HMS Lively (1804)

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HMS Lively was a 38-gun frigate of the British Royal Navy launched and commissioned in 1804. In October of that year, under the command of Captain (later Vice-Admiral Sir) Graham Eden Hammond, she joined a squadron commanded by Graham Moore consisting of four frigates, which intercepted and captured a treasure fleet of four frigates carrying bullion from South America back to Spain, which was, at that time, neutral. In the action that followed one of the Spanish frigates, Clara struck her colours to Lively.

These events would later be fictionalised in Patrick O'Brian's novel Post Captain, in which Captain Aubrey is in temporary command of Lively.

In March 1805, she was attached to Sir James Craig's military expedition to Italy. Along with HMS Dragon, Craig's flagship, and HMS Ambuscade, Lively escorted the fleet of transports to Malta.

On August 26, 1810, while escorting another convoy to Malta, HMS Lively ran aground on rocks near Point Coura, Malta, and was wrecked. No lives were lost.

[edit] External links

• The Ships of Jack Aubrey
• HMS Lively, Sailing Ships of the Royal Navy

[edit] References

• Otto von Pivka (1980). Navies of the Napoleonic Era. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7152-7767-1.