HMS Lively (1756)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Lively.
HMS Lively was a 20-gun post ship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1756.[1] During the Seven Years' War she captured several vessels, most notably the French corvette Valeur in 1760. She then served during the American Revolutionary War, where she helped initiate the Battle of Bunker Hill. The French captured her in 1778, but the British recaptured her in 1781. She was sold in 1784.
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Lively |
Ordered | 20 May 1755 |
Builder | Moody Janverin, Bursledon, Hampshire |
Laid down | c. June 1755 |
Launched | 10 August 1756 |
Commissioned | August 1756 |
Decommissioned | August 1781 |
Captured | 10 July 1778 |
France | |
Acquired | 10 July 1778 |
Captured | 29 July 1781 |
Great Britain | |
Acquired | 29 July 1781 |
Fate | Sold 11 March 1784 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 43864⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 30 ft 5+1⁄4 in (9.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 9 ft 8 in (2.9 m) |
Complement | 160 officers and men |
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