Leander, 1780
Type: 4th Rate ; Armament 50
Launched : 1780 ; Disposal date or year : 1817
BM: 1052 tons
Complement: 338
Notes:

29 May 1797 Attack on Santa-Cruz, Teneriffe.

16 Nov 1797 Tagus. Detached to pay visit to Algiers.

24 May 1798 departed from off Cadiz with a squadron of 10 ships of the line to join Nelson's squadron in the Mediterranean, arriving 7 Jun.

7 Jun 1798 the search for the French fleet.

1 Aug 1798 the preparation for the Battle of the Nile.

1 Aug 1798 Battle of the Nile.

5 Aug 1798 sailed for off Cadiz with despatches.

18 Aug 1798 captured by the French 74-gun ship Généreux.

17 Dec 1798 court-martial of Captain Thompson, officers and men following the capture of the Leander.

3 Mar 1799 Captured by the Russians and Turks, on the surrender of Corfu, and returned to the British.

23 Feb 1805 capture of the French 40-gun frigate Ville-de-Milan, and re-capture of the late British frigate Cleopatra.

May 1805 Halifax Station

25 Apr 1806 the incident which brought about the case involving the American coasting-sloop Richard, Jesse Pierce, master, and the death of his brother John Pierce.

1813 Renamed Hygeia.