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HMS Leander (1780) (1st)
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This the first ship to carry the name HMS Leander was a fourth
rate, 52-gun, ship. Built at Chatham Dockyard, launched 01-Jul-1780, 146ft long, 40ft 6in wide and of 1,044 tons. Captured 17-Aug-1798, by the French ship Genereux. Captured 03-Mar-1799 by the Russians at Corfu and returned to the Royal Navy. Renamed HMS Hygeia and used as a hospital ship from 1813. Sold 14-Apr-1817. Won the Battle Honour: Nile 1798.
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