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	HMS Leopard (1790) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Leopard was a British 50-gun Ship-of-the-Line involved in the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair.
		She was built in 1775 at Portsmouth Dockyard and finally launched in 1790 from Sheerness.
		In 1812, the Leopard was converted to a troopship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Leopard_(1790) (246 words)

	HMS KINSHA (SS Pioneer) - Photographs and Info - Royal Navy gunboats in China
		SS Pioneer, the name of HMS Kinsha before she was purchased by the Royal Navy, had shown that she could navigate the waters from Ichang (through the gorges and rapids on the upper Yangtze) to Chungking, but the large width of the paddle wheels on each side of the ship made this a difficult task.
		Upon leaving, Lyne was given the leopard as a gift and it proceeded to freely roam HMS Kinsha as a mascot (along with a dog to which it paid little attention).
		As Archibald Little built the Pioneer (the name of HMS Kinsha before she was purchased by the Royal Navy), the article relates to the period in which steamships began to penetrate the upper Yangtse.
	www.hmsfalcon.com /kinsha/HMSKinsha.htm (1251 words)

	The Ships of Jack Aubrey - Two (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Rose, used to portray HMS Surprise in the film "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World".
		The Leopard was converted to a troopship in 1811 and was wrecked in fog in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1814.
		In The Ionian Mission Jack Aubrey is in the Mediterranean in command of HMS Worcester, a 74-gun ship-of-the-line.
	members.aol.com /batrnq/aubrey2.htm (1163 words)

	HMS Leopard Limited Edition(HMS Line): ModelShipShop.com
		HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE The HMS Leopard was made famous in the Patrick O’Brien novel “Desolation Island”, where Captain Jack Aubrey was assigned to rescue Governor Bligh of the famed “Mutiny on the Bounty”.
		In history, the HMS Leopard, is best known for the “Chesapeake-Leopard” affair of 1807 (which many saw as a prelude to the War of 1812).
		In 1812 the Leopard was converted to a troop ship and finally met her demise in 1814, by grounding in the Gulf of St Lawrence due to heavy fog.
	www.modelshipshop.com /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Store_Code=M&Screen=PROD&Product_Code=HMS-A0902-C (343 words)

	Allegory Wrestling, or Desolation Island Decoded
		As the Leopard finally turns north for the Cape, the Waakzaamheid reappears, blocking its path, and the Dutch captain opens fire as the chase wears on.
		The iceberg deals the Leopard a mortal blow, tearing the rudder off the rotten sternpost; the ordeal of pumping and fothering culminates in the flight of Grant and his malcontent party of Underworld elements in the boats, but the Leopard still floats, vindicating Aubrey.
		The voyage of the Leopard in Desolation Island is introduced as a conventional adventure, to assist Governor Bligh at Botany Bay and explore new lands.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~hfc/pob/aw.html (3443 words)

	HMS Leopard - Museum Quality Replica Ship
		The HMS Leopard was made famous in the Patrick O’Brien novel “Desolation Island”, where Captain Jack Aubrey was assigned to rescue Governor Bligh of the famed “Mutiny on the Bounty”.
		In history, the HMS Leopard, is best known for the “Chesapeake- Leopard” affair of 1807 (which many saw as a prelude to the War of 1812).
		Not letting himself be outwit, the HMS Leopard was prepared and fired three full broadsides on the Chesapeake.
	www.aurorahistoryboutique.com /ahb.cfm?a=GA00009 (315 words)

	History of Nova Scotia; Book.2; Part 5; Ch. 6. "The Years Leading Up To The War Of 1812." (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		13 The Leopard's claim to historical fame is when she, on June 22nd of 1807, stopped the American Frigate, Chesapeake on the high seas.
		July 1st: HMS Swiftsure, Milan, Ferret40, Martin [18 guns] and Harpy [18 guns] sail, for Portugal with the 7th Regiment on board, also the Ariel, a transport for England.
		October 2nd: HMS Regulus [44-gun, though apparently she came in, en flûte] and HMS Diadem [14-gun, also, en flûte] come in from Portsmouth with the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Regiment on board.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/NovaScotiaBk2/Part5/Ch06.htm (3692 words)

