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{{Short description|Lively-class frigate of the Royal Navy}}
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|Ship name= HMS ''Statira''
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|Ship class= {{sclass|Lively|frigate}}
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|Ship tons burthen= 1,084{{small|{{frac|81|94}}}} tons [[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]]
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* [[Forecastle|FC]]: 2 × 9-pounder [[Naval long gun|guns]] + 2 × 32-pounder [[carronade]]s
* [[Quarterdeck|QD]]: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 12 × 32-pounder carronades
* [[Deck (ship)#Upper deck|UD]]: 28 × 18-pounder guns

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'''HMS ''Statira''''' was a {{sclass|Lively|frigate|0}} [[fifth-rate]] 38-gun [[sailing frigate]] of the British Royal Navy, built during the [[Napoleonic Wars]].

==Construction==
The sixteen ships of the ''Lively'' class were based on a design dating from 1799 by William Rule, the Surveyor of the Navy, and were probably the most successful British frigate design of the time.{{sfn|Winfield|2008|p=170}}

==Service history==
The ''Statira'' was commissioned under [[Sir Robert Howe Bromley, 3rd Baronet|Captain Robert Howe Bromley]]. From December 1808, Captain Charles William Boys was her commanding officer. In company with {{HMS|Amelia|1796|2}}, the 16 gun ''La Mouche'' was taken off [[Santander, Spain|Santander]] on 10 June 1809. She was present during the [[Walcheren Campaign]] later in the year. On 3 October 1809, ''Statira'' sailed for the [[Leeward Islands]]. Captain Boys died in November 1809, and was succeeded by Captain [[Volant Vashon Ballard]], who was superseded in 1811 by Captain Hassard Stackpole.{{sfn|Winfield|2008|p=171}}

In company with {{HMS|Colibri|1809|2}}, ''Statira'' captured the American privateer ''Buckskin'' off [[Cape Sable]] on 11 August 1812. {{sfn|Winfield|2008|p=171}} In January 1813, the ''Statira'', in the company of ''Colibri'' and {{HMS|Dragon|1798|2}} headed to Long Island Sound, subsequently commencing a coastal blockade of the Chesapeake.{{sfn|Lambert|2012|pp=261-262}} Her boats, with those from the {{HMS|Belvidera|1809|2}}, ''Maidstone'' and {{HMS|Junon|1810|2}} captured the American 6-gun [[privateer]] ''Lottery'' in [[Chesapeake Bay]] on 8 February 1813.{{sfn|Winfield|2008|p=171}} The ''Statira'', ''Belvidera'' and ''Morgiana'' controlled access to the [[Delaware]] during the Autumn 1813 blockade.{{sfn|Lambert|2012|pp=120-121}}{{sfn|Maclay|2010|pp=464, 466.}} From April 1814, she was commanded by Captain Spelman Swaine whilst at [[Jamaica]].{{sfn|Winfield|2008|p=171}}

On 1 November 1814, General [[Edward Pakenham]], Major General [[Samuel Gibbs (officer)|Samuel Gibbs]] and Lieutenant Colonel [[Alexander Dickson (British Army officer)|Alexander Dickson]] embarked at [[Spithead]] and set sail for North America.{{sfn|Reilly|1976|p=216}} Three days after setting sail, Swaine opened his sealed orders, and announced his destination was Jamaica.{{sfn|Reilly|1976|p=219}} Pakenham's assistant adjutant general, Major [[Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet|Harry Smith]], commented the ''Statira'' was 'a noble frigate... [with] a full complement of men.'{{sfn|Smith|1903|p=228}} It is asserted that the captain's seamanship and navigation were lacking and that the delay in arrival was ten days later than it should have been.{{sfn|Brown|1969|p=16}} On 13 December, the ''Statira'' arrived at [[Negril Point]].{{sfn|Reilly|1976|p=220}} On 24 December, the ''Statira'' joined Cochrane's fleet moored off [[Cat Island (Mississippi)|Cat Island]], and Pakenham disembarked to assume command.{{sfn|Reilly|1976|p=261}} On 6 January 1815, a boat from the ''Statira'' overturned on [[Lake Borgne]]. Seventeen fusiliers with [[round shot]] in their knapsacks were drowned in the shallow waters.{{sfn|Reilly|1976|p=286}}

The ''Statira'' was wrecked on a rock off [[Cuba]] on 26 February 1815.{{sfn|Winfield|2008|p=171}}

==Citations==
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==References==
* {{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Wilburt S |author-link=Wilburt S. Brown |title=The Amphibious Campaign for West Florida and Louisiana, 1814–1815 |year=1969 |publisher=University of Alabama Press |location=Tuscaloosa |isbn=0-8173-5100-0 }}
* {{Cite book |last=Lambert |first=Andrew |title=The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812 |year=2012 |publisher=Faber and Faber |location=London |isbn=978-0-571-27319-5 }}
* {{Cite book |last=Maclay |first=Edgar Stanton  |orig-year=1899 |year=2010 |title=A History of American Privateers |publisher=Fireship Press |location=Tucson, AZ |isbn=978-1-61-179028-3}}
* {{cite RNB1823 | ref=CITEREFSwaineRNB |wstitle=Swaine, Spelman |volume=supplement |part=2 |page=81}}
* {{Cite book |last=Reilly |first=Robin |orig-year=1974 |year=1976 |title=The British at the gates – the New Orleans campaign in the War of 1812 |location=London |publisher=Cassell |oclc=839952 }}
* {{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Harry |year=1903 |title=The autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith : Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G.C.B. |others=edited, with the addition of some supplementary chapters, by G.C. Moore Smith. |publisher=John Murray |location=London |oclc=4960058 |via=University of Pennsylvania |url=https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/hsmith/autobiography/orleans.html |access-date=21 January 2022 |archive-date=24 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124055326/https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/hsmith/autobiography/orleans.html |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite book |first=Rif|last=Winfield|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|location=Barnsley |publisher=Seaforth Publishing|year=2008|isbn=978-1-84415-717-4}}

==External links==
* [http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/genealogy/18-1900/S/04424.html Compilation of newspaper entries for HMS Statira by the late Paul Benyon]

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