Capture of H.M. Ships Cyane & Levant | Lithograph by James Queen after a painting by Thomas Birch | 1815 Size:A4 Landscape Other sources believe that she

Other sources believe that she was wrecked on the rocks of Pedra Branca off the coast of Singapore whilst carrying a cargo of opium to the value of 557

The capture of HMS Cyane and HMS Levant was an action which took place at the end of the Anglo / US portion of the War of 1812

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Capture of H.M. Ships Cyane & Levant | Lithograph by James Queen after a painting by Thomas Birch | 1815 Size:A4 Landscape Other sources believe that sheThe capture of HMS Cyane and HMS Levant was an action which took place at the end of the Anglo US portion of the War of 1812. The two British warships HMS Cyane and HMS Levant fought USS Constitution on 20 February 1815, about 100 miles east of Madeira. Following exchanges of broadsides and musket fire, both Cyane and Levant surrendered. The war had actually finished a few days before the action with the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent by both