HMS Gibraltar (1779)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Gibraltar
Acquired	1779 by purchase of an American prize
Fate	Captured 1781
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen	85 (bm)
Length	63 ft 0 in (19.2 m) oa 54 ft 0 in (16.5 m) keel
Beam	21 ft 0 in (6.4 m)
Depth of hold	7 ft 6 in (2.3 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	45
Armament	10 × 3-pounder guns

HMS Gibraltar was a Royal Navy brig, formerly the American brig Virginia. The Royal Navy acquired Gibraltar in 1779 and in May commissioned her under Lieutenant Almerick Brown. The Spanish captured her in the Mediterranean in 1781 and named her San Salvador.