HMS Crescent (1779)

Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) of the Crescent
History
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
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type	28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Displacement	850 tons (French)
Tons burthen	61129⁄94 (bm)
Length	120 ft 8 in (36.78 m) (overall) 99 ft 5 in (30.30 m) (keel)
Beam	34 ft 0 in (10.4 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft (3.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	British service: 200 officers and men French service: 130 (peace & 210 (war)
Armament	British service Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 18-pounder carronades Also:12 × swivel guns French service Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns Spar deck: 4 × 3-pounder guns; after 1784 2 × 6-pounder guns (French)

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.