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HMS ''Leander'' was a 4th Rate Frigate of 60 guns of the Royal Navy , launched on 10 November 1813 .

In the War Of 1812 she took part in the Battle Of Fort Henry .

In the Second Barbary War she was in Admiral Edward Pellew 's force that Bombarded Algiers in 1816 and forced the Dey to free the Christian slaves in Algiers. About 125 of ''Leander'''s crew were killed or wounded by the heavy fire from the shore batteries.