HMS Lapwing (1785)

Lapwing (right) engaging Décius, by Thomas Whitcombe
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Lapwing
Ordered22 October 1782
BuilderThomas King, Dover
Laid downFebruary 1783
Launched21 September 1785
Completed1787
CommissionedOctober 1790
Honours &
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Lapwing 3 Decr. 1796"
FateTaken to pieces at Plymouth 31 May 1828
General characteristics
Class & type28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen59782⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (overall)
  • 99 ft 4+1⁄2 in (30.290 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0+1⁄2 in (3.366 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament
  • Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 18-pounder carronades
  • 12 × swivel guns

HMS Lapwing was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

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