HMS Leander (1848)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Leander.

H.M.S. Leander, 50 guns, appointed to convey the Royal Commissioners to the Exhibition at New York, artist and engraver Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Leander
BuilderHMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Laid down4 July 1843
LaunchedFloated out 8 March 1848
Christened8 March 1848
Commissioned28 September 1849
Decommissioned17 November 1866
In service1848?
Out of service1867
Reclassified26 February 1861 as steam frigate
Refit21 January 1860 for conversion to screw propulsion
Stricken17 November 1866
Honours and
awards		Crimean War
FateSold to Castle & Beech April 1867 for BU at Charlton, Kent
General characteristics
Class and type50-gun fourth rate
TypeFrigate
Tons burthen
  • 1,98710⁄94 bm as Sailing Frigate
  • 3,53910⁄94 bm as Screw Frigate
Length
  • 181 feet (55 m) (gundeck) as Sailing Frigate
  • 241 feet (73 m) (gundeck) as Screw Frigate
Beam16 feet (4.9 m)
Installed power400 ihp.
Propulsionsail then sail & Steam
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Speed9.703 knots under steam power
Crew525 as Screw Frigate
Armament50 guns as Sailing Frigate and 51 guns as Screw Frigate

HMS Leander was a 50-gun frigate (rated in the fourth rate) of the Royal Navy which saw service in the Crimean War.

Leander operated from 1849 to 1856 as a sailing frigate. She served as flagship for Rear-Admiral Charles Howe Fremantle in the Black Sea during the Crimean War, from 6 January 1855 to 23 September 1856. She was then refitted and recommissioned on 16 February 1861 as a steam-powered screw frigate. From 23 May 1863 to 16 June 1866 she was the flagship of the Pacific Station Southern Division based out of Valparaíso, Chile before returning to Britain on 17 November 1866 and being broken up in 1867.[1][2]

  1. ^ William Loney RN
  2. ^ Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817-1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Casemate. ISBN 978-1-84832-169-4.