 HMS Macedonian (left) of the Lively class, painting of its engagement with USS United States, 1812, by Thomas Birch
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators |  Royal Navy |
| Completed | 16 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 1,071 51/94 (as designed) |
| Length | 154 ft (47 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 5 in (12.01 m) |
| Draught | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 284 (later raised to 300, then in 1813 to 320). |
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The Lively class were a successful class of sixteen British Royal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates.