HMS Lee (1814)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Lee.

Lee
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Lee
Ordered	18 November 1812
Builder	Josiah and Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury, Kent
Laid down	March 1813
Launched	24 January 1814
Commissioned	January 1815
Fate	Broken up in May 1822
General characteristics
Class & type	20-gun Cyrus-class sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen	462 73⁄94 (bm)
Length	115 ft 7 in (35.2 m) (gundeck) 96 ft 11+1⁄2 in (29.6 m) (keel)
Beam	29 ft 11+1⁄2 in (9.1 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	135
Armament	20 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

HMS Lee was a 20-gun Cyrus-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy built in 1814 by Josiah and Thomas Brindley, nephews to Lord Nelson, at one of their three yards in Frindsbury in Kent.

The Lee was first commissioned in January 1815 under Captain James Bremer. Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, in August 1815 Captain John Pasco was given command of HMS Lee and was employed in the English Channel for the suppression of smuggling. He remained her captain until Lee was paid off in September 1818. Lee was retained in ordinary for another four years before she was sold for breaking up in May 1822.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC   67375475.
• Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. 2nd edition, Seaforth Publishing, 2008. ISBN   978-1-84415-717-4.

External links

• Media related to HMS Lee (ship, 1814) at Wikimedia Commons