The
Statira was commissioned under
Captain Robert Howe Bromley. From December 1808, Captain Charles William Boys was her commanding officer. In company with , the 16 gun
La Mouche was taken off
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Volant Vashon Ballard, who was superseded in 1811 by Captain Hassard Stackpole. In company with ,
Statira captured the American privateer
Buckskin off
Cape Sable on 11 August 1812. In January 1813, the
Statira, in the company of
Colibri and headed to Long Island Sound, subsequently commencing a coastal blockade of the Chesapeake. Her boats, with those from the ,
Maidstone and captured the American 6-gun
privateer Lottery in
Chesapeake Bay on 8 February 1813. The
Statira,
Belvidera and
Morgiana controlled access to the
Delaware during the Autumn 1813 blockade. From April 1814, she was commanded by Captain Spelman Swaine whilst at
Jamaica. On 1 November 1814, General
Edward Pakenham, Major General
Samuel Gibbs and Lieutenant Colonel
Alexander Dickson embarked at
Spithead and set sail for North America. Three days after setting sail, Swaine opened his sealed orders, and announced his destination was Jamaica. Pakenham's assistant adjutant general, Major
Harry Smith, commented the
Statira was 'a noble frigate... [with] a full complement of men.' 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. On 13 December, the
Statira arrived at
Negril Point. On 24 December, the
Statira joined Cochrane's fleet moored off
Cat Island, and Pakenham disembarked to assume command. 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. The
Statira was wrecked on a rock off
Inagua (Heneagua) to the north of
Cuba on 26 February 1815. The Statira Shoal, just southeast of Great Inagua, is named after where the ship wrecked. ==Citations==