HMS Rolla (1829)
HMS Rolla was a, 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy from 1829 to 1868. She was launched at Plymouth Dockyard on 10 December 1829. She served as a member of the West Africa Squadron for several years before becoming a boys training brig in 1848. Subsequently she was a tender to between 1853 and 1856 and finally n apprentices training brig from 1858. The ship was broken up at Portsmouth in 1868.
Career
Rolla initially served on Scottish Fishery Protection duties before proceeding to west coast of Africa in 1836. She was recommissioned several times for further cruises on this station. She captured seven slaving vessels during these duties:| Vessel name | Vessel type | Date captured | Fate of vessel | Notes |
| Luisita | Spanish slave schooner. | 21 November 1836 | Sentenced to be condemned on 16 December 1836. | Detained in the River Sherbo. |
| San Nicolas | Spanish slave brig. | 2 December 1836 | Sentenced to be condemned 2 January 1837. | Detained at Sea-bar in the River Sherbo. |
| Lechuguino | Spanish pilot boat. | 27 December 1836 | Sentenced to be condemned 10 January 1837. | Detained in Rio Pongas. Forty-nine enslaved Africans onboard. |
| Esperimento | Spanish slave schooner. | 27 December 1836 | Sentenced to be condemned 12 January 1837. | |
| Porto Formozo | Portuguese slave schooner. | 16 September 1840 | Sentenced to be condemned 5 November 1840. | |
| Vanguardia | Spanish slave brigantine. | 11 November 1840 | Sentenced to be condemned 9 December 1840. | |
| Feliz Ventura | Brazilian slave brig. | 29 November 1840 | Sentenced to be condemned 11 January 1841. |
Between 24 and 31 March 1842, Rolla and the entered the Gallinas River between Cape Saint Ann and Grand Cape Mount, Sierra Leone, where they destroyed four 'slave factories. In 1847, Rolla returned to Portsmouth and was used as both a training brig and tender to. In 1868, Rolla was broken up at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1868.