HMS Bucephalus was a 32-gun
frigate launched at
Portsmouth on 3 November 1808. Bucephalus was present during the
Invasion of Java.[2][3] She was later reduced to 18-guns and converted into a
troopship at
Woolwich Dockyard in 1814.[1] She was part of a squadron that carried the advance guard of Major General Keane's army, which was moving to attack New Orleans, part of the
Gulf Campaign. Under the rules of prize-money, the troopship Bucephalus shared in the proceeds of the capture of the American vessels in the
Battle of Lake Borgne on 14 December 1814.[a][b]
Notes
^A first-class share of the prize money was worth
£34 12
s9+1⁄4d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 7s 10+3⁄4d.[4]