HMS Leopard was a 4-gun gun-vessel, formerly a Dutch hoy, purchased in February 1794.

She was fitted out at Deptford between April and 13 May, and commissioned under Lieutenant Benjamin Maitland.

Lieutenant Benjamin Rose recommissioned her in June.

[1] Although some records indicate that Leopard was broken up a Sheerness in April 1795, that appears to be in contradiction both with Lieutenant Ross's appointment to her, and other records that indicate that the Navy used her as a pitch boat from 1796 before selling her in 1808.

The Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy offered the "pitch boat Leopard" for sale on 6 October 1808.