HMS Lively (1804)

HMS Lively was a 38-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 July 1804 at Woolwich Dockyard, and commissioned later that month. She was the prototype of the Lively class of 18-pounder frigates, designed by the Surveyor of the Navy, Sir William Rule. It was probably the most successful British frigate design of the Napoleonic Wars, to which fifteen more sister ships would be ordered between 1803 and 1812.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Lively.

Lively
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Lively
Ordered15 October 1799
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid downNovember 1801
Launched23 July 1804
CommissionedJuly 1804
FateWrecked, 20 August 1810
General characteristics
Class and type38-gun Fifth rate frigate
Tons burthen1075+90⁄94 (bm)
Length154 ft 1 in (47.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam39 ft 6 in (12.0 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement284 officers and men (later 300)
Armament
  • Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 12 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
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