HCS Coote and the schooner HCS Mahi.
caption: Capture of Aden 1839 HMS Volage and Cruiser engaging Seerah fortress batteries"
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