Leopard, 1790
Type: 4th rate ; Armament 50 (22 x long 24, & 22 x long 12 pdrs. On her q'deck & f'csle 6 x carronades, 24-pdrs, & 2 x long 9-pdrs, plus an 18-pdr launch carronade = 53
Launched at Sheerness in 1790 ;
Disposal date or year : 28 Jun 1814
Disposal Details : Wrecked near the island of Anticosti, gulf of St. Lawrence: crew, except a few, saved. Captain Edward Crofton
Complement: 343 men & boys
Tons (BM) : 1056.
Notes:

12 May 1796 capture of Dutch 36-gun frigate Argo off the Texel, by the frigate Ph�nix Captain Lawrence William Halsted, with the Leopard coming up astern, whilst the frigate Pegasus, and brig-sloop Sylph, went in pursuit of 3 brigs accompanying the Argo.

18 Feb 1797 captured the French privateer Victorieux.

9 Jun 1797 the Repulse and Leopard escaped the mutiny at the Nore, being fired on by the Monmouth and Director - see p. 74 www.naval-review.org/issues/1929-1.pdf.

26 Oct 1798 captured the French privateer Apollon in the Indian Ocean.

1 Jan 1799 Commodore J. Blankett. Captain T. Sirridge. Convoy to the East Indies.

Aug 1799 in the Red Sea.

22 Aug 1800 captured the French privateer Clarisse, whilst en route from the Red Sea to Bombay.

22 Apr 1801 landed troops at the town of Suez.

15 Jun 1801 anchored in the bay of Kosseir.

22 May 1802 the Victorious arrived Madras Roads with the Intrepid, Sybille, Leopard, Trident, Eurydice, and Albatross.

11 Dec 1802 arrived at the Cape of Good Hope the Intrepid, Capt Hargood ; the Virginie, Capt Astle ; Leopard, Capt Collier ; and Chiffonne, from the East Indies, with the 91st Regt on board.

13 Dec 1802 departed the Cape of Good Hope for England the Intrepid, Virginie, Leopard, and Chiffonne, for England with the 91st Regt.

24 Feb 1803 arrived Spithead from the East Indies, Cape of Good Hope and lastly, St Helena.

2 Mar 1803 departed Spithead for Chatham, to be paid off.

2 Mar 1803 passed through the Downs for the River [Thames].

3 Jun 1803 to be fitted for sea, Capt Losack.

Circa 12 Sep 1803 Capt T Rogers apptd to the Princess of Orange, vice Capt Cunningham who has been apptd to the Leopard.

17 Sep 1803 Sir Sydney Smith arrived off the Texel in the Antelope, to relieve the Princess of Orange, Capt Cunningham, ordered to the Nore, Capt C having been apptd to the Leopard at Chatham.

Circa 10 Oct 1803 Capt J N Morris apptd to the Leopard.

7 Nov 1803 the Leopard came down from Chatham and arrived Sheerness yesterday morning, and is now paid and gone to sea.

13 Nov 1803 arrived in the Downs from Sheerness.

20 Nov 1803 departed Dungeness for off Boulogne, having received some intelligence from a gun brig.

20 Nov 1803 the gun brig Starling was observed to be off Dungeness, under a press of sail, flying a signal for the Leopard, which had just departed Dungeness.

24 Nov 1803 arrived Dungeness Roads the Leopard and Merlin and remain with the Sulphur.

24 Nov 1803 arrived in the Downs the Basilisk, and Mariner, from a cruise, and sailed again with HM ships Aimable and Squirrel frigates, and Autumn sloop, with many other ships on their several stations off the coast of France.

25 Nov 1803 arrived Dungeness the Leda, Fortunee, and Autumn from the Downs and remain with the Leopard and Sulphur. Departed for off Havre the sloop Merlin. Several neutral merchantmen remained wind bound. Wind NW by W.

27 Nov 1803 remains in Dungeness Roads.

Circa 15 Dec 1803 the Leopard and Sulphur, bomb, surveyed the French Coast in the region of Boulogne, and were joined later by the Immortalite, Hardy, Leda, Fortunee, and Bloodhound. On the 17th they observed a convoy of 22 brigs &c., get into Boulogne from the Westward, and were close to cutting some of them off. They note that there about 100 gun boats in Boulogne, exclusive of brigs.

Circa 5 May 1804 Capt Durban of the Ambuscade is ordered to take a survey off Boulogne and the Coast of France, in the Leopard, per the Admiralty.

