HMS Curlew (1803)

HMS Curlew was the mercantile sloop Leander, launched at South Shields in 1800. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1803 and named her Curlew as there was already a HMS Leander in service, and the Curlew name was available. Curlew was a sloop of 16 guns. The Navy sold her in 1810 and she returned to mercantile service as Leander. On her first voyage to the West Indies a French privateer captured her in a single-ship action; she was lost shortly thereafter.

For other ships with the same name, see Leander (ship) and HMS Curlew.

History
Great Britain
NameLeander
NamesakeProtagonist in the story of Hero and Leander in Greek mythology
BuilderSimon Temple, Temple shipbuilders, South Shields
Launched1800
FateSold 1803
United Kingdom
NameHMS Curlew
Acquired1803 by purchase
FateSold 1810
United Kingdom
NameLeander
Acquired1810 by purchase
Captured1 November 1810
FateLost after capture
General characteristics
Tons burthen350, or 355 (bm)
Length
  • 98 ft 7 in (30.0 m) (overall)
  • 75 ft 7+1⁄2 in (23.1 m) (keel)
Beam29 ft 6 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement100
Armament
  • Originally
    • Upper deck: 8 × 24-pounder Gover guns + 8 × 24-pounder carronades
    • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1809: 10 × 18-pounder guns
  • Leander 1811:12 × 9-pounder guns
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