HMS Crescent (1779)
Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) of the Crescent | |
| History | |
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| 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 20 June 1781 |
| France | |
| Name | Crescent |
| Acquired | 1781 by capture |
| Fate | Wrecked, January 1786 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate |
| Displacement | 850 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 61129⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 34 ft 0 in (10.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Crescent was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Crescent was launched in 1779. The French captured her in 1781. She was wrecked in 1786.