&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Levant_(1813);_Cyrus_(1813);_Medina_(1813);_Carron_(1813);_Cyrene_(1814);_Falmouth_(1814);_Hind_(1814);_Slaney_(1813);_Lee_(1814);_Spey_(1814);_Esk_(1813);_Leven_(1813);_Erne_(1813);_Larne_(1814);_Tay_(1813);_Bann_(1814)_J4372.jpg) Leven
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Leven |
| Ordered | 18 November 1812 |
| Builder | Jabez Bayley, Ipswich |
| Laid down | March 1813 |
| Launched | 23 December 1813 |
| Completed | By 5 March 1814 for ordinary |
| Reclassified | Hospital ship 1827, prison hulk 1830, receiving ship 1842 |
| Fate | Broken-up, July 1848 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Cyrus-class post ship |
| Tons burthen | 45677⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 29 ft 8+3⁄8 in (9.1 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 135 |
| Armament | 20 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns |
HMS Leven, was a 20-gun sixth-rate post ship (sometimes referred to as a sloop) of the Cyrus class, for the Royal Navy. She was built in Ipswich, and launched on 23 December 1813. She was notable as the survey ship that mapped large stretches of the coast of Africa in a voyage from 1821 to 1826, under the command of Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen. Leven Point near Cape Vidal in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is named after the ship.[2]
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 239.
- ^ Taylor, R. H. (February 1980). "Historical notes relating to the Lake St. Lucia area". saeis.saeon.ac.za. South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON). Retrieved 26 July 2023.