HMS Liverpool (1758)

Acrylic on board depiction of Liverpool by William McDowell
History
RN EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Liverpool
Ordered3 September 1756
BuilderJohn Gorill & William Pownall, Liverpool
Laid down1 October 1756
Launched10 February 1758
CommissionedFebruary 1758
FateWrecked 1778
General characteristics
Class and typeCoventry-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen589 8594 bm
Length
  • 118 ft 4 in (gundeck)
  • 97 ft 7¼ in (keel)
Beam33 ft 8½ in
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200
Armament
  • Upperdeck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 3-pounder guns
  • 12 × swivel guns

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.