	Chesapeake
		On 22 June 1807 HMS Leopard forcibly took 4 seamen from the American frigate Chesapeake.
		This angered the American public, and the incident contributed to the tension leading to the WAR OF 1812.
		Britain gained a symbolic victory during the war when HMS Shannon captured the Chesapeake off Boston on 1 June 1813 and later towed her triumphantly into Halifax harbour.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001559 (114 words)

	HMS Victory Bow Section. Another HMS Victory model ship from Hand Crafted Model Ships.
		At the head of the British column, Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory, sailed directly into the center of the combined fleet to cut it in two, holding fire to conserve ammunition.
		HMS Victory slashed through the enemy's line of ships, taking great punishment, but leaving disaster in her wake.
		HMS Victory displaced over 3500 tons and measure 226 feet in length and 51 feet abeam.
	www.merchandisingzone.com /merchandisingzone/B5A66FDAB72FA9D96174.htm (559 words)

	HMS Tiger, Royal Navy Battlecruiser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Tiger was the last battlecruiser to have mixed firing for her boilers.
		HMS Tiger was so badly damaged at the battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915 that she was reported sunk by German propaganda.
		HMS Tiger came out of reserve between April 1926 and April 1931 and after another spell in reserve was scrapped in 1932.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /tiger.htm (1777 words)

	Leopard (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Leopard, name of several Royal Navy ships
		The Leopard is a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leopard_(disambiguation) (95 words)

	chesleop.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The British admiralty upon hearing of the location of the French ships ordered the HMS Leopard (50 guns) to proceed to the Virginia coast and attempt to engage and destroy the French ships upon their departure.
		As the Chesapeake was leaving the bay, the HMS Leopard hailed her and Commodore Barron, extending Naval courtesy, stopped his ship and allowed the British to come on board.
		Upon the return of the officers to the HMS Leopard, the Leopard immediately unleashed a broad side into the unsuspecting Chesapeake.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Oracle/3750/chesleop.htm (529 words)

	The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair - Norfolk Highlights - Chapter 30
		Catching sight of the Chesapeake, one of the British vessels, the HMS Leopard, weighed anchor and followed her.
		Seeing that the Leopard's gunports were open and her guns were run out, Barron and his officers made a frantic effort to prepare the Chesapeake for resistance, but they were hindered by the unprepared condition of the vessel's armament.
		The Leopard then blazed away at the Chesapeake for fifteen minutes, killing three men and wounding eighteen before Barron struck his colors.
	www.norfolkhistorical.org /highlights/30.html (659 words)

	Armchair General Magazine: Interactive Military History
		Unfortunately for the fledgling US Navy, USS Chesapeake would prove to be a rather fated vessel, and on the 22nd of June 1807, she found herself on the wrong end of a brief engagement with the British warship HMS Leopard, a ship-of-the-line mounting 50 guns.
		HMS Leopard had been tailing the smaller vessel since the previous day, but when the Chesapeake’s Captain refused to allow the British to search for deserters amongst his ranks, the British warship opened fire, severely damaging the Chesapeake and forcing her to return to port for repairs.
		Alas, Chesapeake’s bad luck returned to haunt her and it was on the 1st of June 1813 that she encountered HMS Shannon, a British Frigate of comparable size, off of Cape Ann.
	www.armchairgeneral.com /articles.php?p=2340&page=1 (799 words)

	Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean
		HMS Milford visited on March 29th, 1938: Tristan and Gough Island (230 miles south east of Tristan) were proclaimed dependencies of St Helena by Orders in Council of the British Government.
		The island was given the title HMS Atlantic Isle, and Dunottar Castle, carrying the servicemen to man the station arrived on April 5th, 1942.
		The Administrator, Peter Wheeler evacuated the islanders to the Potato Patches, whilst HMS Leopard was dispatched from the Cape on Tuesday, 10th October, 1961.
	www.btinternet.com /~sa_sa/tristan_da_cunha/tristan_history_2.html (2425 words)

