HMS ''Bucephalus'' was a 32-gun

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launched at

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on 3 November 1808. ''Bucephalus'' was present during the Invasion of Java. She was later reduced to 18-guns and converted into a

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in 1814.Winfield, ''British Warships'', p.414. She was part of a squadron that carried the advance guard of Major General Keane's army, which was moving to attack New Orleans. At the end of 1814, ''Bucephalus'' took part in the Gulf Campaign, where her crew participated as boarding parties in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bucephalus (1808) Troop ships of the United Kingdom 1808 ships Fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy War of 1812 ships of the United Kingdom