HMS Perseverance (1781)

Perseverance
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Perseverance
Ordered	3 December 1779
Builder	John Randall & Co
Cost	£11,544.15.2d
Laid down	August 1780
Launched	10 April 1781
Completed	3 June 1781
General characteristics
Class and type	Perseverance
Type	Fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	871 42⁄94 (bm)
Length	137 ft 0 in (41.76 m) (gundeck) 113 ft 4.25 in (34.5504 m) (keel)
Beam	38 ft 0 in (11.58 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 5 in (4.09 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	36 guns

HMS Perseverance was a 36-gun Perseverance-class frigate of the British Royal Navy. She served on the North American station until 1787, after which she returned to England, where she was refitted at Portsmouth. In 1789 Perseverance was sent to the East Indies; she returned to Portsmouth in 1793, when she was laid up before finishing her career there as a receiving ship. She was sold and broken up in May 1823.