	HMS Surprise model ship from Master and Commander. Replica ship model of the HMS Surprise
		The HMS Surprise was made famous in the Master and Commander movie and our replica is based on our own reasearch of the actual HMS Surprise.
		The HMS Surprise was made famous by Patrick O’Brian, in his books on the adventures of Captain Aubrey and the surgeon Maturin, and in the movie Master and Commander.
		She was re-armed and classed as a 28-gun ship (actually had 24 32lb carronades on her main deck, 8 32 lb carronades on her quarter deck, and 4 6 lb long guns on her foredeck).
	www.handcraftedmodelships.com /hms-surprise-model-ship.php?HCMS=9912f9b942e1c4c6aacff8ed7195f3c5 (525 words)

	People
		Sir Thomas Adams was in command of HMS Niger in Newfoundland waters during 1765 and 1766.
		Brathwaite was also in command of HMS Shannon (1761-1763), HMS Gibraltar (1766-1767 in Newfoundland waters) and HMS Liverpool (1767-1768, again in Newfoundland waters).In 1790, Brathwaite became a rear admiral of the white and rose eventually to become admiral of the white in 1801.
		In 1762, Charles Douglas was in charge of HMS Syren in the approaches to the Gulf of St. Lawrence when he was alerted to the French attack on St. John's, the capital of Newfoundland.
	pages.quicksilver.net.nz /jcr/people (4058 words)

	G. T. Falcon
		He entered the Royal Navy in 1794 and within three years took part in the battle of Camperdown on board the flagship of Admiral Duncan, HMS Venerable.
		On the 20th February 1815 whilst in command of HMS Cyane he joined battle with U.S.S. Constitution.
		A battle which Cyane together with HMS Levant would lose making Gordon Falcon a prisoner of war, though not for long as peace had already been declared.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /johnson.nick/armed_forces/royal_navy/gt_falcon.htm (229 words)

	Useful Links - Royal Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The aim of this "old-school" Association is to bring together those who spent some or most of their formative years in HMS Fisgard, or in the Fisgard Squadron, institutions which bear the only name that has an unbroken history of being exclusively used fo...
		The H.M.S. SOLEBAY Association was formed to provide former shipmates from all commissions the opportunity to keep in touch, and to meet....
		HMS Warrior, the pride of Queen Victoria, on display in Portsmouth, England....
	www.comradesandcolleagues.com /links/royalnavy.html (2549 words)

	Desolation Island, by Patrick O'Brian
		First, the Leopard had already been introduced in the previous book as one of the ships that had taken part in the Mauritius Campaign, even then being referred to as "the horrible old Leopard." The other bits of Leopard history are fairly accurate as stated.
		Leopards and tigers were often used as metaphors for certain women in the canon.
		Two were aboard the Leopard at this very moment, the one a monoglot Finn and the other a harsh, deeply stupid man called Bolton; the Finn said nothing, but Bolton conceived a mortal jealousy of Herapath, and spoke of his foolhardy presumption, infamous character, and contemptible physique in very shocking terms.
	jfinnera.www1.50megs.com /Desolation.htm (17290 words)

	Chesapeake info sheet
		On June 22 1807 off the coast of Maryland, a British sloop, HMS Leopard with 50 guns, commanded by Captain Humphries, fired upon an American naval vessel, the Chesapeake of 36 guns under the command of Captain Barron.
		Four American born seamen from his ship were taken to the Leopard under claims that three of them were deserters from the British frigate HMS Melampus.
		HMS Shannon was purposely looking and equipped for attacking a "Yankee" ship.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_Chesapeake.htm (357 words)

	Navy News - Young Readers Club - News & Features - Feature - Bond Is Back (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Naval establishment HMS Excellent on Whale Island in Portsmouth has a long history that involves all sorts of animals.
		There used to be an HMS Leopard and an HMS Tiger to name but two.
		The llama lived on board HMS Warspite, and had been given to the ship by a foreign captain whose life the llama had saved.
	www.navynews.co.uk /youngreaders/yr_features/animals.asp (202 words)