25-28 Aug 1804 seminal action off Boulogne

1-3 Oct 1804 fire ships expended and the trial of a new form of fire boat known as a "catamaran," on the French flotillas anchored off Boulogne. The officers in charge of the fire or explosion vessels were as follows : Capts MacLeod, of the Sulphur ; Jackson, of the Autumn ; Edwards of the Fury ; Collard of the Railleur ; and Searle of the Helder defence ship. Lieuts Stewart of the Monarch ; Lowry of the Leopard ; Payne of the Immortalite ; Templer of the Sulphur ; Midshipman Bartholomew of the Inflexible ; Capts Winthrop of the Ardent ; and Owen of the Immortalite, superintended the operations from the Southward ; and Hon Capt Blackwood, of the Euryalus, from the Northward. Keith.

16 Nov 1804 arrived Spithead, the frigate Leopard, Capt Austen, from off Boulogne. R.-Adm Louis struck his flag on board the Leopard.

7 Dec 1804 R.-Adm Louis hoisted his flag.

11 Dec 1804 departed Spithead for the Downs.

23-25 Apl 1805 was a part of a squadron which captured off Boulogne the Dutch Armed Schuyts Nos 43, 44, 45, 48, 52, 54, 57, and 58, and the unarmed Transport No 3.

May 1805 Dungeness and Boulogne Captain Richard Raggett

1 Jun 1807 C-in-C, North-American station issues an order to the captains under his command, directing, that, in case of meeting the American frigate Chesapeake at sea, and without the limits of the United States, they were to show to her captain that order, and to search his ship for deserters from the "Belleisle, Bellona, Triumph, Chichester, Halifax, and Zenobia cutter," and were to proceed and search for the same.

21 Jun 1807 arrived off Cape Henry, and anchored in company with the Bellona and Melampus and on the 22d, with the Triumph.

22 Jun 1807 the Leopard weighed per the Bellona's instructions and some five leagues from the land bore down to speak the US ship Chesapeake, to discuss the problem of British deserters onboard the Chesapeake. Her CO refused to discuss the subject, resulting in 3 broadsides being fired by the Leopard in order that the Captain could carry out his instructions.

latter end of March or beginning of April 1810 the naval force arrived off the Isle of France, consisting of the Iphigenia, Leopard and Magicienne, was joined on the 24th by the N�r�ide, from the Cape.

May 1810 Boadicea and Sirius had replaced the Leopard off the Isle of France, which in turn had replaced the Raisonable at the Cape, which had departed for England.

Portsmouth 30 May 1811 Embarked troops for Portugal.

Torbay 4 Jun 1811 arrived with troops for Cadiz.

Falmouth 8 Jun 1811 arrived with a mail and troops for Cadiz, put in by adverse wind.

Falmouth 21 Jul 1811 departed.

Portsmouth 29 Aug 1811 departed for Plymouth.

Plymouth Dock 3 Sep 1811 arrived from Portsmouth.

Plymouth 5 Sep 1811 Remains whilst the wind blows in an unfavourable direction, when she will sail for Leith.

Plymouth Dock 11 Sep 1811 departed with prisoners for Leith.

Torbay 16 Sep 1811 Remains.

Deal 23 Sep 1811 arrived from the westward, with French prisoners for Leith.

Deal 26 Sep 1811 departed with French prisoners for Leith.

Portsmouth 16 Oct 1811 arrived from the Downs.

Portsmouth 17 Nov 1811 departed for the Tagus.

15 Jan 1812 Endymion, and Leopard sighted two French frigates and brig and gave chase, but soon lost them.

Lisbon 10 Jan 1812 departed with a convoy.

Portsmouth 27 Jan 1812 arrived from Lisbon.

Portsmouth 20 Apr 1812 Went out of harbour.

Cove 15 May 1812 Is preparing to sail.

Portsmouth 13 Nov 1813 arrived from Lisbon.

Portsmouth 10 May 1814 departed with convoys for the coast of Africa, Brazils, the Cape of Good Hope, the East Indies, and British North America, via Cork.

30 Jun 1814 Hebrus arrived Halifax, from Cork, with a small convoy, having parted a few days previous with the Leopard, Diadem, and Diomede, with troops for Quebec.

23 Jul 1814, the schooner Bird arrives Halifax, 10 days from Quebec, with news of the loss of the Leopard and 4 transports on the island of Anticosti, with troops on board for Quebec, stating that all were saved, but were much in want of provisions.