HMS Pelican (1777)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Pelican.

Pelican
History
Royal Navy Ensign (1707 - 1801)Great Britain
NameHMS Pelican
Ordered24 July 1776
Awarded6 August 1776
BuilderAdams & Barnard, Grove Street Shipyard, Deptford
Laid downAugust 1776
Launched24 April 1777
CommissionedMay 1777
FateWrecked off Jamaica in August 1781
General characteristics [1]
Class and type24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen520 (bm)
Length
  • 114 ft 5 in (34.87 m) (overall)
  • 94 ft 6 in (28.80 m) (keel)
Beam32 ft 2 in (9.80 m)
Draught
  • 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
  • 11 ft (3.4 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 3+1⁄2 in (3.137 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement160
Armament
  • As built:
  • Upper deck: 22 × 9-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Pelican was a 24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy built in 1777 and wrecked in 1781.

  1. ^ Winfield (2007), pp. 1256–7.