took four more vessels: American ship Diana, sailing from Vera Cruz to New York, with cochineal and sugar; English schooner Flora, sailing from Vera Cruz with specie; Spanish schooner Bella Johannah, sailing from Campeachy to Porto Cavello with Mahogany; American brig Leopard, sailing from Boston to Havana with iron. Captain John Perkins was made post-captain in Meleager in 1800 on the Jamaica station but less than a year later, in 1801, she came under the command of Thomas Bladen Capel. Fate On 9 June 1801 Capel and Meleager were cruising Bahia del Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico when just before midnight lookouts spotted breakers ahead. Even though the helmsman tried to turn her, Meleager ran hard onto a reef. Despite their best efforts, the crew could neither pull Meleager off the reef nor could the pumps keep up with the water coming in. The crew put provisions in the boats and then abandoned ship before she sank. The boats sailed to Vera Cruz. Here, in mid-July, picked the crew up. The subsequent court martial ruled that the wreck was due to the charts on Meleager being greatly in error with respect to the location of the Triangles Shoal on which she had run aground. Citations and references Citations References Frigates of the Royal Navy Ships built on the River Medway Maritime incidents in 1801 Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico 1785 ships