HMS Lively
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Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Lively. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
was a 30-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1689. She was re-captured by the French later that year. was a 12-gun sixth rate purchased in 1709 and sold in 1712. was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1713. She was broken up in 1738 and rebuilt as the next HMS Lively. was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1740 and sold in 1750. was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1756. She was captured by the French in 1778, but was recaptured in 1781, and was sold 1784. was a 14-gun brig-sloop purchased on the stocks and launched in 1779. She was seized by Americans she had taken prisoner in 1782 and was handed over to the Spanish at Havana. a 32-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1794 and wrecked off Rota Point, near Cadiz
in 1798. was a fireship purchased in 1794 and sold in 1798. was a 16-gun storeship, purchased on the stocks and launched in 1797. She was deleted from the navy lists in 1802. was a 38-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1804 and wrecked off Malta
in 1810. was a cutter hired and then purchased in 1805. Her fate is unknown.
Royal Navy
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have been named HMS Lively. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
was a 30-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1689. She was re-captured by the French later that year. was a 12-gun sixth rate purchased in 1709 and sold in 1712. was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1713. She was broken up in 1738 and rebuilt as the next HMS Lively. was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1740 and sold in 1750. was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1756. She was captured by the French in 1778, but was recaptured in 1781, and was sold 1784. was a 14-gun brig-sloop purchased on the stocks and launched in 1779. She was seized by Americans she had taken prisoner in 1782 and was handed over to the Spanish at Havana. a 32-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1794 and wrecked off Rota Point, near Cadiz
Cádiz
Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....
in 1798. was a fireship purchased in 1794 and sold in 1798. was a 16-gun storeship, purchased on the stocks and launched in 1797. She was deleted from the navy lists in 1802. was a 38-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1804 and wrecked off Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
in 1810. was a cutter hired and then purchased in 1805. Her fate is unknown.
- HMS Lively was to have been a 36-gun fifth rate frigate. She was renamed HMS Scamander in 1812 and was launched in 1813. was a 38-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1813. She was relegated to harbour service in 1831 and was sold in 1862. was a wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856. She was wrecked in 1863 on the Dutch coast. was a wooden paddle despatch vessel launched in 1870 and wrecked in 1883 near Stornoway. was a B-classB class destroyer (1913)The B class as designated in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the late 1890s. They were constructed to the individual designs of their builders to meet Admiralty specifications, the uniting feature being a specified top speed of and 4 funnels,...
torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1900, acquired by the navy in 1901 and sold in 1920. was an L-classL and M class destroyerThe L and M class was a class of sixteen destroyers which served in the British Royal Navy during World War II. The ships of the class were launched between 1939 and 1942.-Design details:...
destroyerDestroyerIn naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
launched in 1941 and sunk in 1942.