Mashouda

The Mashouda or Meshuda was the Algerian fleet flagship of admiral Raïs Hamidou during the Second Barbary War.

Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr. of the United States Navy captured her in June 1815 at the Battle off Cape Gata.

[1][2] Lloyd's List reported that the Algerian frigate Mezoura, which had been under the command of the Algerine admiral, had arrived at Carthagena on 20 June 1815 as a prize to Decatur's squadron.

The newspaper also reported that Decatur's squadron had run another Spanish frigate onshore near Carthagena.

However, on 18 July 1815 the Algerines declared war on Spain so the Spanish government seized both her and the brig Estedio, which Decatur had captured at the Battle of Cape Palos.