Acrylic on board depiction of Liverpool by William McDowell
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History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Liverpool |
Ordered | 3 September 1756 |
Builder | John Gorill & William Pownall, Liverpool |
Laid down | 1 October 1756 |
Launched | 10 February 1758 |
Commissioned | February 1758 |
Fate | Wrecked 1778 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 589 85⁄94 bm |
Length |
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Beam | 33 ft 8½ in |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 200 |
Armament |
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HMS Liverpool was a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1758, she saw active service in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. She was wrecked in Jamaica Bay, near New York, in 1778.