HMS Bucephalus (1808)

HMS Bucephalus was a 32-gun frigate launched at Portsmouth on 3 November 1808. Bucephalus was present during the Invasion of Java.[2][3] She was later reduced to 18-guns and converted into a troopship at Woolwich Dockyard in 1814.[1] She was part of a squadron that carried the advance guard of Major General Keane's army, which was moving to attack New Orleans, part of the Gulf Campaign. Under the rules of prize-money, the troopship Bucephalus shared in the proceeds of the capture of the American vessels in the Battle of Lake Borgne on 14 December 1814.[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Bucephalus
Ordered19 May 1805
BuilderWilliam Rowe, Newcastle
Laid downAugust 1806
Launched3 November 1808
Completed17 June 1809
CommissionedMarch 1809
FateBroken up September 1834
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen975 61⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)
  • 126 ft 6+1⁄8 in (38.6 m) (keel)
Beam38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 1 in (3.7 m)
Complement254
Armament
  • Gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 10 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades

Notes
  1. A first-class share of the prize money was worth £34 12s 9+1⁄4d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 7s 10+3⁄4d.[4]
  2. 'Notice is hereby given to the officers and companies of His Majesty's ships Aetna, Alceste, Anaconda, Armide, Asia, Bedford, Belle Poule, Borer, Bucephalus, Calliope, Carron, Cydnus, Dictator, Diomede, Dover, Fox, Gorgon, Herald, Hydra, Meteor, Norge, Nymphe, Pigmy, Ramillies, Royal Oak, Seahorse, Shelburne, Sophie, Thames, Thistle, Tonnant, Trave, Volcano, and Weser, that they will be paid their respective proportions of prize money.'

Citations
  1. Winfield, British Warships, p.414.
  2. "Bucephalus, 1808". Naval Database. Roots Web. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. "log book, Indian or East Indian waters". Retrieved 5 August 2021 – via National Archives.
  4. "No. 17730". The London Gazette. 28 July 1821. p. 1561.

References
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. London: Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
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