HMS Liverpool (1814)

HMS Liverpool was a Royal Navy Endymion-class frigate, reclassified as a fourth rate. She was built by Wigram, Wells and Green and launched at Woolwich on 21 February 1814. She was built of pitch-pine, which made for speedy construction at the expense of durability.

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

Ship's plan for Liverpool
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Liverpool
BuilderWigram, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard, London
Laid downMay 1813
Launched21 February 1814
CommissionedMay 1814
Decommissioned3 April 1816
Recommissioned1818
DecommissionedJanuary 1822
FateSold, 1822
General characteristics
Class and typeEndymion-class frigate, reclassified as a fourth rate
Tons burthen124686⁄94 bm
Length159 ft (48.5 m) (overall)
Beam41 ft (12.5 m)
Draught12 ft 4 in (3.8 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Speed14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement300
Armament
  • Upperdeck: 28 x 24-pounder guns
  • QD: 16 x 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 4 x 32-pounder carronades

Her major service was on the East Indies Station from where in 1819 she led the successful punitive campaign against the Al Qasimi, a belligerent naval power based in Ras Al Khaimah which the British considered to be piratical. She was sold in 1822 but continued to operate in the Persian Gulf for an indefinite period thereafter.

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