	Amazon.com: Desolation Island (Aubrey-Maturin (Audio)): Books: Patrick O'Brian,Patrick Tull (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The description of the "horrible old Leopard" racing thru towering seas desperately trying to stay ahead of "the bloody minded" Waakzamheid is guaranteed to make your pulse beat faster and your head shake in wonderment as you visualise it.
		As Aubrey commands the HMS Leopard, a decrepit old ship of the line, he is pursued by a larger, more heavily armed and fully manned Dutch ship of the line - the Waakzamheid.
		Captain Aubrey, given command of the 50-gun HMS Leopard (a poor example of a weak and declining class of ships) is ordered to the penal colony on Australia, there to deal with certain difficulties faced by Captain Bligh (of HMS Bounty fame).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1402502249?v=glance (1967 words)

	USS Chesapeake
		As tension mounted over violations of American neutrality and the practice of impressment of American seamen by the British, Chesapeake was prepared for patrol and convoy duty, and late in June 1807 stood out of Hampton Roads, passing a British squadron operating in the area to intercept French ships then at Annapolis.
		One of the squadron, HMS Leopard, followed Chesapeaketo sea, and on 22 June, when Chesapeake's captain properly refused to allow search for British deserters, Leopard fired on the unready Chesapeake, killing three men, wounding 18, including the captain, damaging the ship severely, and carried off four men.
		With the outbreak of the War of 1812, for which Chesapeake's encounter with Leopard was one of a number of emotional preparations, Chesapeake was outfitted at Boston for a lengthy Atlantic cruise.
	www.multied.com /Navy/Brigatines/Chesapeake.html (490 words)

	Tall-Ships 2 Gallery of Handcrafted Model Ships Gallery Shop
		Two years later she met and defeated HMS Guerriere, the first in a grand succession of victories in the War of 1812.
		She rests here today as an enduring symbol of the document for which she is named and of America's determination to defend the republic she so long protected.
		At the head of the British column, Nelson's flagship, the HMS Victory, sailed directly into the center of the Napoleon-led fleet to cut it in two.
	www.chrisdixonstudios.com /hms-modelships/hms-Tall-Ships2.htm (3190 words)

	Nautical terms and Phrses
		In 1807, when the captain of United States frigate Chesapeake refused to permit officers of HMS Leopard to search her for deserters from the Royal Navy, Leopard ranged along side Chesapeake and fired into her for ten minutes until Chesapeake struck her colors as a token of surrender.
		Captain David Porter, USN, of U.S. frigate Essex reported the capture of HM brig Alert on 13 August 1812 in these words: "He avoided the dreadful consequences that our broad side would in a few moments have produced by prudentially striking his colours." The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History, Vol.
		Badly damaged and sinking, Peacock, as a sign of surrender, lowered her ensign, and as an additional sign of distress, hoisted an ensign union down from the fore rigging.
	www.history.navy.mil /trivia/trivia03-1.htm (1226 words)

	Chesapeake (I) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One of the squadron, HMS Leopard followed Chesapeake to sea, and on 22 June, when Chesapeake 's captain properly refused to allow search for British deserters, Leopard fired on the unready Chesapeake, killing three men, wounding 18, including the captain, damaging the ship severely, and carried off four men.
		With the outbreak of the War of 1812, for which Chesapeake 's encounter with Leopard was one of a number of emotional preparations, Chesapeake was outfitted at Boston for a lengthy Atlantic cruise.
		With a new untrained crew, Lawrence courageously but unwisely engaged Shannon, and suffered the misfortune of having Chesapeake 's rigging cut away in the early exchange of broadsides in such a manner that she lost maneuverability.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/frigates/chesapea.htm (493 words)

	Amazon Class Type 21 Frigates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Two of the class were lost during the Falklands war HMS Antelope Sunk 24th May 1982 after being hit by bombs on the 23rd.
		she blew up while a explosive expert was defusing a unexploded bomb and HMS Ardent Sunk by air rockets and was badly damaged only to sink a few hours later 22nd May 1982, The rest of the class were later sold to Pakistan.
		Type 21 frigate HMS Ambuscade (F172) is shown passing the swing bridge as she enters Taranto Harbour.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /amazon_class.htm (1246 words)

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