HMS Laurel (1779)

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Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameLaurel
Ordered30 April 1778
BuilderThomas Raymond, Chapel, Southampton
Laid down3 June 1778
Launched27 October 1779
Completed4 January 1780 (at Portsmouth Dockyard)
CommissionedOctober 1779
FateWrecked at Martinique 10 October 1780
General characteristics
Class and type28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen601 7094 (bm)
Length
  • 120 ft 8+12 in (36.792 m) (overall)
  • 99 ft 6+34 in (30.347 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 8+12 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold11 ft (3.4 m)
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament

HMS Laurel was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Laurel was first commissioned in October 1779 under the command of Captain Thomas Lloyd. She sailed for the Leeward Islands on 13 April 1780, but was wrecked on 11 October in the Great Hurricane of 1780 at Martinique. Lloyd, and all but 12 of his crew, died. [1]

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