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History
United Kingdom
Builder	Quebec
Launched	1805
Fate	Last listed in 1816
General characteristics
Tons burthen	224, or 227 (bm)
Length	88 ft (27 m)
Beam	24 ft (7.3 m)

Leeds was launched in Quebec in 1805 and transferred her registry to the United Kingdom that year. She may have been captured in 1809, but if so, she returned to British ownership. She was last listed in 1816.

Career

Leeds first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1806.

On 16 November 1807 Leeds was returning to London from Petersburg when she got on shore on the Middle Ground. HMS Quail and boats from Vanguard were able to get Leeds off after she had been stuck for 36 hours.

Lloyds List (LL) reported that on 29 December 1809, that a French privateer had captured Leeds, Smith, master, as Leeds was sailing from Rio Janeiro to Malta. The privateer, pierced for 12 guns but mounting five, and 120 men, carried her prize to Algiers.

However, on 2 November 1810 LL reported that Leeds, Smith, master, from Rio de Janeiro, had gone on shore at Liverpool on 30 October. It was feared that the cargo had suffered material damage. It is currently not clear whether earlier report of a capture was incorrect, or whether Leeds had come into British hands by recapture or ransom.

Fate

Leeds was last listed in 1816.

Citations

1. ^ Library and Archives Canada, Ship Registrations 1787-1966, Item: 39181: LEEDS.
2. ^ LR (1806), Supple. pages "L", Seq.No.L11.
3. ^ Marcil (1995), p. 368.
4. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4269. 8 December 1807.
5. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4441. 16 March 1810.
6. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4507. 2 November 1810.

References

• Marcil, Eileen Reed (1995). The Charley-Man: a history of wooden shipbuilding at Quebec 1763-1893. Kingston, Ontario: Quarry. ISBN 1-55082-093-1.

• 1805 ships
• Ships built in Quebec City
• Captured ships
• Age of Sail merchant ships of England