HMS Pelican (1777)

History
Name:	HMS Pelican
Ordered:	24 July 1776
Awarded:	6 August 1776
Builder:	Adams & Barnard, Grove Street Shipyard, Deptford
Laid down:	August 1776
Launched:	24 April 1777
Commissioned:	May 1777
Fate:	Wrecked off Jamaica in August 1781
General characteristics
Class and type:	24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen:	520 (bm)
Length:	114 ft 5 in (34.87 m) (overall) 94 ft 6 in (28.80 m) (keel)
Beam:	32 ft 2 in (9.80 m)
Draught:	7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) 11 ft (3.4 m)
Depth of hold:	10 ft 3 1⁄2 in (3.137 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	160
Armament:	As built: Upper deck: 22 × 9-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Pelican was a 24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy built in 1777 and wrecked in 1781.

Construction and commissioning

Porcupine cost £5,623.11.0d to build, plus £3,545.0.7d for fitting . She was commissioned under her first captain, Henry Lloyd, in May 1777.

References

• Winfield, Rif, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.