HMS Crescent (1779)

Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Crescent
Ordered: 19 July 1777
Builder: James Martin Hillhouse, Bristol
Laid down: 19 August 1777
Launched: March 1779
Completed: 30 June 1779 (at Plymouth Dockyard)
Commissioned: ?September 1779
Fate: Captured by a French frigate 19 June 1781
General characteristics
Class and type: 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen: 611 29โ„94 (bm)
Length: 120 ft 8 in (36.78 m) (overall)
99 ft 5 in (30.30 m) (keel)
Beam: 34 ft 0 in (10.4 m)
Depth of hold: 11 ft (3.4 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 200 officers and men
Armament:

28 guns comprising

HMS Crescent was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The Crescent was first commissioned in about September 1779 under the command of Captain Charles Hope.

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