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Leander, 1813
Type: 4th rate ; Armament 58
Launched : 1813 ; Disposal date or year : 1830
BM : 1572 tons
Complement : 480 men and boys
Notes:

1813 completed with 30 long 24-pounders on the first or "upper" deck, and 26 carronades 42-pounders, and two, afterwards increased to four, long 24-pounders on the second or "spar" deck ; total, at first 58, then 60 guns.

Portsmouth 18 Mar 1814 Sailed for Guernsey, Cork, and North America. Halifax, Nova Scotia

Cork 11 Apr 1814 Sailed with the convoy for Newfoundland and Halifax.

Halifax, Nova Scotia 28 May 1814 Arrived from Cork with a convoy.

19 Dec 1814 Leander sailed from Halifax bound off Boston, and on the 24th fell in with the Newcastle and Acasta.

22 Dec 1814 Arab reported to the Leander, Newcastle and Acasta that the Constitution had sailed from Boston on the 17th inst. who departed in search of the US frigate.

28 Dec 1814, the Leander, in company with the Newcastle and Acasta, captured the celebrated privateer Prince de Neufchatel.

4 Jan 1815 Leander, Newcastle and Acasta, off the Western Isles.

Plymouth 11 Jan 1815 Reported to be off Fayal.

Penzance 21 Jan 1815 Has captured and sent in the American privateer Prince of Neufchatel.

Santa Cruz, Teneriffe 25 Feb 1815 Arrived from a cruise on the 21st, and sailed today.

11 Mar 1815 Leander, Newcastle, and Acasta sight the US frigate Constitution in the harbour of Porto-Praya, island of Saint-Jago and sail in chase but lost sight of the Constitution in the haze, although they did manage to re-capture the sloop Levant.

Portsmouth 16 Jul 1815 Arrived from Quebec with a convoy of transports.

Portsmouth 22 Jul 1815 Arrived.

Portsmouth 23 Jul 1815 Sailed.

28 Jul 1816 sailed as a part of a fleet of 19 vessels from Plymouth Sound, for Gibraltar and the bay of Algiers.

9 Aug 1816 the fleet arrived at Gibraltar, where it joined the Dutch squadron, which had arrived the previous evening, and which, it was agreed, would join the expedition. Whilst at Gibraltar the fleet was victualled and preparations made for the forthcoming battle, with gunnery practice &c. taking place.

27 Aug 1816 circa 1400 hours, no reply having been received to Lord Exmouth's demands, the ships of the fleet took up their stations and the Battle of Algiers commenced, ceasing about 2200 hours. Account of casualties. Account of powder and shot expended. Conferences &c. held with the Dey following the battle regards the demands of the allies and settlements made : honours and awards. See also p. 226 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow.

Plymouth 23 Sep 1816 Arrived with dispatches from Lord Exmouth following the Battle of Algiers.

Spithead 27 Sep 1816 Arrived from Algiers under jury masts, and one of her sides gives dreadful proof of her injuries in battle, being nearly stove in.

Medals granted to surviving officers, seamen and marines (and soldiers who served as marines) per order of 7th June, 1848

Portsmouth 8 Oct 1816 Is to be paid off, and to undergo a complete repair at Sheerness.

Portsmouth 8 Feb 1817 At Spithead.

Portsmouth 9 Nov 1819 Is to go out to Spithead shortly, having fitted and stored for the East-India station.

Madras 25 Jun 1820 In the roads.

Madras 2 Jun 1821 Sailed for Penang.

27 Nov 1821 Is in commission and based in the East Indies.