HMS ''Bucephalus'' was a 32-gun
frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and maneuvera ...
launched at
Portsmouth
Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...
on 3 November 1808. ''Bucephalus'' was present during the
Invasion of Java.
She was later reduced to 18-guns and converted into a
troopship
A troopship (also troop ship or troop transport or trooper) is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime. Troopships were often drafted from commercial shipping fleets, and were unable to land troops directly on shore, typic ...
at
Woolwich Dockyard
Woolwich Dockyard (formally H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich, also known as The King's Yard, Woolwich) was an English Royal Navy Dockyard, naval dockyard along the river Thames at Woolwich - originally in north-west Kent, now in southeast London - whe ...
in 1814.
[Winfield, ''British Warships'', p.414.] 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
The Battle of Lake Borgne was a coastal engagement between the Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy in the American South theatre of the War of 1812. It occurred on December 14, 1814 on Lake Borgne. The British victory allowed them to disembark their tro ...
on 14 December 1814.
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Troop ships of the United Kingdom
1808 ships
Fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy
War of 1812 ships of the United Kingdom