Westmorland (ship)
Portrait of Francis Basset by Pompeo Batoni, 1778 - one of the paintings captured from the Westmorland (Prado) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Westmorland |
| Captured | By French (1779); later recaptured |
| General characteristics | |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 26 guns |
Westmorland or Westmoreland was a 26-gun British privateer frigate, operating in the Mediterranean Sea against French shipping in retaliation for France's opposition to Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War.