The HMS Leander and a British squadron caught sight of the American ships on March 11th and recaptured the Levant, but the Cyane escaped. It arrived at the North River on 10 April and anchored by the USS Constitution. It was later adjudicated as a prize of war (despite the peace treaty having been already ratified) by a prize court and purchased by the U.S. Navy and commissioned at the USS Cyane.
It served off the West Coast of Africa 1819-1820 and the West Indies 1820-1821. It protected the newly established Liberian colony (where American slaves were sent) and suppressed piracy and the slave trade.The Cyane then served in the Mediterranean 1825-1826 and then was at the Brazil Station 1826-1827.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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