HMS Levant (1813)
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HMS Levant was a 20-gun Cyrus-class sixth rate of the Royal Navy built by William Courtney, of Chester. She was captured by USS Constitution on 20 February 1815 during War of 1812. Levant was recaptur
Levant
A lithograph showing the capture of Cyane and Levant by Constitution
HMS Cyane (1806)
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HMS Cyane was a Royal Navy Banterer-class sixth-rate post ship of nominally 22 guns, built in 1806 at Topsham, near Exeter, England. She was ordered in January 1805 as HMS Columbine but renamed Cyane
HMS Levant (1813)
…Douglas on 28 April 1814. Under Douglas, Levant travelled from England to Quebec and then to Gibraltar. While escorting two British convoys together with HMS Cyane, a Banterer-class sixth-rate vessel, the two warships were attacked by USS Constitution under Captain Charles Stewart on 20 February 1815. Although…
HMS Cyane from stern