HMS Proserpine (1777)

	The Proserpine Frigate Lost March 1799 off Neuwerk Island in the Elbe; John Thomas Serres
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Proserpine
Ordered	14 May 1777
Builder	John Barnard, Harwich
Laid down	June 1776
Launched	7 July 1777
Completed	23 September 1777 (at Sheerness Dockyard)
Commissioned	25 July 1777
Fate	Wrecked 1 February 1799
General characteristics
Class and type	28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	595 37⁄94 (bm)
Length	120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (overall); 99 ft 0 in (30.18 m) (keel);
Beam	33 ft 7+1⁄2 in (10.2 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	200 officers and men
Armament	Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns; QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 × 18-pounder carronades; Also:12 × swivel guns;

HMS Proserpine was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1777 was wrecked in February 1799.

History
The Proserpine Frigate Lost March 1799 off Neuwerk Island in the Elbe John Thomas Serres
Great Britain
Name	HMS Proserpine
Ordered	14 May 1777
Builder	John Barnard, Harwich
Laid down	June 1776
Launched	7 July 1777
Completed	23 September 1777 (at Sheerness Dockyard)
Commissioned	25 July 1777
Fate	Wrecked 1 February 1799
General characteristics
Class and type	28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	595 37⁄94 (bm)
Length	120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (overall) 99 ft 0 in (30.18 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 7+1⁄2 in (10.2 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	200 officers and men
Armament	Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 18-pounder carronades Also:12 × swivel guns