HMS Crescent (1779)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Crescent.
HMS Crescent was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Crescent was launched in 1779. The French captured her in 1781. She was wrecked in 1786.
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Crescent |
Ordered | 19 July 1777 |
Builder | James Martin Hillhouse, Bristol |
Laid down | 19 August 1777 |
Launched | March 1779 |
Completed | 30 June 1779 (at Plymouth Dockyard) |
Commissioned | September 1779 |
Fate | Captured by a French frigate 20 June 1781 |
France | |
Name | Crescent |
Acquired | 1781 by capture |
Fate | Wrecked, January 1786 |
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Class and type | 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate |
Displacement | 850 tons (French) |
Tons burthen | 61129⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 34 ft 0 in (10.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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