HMS Statira was a Lively-class fifth-rate 38-gun sailing frigate of the British Royal Navy, built during the Napoleonic Wars.
[1] In January 1813, the Statira, in the company of Colibri and Dragon headed to Long Island Sound, subsequently commencing a coastal blockade of the Chesapeake.
[3] Her boats, with those from the Belvidera, Maidstone and Junon captured the American 6-gun privateer Lottery in Chesapeake Bay on 8 February 1813.
[7] Pakenham's assistant adjutant general, Major Harry Smith, commented the Statira was 'a noble frigate... [with] a full complement of men.
[10] On 24 December, the Statira joined Cochrane's fleet moored off Cat Island, and Pakenham disembarked to assume command.