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Saturday, 20 September 2014

British 5th rate HMS Leda arrived at Calcuttea, British Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Java Government Gazette dated 23 March 1816

An item reported the arrival at Calcutta/Kedgeree, British Indies on 18th January of the British HMS Leda commodore Sayer.(1)

Note
1. 5th Rate, launched at the Woolwich dockyard, England on 9 November 1809, sold to be broken up in 1817, dimensions 145 x 38½ x ?, a 947 tons builders measurement and an armament of 36 guns.