The Lively class sailing frigate

Frigate

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s were a series of sixteen ships built to a 1799 design by Sir William Rule, which served in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 during the Napoleonic Wars.

They were considered the most successful British frigate design of the period, much prized by the Navy Board; after the prototype was launched in 1804 (by which time four more frigates had already been ordered to the same design), a further eleven sister-ships were ordered to her design, although this was slightly modified (in 1805) to have the gangways between forecastle and quarterdeck more integrated into the upperworks, a step towards the final enclosure of the waist.

The United States Navy

United States Navy

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 ordered a frigate to the design of the captured in 1832, which was launched in 1836 as .

Ships in class

• • Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
    Woolwich Dockyard
    Woolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grâce à Dieu , the largest ship of its day....
    
    
  • Ordered: 15 October 1799
  • Laid down: November 1801
  • Launched: 23 July 1804
  • Completed: 27 August 1804
  • Fate: 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...
    
     on 10 August 1810.
  • Builder: Charles Ross, Rochester
  • Ordered: 7 November 1803
  • Laid down: March 1804
  • Launched: 10 August 1805
  • Completed: 19 October 1805 at Chatham Dockyard
    Chatham Dockyard
    Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
    
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  • Fate: Broken up April 1858 at Chatham Dockyard.
  • Builder: George Parsons, Bursledon
    Bursledon
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  • Ordered: 7 November 1803
  • Laid down: April 1804
  • Launched: 27 June 1805
  • Completed: 26 September 1805 at Portsmouth Dockyard.
  • Fate: Broken up October 1856 at Portsmouth Dockyard.
  • Builder: Balthasar & Edward Adams, Bucklers Hard
    Bucklers Hard
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  • Ordered: 7 November 1803
  • Laid down: March 1806
  • Launched: 23 April 1807
  • Completed: 27 June 1807 at Portsmouth Dockyard.
  • Fate: Burnt by accident 1861 at Shoeburyness
    Shoeburyness
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  • Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
  • Ordered: 7 November 1803 from Joseph Graham at Harwich; this builder became bankrupt in 1806 and the contract was transferred to Woolwich Dockyard on 6 January 1806.
  • Laid down: April 1806
  • Launched: 17 October 1807
  • Completed: 2 December 1807
  • Fate: Broken up at Portsmouth in December 1860.
  • Builder: Robert Guillaume, Northam
    Northam
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    , Southampton.
  • Ordered: 4 June 1805
  • Laid down: December 1805
  • Launched: 7 July 1807
  • Completed: 26 August 1807 at Portsmouth Dockyard.
  • Fate: Wrecked off Cuba
    Cuba
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     on 26 February 1815.
  • Builder: George Parsons, Bursledon
    Bursledon
    Bursledon is a village on the River Hamble in Hampshire, England. It is located within the borough of Eastleigh. Close to the city of Southampton, Bursledon has a railway station, a marina, dockyards and the Bursledon Windmill. Nearby villages include Swanwick, Hamble-le-Rice, Netley and Sarisbury...
    
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  • Ordered: 15 June 1805
  • Laid down: July 1805
  • Launched: 23 April 1807
  • Completed: 4 August 1807 at Portsmouth Dockyard.
  • Fate: Sold to break up 1861 at Charlton
    Charlton
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  • Builder: Charles Ross, Rochester
  • Ordered: 24 August 1805
  • Laid down: October 1805
  • Launched: 16 August 1806
  • Completed: 6 October 1806 at Chatham Dockyard
    Chatham Dockyard
    Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
    
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  • Fate: Broken up April 1822 at Plymouth Dockyard.
  • Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
  • Ordered: 28 September 1808
  • Laid down: November 1808
  • Launched: 17 April 1810
  • Completed: 21 June 110 at Plymouth Dockyard.
  • Fate: Sold 10 May 1897 to be broken up.
  • Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
  • Ordered: 28 September 1808
  • Laid down: December 1808
  • Launched: 3 April 1810
  • Completed: 15 June 110 at Plymouth Dockyard.
  • Fate: Broken up at Plymouth September 1822.
  • Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
    Woolwich Dockyard
    Woolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grâce à Dieu , the largest ship of its day....
    
    
  • Ordered: 28 September 1808
  • Laid down: May 1809
  • Launched: 2 June 1810
  • Completed: 6 July 1810 at Chatham Dockyard
    Chatham Dockyard
    Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
    
    
  • Fate: Captured by United States 25 October 1812. Served as . Broken up 1834.
  • Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
    Woolwich Dockyard
    Woolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grâce à Dieu , the largest ship of its day....
    
    
  • Ordered: 28 September 1808
  • Laid down: September 1809
  • Launched: 11 December 1810
  • Completed: 2 February 1811
  • Fate: Sold to be broken up 1854.
  • Builder: Deptford Dockyard
  • Ordered: 12 June 1809
  • Laid down: July 1810
  • Launched: 16 March 1811
  • Completed: 25 January 1812
  • Fate: Broken up 1858.
  • Builder: George Parsons, Warsash
    Warsash
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  • Ordered: 14 December 1810
  • Laid down: January 1811 as HMS Nereide (renamed later that year)
  • Launched: 13 April 1812
  • Completed: 22 June 1812 at Portsmouth Dockyard
  • Fate: Broken up 1875.
  • Builder: Richard Blake & John Tyson, Bursledon
    Bursledon
    Bursledon is a village on the River Hamble in Hampshire, England. It is located within the borough of Eastleigh. Close to the city of Southampton, Bursledon has a railway station, a marina, dockyards and the Bursledon Windmill. Nearby villages include Swanwick, Hamble-le-Rice, Netley and Sarisbury...
    
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  • Ordered: 14 December 1810
  • Laid down: September 1811
  • Launched: 11 September 1813
  • Completed: 29 September 1815 at Portsmouth Dockyard
  • Fate: Broken up 1862.
  • Builder: John Parsons & John Rubie, Warsash
    Warsash
    Warsash is a village in southern Hampshire, England, situated at the mouth of the River Hamble, west of the area known as Locks Heath. Boating plays an important part in the village's economy, and the village has a sailing club...
    
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  • Ordered: 21 March 1812
  • Laid down: July 1812
  • Launched: 31 May 1813
  • Completed: 13 September 1813 at Portsmouth Dockyard
  • Fate: Sold to be broken up 1885.